He will take charge of all Rolls-Royce operations and activities in India and South Asia, British High Commission said in a statement on Thursday.
Mansi Hemdev is an entrepreneur -- and a very young one, at that. At the age of 21, she already owns her own cafe in Chennai. rediff.com's Ganesh Nadar caught up with this enterprising young lady to learn more about her business and career success.
Practice is the key to good band-scores and Indian students should make frequent use of the English language to improve their communication skills, says British Council's IELTS head in India, Kevin McLaven.
Britain's Scotland Yard, which probed the assassination of former premier Benazir Bhutto, on Friday handed over a report on its findings to the Pakistani police. Officials said that the head of a three-member team of British detectives, which arrived in Islamabad on Thursday, handed over the report to senior Pakistani police officials.
The Scotland Yard team spent a little more than two weeks in the country, during which the they visited the site at Liaquat Bagh in Rawalpindi where Bhutto was attacked, reviewed forensic and technical evidence and questioned eyewitnesses and doctors who treated her. They also reconstructed the attack on Bhutto several times.
The Supreme Court on Friday directed the Mumbai police not to release passports of two British nationals, who were acquitted in a case of paedophilia recently. The apex court issued notices to Britons -- Duncan Grant and Allan Waters -- on an appeal filed by an NGO challenging their acquittal by the Bombay high court.
This article will summarise the key changes outlined in the document and what those will mean for Indian applicants.
Dan Chugg, the First Secretary and the official spokesman of the British High Commission in New Delhi, in an exclusive phone interview talks about studying in the UK.
"The limited X-ray material, the absence of a full post mortem examination and CT scan, have meant that Cary, who has been consulted in this case, is unable categorically to exclude the possibility of there being a gunshot wound to the upper trunk or neck," the report said.
Paul Michael and Yatin Madlani, visa officers at the British High Commission in New Delhi, answered questions about UK universities and student visas during a July 12 expert chat.
Visit London, a UK-based tourism promotion agency, has said the British High Commission might take extra time to process the visa applications of Indians from a particular religion or community.
Banerji was honoured for her outstanding contribution to co-operation between Indian and British business while Puri was given the OBE for furthering Indo-British relations in education and commerce.
Malaysian police on Sunday fired teargas and water cannon to quell a protest by thousands of ethnic Indians who defied stern government warnings to stay away from a rally in support of a $4 trillion lawsuit that blames Britain for their economic woes.
Experts from the UK Border Agency and Visa Services, British High Commission, New Delhi, hosted a chat with GA readers on November 10. The transcript.
In a statement issued on Friday, the British High Commission said the Visa Application Centres were being closed temporarily to facilitate technical upgrades and staff training at the visa departments and centres.
Vatavaran 2005, India's premier environment and wildlife film festival, invites applications from Indian Environment Filmmakers for the UK-CMS Environmental Film Fellowships.
The Green Paper is defined as a three-stage route to citizenship, including a new probationary period of citizenship, with stringent conditions, which require new migrants to demonstrate their contribution to the UK at every stage or leave the country. Migrants will not have full access to social benefits until they have completed a compulsory probationary period. The proposal also asks migrants to improve their command of English to pass probation.
Indian HC in UK is planning to outsource its visa application process from this May, to VFS Global.
The next time when you apply for a visa for Britain, you will have to furnish your finger scans and digital photographs. The British High Commission is set to introduce biometric data collection procedure from Wednesday to check cases of identity fraud.
The Goa police have zeroed down on their main witness in the Scarlette Keeling murder case. Mike Masala claims to have details about the case has now approached the British High Commission in Mumbai seeking security if he had to testify. The Goa police say that he was popularly known as Masala and he claims to have a lot of information on the entire case.
Paul Michael and Yatin Madlani, visa officers at the British High Commission in New Delhi, answered questions about UK universities and student visas during a July 11 expert chat.
The British High Commission has announced this service for Indians travelling to the United Kingdom.
Britain has granted refugee status to Mohamed Nasheed, the former president of the Maldives who was jailed in 2015 after a trial that drew international criticism.
The aid would be provided in the form of blankets and medicines and by restoring safe water supplies and sanitation facilities
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday rejected alleged bookie Sanjeev Chawla's application for an interim measure on human rights grounds to block his extradition from the UK to face match-fixing charges in India. The legal paperwork process for his extradition will now go ahead through the UK Central Authority, for Scotland Yard officers to hand Chawla over to their counterparts from Delhi Police to be flown back to Indian within days.
'What can I do for my India except make films that showcase it's greatness to the world, which touch on national issues and arouse the feeling of patriotism?'
The actor has been named an honorary Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his outstanding contribution to cinema.
UK to grant 4 lakh visas to Indians this year
It was unhappy with the government's proposals on ways to rebuild war-hit Tamil parts of the country.
The demand is the highest for the India-Pakistan match at Old Trafford in Manchester on June 16 and also for the final at Lords on July 14.
The British High Commission in India has introduced new improved visa application facilities and procedures for applicants of Western India from February 24 with new centres at Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Pune.\n\n\n\n
Dina Wadia, Jinnah's only daughter and Nusli Wadia's late mother, moved the high court in 2007 to regain control of the estate.
People applying for a British visa will pay Rs 200 to Rs 400 less under various categories from Monday.
An initiative to fund the education of bright Indian youngsters undertaken by two Indian-Americans has now acquired a momentum of its own, discovers Anjuli Bhargava.
After wrapping up the Mumbai leg of the tour with a tech entrepreneurs showcase, the Royal couple headed to New Delhi where they first paid tribute at the Amar Jawan Jyoti. Here are the best moments from Monday.
Reacting to those criticising her for her comments made at the event in the morning, Irani said, "As far as those who jump the gun regarding women visiting friend's place with a sanitary napkin dipped in menstrual blood I am yet to find a person who takes a blood soaked napkin to offer to any one let alone a friend.
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