BRITAIN

Former deputy leader says UK’s Labour Party brutal, hostile

8:05 pm December 28, 2019

London: The former deputy leader of Britain’s Labour Party says he left politics in part because of the nasty mood inside the left-wing party, which was soundly defeated in a national election earlier this month. Tom Watson told the Guardian newspaper in an interview published Saturday that he found the atmosphere inside the party unbearable. “The point […]

Rajasthan: Man rapes minor stepdaughter, arrested

Romania upholds acquittals in notorious child trafficking case

11:28 pm December 23, 2019

Bucharest : A Romanian court has upheld the acquittals of 25 suspects accused of trafficking 168 children from the Roma community to the UK for exploitation, ending a nine-year trial. The men, investigated for being part of one of the largest human trafficking rings in Europe, were accused of child trafficking, money laundering and membership […]

Man tells of using narwhal tusk to disrupt UK terror attack

11:27 pm December 21, 2019

London: A man who used a narwhal tusk to tackle a knife-wielding attacker in London last month described on Saturday his “deep hurt” at not being able to save the two people killed. Darryn Frost, a civil servant originally from South Africa, spoke out for the first time about the attack by Usman Khan on […]

PM Modi to chair meeting of CSIR society on Friday

PM Modi wishes Johnson on his re-election as British PM

2:06 pm December 19, 2019

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has conveyed to his British counterpart Boris Johnson that his re-election to the top post reflected the fate reposed by the people of the UK in him and his Conservative Party. Modi conveyed this over a telephonic conversation with Johnson. Johnson on his part thanked the PM Modi for […]

UK PM to outlaw Brexit extension beyond 2020

8:25 pm December 17, 2019

London: Prime Minister Boris Johnson plans to pass a law guaranteeing Britain’s Brexit transition period cannot run beyond the end of 2020, a source in his office said on Tuesday. Johnson won a big majority in last week’s election on a promise to take Britain out of the European Union by the end of January, […]