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UK: Brown to step down as Labour Party chief, PM

In a dramatic development, Prime Minister Gordon Brown saidhe will step aside as leader of the Labour party and as prime minister on Monday, and offered to help forge an alliance with the Liberal......

Clegg now talking to both Tories, Labour

Negotiations on government formation took a new turn today in the UK with revelation that the Liberal Democrats leader Nick Clegg has also been holding discussions with Prime Minister Gordon Brown.......

UK heads for 'coalition of the losers'

The Tories and Liberal Democrats edged closer to a deal on coalition formation that might result in Conservative Party leader David Cameron enter Downing Street, even as reports emerged that......

Britain's Brown names new Cabinet

David Miliband, former environment secretary, was on Thursday named as Britain's new foreign secretary as Prime Minister Gordon Brown unveiled his Cabinet a day after assuming the charge of the......

NRIs protest 'discriminatory' UK immigration laws

Braving chilly wind and a drizzle, scores of highly-skilled Indian nationals on Thursday held a protest demonstration in front of the British Parliament urging the Labour government to withdraw......

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......

Hope and despair at the G-20

When will the Schumpeterian perennial gale of creative destruction that started from the credit and housing bubble in the US slow down? Despite the assurances of UK Chancellor Alistair Darling......

Mittal, Sarin in UK's Power 100 list

Two India-born British entrepreneurs -- steel czar Lakshmi Mittal and telecom tycoon Arun Sarin -- have been named among the 100 most powerful people in the UK business in a list compiled by the......

UK wants India to open up financial services

British accountancy services firms on Monday said the barriers foreign firms face in operating in India were adding to their capital costs, besides stopping them from recruiting more Indian......

Gordon Brown to visit India on Jan 17

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown will begin a three-day visit to India from January 17. Brown's visit to India assumes significance considering that this is his first ever visit......

My only aim is to play 50 overs: Jagadeesan after record

N Jagadeesan's mantra to success is quite simple: stay in the middle and bat till the 50 overs. In the form of his life, Jagadeesan on Monday smashed a world record breaking 277, the highest List......

Hazare: Jagadeesan slams WR 277; TN win by 435 runs

IMAGE: Narayan Jagadeesan in action for Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2022. Photograph: BCCI Narayan Jagadeesan on Monday broke the world record for the highest ever individual score in men's List A......

Australia's Short goes big with record double century

IMAGE: Australia's D'Arcy Short. Photograph: Craig Brough/Reuters Western Australia opener D’Arcy Short clobbered 23 sixes in a blistering 257 against Queensland to register the......

Dhawan's record 248 propels India 'A' into tri-series final

Shikhar Dhawan smashed his way into the record books with a breathtaking 248-run knock, which singlehandedly guided India ‘A’ to a 39-run victory over a fighting South Africa 'A' and......

'Double ton will boost Shikhar's confidence during SA tour'

Shikhar Dhawan's amazing double century against South Africa 'A' will stand the opener in good stead when India tour that country later this year, his childhood coach Madan Sharma said. Dhawan......

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