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  Indian-origin Siddhartha Dhar a senior commander of ISIS: Report

  World | May 02, 2016 15:56 IST

  London: Indian-origin Islamic State terrorist from Britain Siddhartha Dhar, dubbed as the “New Jihadi John”, is a senior commander of the dreaded outfit, according to a media report. Nihad Barakat, a Yazidi teenager held as

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  We cannot continue to bleed, find a buyer soon, Tata Steel CEO tells UK MPs

  April 29, 2016 7:34 IST

  Tata Steel UK's chief executive Bimlendra Jha has told a British Parliamentary Committee that the Indian conglomerate ‘cannot continue to bleed’ from its loss making steel units in the country and that the British government needs to do more to help

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  Indebted Vijay Mallya lives in a mansion worth $15 million in Britain

  April 25, 2016 16:17 IST

  London: Indian liquor baron Vijay Mallya, who owes Rs 9,000 crores to various banks in the country, has been living in a $15 million mansion in England's Hertfordshire county, The Sunday Times reported. The mansion

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  Panama Leaks: David Cameron admits he benefited from father’s offshore holdings

  World | April 08, 2016 7:21 IST

  After days of pressure following publication Panama Papers, British Prime Minister David Cameron has acknowledged that he had a stake in his father’s offshore trust but says he sold it in 2010 before he became country’s Premier.

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  Junior medicos in Britain strike work for 3rd time since last month

  World | March 09, 2016 21:31 IST

  Junior medicos in Britain strike work for 3rd time since last month

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  France, Germany, Britain warn on Syria peace talks

  World | March 04, 2016 21:32 IST

  Paris: Top diplomats in France, Germany and Britain on Friday warned that Syrian peace talks would fail unless humanitarian aid was granted and a ceasefire respected."We wish for rapid resumption of negotiations in Geneva. But two

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  12 Pak rapists, a minor victim and the ugly truth of UK's Asian gangs

  World | February 13, 2016 20:55 IST

  New Delhi: In a shocking incident, 12 men of Pakistani origin have been held guilty of the rape and abuse of a 13-year-old minor girl in Keighley, West Yorkshire, England. The crime was not one-off

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  Lahore High Court admits petition to bring Kohinoor from UK to Pakistan

  World | February 09, 2016 14:59 IST

  New Delhi: The Lahore High Court has accepted a petition calling for the British Queen to hand over the Kohinoor diamond, the world famous precious stone which India has been trying to get from the

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  Number of online dating rape soars sixfold in Britain

  World | February 07, 2016 14:33 IST

  London: The number of people reporting being raped by someone they met on a dating app or website has risen six-fold in five years in Britain, official figures revealed on Sunday.There were 184 rape allegations

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  Julian Assange detained arbitrarily, should be freed, rules UN panel

  World | February 05, 2016 20:57 IST

  Geneva: A human rights panel of the United Nations has said that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been “arbitrarily detained” by U.K. and Sweden since December 2010 and he should be freed and compensated.The U.N.

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  Britain financial sanctions list confirm Dawood Ibrahim is in Pakistan

  World | February 03, 2016 8:53 IST

  London: Britain has updated its list of financial sanctions that includes underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's name and a few Sikh terror groups.The UK Treasury department's 'Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets', updated on January 27,

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  Tareena Shakil: First British woman found guilty of joining ISIS

  World | January 30, 2016 11:10 IST

  London: A British woman has been found guilty of taking her 14-motn-old son to join the Islamic State group, becoming the first woman to be convicted of the offense after returning to the UK from

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  Muslim women must learn English or face deportation, says British PM

  World | January 19, 2016 12:25 IST

  London: British Prime Minister David Cameron has said that Muslim women must learn English language to integrate better into the society and suggested some migrants who cannot pass an English test within 2-1/2 years of

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  Britain's intelligence services tried to recruit 'new Jihadi John' as double agent with ISIS

  World | January 11, 2016 7:47 IST

  London: Britain's intelligence services had tried to recruit Indian-origin IS terror suspect Siddhartha Dhar as a double agent before he managed to flee to Syria, a media report here claimed on Sunday.Dhar, who was dubbed

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  ISIS releases video showing execution of 5 men 'accused of spying' for Britain

  World | January 04, 2016 8:11 IST

  New Delhi: Militant outfit Islamic State has released a new video showing the killing of five men 'accused of spying' for Britain in Syria.The footage bore the markings of the ISIS media wing, and shows

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  British Asian teenage girl thrown off bus for too much makeup

  World | December 30, 2015 0:03 IST

  London: British Asian teenage girl was thrown off a bus by a woman conductor for 'wearing too much make-up' to have a child's ticket, according to a media report.Zahra Sadiq was told by the conductor

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  Britain launches airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria

  World | December 03, 2015 11:45 IST

  London: Royal Air Force Tornado jets on Thursday carried out their first air strikes against the Islamic State (IS) in Syria, hours after MPs voted in favour of British air strikes in Syria.The MPs backed

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  Andy Murray gives Britain Davis Cup title after 79 years

  Tennis | November 29, 2015 23:37 IST

  Ghent, Belgium (AP): Andy Murray gave Britain its first Davis Cup title in 79 years when he beat Belgium's David Goffin 6-3, 7-5, 6-3 in the first of reverse singles Sunday.The win gave Britain an

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  Air strikes against ISIS in Syria to make Britain safer: David Cameron

  World | November 27, 2015 11:24 IST

  London: British Prime Minister David Cameron said that British air strikes against Islamic State (IS) targets in Syria will make his country safer.Launching air strikes against IS militants in Syria would not make Britain a

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  Man crowned World's Biggest Liar after telling outrageous lie

  Mouthful | November 23, 2015 18:24 IST

  Liars from around the world flock to Britain every year to take part in the World's Biggest Liar competition.But one liar has towered above the rest again and again.Mike Naylor has just been crowned the