UK offers scholarships to 12 Indians
London: Britain has offered an all-expenses- paid scholarship programme at the King's College here to 12 future leaders of India. Under the programme, 12 future leaders from the country will be offered an intense, all expenses-paid, 12-week course at the King's College, London, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) said on Thursday. Applications for the Chevening Gurukul Scholarships for Leadership & Excellence, FCO's premium sc
Britain's first Indian-origin woman magistrate dies
London: Britain's first woman magistrate of Indian-origin has died at the age of 84, media reported on Thursday. Chand Lal-Sarin, who came to Britain's Coventry city in 1962 from India's Punjab state became a magistrate in 1970, the Coventry Telegrap
Broad silences Brisbane boos, puts England on top in Ashes
Brisbane: Stuart Broad ignored the jeers, chants and catcalls of a hostile Gabba crowd to take five wickets and leave Australia clinging on at 273 for eight on the first day of the first Ashes test on Thursday. Wicketkeeper Haddin and Mitchell
Indian-origin doc in Aus walks free, gets suspended sentence
Melbourne: Indian-origin surgeon Jayant Patel, accused of manslaughter of several patients in Australia, walked free on Thursday after a court handed down a two-year suspended prison sentence to him for lying to get a job in a public hospital, ending
Obese women at higher risk of breast cancer
Washington: Women who are obese face an increased risk of developing an aggressive sub-type of breast cancer known as 'basal-like', scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have found. Researchers at the University of North Carolina found that obe
Indian-American Jhumpa Lahiri loses out on US National Book Award
Washington: Pulitzer Prize winning Indian-American author Jhumpa Lahiri's new novel, "The Lowland" failed to win the 2013 US National Book Award in fiction losing out to author James McBride. McBride's "The Good Lord Bird", about
Terrorists may target Modi, Intelligence Bureau warns poll-bound states
New Delhi: The Intelligence Bureau has issued a second alert within a month warning that terrorists could attack BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi even as Chhattisgarh Police on Wednesday said eight SIMI operatives nabbed in the last on
Google's Nexus 5 phone makes Indian debut; sold out within hours
New Delhi: Internet giant Google may have underestimated the demand for its flagship Nexus 5 phone as it ran out of stock within hours of listing for sale in India. Shortly after the devices went on sale, the Google Play store displays the message: &
Indian jailed in Britain for possessing fake passports
London: A British court has sentenced an Indian national to 18 months in jail followed by deportation after completion of his sentence for entering the country using a fake passport. The Bolton Crown Court has sentenced Yunus Mohamed Patel, 29, for s
