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EPL PIX: Chelsea stage comeback win; Arsenal drop points in title chase

EPL PIX: Chelsea stage comeback win; Arsenal drop points in title chase

Rediff.com9 Dec 2024

Arsenal were held to a 1-1 Premier League draw by London rivals Fulham on a grey wet Sunday at Craven Cottage as Raul Jimenez scored early for the hosts and William Saliba equalised for the visitors at the start of the second half.

UK cuts more jobs for non-EU workers

UK cuts more jobs for non-EU workers

Rediff.com18 Oct 2011

'Shortage occupation list' is a list of jobs that Britain allows non-EU professionals to come to the UK and take up employment.

UK rejects appeal on student visa curbs

UK rejects appeal on student visa curbs

Rediff.com30 May 2012

In a letter to Prime Minister David Cameron, the university heads noted the economic and other contributions made by international students, and said Britain stood to lose out on the highly competitive international student market unless the recent changes were reviewed.

British PM's ex-media advisor arrested for perjury

British PM's ex-media advisor arrested for perjury

Rediff.com30 May 2012

England Prime Minister David Cameron's former top media advisor Andy Coulson was arrested on Wednesday by the Scottish police over allegations of perjury. Coulson, 44, was detained at his London home early today morning and was taken to Glasgow

T20 World Cup: Australia set to include IPL star McGurk as reserve

T20 World Cup: Australia set to include IPL star McGurk as reserve

Rediff.com20 May 2024

Jake Fraser-McGurk set the IPL alight with his smashing performance with the bat for Delhi Capitals, hitting 330 runs in nine matches at a strike rate of 234.

Landmark day: Queen Elizabeth attends UK cabinet meet

Landmark day: Queen Elizabeth attends UK cabinet meet

Rediff.com18 Dec 2012

Queen Elizabeth II, celebrating the diamond jubilee of her reign, on Tuesday scripted history when she attended a cabinet meeting in 10 Downing Street, becoming the first British monarch since 1781 to do so.

Vaz, Patel and Rishi Sunak elected to UK parliament

Vaz, Patel and Rishi Sunak elected to UK parliament

Rediff.com8 May 2015

Opposition Labour's Valerie Vaz also retained her Walsall South seat and Seema Malhotra won her south west London seat comfortably.

Theresa May becomes second woman PM of Britain

Theresa May becomes second woman PM of Britain

Rediff.com13 Jul 2016

Theresa May on Wednesday became Britain's second woman prime minister after Margaret Thatcher.

 UK Nobel Prize winners flay immigration cap

UK Nobel Prize winners flay immigration cap

Rediff.com7 Oct 2010

The annual cap has under sharp focus after this week's announcement that two Russian-born scientists at the University of Manchester, Professor Andre Geim and Professor Konstantin Novoselov, won the Nobel prize for Physics.

UK plans to monitor phone calls, emails, texts

UK plans to monitor phone calls, emails, texts

Rediff.com2 Apr 2012

Opposition to the plans likely to be outlined in the Queen's Speech in May has come in from inside and outside the ruling coalition, including civil liberties groups.

UK parliament committee attacks British aid to India

UK parliament committee attacks British aid to India

Rediff.com29 Mar 2012

Seeking an "early exit strategy" from the India development aid programme, a committee of the British House of Lords on Thursday alleged that the assistance may provide a "perverse incentive" to the Indian government to use less of its own funds to cut poverty. The issue of sending aid to an increasingly prosperous India provoked public fury in February amidst deep funding cuts, job losses and worse in Britain.

Taliban rockets nearly took out British PM

Taliban rockets nearly took out British PM

Rediff.com27 Aug 2010

According to the sources, the Taliban knew which helicopter to target when the Prime Minister visited a British base in southern Helmand province.

Child vaccine: UK, Gates pledge $2.3bn

Child vaccine: UK, Gates pledge $2.3bn

Rediff.com13 Jun 2011

British Prime Minister David Cameron told the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation, a donors conference in London, that the new funding arrangement would help 'vaccinate more than 80 million children against diseases such as pneumonia and diarrhoea.'

Prime Minister Modi meets British PM, French prez, Bill Gates

Prime Minister Modi meets British PM, French prez, Bill Gates

Rediff.com28 Sep 2015

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday held separate meetings with his British counterpart David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande.

Egypt: Gaddafi's troops pound Misrata

Egypt: Gaddafi's troops pound Misrata

Rediff.com14 Apr 2011

Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi on Thursday pounded the besieged western town of Misurata amid growing differences among the international community over the military campaign in Libya. Ahead of a key North Atlantic Treaty Organisation meeting in Berlin, Britain and France mounted pressure on the alliance to help defeat the Libyan regime.

UK: New immigration rules to hit Indian pros

UK: New immigration rules to hit Indian pros

Rediff.com5 Apr 2011

The new immigration regime includes tighter rules for students, limits on skilled professionals and new restrictions on the settlement of migrants who are already in Britain.

UK's new govt to forge 'enhanced ties with India'

UK's new govt to forge 'enhanced ties with India'

Rediff.com25 May 2010

Britain's new Conservative- Liberal Democrat coalition government in its first policy pronouncement on Tuesday promised to "enhanced partnership" with India, but said that restrictions will be imposed on the entry of non-European Union immigrants.

UK MPs fume after India announces Mars mission

UK MPs fume after India announces Mars mission

Rediff.com17 Aug 2012

British lawmakers are angry with the David Cameron-led government despite it making it clear that their aid is not used to fund India's space programme but is earmarked for specific purposes like tackling child malnutrition, providing malaria bed nets and secondary education for poor girls. British Members of Parliament raised a hue and cry after India unveiled plans to launch a mission to Mars while receiving 280 million pounds a year in aid from Britain.

Mary outclassed by Adams, settles for bronze

Mary outclassed by Adams, settles for bronze

Rediff.com8 Aug 2012

Great Britain's Nicola Adams dashed M C Mary Kom's hopes of making it to final, outclassing the iconic Indian pugilist 11-6 in the women's flyweight (51kg) semi-finals on Wednesday.

Boxer Mary Kom loses in semi-finals, bags bronze

Boxer Mary Kom loses in semi-finals, bags bronze

Rediff.com8 Aug 2012

Britain's Nicola Adams won the semifinals bout of the women's flyweight boxing competition on Wednesday.

UK plans big investment for its biz centres in India

UK plans big investment for its biz centres in India

Rediff.com15 Mar 2013

The first centre will be set up in New Delhi later this year, followed by Mumbai soon after with the ultimate aim of establishing up to six such facilities across the country by 2017.

2024 ICC T20 World Cup Squads

2024 ICC T20 World Cup Squads

Rediff.com31 May 2024

T20 World Cup Squads

PM gets ready for the G20 Summit

PM gets ready for the G20 Summit

Rediff.com2 Nov 2011

In his pre-departure statement, PM said he looks forward to the G20 Summit and would like Europe to prosper as "in Europe's prosperity lies our own prosperity".

England bid focuses on soccer legacy for FIFA

England bid focuses on soccer legacy for FIFA

Rediff.com2 Dec 2010

England used its final presentation on Thursday to promise FIFA a commercially successful 2018 World Cup through an initiative that would match FIFA's current spending on soccer development.

IPL: RCB eye fifth win in a row against Pant-less Delhi Capitals

IPL: RCB eye fifth win in a row against Pant-less Delhi Capitals

Rediff.com11 May 2024

Pushed into a tight corner, Royal Challengers Bengaluru rose above their frailties to notch four wins on the trot and stay alive in the race to play-offs. However, a volatile Delhi Capitals offer them a different challenge in their penultimate IPL league match in Bengaluru on Sunday.

UK vows to fight back to crush unrest

UK vows to fight back to crush unrest

Rediff.com11 Aug 2011

United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron vowed to "fight back" to crush the unrest that spread to central and northern cities from London, even as the focus on checking violence on Wednesday night shifted to Birmingham, where the killing of three Asian-origin men generated racial tensions.

Another UK minister opposes migrants cap

Another UK minister opposes migrants cap

Rediff.com21 Sep 2010

Placing the annual limit on non-EU professionals is a key coalition promise as part of its objective to reduce net immigration into Britain.

Gaddafi hiding in different hospitals every night

Gaddafi hiding in different hospitals every night

Rediff.com27 May 2011

Libya's embattled leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is showing increasing signs of paranoia, he's on the run and has been spending nights hiding in different hospitals to dodge North Atlantic Treaty Organisation air raids, a British news report said.

UK lawmaker names Giggs in privacy row

UK lawmaker names Giggs in privacy row

Rediff.com24 May 2011

A British politician defied a court order on Monday by identifying Manchester United's Ryan Giggs as the soccer star fighting a legal battle to prevent newspapers from publishing allegations of an affair.

Aid to India to continue, says UK

Aid to India to continue, says UK

Rediff.com7 Feb 2012

Prime Minister David Cameron has reaffirmed Britain's decision to continue its aid programme to India, amidst a row sparked by some ruling Conservative members of Parliament demanding an end to it, and reports that India did not need it.

Sonia skipped meeting with UK PM for mother?

Sonia skipped meeting with UK PM for mother?

Rediff.com30 Jul 2010

Congress sources have disclosed that Sonia is probably away from the country, visiting her ailing mother, Paola Maino.

British PM's mantra: Money and more money

British PM's mantra: Money and more money

Rediff.com29 Jul 2010

His huge delegation comprising six Cabinet ministers, including Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne, too, talked money.

Shailesh Vara is shadow deputy leader of Commons

Shailesh Vara is shadow deputy leader of Commons

Rediff.com10 Nov 2006

Leading Conservative MP Shailesh Vara has been appointed shadow deputy leader of Britain's House of Commons, the first ethnic minority Tory to sit on the front bench.

'UK determined to have good ties with Tatas'

'UK determined to have good ties with Tatas'

Rediff.com30 Jun 2010

The new coalition government headed by prime minister David Cameron is determined to have 'very good relations' with India's Tata Group, owners of Jaguar Land Rover and Corus, British business secretary Vince Cable said on Thursday.

Rampant Australia wary of Scotland; Pakistan look to end on high

Rampant Australia wary of Scotland; Pakistan look to end on high

Rediff.com15 Jun 2024

A washout in England-Namibia game in the same group will see Scotland go through.

UK moves bill to recall errant MPs

UK moves bill to recall errant MPs

Rediff.com14 Dec 2011

The British public will be given the right to recall their local MP if they are found to have engaged in serious wrongdoing under proposals published in a draft bill in Parliament.

UK seeks 'new special relationship' with India

UK seeks 'new special relationship' with India

Rediff.com20 May 2010

Britain's new coalition government has committed itself to forge a 'new special relationship' with India, an objective Prime Minister David Cameron had articulated as early as 2006 during his visit to New Delhi as the Conservative leader.

UK: Indians to oppose immigration cap by new govt

UK: Indians to oppose immigration cap by new govt

Rediff.com12 May 2010

An influential group representing skilled professionals from India and outside the European Union said on Wednesday any attempt to impose an annual cap on immigration by the David Cameron government will be unworkable and will be opposed.

New UK govt plans annual cap on immigrants

New UK govt plans annual cap on immigrants

Rediff.com12 May 2010

As per the understanding between the Conservative and Liberal Democrats parties, it is the Conservative policy that has been adopted by the new coalition government.