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Ajay Rana, 35, was found guilty of raping the woman in the back of his housemate's car in the town of Lowestoft in Suffolk, eastern England, after offering her a lift on December, 9, 2017. (Photo: Suffolk Police)

Indian in UK gets 7-year jail term for rape after DNA match from earphones

He then fled to India on December 13 claiming he was visiting his mother who was ill.

05 Jun 2019 8:58 AM

The FCA said it would run advertising to raise awareness of online trading scams.

UK watchdog says currency and crypto scams hit 27 million pounds

Reports of scams more than tripled in the year that ended in April to 1,800.

21 May 2019 10:23 AM

The restaurant later tweeted saying that the customer had 'mistakenly' received the wrong bottle. (Photo: File I Representational)

Waiter serves wine 17 times the original price, this is how his boss reacted

This reaction has received a lot of praise all over the internet and is seen as a marketing stunt by some.

17 May 2019 1:09 PM

UK man given life imprisonment for stabbing Indian-origin wife 59 times

Laurens Brand, 47, who was charged with murder, used two kitchen knives to repeatedly stab his 41-year-old wife Angela Mittal in 2018.

13 May 2019 9:18 AM

Hardeep Singh, who pinned the woman passenger down on her seat during the flight, was sentenced to 12 months in jail at Minshull Street Crown Court in Manchester on Thursday. (Photo: Facebook/ Greater Manchester Police)

‘Tried to kiss me,’ says woman after Indian man sexually assaults her on UK flight

Hardeep Singh, 36, will be deported back to India at the end of his sentence. However, the accused denied the offences.

11 May 2019 9:15 AM

The spokesman added that the government had been clear it would “not countenance high risk vendors in those parts of the UK’s 5G network that perform critical security functions”.

UK has concerns about "significant and widespread" Chinese cyber intrusion

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Britain it needed to change its attitude towards China and Huawei.

10 May 2019 6:10 PM

The Daily Telegraph story, which came from a meeting of Britain’s normally top-secret National Security Council (NSC), embarrassed the government and set it at odds with the United States over the next generation of communications technology. (Photo: ANI)

UK police will not probe sacked defence minister over Huawei leak

The opposition Labour Party had called for a criminal investigation into the leak.

05 May 2019 10:43 AM

Keyur Vyas, from east London, was sentenced at Kingston Crown Court on Wednesday, marking the conclusion of a four-year-long investigation by Scotland Yard into his fraudulent activities. (Photo: news.met.police.uk)

‘Romance fraudster’: 32-yr-old Indian-origin man jailed for 6 years in UK

The Met Police began an investigation into Keyur Vyas' activities in October 2014.

03 May 2019 7:44 PM

The UK on Friday said it was optimistic that Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar will soon be declared a global terrorist by the United Nations even as it called for 'verifiable' and 'irreversible' action against terror groups by Pakistan. (Photo: File)

UN optimistic of Masood Azhar's listing as global terrorist: UK

He said UK was keen on a Free Trade Agreement with India and that post- Brexit, his govt was going to ease immigration norms for students.

27 Apr 2019 10:26 AM

The minister said that the security services believe that Christchurch attacks prompted the terrorists to hit on Easter maintaining that the attacks were being planned for quite some time. (Photo: AP)

1 Sri Lankan bomber studied in UK, Australia; 60 arrested

The minister believes that after completing his studies in the UK, the bomber went to Australia to pursue post-graduation.

24 Apr 2019 4:52 PM

Britain’s National Security Council agreed to allow Huawei access to “noncore” parts of the 5G mobile infrastructure like antennas.

Huawei to be allowded with limited access to 5G networks: Telegraph

Huawei is already present in Britain’s existing noncore mobile network.

24 Apr 2019 10:34 AM

Information related to car tax, marriage registration will be added soon. (Photo: AP)

Google Assistant, Alexa will now provide government-related information

There are over 12,000 pieces of Gov.uk information available through the voice-enabled assistants.

23 Apr 2019 10:48 AM

The P2P money transfer service will be discontinued starting June 15, 2019. (Photo: ANI)

Facebook scrapping messenger payments in UK

Facebook will continue to support other transactions such as donations to charitable organisations.

17 Apr 2019 11:30 AM

Pakistani-origin member of British Parliament Naz Shah last week went through an embarrassing and shameful experience when a man masturbated in front of her on a London bus. (Photo: Facebook/ NazShahMP)

'Was feeling sick': Pak-origin UK lawmaker as man masturbates in front of her in bus

In her statement, the British MP said that if such incidents go unreported, then it would add to the statistics.

13 Apr 2019 3:39 PM

The former Kingfisher Airlines boss, accused of defrauding Indian banks, has filed an application seeking permission to appeal against his extradition order signed off by UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid last month. (Photo: File)

Fully vindicated by PM Modi's statement: Vijay Mallya

The intervention follows a recent interview in which PM Modi said that recovering an amount more than what Mallya defrauded was a big win.

31 Mar 2019 4:24 PM

UK Chancellor Philip Hammond announced on Wednesday in a Budget update, referred to as the annual Spring Statement, that from later this year all such highly-qualified roles will be exempt from any cap on the numbers that can apply and come to work in Britain. (Representational Image)

Indians to benefit as UK lifts limit on PhD-level work visas

The UK government's latest PhD-level visa exemption was welcomed by UK universities, who are key employers of international researchers.

14 Mar 2019 7:01 PM

Reports of them losing their right to return to the UK after losing their citizenship rights come as it was confirmed that Bangladeshi-origin Shamima Begum (pic) lost her three-week-old baby in a Syrian refugee camp days after her British citizenship was similarly revoked. (Photo: File)

2 Pakistani-origin ISIS brides lose British citizenship: Report

Reema Iqbal and her sister, Zara, have five boys under the age of eight between them and are being held in a Syrian detention camp.

10 Mar 2019 4:37 PM

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson are among those concerned about the Chinese firm’s reach.

New UK laws will block China's Huawei from sensitive state projects

The rollout of the 5G mobile network in the UK would let China spy on private lives.

10 Feb 2019 11:32 AM

The United States has been taking action to cut Huawei out of the US market. (Photo: AP)

UK defence minister says he has grave concerns about Huawei

Huawei facing intense scrutiny in the West over its ties to the Chinese government.

28 Dec 2018 4:13 PM

Uber’s competitors and businesses in the gig economy will also be considering what this means for them. (Photo: AP)

Uber loses UK case on worker rights, expected to appeal

Unions rejoiced at Uber’s third loss in the courts on the issue, and said it was an early Christmas present.

20 Dec 2018 6:20 PM

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