Aditi Khanna

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Japan's legal claim threatens Tata assets in UK: Report

Japan's legal claim threatens Tata assets in UK: Report

Rediff.com   28 Jul 2016

The London Commercial court has granted Tata Sons a period of 23 days, starting July 27th 2016, to apply to set aside the exparte order

UK records 6,193 post-Brexit hate crimes

UK records 6,193 post-Brexit hate crimes

Rediff.com   23 Jul 2016

The overall level of racist and hate related incidents was up 20 per cent in July 2015.

UK news reporter in hijab files complaint over discrimination

UK news reporter in hijab files complaint over discrimination

Rediff.com   22 Jul 2016

A Muslim television reporter for a British news channel on Friday filed a complaint against a columnist for Rupert Murdoch's 'Sun' newspaper who singled her out for wearing hijab while reporting on the recent terror attack at Nice in France.

Mallya asks Indian authorities to interview him in London

Mallya asks Indian authorities to interview him in London

Rediff.com   20 Jul 2016

"I just have to ride out the storm," Vijay Mallya said.

UK court begins hearing Brexit legality case

UK court begins hearing Brexit legality case

Rediff.com   19 Jul 2016

The first of a number of legal challenges to Britain's exit from the European Union without parliamentary approval opened in the high court in London on Tuesday.

Jaguar Land Rover to start testing driverless cars on UK roads

Jaguar Land Rover to start testing driverless cars on UK roads

Rediff.com   14 Jul 2016

The initial tests will involve vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications technologies that will allow cars to "talk" to each other and roadside signs, overhead gantries and traffic lights

Boris Johnson, Hammond in UK PM May's new Cabinet

Boris Johnson, Hammond in UK PM May's new Cabinet

Rediff.com   14 Jul 2016

May announced her first big shake-up just minutes after entering Downing Street on Wednesday.

Cameron takes final bow as UK prime minister

Cameron takes final bow as UK prime minister

Rediff.com   14 Jul 2016

Former British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday wished continued success for his country in its post-Brexit future as he left the Downing Street to meet Queen Elizabeth II to tender his resignation.

Theresa May becomes second woman PM of Britain

Theresa May becomes second woman PM of Britain

Rediff.com   13 Jul 2016

Theresa May on Wednesday became Britain's second woman prime minister after Margaret Thatcher.

UK should 'try and be as close to the EU as we can be': Cameron

UK should 'try and be as close to the EU as we can be': Cameron

Rediff.com   13 Jul 2016

Outgoing British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday said that post-Brexit the United Kingdom should "try and be as close to the European Union as we can be".

Theresa May to become UK's 2nd woman PM

Theresa May to become UK's 2nd woman PM

Rediff.com   12 Jul 2016

Theresa May is set to become Britain's next Prime Minister after her internal party Andrea Leadsom dropped out of the Conservative leadership race.

UK Parliament in temporary lockdown over suspicious package

UK Parliament in temporary lockdown over suspicious package

Rediff.com   7 Jul 2016

Britain's Parliament was on Thursday put under a temporary lockdown after a Pakistani-origin member of the House of Lords received a suspicious envelope filled with "white powder" along with a racist letter, on a day the United Kingdom marked the 11th anniversary of the 2005 London terror attacks.

UK feared India-Pak nuclear war in 2001: Iraq war inquiry

UK feared India-Pak nuclear war in 2001: Iraq war inquiry

Rediff.com   6 Jul 2016

The then UK foreign secretary Jack Straw made the revelations during his depositions before the Chilcot Inquiry, which declared today that the Iraq invasion in 2003 had been based on "flawed intelligence".

UK report calls for cheaper, simpler visas for Indians

UK report calls for cheaper, simpler visas for Indians

Rediff.com   5 Jul 2016

France has now over-taken the UK as India's most visited European nation

Conservatives begin voting to choose new British PM

Conservatives begin voting to choose new British PM

Rediff.com   5 Jul 2016

Britain's ruling Conservative party on Tuesday began the first round of voting to choose a new party leader who will succeed David Cameron as the prime minister with home secretary Theresa May emerging as a clear front-runner.

Britain's Nigel Farage quits as leader of pro-Brexit party

Britain's Nigel Farage quits as leader of pro-Brexit party

Rediff.com   4 Jul 2016

Farage, 52, said he felt he had done all he could to achieve a vote for the United Kingdom to leave the EU in a referendum on June 23 and now he wanted "his life back".

Contesting out of conviction not ambition, says Gove

Contesting out of conviction not ambition, says Gove

Rediff.com   1 Jul 2016

Gove, who had surprised political circles with his decision to stand for the Conservative party leadership instead of backing fellow Brexit champion Boris Johnson, laid out his case to be premier despite not being glamorous enough.

'For heaven's sake man, go', Cameron tells Corbyn

'For heaven's sake man, go', Cameron tells Corbyn

Rediff.com   29 Jun 2016

Britain's outgoing Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday asked opposition Labour party's embattled leader Jeremy Corbyn to step down in the national interest, saying "for heaven's sake man, go".

UK's opposition leader loses no-confidence motion, refuses to resign

UK's opposition leader loses no-confidence motion, refuses to resign

Rediff.com   28 Jun 2016

The United Kingdom's embattled opposition leader, Jeremy Corbyn, on Tuesday lost a no-confidence motion brought against him by his Labour party MPs in the wake of UK's shock Brexit vote.

After Brexit, French politicians want English language out of EU

After Brexit, French politicians want English language out of EU

Rediff.com   28 Jun 2016

The English language may be one of the casualties of Brexit as it emerged that no state other than the United Kingdom has registered it as a primary language among the 28 countries within the European Union.