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Scandal-hit Keith Vaz quits as Home Affairs Committee chairman

Britain's longest serving Indian-origin Labour MP Keith Vaz on Tuesday resigned from his post as chair of the influential House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee in the wake of being......

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......

Keith Vaz elected chairman of top UK committee

Keith Vaz, leading NRI Labour MP from Leicester East, has been elected chairman of Britain's Home Affairs Committee of the House of Commons. According to an official announcement, 50-year-old Vaz......

Keith Vaz re-elected chair of UK Parliament committee

Keith Vaz, Britain's longest-serving Indian-origin MP was on Thursday re-elected as chair of the British Parliament's influential Home Affairs Select Committee, even as a controversy rages over his......

Operation Sindoor Outreach What Did Panda & Co Achieve In West Asia?

'It is high time that the 'war on terror' is removed from our diplomatic toolbox.' 'Certainly, our parliamentarians have no role in it,' asserts Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar. IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata......

New UK immigration rules to hit Indian cos

Large and small Indian companies may face difficulties in filling up vacancies and moving staff from country to country owing to the new British immigration rules, an influential group of British......

'UK working to overturn EU mango import ban'

Britain is taking action to overturn the European Union ban on import of mangoes from India though it is unlikely to be lifted before the end of this mango season, leading Indian-origin MP Keith......

UK minister admits deadlock over visa bond scheme

UK home secretary Theresa May, the driving force behind plans to introduce a controversial 3,000 pound visa bond for visitors from certain countries including India, has admitted the scheme remains......

UK visas could be auctioned to overseas millionaires

UK visas may be auctioned off to overseas millionaires or "sold" in exchange for donations to hospitals and universities under new government proposals, a media report said. The proposals,......

PSBs get more teeth to checkmate defaulters

The Ministry of Home Affairs amended its guidelines on October 12 to include the chairman, managing director or chief executive officer of each public sector bank on the list of authorities who can......

Rocket Boys: Our heroes have come back in flesh and blood

Rocket Boys offer an overwhelming experience to me and many others who saw Homi Bhabha in action at Trombay, notes Dr K S Parthasarathy, former Secretary, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board. IMAGE:......

2019 World Cup: India vs Pakistan on June 16

India will start their World Cup campaign on June 5 as the BCCI will have to maintain a mandatory 15-day gap between the IPL final and international assignment as per the Lodha Committee......

Full text of the Justice Lodha IPL verdict

Justice Rajendra Mal Lodha. Photograph: PTI Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals were suspended from the Indian Premier League for two years for betting activities of their key officials,......