1984 docs throw light on interesting nuggets in Indo-UK ties

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 13:15

Declassification of confidential documents has thrown light on interesting nuggets in Indo-British relations 30 years ago besides triggering controversy over purported British help in Operation Bluestar.

Obama calls Cameron: Discusses Syria, Af-Pak, NSA issues

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 08:12

US President Barack Obama called up British PM David Cameron discussing issues like Syrian crisis, Af-Pak situation and also briefed him on review of NSA intelligence activities, the White House said.

No evidence of British role in Operation Bluestar yet: David Cameron

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 23:37

David Cameron on Wednesday said there was no evidence so far to suggest that elite British special forces played a role in the 1984 Operation Bluestar.

Did Thatcher help Indira Gandhi plan Operation Bluestar? British PM orders probe

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 06:29

British PM David Cameron has directed his Cabinet Secretary to establish the facts behind claims that Margaret Thatcher`s government may have helped Indira Gandhi plan Operation Bluestar in 1984.

Cameron Diaz does not worry about ageing

Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 10:25

Hollywood star Cameron Diaz says growing old makes one wiser and it is useless to dwell upon regaining younger looks.

Acne made Cameron Diaz miserable as teenager

Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 05:11

Actress Cameron Diaz says her teenage years were "miserable" due to her bad acne. But she managed to find a cure for it - avoiding junk food.

Israel, West hail Sharon, Arab world slams him

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 22:00

As Israelis and the West on Saturday paid glowing tributes to late Israeli leader Ariel Sharon, the Arab world was less laudatory, slamming him as a "tyrant" and "criminal".

Cameron says he did not intend to stigmatise Poles

Last Updated: Thursday, January 9, 2014, 09:19

British Prime Minister David Cameron said Wednesday he had had no intention of stigmatising Poles living and working in Britain when he announced plans to curb child benefits to immigrants.

Development ravages Malaysia’s ‘Little England’

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 09:44

On a Malaysian ridge-top, R Ramakrishnan scans a rugged landscape famed in British colonial times as a fresh-aired slice of England in the tropics, but he sees a paradise lost.

British minister says PM will fail over immigration target

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 21:57

Prime Minister David Cameron will fail in his pledge to slash net migration to Britain to "tens of thousands" by 2015, his business minister claimed today, as a poll showed a large majority of Britons want immigration to fall.

Three quarters of Britons want less immigration: Survey

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 12:32

Immigration has become a key topic heading into a 2015 election, at which increased support for the anti-immigration UK Independence Party (UKIP) could hamper Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative Party.