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Two Indian children caught up in foster care in UK amid parental row

10:52 pm August 6, 2020

London: Two minor children with Indian nationality, aged 11 and 9, are caught up in the foster care system in England, with local authorities wanting to change their citizenship status to British amid a legal row with their parents, which has landed in the UK’s Court of Appeal. In a judgment handed down by a three-judge bench including Lord Justice Peter […]

Ram Janmbhoomi Trust announces mass contact, contribution campaign for construction of Ayodhya temple

For some in Ayodhya, bhoomi pujan will be country’s ‘tryst with divinity’

11:06 pm August 4, 2020

Ayodhya: Comparing the ‘bhoomi pujan‘ to mark the beginning of construction of a Ram temple to the day India attained independence from the British, a former vice-chancellor of a state university here said Wednesday’s ceremony will be the country’s “tryst with divinity”. “India had its ‘tryst with destiny’ on August 15, 1947 and I hope that August 5 will be […]

UK envoy to India Philip Barton promoted as new Foreign Office minister

11:01 pm August 3, 2020

London: Sir Philip Barton, the British High Commissioner to India based in New Delhi, was on Monday promoted as a minister in the newly formed Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. The UK Foreign Office said Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab had approved the appointment of Barton as the Permanent Under-Secretary of the new ministry, which had been unveiled by the UK PM earlier this year […]

The Vamps’ James McVey postpones wedding due to coronavirus pandemics

3:09 pm August 2, 2020

London: The Vamps’ lead guitarist James McVey has postponed his wedding with fiancee Kirstie Brittain due to the coronavirus pandemic. The British pop star and his girlfriend of over three years were supposed to tie the knot in November, but have now pushed the ceremony to October 2021. “I think we’re going to postpone it. It is meant for November, but […]

British PM forced to defend India travel ban timing over Delta variant in Parliament

UK’s Johnson names brother and Brexiteers to House of Lords

12:00 am August 1, 2020

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson named 36 new members to Parliament’s unelected House of Lords on Friday, including his brother, a slew of prominent Brexit supporters and a Russia-born newspaper owner whose father was a KGB agent. The list of new peers also includes Brexit-backing former lawmakers and ex-cricket star Ian Botham, a vocal proponent of leaving the European Union. Former Treasury chiefs Ken Clarke and Philip Hammond, who both […]