Failure to qualify for World Cup could cost England 2 bn pounds
London: England's failure to qualify for the 2014 football World Cup could cost the British economy up to two billion pounds. The FA has been warned of a commercial "disaster" if the country's campaign fails, with losses of up to 50 million pounds in potential prize cash, merchandising sales and sponsorship deals. But this would be dwarfed by the knock-on effect for the broader economy -- pubs, supermarkets, airlines, bookmakers and TV
UK cabinet split over visa bonds for Indians
London: The divisions within Britain's Conservative-led coalition government have been exposed over the controversial plans to impose 3,000 pound visa bonds on visitors from countries like India. UK business secretary Vince Cable, from the Liberal De
UK loses bid to extradite Indian-origin terror suspect to US
London: The UK government on Wednesday failed to overturn a European Court ruling blocking the extradition to the US of a British Indian terror suspect accused of conspiring with radical Islamic cleric Abu Hamza. Sending Haroon Aswat - a British citi
Obama nominates another Indian-American to key diplomatic position
Washington: President Barack Obama has nominated Puneet Talwar, a noted Indian-American Middle East policy specialist to a key diplomatic post as the assistant secretary of state for political military affairs. Talwar has been a Special Assistant to
Kedarnath shrine opened after three months of devastation
Dehradun: The "kapat" (doors) of the Kedarnath shrine opened on Wednesday and proper "puja" was performed for the first time 86 days after heavy rains and floods devastated the region and left hundreds of people killed in Uttarakh
Christians upset at losing Christmas holidays to Ganeshotsav
Mumbai: Christians in Mumbai objected to the Maharashtra government's decision to cut holidays from the 10-day Christmas vacation and adjust these against the ongoing 10-day Ganeshotsav. In a memorandum to Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and o
Amity Education to invest $500 mn in UAE
Dubai: An Indian education group plans to invest $500 million over the next three years in the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) education sector. Amity Education Group will build four new schools, one university campus and 12 nurseries in this Gulf nation
US stops debt collection scams through Indian call centres
Washington: A US regulatory body has put a stop to fake debt scams by two Florida-based companies who worked with a call centre in India and bilked millions of dollars from consumers. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Tuesday the companies,
Big B gets Global Diversity Award
Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan was honoured with the Global Diversity Award in the British Parliament on Wednesday. "Tomorrow (Wednesday) there is more activity and honour coming my way, by meeting up with the Speaker of the parliament and to
