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Nepal prime minister Balendra Shah on Sunday said the country’s border issues with India would be resolved through dialogue and diplomatic efforts, while also proposing the involvement of the United Kingdom in the talks, citing Britain’s role in shaping the region’s modern borders during the colonial era.Addressing Nepal’s House of Representatives for the first time…
TOI correspondent from London: Britain’s record-breaking May heatwave has raised political temperatures too as the Conservatives pledge to reverse national net-zero building regulations banning air-conditioning in new homes, going back on rules introduced by their party during Boris Johnson‘s premiership.“Why should Britain be one of the only countries to not have air-conditioning? The next Conservative…
Social media platforms are still failing to properly protect children online, according to Ofcom, the UK’s communications and online-safety regulator, which says the biggest danger now lies within the platforms’ own design systems, especially recommendation feeds that continue pushing content toward young users. In a new warning and supporting research published by the regulator, Ofcom…
LONDON: Britain’s youngest Indian-origin councillor at 20 has gone on to become the country’s youngest Indian-origin mayor three years later.Tushar Kumar, who lived in Haryana’s Rohtak until he was 10, was elected mayor of Elstree and Borehamwood Town Council last week, marking a quick transition from rookie councillor to deputy mayor to the top of…
Timothée Chalamet’s remarks on opera and ballet, originally met with backlash, have sparked a renaissance in ticket sales for London’s prestigious Royal Ballet and Opera. Alex Beard, the organization’s head, expressed his gratitude, noting a remarkable increase in both engagement and immediate ticket purchases following the actor’s candid comments. Timothée Chalamet may have faced serious…
A man has been arrested after a car hit multiple pedestrians in UKs Derby city centre on Saturday evening, police said. Several people were injured, some seriously, and were treated at the scene before being taken to the hospital.The incident took place on Friar Gate at around 9.30 pm and involved a black Suzuki Swift….
Every August, a quiet transformation takes place in Oxford. The undergraduates are gone, the colleges have exhaled, and in their place arrive young students from Mumbai, Delhi, Lagos, and Seoul, cycling along the Cherwell, debating ideas in wood-panelled seminar rooms, and doing something that would otherwise remain entirely out of reach for most of them:…
LONDON: Gangs of suspected Somalian men have allegedly been terrorising Indian-origin shopkeepers and restaurant owners in Wembley and trashing their shops in targeted attacks of late. This follows the attack in Harlow last week, wherein a gang attacked Holi revellers. Wembley shopkeepers felt it could be the same group.Bob Blackman MP raised the Harrow attack…
FILE -The Daily Telegraph newspaper with the front page of French President Emanuel Macron is seen at a supermarket in London, March 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File) German media conglomerate Axel Springer announced Friday that it was purchasing the UK’s Telegraph Media Group for £575 million, in a proposed deal subject to approval by…
Britain’s Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, left, and Prime Minister Keir Starmer attend their visit to Peacehaven Mosque in Peacehaven, England, in Oct. 23, 2025. (Peter Nicholls/Pool Photo via AP) British prime ministers are rarely undone by what they say. More often, they are undone by what they fail to anticipate.Keir Starmer is under mounting pressure…
