Pope's aide's branding of UK as "Third World" sparks race row
Pope Benedict's visit to Britain was plunged into controversy following his key aide, Cardinal Walter Kasper''s reference to the UK as a "Third World" country.
The German — a key figure in the Pope's
Will pay all India, UK taxes on stake sale to Vedanta: Cairn
British energy firm Cairn Energy Plc on Thursday said it would pay all taxes due, both in India and the United Kingdom, on the $8.48 billion it will gain from selling a majority stake in its Indian ar
UK's most powerful microscope unveiled at Cambridge
The most powerful atom resolving microscope in the UK has been unveiled at the University of Cambridge. The new electron microscope, which will enable scientists to view individual atoms in any materi
UK MP’s wife is sex-worker
London, Sept. 6: A British MP’s wife works as a prostitute charging £70 for oral sex without a condom followed by full sex with a condom, said a media report here. The revelation left the MP stunned
UK in dilemma over cap on Indian professionals
The Prime Minister, Mr David Cameron's government is caught in a dilemma over imposing an immigration cap on professionals from India and other non-European Union countries with several British compan
Ditch the queen: UK public's wild ideas for cuts
Sell off the Queen's swans. Make lawmakers work for free. Force prison inmates to generate cheap power on the treadmill.
As Britain's government decides how to make the toughest spending cuts in dec
1 in 10 dentists in UK earning more than PM
A new research has revealed that more than one in ten dentists in the UK are earning more than the Prime Minister – and hundreds are taking home more than
£300,000.
The number of dentists smashin
Don't touch Indians, advises UK tourism body
Keen to extend a warm welcome to millions of tourists during the 2012 Olympics here, Britain's national tourism agency has put together a list of cultural 'dos' and 'don'ts', including the advise to a
2 Indians held in UK for working 'illegally'
Two Indian citizens, who were residing in Britain “illegally” and found working in a clothing factory in the east Midlands town of Leicester, have been arrested and face deportation.
Cameron rules out return of Kohinoor
New Delhi, July 29: Visiting British Prime Minister David Cameron has clearly ruled out the return of the Kohinoor diamond to India, saying if such demands were agreed to, it would lead to empty rooms