India in UK
BAFTA Appoints Emmy-winning Krishnendu Majumdar as Chair
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts appointed Emmy-winning television producer Krishnendu Majumdar as chairperson, making him...
India releases SOP for ‘Vande Bharat Mission’ - the biggest repatriation mission in country's history , bringing back approximately...
PM Modi convenes first ever video conference with Indian Missions worldwide on COVID-19
Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with the heads of Indian Embassies and High Commissions - in a first such event for Indian Missions...
Updates from Indian missions around the globe: COVID-19
Indian missions world over are updating fellow citizens throughout the changing dynamics of the global coronavirus pandemic.
India evacuates thousands of its nationals from COVID-19 epicentres
The Ministry of External Affairs has arranged for flights to bring back stranded Indian nationals from coronavirus affected countries
India denies entry to UK Labour MP who chairs Parliamentary group on Kashmir
The controversy surrounding British Labour MP Debbie Abrahams took a new turn on Tuesday with the Indian High Commission in London stating...
Arguments wrap up in Mallya’s appeal against extradition in UK High Court, no verdict yet
The hearing into embattled liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya’s appeal against extradition came to an end on Thursday at the Royal Courts of...
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday named Indian-origin politician Rishi Sunak as his new finance minister, after Chancellor of...
Arguing on behalf of the Indian government, the prosecution in the high court of England and Wales hearing controversial businessman Vijay...
‘Multiple errors’ in extradition judgment, claim Mallya’s lawyers
Embattled Indian liquor baron Vijay Mallya on Tuesday appeared before the Royal Courts of Justice in London for his appeal against...
UK court to hear Vijay Mallya’s appeal against extradition today
The United Kingdom High Court is expected to today begin hearing embattled Indian liquor baron Vijay Mallya’s appeal against being...
UK govt's new visa system to make is easier for skilled Indian workers to immigrate
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and UK Home Secretary Priti Patel have reportedly accepted the UK Migration Advisory Committee's (MAC)...
Companies in UK owned by Indian diaspora paid GBP 1 bn in taxes: Report
The report, produced by Grant Thornton UK jointly with the Indian High Commission in London and the Federation of Indian Chambers of...
UK High Court begins hearing match-fixing accused Sanjeev Chawla’s extradition appeal
The United Kingdom High Court on Thursday began hearing an application for permission to appeal filed by alleged bookie Sanjeev Chawla after...
Indian-origin lawyer suing supermarket chain Tesco in the UK over chocolate bar
A 63-year-old Indian-origin lawyer in the United Kingdom has filed a lawsuit against the nation’s biggest supermarket chain Tesco over his...
Indian-origin author's debut novel wins book award in UK
Indian-origin writer Jasbinder Bilan has won a coveted British children's book award for her debut novel set in the Himalayas, inspired by...
British Museum acquires Indian Pahari watercolour for GBP 440,000
An 18th-century watercolour Indian Pahari painting, said to be “a masterpiece unparalleled in North Indian art”, has been acquired by...
Boris Johnson appoints Indian-origin academic to look into anti-Muslim bias among Tories
United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson has appointed an Indian-origin academic for an independent review into allegations of...
Students across the world protest against CAA, police action in India
Student protests against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) passed by the BJP government in India crossed the nation’s...
Indian Cambridge scholar gets support from over 2000 academics for request to stay in the UK
Over 2,000 academics in the United Kingdom have come out in support of Indian sociologist Asiya lslam following the UK Home Office’s...
Hrithik Roshan voted Sexiest Asian Male in UK poll
Bollywood heartthrob Hrithik Roshan was chosen as the Sexiest Asian Male of 2019 and the last decade.
63% increase in Indian students studying in the UK in 2019: Study
The number of Indian students going to the United Kingdom for higher studies in 2019 is on the rise, according to the British High...
Will British Sikhs get separate ethnic recognition for 2021 census? UK High Court to deliver verdict
The United Kingdom High Court in London on Wednesday concluded hearing a British Sikh group's case for a separate Sikh ethnicity tick box in...
British-Indian Labour group slams party for lack of Indian-origin poll candidates
Labour Friends of India (LFIN), the diaspora group affiliated with the United Kingdom’s Labour Party, on Wednesday issued a statement...
British-Indian man imprisoned over Islamophobic tweets
An Indian-origin British man who posted Islamophobic rants on social media in the wake of a terrorist attack at an Ariana Grande concert...