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Indian student found dead in London's Thames river

A 23-year-old Indian student who went missing in the United Kingdom last month has been found dead in the river Thames in London. Photograph: Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Mitkumar......

Missing Indian student found dead, UK police appeal for information

The UK's Metropolitan Police are on Thursday appealing for information to piece together the last movements of Gurashman Singh Bhatia, a missing Indian student whose body was found by police divers......

Terrorists plan strikes on London's tourist spots

Terrorists are planning attacks on London's tourist hotspots by sending explosive-laden boats down the Thames river, with an intelligence official claiming that the Mumbai strikes showed the way,......

PHOTOS: Siberian blast blankets Europe in snow

A cold-weather front nicknamed the “beast from the east” has blasted snow and ice across Europe. The “beast” has swept snow storms and strong winds from Serbia across the......

Indian origin woman banker arrested in UK anti-terror raid

The UK Metropolitan Police's Counter Terrorism Command has arrested an Indian origin woman banker in connection with an anti-terrorism case. Kuntal Patel, employed at the Barclays Bank in......

UK fraud: Indian-origin HSBC staff jailed

An NRI bank clerk was sentenced to nine years in prison for trying to defraud his employer HSBC with a sum of about 72 million pounds ($141 million), in 'one of the biggest frauds of its kind'.......

India's construction boom

It was a tiny construction company founded in 1986 with the modest goal of developing farmland in Sohna, 30 km from Gurgaon.Today the Vatika Group's flagship project is the multi-crore Vatika City,......

Swiss prosecutor searches HSBC premises, opens criminal inquiry

Geneva's public prosecutor searched the premises of HSBC Holdings PLC in Geneva on Wednesday and said it had opened a criminal inquiry into allegations of aggravated money laundering. "A search is......

India's IT firms have big plans for UK

IT firms Infosys and Mphasis on Tuesday said they will create employment for about 2,000 people, while Wipro will invest pound 16 million (about Rs 163 crore) in the UK over the next few years.......

Four US investment banks offer support for London after Brexit vote

JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley, as well as Britain's Asia-focused Standard Chartered said they would try to support London's financial sector Four US......

Henman reveals Why Wimbledon won't go beyond 14 days

IMAGE: Tim Henman, who is a member of the All England Tennis Club board, said the decision to move to 14 days by removing the middle Sunday rest day from 2022 had been a big decision. Photograph:......

London Game's first cable car lifts off

London's first cable car service opened its doors to the public on Thursday, a spectacular ride high across the River Thames near the Olympic Park which will help visitors to the Games avoid any......

Questions arise about banks' role in FIFA bribery case

A raft of banks could face tough questions in the sweeping US crackdown on alleged corruption in global soccer as prosecutors review how much they knew about millions of dollars in bribes flowing......

Why Rio risks empty Olympic legacy...

- 'They overbuilt and they misbuilt. They built high luxury condos at a time when the market was about to go bust.' The largest athlete's village in the history of the Games is a visceral monument......