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UK parliament committee attacks British aid to India

Seeking an "early exit strategy" from the India development aid programme, a committee of the British House of Lords on Thursday alleged that the assistance may provide a "perverse incentive" to......

Lord Paul cleared in House of Lords expenses row

Leading NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul has been cleared by the police in the MPs expenses row involving scores of British parliamentarians across the political spectrum.The 78-year-old Labour......

Swraj Paul is Deputy Speaker in the House of Lords

Leading Non Resident Indian entrepreneur Lord Swraj Paul has scripted history by becoming the first Asian deputy speaker of the British House of Lords. Though people of Indian origin have held......

Indian doctors win landmark legal battle in UK

Indian doctors on Wednesday won a landmark legal battle against the British government when the House of Lords ruled that the state "was wrong" in issuing guidelines discriminating against overseas......

India-born Khalid enters House of Lords

Lucknow-born Khalid Hameed, High Sherrif of Greater London, has been appointed to Britain's Upper House as one of the six new non-party political peers.Hameed, a hospital management expert, has......

Swraj Paul denies 'expense' charges; demands probe

The British House of Lords has announced a probe into expenses claimed by NRI industrialist , after he requested for an inquiry into allegations that he wrongly claimed parliamentary allowances, a......

UK banking crisis: Lord Paul for intensive probe

NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul has demanded an intensive probe into the raging banking crisis in Britain, saying the Libor fixing has hurt the reputation not only of the financial services but......

Committed to UK-India strategic relations: Cable

Britain is strongly committed to building a strategic relationship with India, which has transformed considerably over the last decade, Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and......

Swraj Paul lauds Indira Gandhi for India's reforms

Describing the late Indira Gandhi as the "greatest Prime Minister" India ever had, NRI industrialist and one of Britain's wealthiest Lord Swraj Paul said credit for opening up the Indian economy......

UK may cut 11.5-b pounds from utility services

Facing a whopping budgetary deficit of 157 billion pounds, the Conservative-led coalition Government in the UK has signalled a cut in grants totalling 11.5 billion pounds to public utility services......

Special: The A to Z of Harry Potter

In 1990, on a train trip from Manchester to London, a billion-dollar idea was conceived by a British woman of humble means, which would go on to make her one of the richest women in Great Britain.......

London welcomes Hrithik, Barbara

After a warm welcome in New York, Kites got an equally rousing welcome in London where the movie had its European premiere on Tuesday. The cast and crew of the movie including......

Pak pacer Asif appeals against ICC ban

Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif has filed an appeal against his five-year ban by the ICC with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Switzerland. The ICC anti-corruption tribunal had banned......

Jailed Pak trio could be deported after end of term

Jailed Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir could be deported from the UK after the completion of their prison terms. According to a report in The Daily Mail, the trio......

Kapil wins Global Diversity Award for Sport 2011

India's first World Cup winning captain Kapil Dev has been chosen for the Global Diversity Award for Sports 2011 for his outstanding achievements in cricket and his recent induction into the ICC......

Revealed: How the 'spot-fixing' scandal unfolded

The skeletons continue to tumble out in the spot-fixing saga with British tabloid News of the World revealing details of the conversations between alleged fixer Mazhar Majeed and their undercover......

Almost every Pakistan match fixed: Hameed

In a sensational twist to thespot-fixing scandal, former Pakistan opener Yasir Hameed on Sunday claimed that his team-mates were involved in fixing "almost every match" even as a fourth touring......

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Q. where is Nandi Hills ?
Afsa Kausar: A. more

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Q. why are we still calling LORD Mountbatten and other British viceroys as LORD still ?
Afsa Kausar: A. We have not been able to overcome our slave mentality. Britishers have physically left India, but they made houses in the minds our leaders, who...... more

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Q. Identify the Person Jeffrey Archer
Steve: A. Convicted of perjury in 2001, Archer, a bestselling novelist (Sons of Fortune) and member of the British House of Lords, penned this memoir about...... more

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Q. Vande Mataram, is a far better composition in praise of ourDear Motherland - India, than Jana Gana Mana Adhinayaka. What is your view on this?
Hitler : A. I am not in a comment to position about national songs. After seeing our history, I am just forced to bow my head in shame, I don't even think we...... more

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Q. Who is the first person of Indian origin to hold the position of deputy speaker in the British parliament ---House of Lords?
L KINI: A. Swaraj Paul more

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Prez Pranab to get taste of Shimla`s colonial past

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