Justice for Bhopal protest in Olympic Village on London 2012 Games day
Hours before London 2012 Olympic Games’ opening ceremony, a group of people are staging a ‘Justice for Bhopal’ protest at the main entrance gate of the Olympic Park venue over Dow’s sponsorship deal. Read more
Boris Johnson hits back at Mitt Romney with ‘London IS ready’ talk
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has hit back at US presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s reservations about Britain’s readiness to host the Olympic Games by reiterating that London is indeed ready. Read more
Kiaran Stapleton is convicted of murdering Indian student Anuj Bidve
A Manchester crown court has found Kiaran Stapleton guilty of murdering Indian student Anuj Bidve. 23-year-old Lancaster University student, Bidve was shot dead in Salford on Boxing Day last year. Read more
Bollywood superstar and iconic actor Amitabh Bachchan has carried the Olympic torch in London’s Southwark on July 26, just hours before London 2012 Olympic Games begin in the capital. Read more
As many as 63,000 bogus students could have entered the UK in 2011, a study by Migration Watch UK has revealed. Highest percentage of bogus students came from Burma (62%), followed by India, Nigeria and Bangladesh at 59%. Read more
Six British Asians have been convicted of offences relating to insider trade dealings in what was the “longest and most complex prosecution” brought by the FSA to date. The defendants will be sentenced on Friday July 27, 2012. Read more
If you think Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal’s ArcelorMittal has nothing to do with CERN scientists’ discovery of Higgs boson-like God particle that may have answers to how the universe was formed, think again. Read more
Subhash Chandra Bose aide and freedom fighter Lakshmi Sehgal dies
Captain Lakshmi Sehgal, a freedom fighter and a close aide of Indian independence hero Subhash Chandra Bose, passed away on Monday, July 23. She was 97. Read more
UK's Financial Times hits back at TOI's supplement by the same name
The trademark war between British newspaper Financial Times and Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.’s The Times of India has hit a new low as the FT launched a newspaper advert to hit back at TOI’s new supplement with the same name. Read more
Virat Kohli’s century may have propelled India to score its victory in the first ODI against Sri Lanka but the Indian cricket squad received a setback after it was fined for maintaining a slow over-rate during the match against the hosts. Read more
