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  British-Indian economist and House of Lords peer Meghnad Desai dies at 85, PM Modi pays tribute

  India | July 29, 2025 23:27 IST

  Renowned British-Indian economist and House of Lords peer Lord Meghnad Desai passed away at the age of 85 in Gurugram, reportedly due to a health issue. Born in Vadodara in 1940, Desai earned a PhD in economics from the University of Pennsylvania and taught at the London School of Economics.

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  King Charles enters Parliament with tradition on display, delivers to-do list for govt | WATCH

  World | July 17, 2024 19:09 IST

  The King’s Speech is the centrepiece of the State Opening, an occasion where royal pomp meets hard-nosed politics, as the king donned a diamond-studded crown, sat on a gilded throne and announced the laws his government intends to pass in the coming year.

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  VIDEO: King Charles III travels to Palace of Westminster for State Opening of Parliament

  World | July 17, 2024 18:21 IST

  King Charles and Queen Camilla departed Buckingham Palace on Wednesday for the state opening of the British parliament. The Royal procession made its way through the Mall before reaching parliament’s Sovereign’s Entrance.

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  UK stops Khalistan supporter nomination to the House of Lords, avoids major diplomatic row

  World | December 24, 2020 11:38 IST

  The United Kingdom saved itself from a potentially major diplomatic row with India after it took a Khalistani supporter off the list of House of Lords members in the last minute. Dabinderjit Singh Sidhu, who is a principal adviser to the Sikh Federation UK, was proposed as one of the nominees by the Labour party for peerage for life to the House of Lords Appointments Commission.

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  House of Lords may hold sessions in the north of England: Report

  World | January 19, 2020 19:17 IST

  Besides the Lords, Johnson also plans to hold temporary touring sessions of the House of Commons in different parts of the country. 

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  The speaker of the House of Lords of UK praises PM Modi on women issues

  India | February 18, 2015 8:09 IST

  Kolkata: The speaker of the House of Lords of the UK parliament, Baroness D'Souza, Tuesday praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his initiatives in empowering women."I know that your Prime Minister Mr Modi is extremely

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  End ungenerous, ill-informed advice to India: Lord Paul to UK

  World | October 24, 2014 13:37 IST

  London: NRI industrialist Lord Swaraj Paul told Britain that it should end a stream of ungenerous and often ill-informed advice that is directed to India on matters including human rights, corruption and Kashmir and take

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  Milkha Singh honoured at House of Lords

  Bollywood | July 05, 2013 21:16 IST

  London, Jul 5: Legendary Indian athlete Milkha Singh was honoured for his services to sports at a special event at the House of Lords.House of Lords member and NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul presented the

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  House Of Lords Rips Into Murdochs Saying Sorry

  World | July 15, 2011 20:32 IST

  London, Jul 15: As members of the House of Lords heaped calumnies, media baron Rupert Murdoch and his family went into damage control mode, promising to apologise to the nation for using dubious news-gathering practices

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  There Was No Bad Faith, No Dishonesty: Lord Swraj Paul

  World | October 22, 2010 8:32 IST

  London, Oct 21 : Leading NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul today said that the Privileges Committee of Britain's House of Lords recommended his suspension despite finding that he had not acted "dishonestly or in bad