Rishi Sunak
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Salman Rushdie stabbed: Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak react to ‘appalling’ attack on author
World | Aug 13, 2022, 04:17 PM ISTSalman Rushdie attack: The 75-year-old writer remains on a ventilator after being airlifted to the hospital and undergoing hours of surgery following the attack in New York state.
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US-based Indian organisation endorses Rishi Sunak for UK PM
World | Aug 09, 2022, 11:27 AM ISTRishi Sunak news: As a devout Hindu, Sunak is a regular at the temple where he was born in Southampton and became the first Chancellor to light Diwali diyaas outside his official residence of 11 Downing Street in November 2020.
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UK PM race: Rishi Sunak wins over voters in TV debate
World | Aug 05, 2022, 09:17 AM ISTUK PM race: The former finance minister stuck to his central plank and focussed his message on the need to get a grip on soaring inflation before cutting taxes.
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Rishi Sunak pledges crackdown on UK's most 'significant terror threat' Islamist extremism
World | Aug 03, 2022, 05:54 PM ISTRishi Sunak in his campaign pledge notes that extremists do not just want to attack UK's values, but Britain's very existence.
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UK PM race: Voting to choose among candidates Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak delayed after hacking alert
World | Aug 03, 2022, 02:35 PM ISTUK PM race: Earlier, the Conservative Party members were going to be given a postal ballot which had a code with it, and they could select their preferred PM between Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak.
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Racism not a factor in British PM race, says Rishi Sunak
World | Jul 31, 2022, 05:36 PM ISTThe first time a patient misses an appointment, they will be given "the benefit of the doubt", but subsequent missed appointments will incur charges of GBP 10 each time.
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UK PM race: Liz Truss leaving Rishi Sunak behind? Foreign Secy leading with 90% chance
World | Dec 16, 2022, 03:44 PM ISTUK PM race: Liz Truss is leading in surveys of Tory members after vowing immediate tax cuts as Britain confronts a slump in living standards.
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UK PM election debate between Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak compromised after TV show host faints on air
World | Jul 27, 2022, 02:37 PM ISTUK PM Election race: McCann, Talk TV’s political editor, had been scheduled to co-host alongside The Sun’s Harry Cole, but he tested positive for COVID-19 earlier Tuesday.
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Rishi Sunak, Liz Truss spar in TV debate over economic policies, tax plans
World | Jul 26, 2022, 02:42 PM ISTRishi Sunak and Liz Truss will continue their intense campaigning up and down the country as they appear at a series of hustings organised by the Conservative Campaign Headquarters.
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Rishi Sunak pledges to put UK on ‘crisis footing’ if elected PM
World | Jul 23, 2022, 11:00 PM ISTRishi Sunak, the 42-year-old former Chancellor told ‘The Times’ in an interview that a business-as-usual approach would not work in the face of the serious economic challenges facing the country.
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Rishi Sunak vows to work ‘night and day’ in campaign to be UK PM
World | Jul 21, 2022, 06:41 PM ISTUK PM Race: The British-Indian ex-minister won a decisive mandate from the Tory parliamentary party to take on Foreign Secretary Liz Truss in the race to replace Boris Johnson.
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Rishi Sunak makes it to top two, to face Liz Truss in last leg of British Prime Minister race
World | Jul 21, 2022, 11:09 AM ISTUK PM Race: Rishi Sunak clinched his place for the final leg of the race to succeed Boris Johnson and will go head-to-head with Foreign Secretary Liz Truss as one of two finalists to take charge as Conservative Party leader and British Prime Minister.
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Rishi Sunak tops another round of vote, edges closer to final spot as next UK Prime Minister
World | Jul 19, 2022, 08:12 PM ISTUK PM Race: Rishi Sunak has topped another round of vote in British PM race with 118 votes, in bid to become the next British Prime Minister.
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Rishi Sunak wins third round of voting to replace UK PM Boris Johnson; Tom Tugendhat eliminated
World | Jul 19, 2022, 07:42 AM ISTRishi Sunak wins third round: Boris Johnson replaced Theresa May as prime minister in 2019 and announced on July 7, 2022 that he was stepping down as prime minister.
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'Back anyone, but Sunak': Johnson tells allies as UK PM race heats up
World | Jul 16, 2022, 06:32 AM ISTUK PM race: Johnson, who resigned as the leader of the ruling Conservative Party on July 7, has been urging defeated Tory leadership candidates not to back former chancellor Sunak, who is widely blamed for Johnson's loss of support among his own party members, The Times newspaper reported.
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Rishi Sunak wins second round of voting to succeed Boris Johnson as Prime Minister
World | Jul 14, 2022, 08:14 PM ISTRishi Sunak UK PM race: There are now five candidates left in the Tory leadership contest after Suella Braverman, the Indian-origin Attorney General in the fray, was knocked off the shortlist with the least votes at 27.
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UK PM Race: Indian-origin Rishi Sunak wins first round with maximum votes; 2 candidates knocked out
World | Jul 14, 2022, 06:57 AM ISTUK Prime Minister Race: Rishi Sunak, Indian origin former UK finance minister receives maximum votes in the first round, to replace Boris Johnson as the next British Prime Minister. Two candidates were eliminated.
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UK PM race: Two Indian-origin candidates Rishi Sunak, Suella Braverman among 8 shortlisted
World | Jul 13, 2022, 06:41 AM ISTUK PM Race: Rishi Sunak, who formally launched his campaign earlier, remains the frontrunner in the race with reportedly the highest number of MPs behind him.
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Will UK Foreign Minister Liz Truss replace Boris Johnson as PM? Leader announces bid
World | Jul 11, 2022, 08:57 AM ISTBoris Johnson resigned on Thursday following a dramatic cabinet revolt over his scandal-hit leadership, but he will stay on as caretaker prime minister until a new Tory leader is elected.
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UK PM race gets bloody with anti-Sunak briefings, memo
World | Jul 10, 2022, 11:04 PM ISTThe memo also attempts to tarnish the former Chancellor with Johnson’s dubious partygate legacy of Covid law-breaking parties in Downing Street.