Tony Blair
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'Country has largest solar program in world': EAM at India Global Forum 2021
News | Jun 30, 2021, 08:58 PM ISTExternal Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in conversation with Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair at the India Global Forum 2021 on June 30 said that India has been pushing a lot of green energy projects and now they have the largest solar program in the world.
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EU could be flexible over movement: Tony Blair
World | Jul 15, 2017, 03:01 PM ISTHe said leaving the single market was a "damaging position" shared by Labour and he urged the party's leadership to champion a "radically distinct" position on Europe.
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Rahul Gandhi not alone, these 7 leaders also faced shoe-attacks
India | Sep 26, 2016, 05:32 PM ISTA man identified as Hari Om Mishra was today held for hurling a shoe at Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi during a road show in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur. The shocking incident took place during Rahul Gandhi's
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Britain's inquiry report slams Tony Blair over botched Iraq war
World | Jul 06, 2016, 06:35 PM ISTLondon: In a report released today by the head of Britain's Iraq War inquiry, the Iraq war was said to be mounted on flawed intelligence, executed with "wholly inadequate" planning and ending "a long way
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Weeks before being jailed, Sahara chief wanted to go abroad!
India | Apr 10, 2016, 05:34 PM ISTWeeks before being sent to jail by the Supreme Court, the embattled Sahara Group chief Subrata Roy wanted to go abroad for "business discussions" with Bill Clinton and Tony Blair
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Tony Blair: Iraq war contributed to rise of Islamic State
World | Oct 25, 2015, 04:10 PM ISTLondon: Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair says the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was partly responsible for the emergence of the Islamic State militant group in the Middle East.Blair told CNN that "there are elements
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Cameron condemns Briton's beheading by IS as 'pure evil'
World | Sep 14, 2014, 04:25 PM ISTLondon: The beheading of a British aid worker by the dreaded Islamic State (IS) terror group was described today by British Prime Minister David Cameron as an act of “pure evil” as he vowed to
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Know why British politicians don't wear wedding ring bands
World | Jan 09, 2014, 06:45 AM ISTNew Delhi: No British Prime Minister has worn a wedding ring since 1976.The last married male occupant of 10 Downing Street to wear a wedding ring in public was Harold Wilson, who was PM from
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Tony Blair's daughter held at gunpoint in London robbery
World | Sep 19, 2013, 05:19 PM ISTLondon: Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's barrister daughter Kathryn escaped unhurt after being held at gunpoint by robbers on a central London street.The 29-year-old came face to face with two muggers as she and
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Blair was wrong in invading Iraq, says his spin doctor
World | Nov 06, 2012, 11:47 PM ISTLondon, Nov 6: Former British prime minister Tony Blair committed a mistake by sending his country to war in Iraq, according to Lord Mandelson, a former Labour cabinet minister.Mandelson has been Labour party's former king
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Can nuke India in 8 seconds, Pak general had told British official
World | Jun 16, 2012, 04:26 PM ISTLondon, Jun 16: Pakistan could launch a nuclear strike on India within eight seconds, claimed an Army General in Islamabad in 2001, a warning that is described in the latest volume of diaries by a
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Received text messages of support from Cameron and Blair, says Rebekah Brooks
World | May 11, 2012, 05:49 PM ISTLondon, May 11: Rebekah Brooks, former editor of News of the World, today claimed that top UK leaders, including Prime Minister David Cameron, commiserated with her when she was arrested last year in the phone-hacking
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Tony Blair Says, Pakistan Paying Heavily For Its Mistakes In Seventies
World | Sep 29, 2011, 02:56 PM ISTNew Delhi,Sep 29: Pakistan is “paying heavily” for its mistakes in the 1970s when it started mixing religion with politics and promoted extremism, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said.“I think Pakistan is paying
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Blair Says Post-9/11 Battle Not Over
World | Sep 10, 2011, 10:34 AM ISTLondon, Sept 10: Tony Blair, the international statesman most closely tied to the response to the Sept. 11 attacks, believes the decade-long struggle to contain the threat from Islamic extremism is far from over, despite
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Tony Blair Is Godfather To Murdoch Child
World | Sep 05, 2011, 09:49 PM ISTLondon, Sep 5: Former prime minister. Middle East envoy. Now Tony Blair is also revealed as godfather to one of Rupert Murdoch's daughters. A person close to Blair confirmed Monday that the former British leader
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Tony Blair's Personal Details Stolen By Hackers
World | Jun 26, 2011, 07:58 PM ISTLondon, June 25: Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair's personal details have been stolen by computer hackers, a media report said. Details of a file containing the Blair's National Insurance number and the addresses of friends,
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Why I Became A Muslim, Writes Tony Blair's Sister-in-Law
World | Oct 31, 2010, 04:07 PM ISTFormer British prime minister Tony Blair's sister-in-law Lauren Booth writes why she loves Islam. These are excerpts from Daily Mail, London: It is the most peculiar journey of my life. The carriage is warm and my
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Tauba! Tony Blair's Sister Says, She Has Converted To Islam
World | Oct 25, 2010, 01:38 PM ISTFormer British Prime Minister Tony Blair's sister-in-law Lauren Booth has converted to Islam, the Daily Mail, London reported.The former prime minister is also a religious convert – he became a Roman Catholic after leaving office
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Manmohan Is Wonderful PM, Writes Blair
World | Sep 02, 2010, 11:50 PM ISTLondon : Former British premier Tony Blair describes Manmohan Singh as "the wonderful Indian prime minister" in his best-selling memoirs titled 'My Journey'. Blair, who interacted with Singh on several occasions during his tenure as