Remembrance Day 2022: Dates, events, significance, and when can you begin wearing a poppy?Every year, The United Kingdom and other commonwealth nations honor those who have died in the war. Remembrance Day is celebrated on the se...
31 Oct, 2022, 06.34 PM IST
Queen Elizabeth II's coffin procession leaves for Windsor, thousands line up on roadsThe Queen Elizabeth II's loved ones participated in a procession leading her coffin to her final resting place, where she joins her beloved...
21 Sep, 2022, 03.07 PM IST
Taylor Swift to be feted with global icon award at 2021 Brit Awards, will be first female artiste to receive honourPrevious recipients are Elton John, David Bowie and Robbie Williams.
10 May, 2021, 02.02 PM IST
View: UK should tear down Churchill’s statueThis is a Britain whose mind has been poisoned by such myths and, yes, held back by the weight of statues of slavers and imperialists. Prim...
16 Jun, 2020, 09.33 AM IST
To present first UK Budget on March 11 as scheduled: Chancellor Rishi SunakThere had been much speculation that the Budget could be delayed after the 39-year-old son-in-law of Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy rep...
18 Feb, 2020, 07.57 PM IST
Queen Elizabeth launches British commemorations 100 years after World War OneThe royal family and Prime Minister Theresa May were due to watch leading actors, authors, singers and military bands lead the tributes at ...
11 Nov, 2018, 09.08 AM IST
UK town to be Amritsar's twin city in memory of Maharaja Duleep SinghThe festival is planned as a cultural celebration as well as an exploration of the story of Duleep Singh and his cultural legacy.
07 Jul, 2018, 01.15 PM IST
UK to use drone jammers to track unmanned aerial vehicles flown by terroristsPhotographs show a beige-coloured scanning device on the roof of New Scotland Yard, which industry experts identified as an Anti-UAV Defenc...
27 Dec, 2015, 02.35 PM IST
Nations have to make effort to combat black money menace: NRI industrialist Lord Swraj PaulMoney is flowing into terrorism & all countries are affected because of it. It is not going to be one-day affair or a one-year affair, said...
23 Nov, 2014, 02.53 PM IST
- Buyer found for iconic New Scotland Yard building
Stephen Greenhalgh said proceeds of sale of New Scotland Yard, which had a 'guide price' of 250 mn pounds, would be reinvested in frontline...
13 Nov, 2014, 11.08 PM IST
Scotland Yard HQ on sale for 250 million poundsOne of England's most famous buildings, the police headquarters of Scotland Yard in the heart of London, has been put up for sale with a 25...
03 Sep, 2014, 02.23 PM IST
UK to step up internet surveillance following Woolwich murderUK home secy said “thousands face the risk of being radicalised by hate preachers” and hence the snooper’s charter legislation needs to be ...
28 May, 2013, 10.36 AM IST
- Goldman gets Rs 350 crore bid for Bangalore Four Seasons stake
In its Sept 26 edition last year, TOI was the first to report Goldman’s plans to exit its marquee investment in the under-construction proj...
28 Jan, 2013, 12.06 PM IST
- Olympics: UK plans missile deployment amidst al-Qaida threat
Al-Qaida is plotting to blow up an American airliner in the run-up to this month's London Olympics.
01 Jul, 2012, 08.43 PM IST
- 'UK faces threat from British Muslims returning from Afghan'
The UK faces serious security threat from British Muslim extremists returning from Afghanistan after fighting alongside Taliban.
03 Aug, 2008, 03.38 PM IST
- India-origin lady among UK's 20 most powerful in public sector
India-origin Shriti Vadera, working in the UK's Department of Business Enterprise and Competitiveness, has been named among the 20 most pow...
01 May, 2008, 02.58 PM IST
- Immigrants occupy one in every 15 homes in UK
Immigrants to the UK occupy one in every 15 homes in the country, an official report has said, with experts predicting that four out of eve...
17 Jan, 2008, 09.11 PM IST