H S Rao And Ibrahim Manik

Stories by H S Rao And Ibrahim Manik

Infections drive British patients to India

Infections drive British patients to India

Rediff.com   16 Apr 2007

Dentistry is the most popular service with treatments such as crowns, dental implants, bridges and veneers leading the way; with most people preferring to go to India for the treatment.

3 charged with helping 7/7 bombers

3 charged with helping 7/7 bombers

Rediff.com   6 Apr 2007

All those charged on Thursday were from the same area of West Yorkshire, England, as three of the four bombers.

High-skilled Indians face deportation from UK

High-skilled Indians face deportation from UK

Rediff.com   29 Mar 2007

The threat of deportation is looming large over a number of Indians holding Highly Skilled Migrants Programme visas in the UK

Kiran Desai's novel makes Orange list

Kiran Desai's novel makes Orange list

Rediff.com   20 Mar 2007

Judges for the 30,000 pound Orange award broke with a 39-year unspoken convention by choosing this year's Man Booker and Costa Prize winning books -- Desai's novel and Stef Penney's The Tenderness of Wolves -- on their long-list of 20.

India International award for Lord Bilimoria

India International award for Lord Bilimoria

Rediff.com   20 Mar 2007

Executive Director of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan here, M N Nandakumara has bagged the award for promoting Indian Art and Culture in the UK.

Newcomers to UK should be taught 'Hinglish'

Newcomers to UK should be taught 'Hinglish'

Rediff.com   15 Mar 2007

The think tank said the Oxford English Dictionary should be replaced as the leading authority on English by a website listing words suggested by the public.

Patak's Indian food for sale

Patak's Indian food for sale

Rediff.com   13 Mar 2007

The Patak's Indian food empire has been put up for sale with a price tag of 200 million pounds, just months after a bitter family feud over ownership of the company was settled.

Indian docs win; UK govt agrees to withdraw clause

Indian docs win; UK govt agrees to withdraw clause

Rediff.com   9 Mar 2007

The high court was due to hear on Thursday the application filed by the British Association for People of Indian Origin for permission to take a judicial review of the injunction on rules affecting Highly Skilled Migrant Programme doctors.

Naeem Murr wins C'wealth Prize

Naeem Murr wins C'wealth Prize

Rediff.com   7 Mar 2007

In Murr's book, Rajiv Travers, the child of an Indian mother and English father is abandoned, first to relatives in London and later to the care of his uncle's mistress, Ruth Winters, who lives in a small American town.

EU report on J&K disfavours plebiscite

EU report on J&K disfavours plebiscite

Rediff.com   6 Mar 2007

Describing the India-EU relations as "exceptionally good," Nicholson said the EU would not get involved in Kashmir unless both parties invited it.

Some relief for Indian doctors in UK

Some relief for Indian doctors in UK

Rediff.com   5 Mar 2007

Judge Justice Wilkie in the high court of justice ordered the injunction on Sunday evening, Ramesh Mehta, president of the British Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, told PTI in London on Monday.

British security service reviled V K Krishna Menon

British security service reviled V K Krishna Menon

Rediff.com   4 Mar 2007

In all six files, covering the period 1929 and 1955, document the security service's interest in Krishna Menon, a close friend of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first prime minister.

UK: Docs appeal against new immigration judgment

UK: Docs appeal against new immigration judgment

Rediff.com   2 Mar 2007

The health department had decided to keep the new immigration laws in abeyance for the first round of recruitment this year in the NHS.

Indian students in UK left vulnerable

Indian students in UK left vulnerable

Rediff.com   26 Feb 2007

Many of the Indian students after completing post-graduation and other courses have switched to HSMP as in-country applicants, but now they have realised the new changes introduced by the British government might not lead them anywhere.

Temporary relief for Indian doctors in UK

Temporary relief for Indian doctors in UK

Rediff.com   25 Feb 2007

Britain has decided to keep the new immigration laws, which will hit their employment prospects, in abeyance for the first round of recruitment this year in the National Health Service.

Migrants to UK could face English tests

Migrants to UK could face English tests

Rediff.com   22 Feb 2007

A report identifies the inability to speak English as the single biggest barrier preventing migrants from integrating successfully in Britain.

Indian docs move court against UK immigration law

Indian docs move court against UK immigration law

Rediff.com   13 Feb 2007

If the association fails to get a stay of the new immigration law, an estimated 15,000 Indian doctors and medical students in the UK will have to pack up their bags and return home.

India keen on successful Doha talks: FM

India keen on successful Doha talks: FM

Rediff.com   30 Jan 2007

India has said it is committed to working for a successful conclusion of Doha round of World Trade Organisation talks despite the setbacks witnessed in the recent months.

Shilpa Shetty wins Big Brother

Shilpa Shetty wins Big Brother

Rediff.com   29 Jan 2007

On winning the reality show the Bollywood actress thanked the public for a "fantastic opportunity to make my country proud"

NRI human rights lawyer to review Big Brother

NRI human rights lawyer to review Big Brother

Rediff.com   24 Jan 2007

Rabinder Singh will sit as the independent member on a three member-strong panel commissioned in the wake of the race row that erupted last week.