President Pratibha Patil has urged the Indian Diaspora around the world to help overcome the challenges presented by a resurgent India and help build a "great and dynamic" nation.
 
"You know the challenges that a resurgent India presents," she told prominent members of ...

The new solvency rules for the big airports have been diluted by British government, with plans for special administration regime to ensure airports stay open even if their operators go kaput, being dropped.
 
The earlier plans of the government would have resulted the investors in airport ...

The Exchequer Secretary Sarah McCarthy-Fry disclosed on Friday that British firms have been asked to put an end all the business deals which they are maintaining with two Iranian firms, which have been alleged to have link up with Tehran's nuclear programme.
 
Bank Mellat and the Islamic ...

Queen Elizabeth II has asked Prince William, her grandson, for being a part of her overseas trips, which has led to the speculation that the queen is moulding the Prince to hold the reins of the British Empire in future.
 
The Queen, who had received the invitations for visiting Australia ...

The British government has made the migration process of retired Gurkha soldiers from Nepal to Britain easier by opening the Gurkha Settlement Office (GSO) in Nepal on Monday. 
 
This GSO will extend a helping hand to the British Gurkha ex-servicemen who wish to spend the rest of their ...

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has requested all the world leaders to work for the formation of a "global society". He has also called for a better cooperation to restrain global warming, nuclear proliferation, terrorism and economic recovery.
 
He added that the global ...

Prince Williams has put an end to the rumours about his marriage with his long-time love, Kate Middleton and said that they will be getting married only next year. He also added that he is currently “too busy” for marriage.
 
As for now, he has two ground-breaking official tours ...

Britain has rejected the claims that its military mission in Afghanistan was diluted by a failure to provide the army force with clear direction.
 
British responsibilities in Afghanistan have been distracted by unclear planning at senior levels and poor coordination between government ...

According to the head of the Roman Catholic Church in England, modern technology is declining people's ability to communicate properly, retarding social skills and, in worst case scenarios, increasing suicide risks.
 
"As a society, we're losing some of the ability to build ...

The reigning monarch of Britain, Queen Elizabeth II, is now guarded by two Sikhs, Signaler Simranjit Singh, 26 and Lance Corporal Sarvjit Singh, 28.
 
Simranjit Singh, who is currently with 21st Signal Regiment based in Chippenham, Wiltshire, has been in Queen’s duty since May 2009. ...

A major exhibition which showcases a treasure trove of never-seen objects owned by the former royals of India is to be launched at London's Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum, possibly heralded by a procession of elephants and Rolls Royce cars, museum officials said on Tuesday.
 
The ...

The Home Office said that the level of threat from terrorism in Britain has come down to a “substantial” level from "severe" since 2007.
 
The "substantial" level was still high, meaning a "strong possibility" of terrorist attack in the view of the ...

Henry Allingham, who became the world's oldest living person at 113 years just last month, has passed away, in his nursing home near Brighton City said Saturday.
 
Allingham had gained the status as the planet's oldest living person in June after Tomoji Tanabe of Japan died, also at the age ...

The supermarkets of Britain are cutting out the use of plastic shopping bags. This is in view of the campaign that had prevailed before 3 years to reduce the use of such bags to avoid the environmental hazards.
 
About 372 million plastic bags were handed over to the shoppers at seven major ...

G8 on Thursday has called for an increased coordination among countries to check the abuse of internet by terrorist organizations for misinformation. 
"Special attention must be paid to the abuses by terrorist organisations of both modern and more traditional means of public ...

The statue of Mahatma Gandhi was unveiled in Leicester, the southeast British city known as Little India for its Indian-origin population.
 
Even though the locals were opposing the installation of the statue, no protest was made during the unveiling of the seven-foot icon, sitting on a ...

The son of a taxi driver has been elected the new speaker of the British House of Commons, the world's oldest parliament.

John Bercow, an opposition Tory MP who is said to be more popular among the ruling Labour benches than among his own party members, topped three secret ballots held in the ...

Details of expenses claims by British members of parliament (MPs) were officially published online on Thursday after their leak to a newspaper caused a political storm that threatened the very survival of the government of Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Claims made between 2004 and 2008 were made ...

The imposing statue of Mahatma Gandhi has reached in Leicester, UK. This statue will be unveiled on the 26th of July, 2009 on a very busy road which passes through the Asian business and cultural hub.
 
Leicester, which is located in the east Midlands, has lots of population belonging to ...

The row over the planned construction of a Qatar-backed luxury housing project in London Tuesday prompted calls for an examination of the "constitutional powers" of Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne.

Prominent architect Richard Rogers, whose modernist design for the ...

The 53-year-old Carol Ann Duffy became the fist woman poet laureate of Britain. She succeeded Andrew Motion who has completed his ten-year long tenure as poet laureate. The prestigious post of poet laureate was earlier held by legends like Dryden, Tennyson, Wordsworth and Ted Hughes. The new woman ...

According to a news report flashed on Sunday (15th March), Irish Republican Army (IRA) terrorists are plotting to assassinate Britain's Princes William and Harry. Following this news, security cover for the princes has been stepped up. Scotland Yard fears that, the Princes are prize targets for ...

Britain on Monday (February 9, 2009) picked up Sherard Cowper-Coles as special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Sherard Cowper-Coles is currently serving as British ambassador to Afghanistan. The announcement of Britain envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan came after US President Barack Obama's ...

According to a survey conducted by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC), Britain’s finance sector is likely to lose about 15,000 jobs in the next two months. The study revealed that the finance sector will face such situation because of the sharp fall ...

Queen Elizabeth II of Britain is likely to express sympathy with the victims of the global credit crunch and that of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks in her Christmas Day message. Queen's message will broadcast in afternoon on Thursday (December 25). The traditional 10-minute message from the Queen will ...

The London School of Economics has become the UK's top-ranked higher education research institution after beating Oxford and Cambridge. The prestigious rankings will determine how the lion's share of £1.5bn worth of government funding for university research will be distributed from next ...

The government of Northern Ireland has approved the plan of setting up of Titanic museum in the country. The five-storey Titanic museum which will recount the legendary titanic journey will require an amount of 100 million pounds to get operational. The newly proposed museum will be built in the ...

The British government acquired 58 percent stake in Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) after investors shunned a rescue plan. The second largest bank of Britain, RBS had suffered losses of 692 million pounds for the first half of this year. The credit crunch had badly affected the financial health of the ...

A lady surgeon of Britain has planned to set up the world’s costliest kennel with 250,000 pounds ($380,000). The lady will build the high-cost dog house at her private house near Cirencester in Gloustershire for a pair of pet Great Danes. The expensive kennel will be built from materials like ...

The government of Britain has announced to increase the marriage-visa age from 18 to 21 years. The new norm will be operational from November 27, 2008. According to the foreign ministry of Britain, both husband and wife will have to attain the age of 21 years in order to get a marriage visa of that ...