UK relaxes education immigration rules
London: The UK has relaxed its immigration rules giving greater flexibility to students and businesses that employ and sponsor international migrants, a move likely to benefit Indians. According to the new rules, visitors to the UK will be allowed a short period of study or training as part of their stay. Multinational firms will be able to bring their own auditors to the UK on business visitor visas. Business visitors will also be able to do a s
Girl abortion: NRI doctors under fire in UK
London: The UK has decided not to bring charges against two Indian-origin doctors who were caught last year on video agreeing to perform an illegal sex-selective abortion. However, health ministry has stepped in demanding a review of the case of Dr R
Over 300,000 attempts to watch porn in UK Parliament
London: Over 300,000 attempts were made to access pornographic websites from the British Parliament in the past year, according to official figures. Following a Freedom of Information (FOI) request from the 'Huffington Post UK', the House of Commons
India raises Cameron's 'mistake' in Syria speech
London: British Prime Minister David Cameron's remarks that India was among countries which pointed the "finger of blame" for the Syrian crisis on President Bashar al-Assad has prompted New Delhi to take up the matter with the UK government
Spy watch abuse Indian-origin doctor struck off in UK
London: An Indian-origin doctor jailed for 12 years for sexually abusing his female patients and recording it using a secret camera inside his wristwatch has been struck off the medical register in Britain. Davinder Jeet Bains had admitted 39 sex off
Queen's Limo auctioned for 40,000 pounds
London: A limousine, owned and driven by the Queen, complete with its original documentation and photographs of the monarch driving it, has sold at an auction for a whopping 40,500 pounds. The Daimler Super V8 LWB limousine, which features a sp
UK issues forced marriage alert during school holidays
London: The UK government has issued an alert for teachers, doctors and airport staff to be vigilant toward the problem of forced marriages of teenagers with origins in the Indian subcontinent during school holidays.
It is feared that British teenag
Men-only Royal Yacht Squadron opens door for women after 200 years
London: It's official! The world's most prestigious sailing club is lifting a 200-year ban on women becoming members for the first time in its history.
The men-only Royal Yacht Squadron – where even its patron the Queen is not allowed to enter
Sikh woman warned against sleeping with husband
London: In what is believed to be the first ruling of its kind in the UK, an Indian woman who had an arranged marriage with a mentally disabled British Sikh man has been warned that she faces life in prison if she were to sleep with her husband. Just
