Britons are lazy: Indian-origin MP
August 18th, 2012 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 18 (IANS) Britons are among the laziest people in the world, a group of Tory MPs, that include Indian-origin lawmaker Priti Patel, has written in a new book.Britons ... Read more...
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Huddled over eurozone crisis, EU leaders watch football
June 29th, 2012 - 8:22 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 29 (IANS) While expected to devote their full attention at evolving a plan at the crucial summit talks meant to save Europe, the European Union leaders instead ... Read more...
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Murdoch not fit to lead News Corp: British MPs
May 1st, 2012 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 1 (IANS) Media mogul Rupert Murdoch was not fit to "exercise the stewardship" of a major international company like News Corp, British MPs have said.Parliament's culture committee questioned ... Read more...
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Britain fears issuing passports to terror suspects
April 6th, 2012 - 9:26 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 6 (IANS) Britain could find itself compelled to issue passports to suspected foreigners unless secret court hearings were allowed, a media report said Friday.Home Secretary Theresa May and ... Read more...
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British MPs tweet, and how!
August 1st, 2011 - 12:20 am ICT by IANS
London, July 31 (IANS) Tweeting seems to have become a near obsession with British parliamentarians, says a survey revealing that they spent 1,000 hours on Twitter last year.Liberal Democrats topped ... Read more...
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Brit MP’s fear Libya war could last for 30 years
March 23rd, 2011 - 1:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 23 (ANI): Amid concerns of Tory MPs that the Libya war could last for 30 years, British Armed Forces Minister Nick Harvey has said that it is very uncertain how ... Read more...
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Rishi Saha is chief of new media at 10 Downing Street (Lead)
November 7th, 2010 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 7 (IANS) Rishi Saha, an Indian-origin internet expert who devised the "Pimp My Party" online game, has been made head of new media in Prime Minister David Cameron's government.Saha, ... Read more...
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Indian-origin man chief of new media at Downing Street
November 7th, 2010 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 7 (IANS) Rishi Saha, an Indian-origin internet expert who devised a "Pimp My Party" online game for British Prime Minister David Cameron, has been given a 50,000 pounds-a-year post ... Read more...
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Muslim women should be allowed to wear burqa: Tory chairperson
August 3rd, 2010 - 1:26 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 3 (IANS) Muslim women should have the right to choose to wear the burqa, Conservative Party chairperson Sayeeda Warsi has said. "Just because a woman wears the burqa, it doesn't ... Read more...
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British minister terms burqa ban un-British
July 18th, 2010 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 18 (IANS) Banning the burqa, the Islamic full-body veil for women, will be "un-British" and contrary to a "tolerant and mutually respectful society", Britain's Immigration Minister Damian Green has ... Read more...
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Drunken Tory MP Reckless confess to being reckless
July 12th, 2010 - 12:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, July12 (ANI): A Tory MP, Mark Reckless, was so drunk during a late night debate about the Budget in the Commons that he was unable to vote.According to The Telegraph, Reckless ... Read more...
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Conservatives get a lead over Labour, still short of majority: Polls
March 7th, 2010 - 1:46 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar. 7 (ANI): Conservative leader David Cameron has managed to get a lead over Labour, but he still looks short of an overall majority at the General Election, according to a ... Read more...
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A weighty issue for Rahul Gandhi (Capital Buzz)
August 2nd, 2009 - 4:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 2 (IANS) That Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi is playing a key role in revitalising the party is known. And despite a demanding schedule, he keeps fit by ... Read more...
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UK taxpayers’ up in arms over MPs enjoying lavish perks and gifts
July 26th, 2009 - 1:25 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 26 (ANI): Tax payers in Britain are raising a hue and cry over their representatives in parliament enjoying lavish perks and gifts at their expense, especially at a time when ... Read more...
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“Hurt” Gordon Brown says he can resign at any moment
June 20th, 2009 - 6:21 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 20 (ANI): Britain's embattled Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said he is not interested in power, and could walk away from Downing Street at any moment.Brown, who survived a ... Read more...
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British MPs face widespread criticism for censorship of their expenses claims
June 19th, 2009 - 1:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 19 (ANI): The files released by the House of Commons authorities withheld details that would have exposed the worst abuses of the MPs expenses system, despite a pledge from ... Read more...
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British premier’s aide quits over smear scandal
April 12th, 2009 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 12 (IANS) A close and senior aide to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has resigned after being found to have sent out emails suggesting a smear campaign targetting front-ranking ... Read more...
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Senior Brown aide resigns for sending ‘juvenile, inappropriate’ email
April 12th, 2009 - 12:24 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 12 (ANI): One of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's closest lieutenant has been forced to resign for sending "inappropriate and juvenile" emails about David Cameron and his team using ... Read more...
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History will judge Tony Blair as significant as Churchill: Cherie
October 1st, 2008 - 2:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 1 (ANI): Former British Prime Minister Tony Blairs wife, Cherie Blair, has predicted that history will judge her husband as significant a world figure as Sir Winston Churchill.Blair ... Read more...
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Maggies male colleagues believed women were too hysterical for politics!
June 11th, 2008 - 4:27 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 11 (ANI): When Margaret Thatcher became the leader of the Tory Party, many of her old fashioned male colleagues believed she would never last - because of the belief ... Read more...
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Brit MPs allow use of human-animal embryos for scientific research
May 20th, 2008 - 2:54 pm ICT by admin
London, May 20 (ANI): British MPs have voted to allow the creation of hybrid embryos, which have a combination of human and animal DNA, as well as "saviour siblings" to save ... Read more...
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