Tag: London

Bengaluru: Twenty Indian start-ups have been chosen to join London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s India Emerging 20 (IE20) business programme which aims to help selected companies in setting up or expanding their business in Britain’s capital. The India Emerging 20 programme which is in its third edition this year was launched by London and Partners, which is […]

London: Tottenham Hotspur extended their unbeaten streak across all competitions to 17 games with a 2-0 home victory over Huddersfield Town in the English Premier League (EPL). South Korean forward Son Heung-min was the star of the day at Wembley Stadium here on Saturday, scoring in the 27th and 54th minutes to lift his overall […]

London: Parents, please take note. A new study assures us that a long list of recurring but less severe illnesses such as ear pain, bad cough or running nose is unlikely to affect the learning ability of your child. Even when one sick day leads to another, and collecting prescriptions at the pharmacy becomes a […]

London: London has retained its rank as the number one city in the world shrugging off Brexit worries, according to Global Power City Index (GPCI). The GPCI, published by the Mori Memorial Foundation, ranked London as number one for the sixth year in a row, highlighting the city’s strengths in, its cultural offer and transport links […]

London: A car mounted the pavement and ploughed into pedestrians near the Natural History Museum in London on Saturday, the police said. The Metropolitan Police said a “number” of people had been injured and one person was arrested following the incident on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, the BBC reported. People on social media reported […]

New Delhi: Fugitive Indian businessman Vijay Mallya was on Tuesday arrested in London in a money laundering case, CBI sources said. CBI sources said that Mallya was arrested in the case pending against him. Mallya is wanted in India for his Kingfisher Airlines defaulting on loans worth nearly Rs 9,000 crore. He fled to Britain […]

Islamabad: Ousted Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s wife Kulsoom Nawaz, who is undergoing cancer treatment in London, has been discharged from a hospital here and her further treatment, including chemotherapy, would start next week. Nawaz underwent a third operation for lymphoma, for which she was diagnosed last month, on September 21. “Shukar Alhamdulillah, Ammi (Kulsoom […]

Bangkok: Thailand’s former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was currently in London and seeking political asylum in the UK, an informed source from her Pheu Thai Party has confirmed. Thailand’s Supreme Court convicted Yingluck on Wednesday of dereliction of duty over a controversial rice subsidy programme and sentenced her to five years in prison. The scheme […]

London: One of London’s top diamond companies announced on Tuesday it bought the world’s largest rough diamonds, a rare gem the size of a tennis ball. The diamond has been sold for $53 million, according to Xinhua. Laurence Graff said following successful negotiation with the Lucara Diamond Corp, his company has acquired the world’s most […]

Islamabad: Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returned to Pakistan from London on Monday, a month after he went to the UK to be with his wife Kulsoom Nawaz, who is undergoing cancer treatment. Sharif arrived at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport here at 7.30 a.m. where he was received by senior Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party […]

London: Six people were injured in a suspected acid attack in London, according to the Metropolitan Police. The police were called to Stratford Centre at 8 p.m. on Saturday following an “altercation” between two groups of males where a noxious substance was thrown, reports the BBC. The injuries were “not life threatening or life changing”, […]

London: An 18-year-old was arrested on Saturday in connection with the terror attack on a London Tube train that left 29 people injured. The man was detained in the port area of Dover by Kent Police over the Friday morning rush hour attack at the Parsons Green station in southwest London, BBC reported. The Islamic […]

London: An explosion jolted a London Tube train carriage during morning rush hour on Friday, leaving several people injured in what Metropolitan Police said was a “terror incident”. Neil Basu, Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner and the senior national coordinator for counter-terrorism policing, said some hours after the incident that it was a terrorist incident, […]

London/New Delhi: Contemporary Indian artist Owais Husain is all set to present a solo booth at the START Art Fair in London from September 14 to 17. Following his participation at START Doha in March, Husain has produced a new series of works on paper specially for the fair. Interestingly, Husain, who is the son […]

Bengaluru: In a bid to build on ‘Design Thinking’ approach, Infosys on Monday announced it has completed the acquisition of London-based product design and customer experience company Brilliant Basics. The acquisition extended Infosys’ digital design services network to include Europe and the Middle East, enhancing the company’s expertise across financial services, retail and telco sectors, […]