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Salman Khan with the Global Diversity Award 2017. (Photo: Twitter)

Salman becomes only 4th Indian to receive British Parliament's Global...

Previously, Aishwarya Rai and Amitabh Bachchan and host of international celebrities have been felicitated with the...

16 Sept 2017 12:03 PM IST

The 45-year-old was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Department for Transport by British Prime Minister Theresa May as part of her New Year reshuffle last week. (photo: @Nus_Ghani)

Indian-origin MP becomes 1st female Muslim min to speak at UK...

In 2015, Nus Ghani became the first Conservative party Muslim female candidate to be elected to Parliament.

19 Jan 2018 12:59 PM IST

Eighteen women serving in British Parliament said that they are not seeking election due to abuse threats and a culture of intimidation, New York Times reported on Monday. (Photo: Representational/ ANI)

18 woman MPs to not seek re-election in British Parliament due to...

The women are among 50 members of Parliament who will not stand in the election scheduled for December 12.

5 Nov 2019 3:04 PM IST

There was some resentment towards such people, particularly in the rural areas that later voted overwhelmingly in favour of leaving the European Union, or Brexit , meaning the British exit from the EU.

Brexit's unicorns' and the idiocies, fantasies, myths they spawn

The British satirical press has played the entertaining game of counting unicorns or mentions of them in Parliament.

16 Feb 2019 12:12 AM IST

Brexit: Nothing changed; or everything changed?

On March 29, 2017 his replacement, Prime Minister Theresa May, gave formal notice to the EU of the UK's intention to...

24 April 2019 1:18 AM IST

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...

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

13 April 2019 3:39 PM IST

The UKs National Cyber Security Centre said that it is working with the UK Parliamentary digital security team to know what has happened. (Photo: AP)

Queen approves British Parliament suspension weeks before Brexit...

Queen Elizabeth II has approved the request to close what has been the longest session of parliament in nearly 400...

29 Aug 2019 10:45 AM IST

Farrukh Dhondy | Why democracy often turns ugly: Prejudice & hate as...

The byelection for a Member of Parliament in the Yorkshire constituency of Batley was a paradigm of this ugliness

3 July 2021 12:20 AM IST

The most absurd part of the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2023 is that while it purports to protect the individual from the misuse of digital data, there are no provisions aimed at preventing the risk of harm caused to individuals through the misuse of digital data by any agency, commercial or otherwise. (Representative image: DC)

Indranil Banerjie | A Law to Protect Citizens, Or To Help in State...

The Editors' Guild voiced concern about Sec. 17(4), which allows government and its instrumentalities to retain personal...

9 Aug 2023 12:00 AM IST

The Centre is keen to get the transgenders bill, which has already been introduced in Lok Sabha, passed in this session. (Photo: PTI)

No work but full pay' defies all logic

The Prefect could no longer control the mob and a loud bell tolled to announce that the session was adjourned till the...

25 May 2018 2:28 AM IST

Four Muslim MPs in the British Parliament have been targeted with similar suspicious packages containing a mysterious sticky liquid and a letter calling for Punish a Muslim Day. (Photo: Representational)

4 British MPs receive suspicious' Punish a Muslim day' packages

Britain's counter-terrorism officers continue to investigate after similar Punish a Muslim Day' letters.

14 March 2018 2:30 PM IST

Theresa May, UK Prime Minister

UK government loses Brexit case, must consult Parliament

The ruling forces the government to put a bill before Parliament, giving pro-EU politicians a chance to soften the terms...

24 Jan 2017 4:09 PM IST