Prasun Sonwalkar And H S Rao

Stories by Prasun Sonwalkar And H S Rao

Mukesh Ambani bidding for Liverpool football club?

Mukesh Ambani bidding for Liverpool football club?

Rediff.com   9 Feb 2010

Liverpool is presently owned by American duo George Gillett and Tom Hicks, who acquired the club in February 2007.

East India Company to sell tea, coffee in London

East India Company to sell tea, coffee in London

Rediff.com   8 Feb 2010

Items to be stocked include furniture, chocolates, leather goods, fruit pickles and sushi.

'India, UK to sign nuke deal within a week'

'India, UK to sign nuke deal within a week'

Rediff.com   4 Feb 2010

India and the United Kingdom have agreed on the text of a landmark civil nuclear agreement and a formal pact may be signed within a week, Britain's Business Secretary Lord Peter Mandelson announced on Thursday. "The civil nuclear deal text has been agreed to and it will be signed soon, may be within a week after ministerial approvals," Lord Mandelson told a joint press conference with Commerce Minister Anand Sharma.

UK pledges 14.5 mn pounds for Indian slums

UK pledges 14.5 mn pounds for Indian slums

Rediff.com   4 Feb 2010

The Department for International Development-funded programme will support India's flagship Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission programme.

SRK unfazed by Shiv Sena's barbs

SRK unfazed by Shiv Sena's barbs

Rediff.com   4 Feb 2010

Unfazed by Shiv Sena's attack on him, Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan had a dig at the party and stuck to his stand of pitching for inclusion of Pakistani cricketers in Indian Premier League.

Nobel winner Venki has trouble buying phone in UK

Nobel winner Venki has trouble buying phone in UK

Rediff.com   2 Feb 2010

Nobel laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan found it difficult to buy an iPhone from British mobile service provider O2 for the simple reason that he spelt his first name as 'Venki' in the application form, a bizzare case that has led him to suspect an element of racism.

Mumbai belongs to all of India: Mukesh Ambani

Mumbai belongs to all of India: Mukesh Ambani

Rediff.com   27 Jan 2010

"We are all Indians first. Mumbai, Chennai and Delhi belong to all Indians. That is the reality," he said on Tuesday during a panel discussion at the London School of Economics organised to release Rajya Sabha MP N K Singh's book, Not by Reason Alone: The Politics of Change.

'India is land of billion opportunities'

'India is land of billion opportunities'

Rediff.com   27 Jan 2010

Hosted by LSE's India Observatory, the event included release of Rajya Sabha MP and economist N K Singh's book Not by Reason Alone: The Politics of Change by Shobhana Bhartia, chairman of HT Media, and an engaging panel discussion and interaction with students.

UK not same without India, Indians: Brown

UK not same without India, Indians: Brown

Rediff.com   21 Jan 2010

Paying tributes on the eve of the 60th anniversary of India's Republic Day, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said Britain will not be the same 'without our strong bond with India and the enormous part played by the Indian community.'

'India needs a strong brand strategy'

'India needs a strong brand strategy'

Rediff.com   20 Jan 2010

India needs to develop a strong brand strategy now to benefit from its growing importance in the global economy, according to a senior academic at the University of Oxford.

'Tesco may open 1st Cash & Carry outlet in India'

'Tesco may open 1st Cash & Carry outlet in India'

Rediff.com   20 Jan 2010

Tesco already has presence in India through a joint venture with Tatas. These stores are located in Mumbai, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad and Chennai. Greg said, 'we see a huge opportunity for future growth in India'.

'Jyoti Basu was the great PM India never had'

'Jyoti Basu was the great PM India never had'

Rediff.com   18 Jan 2010

The Indian community in Britain on Sunday mourned the death of Marxist patriarch Jyoti Basu, with leading NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul saying that the veteran leader was the 'great prime minister India never had'. "In Basu, we have lost a great son of Bengal, a great Indian and for me a great friend and a great prime minister India never had," Lord Paul said in his heartfelt condolences.

NRI Keith Vaz appointed to UK's top security panel

NRI Keith Vaz appointed to UK's top security panel

Rediff.com   15 Jan 2010

The Joint Committee on National Security Strategy has now been formerly moved in the House of Commons and will be meeting informally before the end of this month.

UK summons Chinese envoy over execution

UK summons Chinese envoy over execution

Rediff.com   30 Dec 2009

Britain on Tuesday summoned the Chinese ambassador in London to the Foreign Office to protest the execution of a man of Pakistani-British decent convicted for drug smuggling, despite making 27 representations to China on the issue, including a last-minute appeal by Premier Gordon Brown.

UK accuses China of hijacking climate summit

UK accuses China of hijacking climate summit

Rediff.com   21 Dec 2009

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Monday that UN climate summit in Copenhagen was 'held to ransom' by a small group of countries, as his climate secretary accused China of hijacking the talks to block a legally binding treaty.

NRIs selling jewellery as gold prices rise

NRIs selling jewellery as gold prices rise

Rediff.com   18 Dec 2009

Amidst recession and job losses, Britons of Indian origin and others have been flocking to jewellery shops to cash in on rising price of gold, selling their rings, chains and even dental braces made of gold.

UK to phase out cheques by 2018

UK to phase out cheques by 2018

Rediff.com   17 Dec 2009

As part of efforts to put in place more efficient ways of making payments, no cheques will be issued or honoured in Britain from October 2018, the UK Payments Council has said.

Tighter visa rules for UK-bound Indian IT workers

Tighter visa rules for UK-bound Indian IT workers

Rediff.com   9 Dec 2009

From next year, workers in this category will need to have 12 months experience instead of six months as at present with their employer before they can be transferred to the UK, official sources said.

Hawala kingpin Naresh Jain banned from entering UK

Hawala kingpin Naresh Jain banned from entering UK

Rediff.com   8 Dec 2009

Jain was being tracked by detectives in London, the United States, Holland, Italy, Spain and the UAE when he was arrested in New Delhi on Sunday. Britain's Serious organised Crime Agency said Jain controlled a worldwide money laundering system that, at its height, was capable of moving $2.2 billion every year.

World's largest searchable audio database soon

World's largest searchable audio database soon

Rediff.com   8 Dec 2009

Professor John Coleman and his team are one of four teams to win the 'Digging into Data' competition set up to encourage imaginative, forward-thinking research using large-scale computing in Humanities.