British government suffers setback in AI copyright battleUnder the proposed law, companies developing AI models would not need permission from creatives to access certain content -- a plan that ha...
13 May, 2025, 09.09 AM IST
UK peers question India's addition to safe states list to block asylum seekersThe cross-party House of Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee considered the draft Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (...
02 Dec, 2023, 10.25 PM IST
UK PM Rishi Sunak's Illegal Migration Bill clears Parliament hurdleThe British government's Illegal Migration Bill, instrumental to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's pledge to "stop the boats" of illegal migrant...
18 Jul, 2023, 08.42 PM IST
Barge to house asylum-seekers arrives in UK as Parliament passes controversial migration billA barge, Bibby Stockholm, that can accommodate 500 asylum-seekers, arrived in England after Parliament passed a bill aimed at curbing migra...
18 Jul, 2023, 05.45 PM IST
UK's House of Lords question possibility of Prince Harry, Prince Andrew to serve as counsellors of stateThe suitability of Prince Harry and Prince Andrew for the role of counsellors of state has been questioned in the House of Lords.
26 Oct, 2022, 07.59 PM IST
CAA won't be taken back, Congress indulging in vote bank politics: BJPBJP member Parvesh Verma accused the Congress of removing the pictures of Lord Rama, Lord Krishna and Lord Hanuman from the original copy o...
03 Feb, 2020, 05.36 PM IST
UK to exit EU on Mar 29, 2019 at 11 pm: Theresa MayMay said the EU Withdrawal Bill will be amended to formally commit to a Brexit date and time deadline before the amended version of the pro...
10 Nov, 2017, 05.26 PM IST
UK Parliament passes Brexit billHouse of Commons yesterday rejected amendments by the House of Lords, calling on the government to protect the status of EU nationals withi...
14 Mar, 2017, 12.55 PM IST
British MPs approve bill to begin BrexitThe House of Commons rejected amendments by the House of Lords, calling on the government to protect the status of EU nationals within thre...
14 Mar, 2017, 06.51 AM IST
Theresa May battles party rebels for power to trigger BrexitThe lower house of Parliament is being asked by May to delete conditions imposed by the unelected upper House of Lords to her draft law, so...
13 Mar, 2017, 12.59 AM IST
Theresa May suffers second Brexit bill defeatLords amended the legislation that will authorise May to notify the EU of the UK's intention to leave and pave the way for official Brexit ...
08 Mar, 2017, 08.02 AM IST
Theresa May faces first Brexit bill defeatThe Department for Exiting the EU said: "We are disappointed the Lords have chosen to amend a bill that the Commons passed without amendmen...
02 Mar, 2017, 11.44 AM IST
Theresa May wins crucial vote in UK Parliament to trigger BrexitThe Commons debated the last set of amendments to the Bill, including on key principles for the negotiation process, before the bill went o...
09 Feb, 2017, 07.05 AM IST
Less check, more balance: Reforms must reduce Rajya Sabha’s power to block the popular mandateTake for instance the UK, on whose Westminster model of parliamentary democracy our system is mostly based.
26 Nov, 2015, 11.48 AM IST
British PM David Cameron suffers humiliating defeat on EU referendum rulesPurdah is a long standing UK convention whereby govts refrain from making any major announcements 28 days in the run-up to general election...
08 Sep, 2015, 03.20 PM IST
- UK set to outlaw caste discrimination
Caste discrimination is to be outlawed in the UK, as the government today took a U-turn after its policy was rejected by the House of Lords...
23 Apr, 2013, 08.42 PM IST
- Hindu groups clash over anti-caste discrimination law
As UK is set to vote on a controversial amendment to include caste among other forms of discrimination.
16 Apr, 2013, 02.24 PM IST