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Chelsea in talks with Drogba over contract extension

Chelsea in talks with Drogba over contract extension

Rediff.com11 May 2012

Chelsea will discuss a contract extension with Ivorian striker Didier Drogba after next week's Champions League final, the Premier League club's chief executive Ron Gourlay said on Thursday.

Royal hoax nurse's family struggle with legal bills

Royal hoax nurse's family struggle with legal bills

Rediff.com7 Mar 2013

The family of the India-born nurse, who is believed to have committed suicide after receiving a hoax call on Kate Middleton's pregnancy, is struggling with the prospect of massive legal bills to uncover the truth.

British Indian schoolgirl dies in ski fall

British Indian schoolgirl dies in ski fall

Rediff.com23 Feb 2013

A 13-year-old Indian-origin girl from Britain has died in an accident on a school ski trip in the Italian Alps.

UK High Court hears Nirav Modi plea against extradition to India

UK High Court hears Nirav Modi plea against extradition to India

Rediff.com28 Jun 2022

A British court on Tuesday opened the continuation appeal hearing in the extradition case of Nirav Modi, who is wanted in India on the charges of fraud and money laundering amounting to an estimated $2 billion in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) loan scam case. The 51-year-old diamond merchant had lodged an appeal last year against his extradition order on mental health grounds. Lord Justice Jeremy Stuart-Smith and Justice Robert Jay presided over an initial hearing at the High Court in December last year to determine whether District Judge Sam Goozee's Westminster Magistrates' Court ruling from February 2021 in favour of extradition was incorrect to overlook the diamond merchant's "high risk of suicide".

First volunteer given COVID-19 vaccine in UK

First volunteer given COVID-19 vaccine in UK

Rediff.com24 Jun 2020

If the vaccine is safe and shows a promising immune response in humans, then larger trials would be planned for later in the year.

India in the West Indies: How it all began

India in the West Indies: How it all began

Rediff.com19 Jul 2016

Ahead of the four-Test series against the West Indies, starting in Antigua, on July 21, Rajneesh Gupta sheds light on India's first tour of the Caribbean.

EPL PHOTOS: Carroll heads West Ham to third spot, Leicester lose

EPL PHOTOS: Carroll heads West Ham to third spot, Leicester lose

Rediff.com8 Dec 2014

Images from the Enlish Premier League matches played on Sunday.

Table toppers Chelsea won't get casual

Table toppers Chelsea won't get casual

Rediff.com7 Mar 2017

Chelsea coach Antonio Conte welcomed the pressure other clubs are trying to maintain on his runaway Premier League leaders and said he expected a battle until the season is over.

West Ham confident of sealing Bowyer deal

West Ham confident of sealing Bowyer deal

Rediff.com7 Jan 2003

Providing Bowyer passes a medical, West Ham hope to have him in their squad for Saturday's Premier league clash with Newcastle United.

EPL: Arsenal thump West Ham; Villa slay sorry Sunderland

EPL: Arsenal thump West Ham; Villa slay sorry Sunderland

Rediff.com14 Mar 2015

Third-placed Arsenal tightened their grip on a spot in the top four on the English Premier League table, continuing an impressive run of form at the Emirates with a 3-0 win over West Ham United on Saturday.

UK: 15 Indian illegal immigrants held

UK: 15 Indian illegal immigrants held

Rediff.com8 Jun 2007

Eight people were arrested on suspicion of making false instruments and facilitation of illegal immigrants into the UK while seven were arrested in connection with other immigration offences.

QPR sack manager Hughes after winless start

QPR sack manager Hughes after winless start

Rediff.com23 Nov 2012

Queens Park Rangers sacked manager Mark Hughes on Friday with the team bottom of the Premier League table without a win in 12 matches this season.

Nirav Modi intends to appeal for bail in UK High Court

Nirav Modi intends to appeal for bail in UK High Court

Rediff.com2 Apr 2019

The diamond merchant, who has been behind bars at HMP Wandsworth in south-west London ever since his first bail application was rejected on March 20, can apply for a high court bail appeal at any time until his next remand hearing on April 26.

Happy start for Fulham in new year with win at West Brom

Happy start for Fulham in new year with win at West Brom

Rediff.com1 Jan 2013

Fulham winger Alex Kacaniklic sealed a 2-1 Premier League win at high-flying West Bromwich Albion on Tuesday to end a sorry run of results for the Londoners.

Chelsea v Manchester Utd FA Cup replay on April 1

Chelsea v Manchester Utd FA Cup replay on April 1

Rediff.com13 Mar 2013

Holders Chelsea and Manchester United will replay their FA Cup quarter-final at Stamford Bridge on April 1, the Football Association said in a statement on Wednesday. The match, on the Easter Monday holiday, will kick-off at 1700 IST.

IPL franchises luring England players to quit international cricket

IPL franchises luring England players to quit international cricket

Rediff.com26 Apr 2023

IPL franchises are trying to convince six England players to quit international cricket with multi-million pound deals.

Man United and Arsenal move up after emphatic wins

Man United and Arsenal move up after emphatic wins

Rediff.com15 Sep 2012

Manchester United and Arsenal moved into the top four of the Premier League after emphatic home wins over Wigan Athletic and Southampton on Saturday.

EPL PIX: Chelsea no longer in title race after West Ham defeat?

EPL PIX: Chelsea no longer in title race after West Ham defeat?

Rediff.com10 Dec 2017

Images from the English Premier League matches played on Saturday

Assange 'will surrender' on Friday if UN rules against him

Assange 'will surrender' on Friday if UN rules against him

Rediff.com4 Feb 2016

Assange said he would leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London at noon local time "to accept arrest by British police as there is no meaningful prospect of further appeal."

Kohli asks to be rested for Windies T20Is; Ashwin set for recall

Kohli asks to be rested for Windies T20Is; Ashwin set for recall

Rediff.com7 Jul 2022

Former captain Virat Kohli has asked to be rested from the entire limited overs series against the West Indies next month, including the five T20Is, BCCI sources said.

First Bollywood acting school to be launched in Br

First Bollywood acting school to be launched in Br

Rediff.com6 Mar 2008

Starting this September, Boman Irani, Tabu, Anupam Kher, and Urmila Matondkar will teach at the first Bollywood acting school in Britain. The school will be based in the Ealing Institute of Media in the west London borough of Ealing.

UK court further remands Nirav Modi till May 24

UK court further remands Nirav Modi till May 24

Rediff.com26 Apr 2019

He is believed to have been living in the UK on an Investor Visa, applied for in 2015

EPL PIX: Scintillating Spurs sink Stoke; Arsenal win; West Ham stunned

EPL PIX: Scintillating Spurs sink Stoke; Arsenal win; West Ham stunned

Rediff.com10 Sep 2016

Santi Cazorla scored a 94th-minute penalty as sub-par Arsenal beat Southampton on Saturday with Laurent Koscielny's overhead kick having earlier cancelled out Petr Cech's own goal.

EPL: Wright-Phillips helps QPR stun Chelsea; Liverpool win

EPL: Wright-Phillips helps QPR stun Chelsea; Liverpool win

Rediff.com3 Jan 2013

Images from the EPL matches played across England on Wednesday.

Nirav Modi renews UK extradition appeal, to be heard on July 21

Nirav Modi renews UK extradition appeal, to be heard on July 21

Rediff.com29 Jun 2021

The 50-year-old jeweller, who remains behind bars at Wandsworth Prison in south-west London, had lost the first stage of the high court appeals process last week as a judge declined permission to appeal "on the papers". Modi's lawyers had five days to file a renewal application seeking an oral hearing to plead the case for permission to appeal against the extradition ordered by UK Home Secretary Priti Patel on April 16.

India continues with Russian oil buys, cuts shipments from Saudi

India continues with Russian oil buys, cuts shipments from Saudi

Rediff.com1 Nov 2022

Russia dominated Saudi Arabia in oil supplies as the world's fastest-growing major economy for fossil fuels in October, relegating the Kingdom to third place. Iraq was India's top oil supplier, according to the data from Vortexa. Saudi Arabia's decline in India's oil market has coincided with Russia's rise, and ironically occurred amid growing diplomatic ties between Riyadh and New Delhi. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud is visiting India this month to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

League Cup: West Ham find Spurs jugular, Man United reach semis

League Cup: West Ham find Spurs jugular, Man United reach semis

Rediff.com19 Dec 2013

West Ham United piled more misery on managerless Tottenham Hotspur by coming from behind to book their place in the League Cup semi-finals with a 2-1 win at White Hart Lane and Manchester United also reached the last four on Wednesday.

Life Of Pi Comes Alive Again

Life Of Pi Comes Alive Again

Rediff.com31 Mar 2023

Renowned playwright Lolita Chakrabarti's stage adaptation of the story of 16-year-old Indian boy Pi (Piscine) Patel stranded in the ocean on a lifeboat with a Royal Bengal Tiger named Richard Parker opened at Broadway's Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre on March 30.

Tottenham beat Chelsea to win League Cup

Tottenham beat Chelsea to win League Cup

Rediff.com24 Feb 2008

Tottenham Hotspur defender Jonathan Woodgate scored the winning goal in extra-time as the north London upset the defending champions.

'Chief mouser' Palmerston retires as UK's top diplomatic cat

'Chief mouser' Palmerston retires as UK's top diplomatic cat

Rediff.com7 Aug 2020

Lord Palmerston, famed for regular territorial tiffs with neighbouring Downing Street mouse-catcher Larry, will see out his retirement in the English countryside, where he has been spending lockdown already at the home of a member of Foreign Office staff.

Barton stripped of QPR captaincy, fined and warned

Barton stripped of QPR captaincy, fined and warned

Rediff.com25 Jun 2012

English Premier League club Queens Park Rangers stripped suspended midfielder Joey Barton of the club captaincy on Monday and fined him six weeks' wages for disciplinary breaches.

Benitez relishing massive challenge at Chelsea

Benitez relishing massive challenge at Chelsea

Rediff.com23 Nov 2012

Chelsea's interim manager Rafael Benitez said the challenge of trying to win five trophies this season was too great an opportunity to turn down as he returned to the Premier League on Thursday.

Murray to donate Queen's winnings to Grenfell Tower fire victims

Murray to donate Queen's winnings to Grenfell Tower fire victims

Rediff.com20 Jun 2017

The tower block is only a few kilometres away from the Queen's Club in West London.

EPL PIX: Liverpool edge Forest; Everton draw at Palace

EPL PIX: Liverpool edge Forest; Everton draw at Palace

Rediff.com23 Apr 2023

Diogo Jota and Mohamed Salah were on target as Liverpool edged Premier League strugglers Nottingham Forest 3-2.

It's feathers and a whole lot of fun at Notting Hill carnival

It's feathers and a whole lot of fun at Notting Hill carnival

Rediff.com1 Sep 2017

The Notting Hill Carnival is under way in London -- and the photographs show just how colourful this event is.

CWG 2022: Buzz missing in Birmingham

CWG 2022: Buzz missing in Birmingham

Rediff.com27 Jul 2022

The smile vanishes before you can spell 'B-I-R-M-I-N-G-H-A-M'.

2 NRIs jailed for UK visa scam

2 NRIs jailed for UK visa scam

Rediff.com22 May 2012

This documentation was then used to support applications to stay in the UK as highly skilled migrants.

UK court to hear Nirav Modi extradition case on Dec 14

UK court to hear Nirav Modi extradition case on Dec 14

Rediff.com20 Oct 2021

Nirav Modi, the fugitive diamond merchant wanted in India to face charges of fraud and money laundering in the estimated $2-billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case, has lodged his appeal against extradition from the UK and the case will be heard at the high court in London on December 14. The 50-year-old jeweller, who remains behind bars at Wandsworth Prison in south-west London since his arrest in March 2019, was granted permission to appeal against the Westminster Magistrates' Court extradition order on mental health and human rights grounds. High court judge Martin Chamberlain had ruled on August 9 that arguments presented by Modi's legal team concerning his "severe depression" and "high risk of suicide" were arguable at a substantial hearing.

UK: NRI lawyer jailed for helping criminals

UK: NRI lawyer jailed for helping criminals

Rediff.com6 Dec 2007

The Kingston Crown Court sentenced the lawyer from Wembly to 14.5 years in prison for his corrupt practices. Sagar, who worked at Mehra and Co, was found responsible for concerted efforts by the gang to evade a successful police investigation, police said.

Ashes PIX: Starc, Cummins put Australia on brink of victory

Ashes PIX: Starc, Cummins put Australia on brink of victory

Rediff.com2 Jul 2023

Australia's pacemen Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins ripped out England's top order with a masterclass of textbook bowling to put their side in sight of a 2-0 Ashes lead on Saturday.