British bookies have made India the favourite team to win the cricket World Cup and that conviction was supported by a £82,000 bet in favour of the co-host lifting the cup. The bet, made by one person (who has not been identified), from outside London, is one of the biggest ever in one-day cricket, Ladbrokes said on Friday. If India wins, the bookmaker would have to give a payout of £246,000.

Britain is debating the relevance of faith schools after a television documentary revealed that young Muslims are being taught extremist views in mosques and also face physical abuse from teachers.

Britain has decided to continue its aid programme to India despite strong domestic pressure to stop to emerging and booming economies.

British prosecutors on Friday initiated criminal proceedings against three Pakistani cricketers — former skipper Salman Butt and fast bowlers Moham-mad Asif and Mohammad Aamer — and a British business

Indian diplomat Anil Verma, who is accused of allegedly assaulting his wife, has a history of violent behaviour, his wife Paromita’s uncle Robert Chase has claimed.
“Following the attack on my niece Paromita, when she was hospitalised, I tried to inform the high commission of India of the situation and of Mr Verma’s violent behaviour,” Mr Chase said in a statement to this newspaper released by Ms Verma’s lawyers late on Thursday.

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Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who is in London, on Tuesday morning criticised the Bharatiya Janta Party’s bid to unfurl the Indian flag in Srinagar, accusing the Opposition party of “irresponsible behaviour” that aims to push the Kashmiris back on path of violence.

The extradition case of Ravi Shankaran, the main accused in the Naval war room leak case who was arrested by the Met police in London on April 21 last year, was on Wednesday postponed to May 5.

A FRENZY of betting has started in the UK after British footballer David Beckham and his wife Victoria, a former pop singer, announced they are expecting their fourth child this summer.

THE INDIAN influence on English started from the 16th century and the new Web-version of Oxford English Dictionary, which was launched on Tuesday, features over 500 words linked to India.