In yet another case of international bank cards fraud, customers at a petrol pump in the city of Leicester last week found that their card details were used to withdraw money from various places across the world, including India.
According to records, the first flight took off for Karachi in colonial India on March 30, 1929. It had to make more than 20 stops, travelling through France, Italy, Greece, Libya, Gaza, Iraq and then on to India.
The scale of the fraud was such that one of them boasted how easy it was to cheat the Home Office and obtain visas for people who did not have the necessary documents for legal entry into Britain. A case on the visa fraud is currently being heard in the Isleworth Crown Court in west London.
The Migration Advisory Committee said 270,000 less posts should be on the 'shortage list' of jobs, which allows employers to bring in foreign workers without trying to fill them with British staff first. In the latest review published on Thursday, construction workers and quantity surveyors were suspended from the list because unemployment among workers in those professions has risen by 500 per cent as a result of the downturn.
After months of negotiations, Tata Motors-owned Jaguar Land Rover is likely to get approval for a loan of pound 270 million (about Rs 2,000 crore) from the European Investment Bank on April 7, BBC reported on Saturday quoting official sources.
Prominent Indian-origin academics in the United Kingdom have asked for immediate release of renowned human rights activist Binayak Sen, who has been imprisoned in Chhattisgarh since May 2007 for alleged links with Naxalites. "As the world's economic powers gather in London this week, with India among them, we hope they will take the time to consider human rights as well as the credit crunch. In particular, we call attention to the continuing imprisonment of Dr Sen," they said
One person died after he collapsed during demonstrations against the G-20 summit in London, as security officials vowed to prosecute protestors who broke into a branch of the Royal Bank of Scotland. The man died after he collapsed at the scene of protests near the Bank of England. A protester called the police after they saw the man collapse and stop breathing. Two police medics broke through the cordon and carried the man to a clear area.
Home secretary Jacqui Smith said the new arrangements as part of Tier 4 of the points based system will make the visa process simpler, more objective and more transparent for applicants and prevent abuse of the immigration system. From Tuesday, all British education providers (schools, colleges, universities) who recruit international students need to be registered with the UK Border Agency.
The first of such demonstrations will be held on Saturday. It has been organised by an alliance of more than 150 unions, environment and faith groups under an umbrella calling itself Put People First.
A top British court on Tuesday began a landmark judicial review on allowing funeral pyres according to Hindu rites, a decision that could impact millions of Indian diaspora living in the United Kingdom.
There was much demand for the visa centre in Wales to ensure speedier processing of applications. Earlier, applicants seeking visas here would need to travel to the Indian consulate in Birmingham or the High Commission in London. The centre has been set up following representations made to Mukherjee during his visit to Cardiff last year.
Three British teenagers have pleaded guilty to the sensational killing of an Indian sailor in a racially motivated attack on a ship in the United Kingdom in October 2007. Gregory Fernandes, 32, was set upon by a group of teenagers who boasted that they wanted to 'beat a Paki' when they saw him and his colleague, Vinod P, return to their ship near Southamton after a drink in a local hotel in Fawley.
The study, carried out at the University of Cambridge, indicates that Muslim women believe life in Europe has given them freedom, opportunities and security. It also reveals that an emerging generation of Muslim women are becoming increasingly independent and are determined to assert their right to a full education, a career and to follow their own dreams.
The economy contracted by 1.5 per cent between October and December, more than the quarterly declines seen during the recession in the 1990s. The last quarter decline came on top of a 0.6 per cent slump in the third quarter of 2008. Two or more consecutive quarters of contraction are regarded as a recession.
The search for a 15-year-old Indian schoolboy, who went missing earlier this month in Britain's Reading town, has been stepped up by the police.Jonathan Marques from Goa, who disappeared on January 6 on his way to his Blessed Hugh Faringdon School in the town, moved to United Kingdom three years ago with his parents and was reportedly keen to return to India.The local police have alerted police forces across Britain and are coordinating the search operation.
In the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks, Britain has stepped up security in hotels across the country. Speaking before the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee, British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith on Tuesday said security guidance has been issued and training given, in response to fears that hotel guests and shoppers in London were being left vulnerable from possible atrocities.
Company chief executive David Smith said that he did not expect sales to return to normal levels "for some time." He added, "It is only right and proper that our response to the unavoidable impact of the credit crunch and a severe reduction in demand includes actions across all grades and functions in the company. It is critical that Jaguar Land Rover becomes a more efficient and dynamic organisation to face up to the challenges that we will meet in the years ahead."
There is growing concern over the safety of an Indian student who disappeared a week ago on his way to school in Britain's Reading town, where a public campaign has been launched to help find him.
In offices of IT companies across Britain, Indian employees congregate often to discuss the latest news about Satyam, and try to figure out how the fate of the IT giant will affect them professionally. Many of them described Satyam's fall as no less than an 'earthquake'.
Mumbai-born Ghulam Noon, better known as Britain's 'Curry King' for his vast Indian food empire, was one of the guests at the Taj Mahal Hotel during the terror crisis but managed to escape.
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