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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

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