NRI Keith Vaz appointed to UK's top security panel

Leading NRI parliamentarian Keith Vaz has been appointed to Britain's National Security Committee, which is responsible for scrutinising counter terrorism policy and strategy in the country. The......

Pakistan-origin MP appointed new UK home secretary

Sajid Javid, the son of a Pakistani bus driver whose family migrated to Britain in the 1960s, becomes the first South Asian origin MP to hold a key portfolio in the UK Cabinet. IMAGE: Home......

UK MP Keith Vaz caught in male prostitute scandal

Keith Vaz, Britain’s longest serving Indian-origin MP, was on Sunday embroiled in a sex scandal after a newspaper claimed he had paid for male prostitutes. The Labour MP from Leicester since......

British MPs ask Singh whether India in loop on visa bonds

A high-powered British parliamentary committee has written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asking if he was consulted over a controversial plan to introduce a hefty 3,000 pounds cash bond for......