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  • MPs to vote on report saying Boris Johnson misled Parliament

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    London, June 19 British MPs will on Monday vote on an inquiry report by a UK Parliamentary committee that revealed former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has deliberately misled the House of Commons over breaches during the Covid-19 lockdown. The report published by the Privileges Committee on June 15 found that ...
  • Third Indian stabbed to death in UK in three days

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    London, June 18 A 38-year-old Indian-origin man, hailing from Kerala, was stabbed to death in South London, just three days after shocking incidents of knife attacks in the UK, which saw the deaths of a British Indian teen and a student from Hyderabad. Aravind Sasikumar died after being found with ...
  • Over 100 foreign nationals arrested for working illegally in UK

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    London, June 17 In a major crackdown on illegal immigration, enforcement officers in the UK arrested 105 foreign nationals from over 20 countries who were found working illegally in the country. The nationwide operation by the Home Office on Friday saw over 300 immigration officers on 159 enforcement visits in ...
  • UK cops lay charges against Brazilian in Indian student’s killing

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    London, June 15 A 23 year-old man was charged on Thursday for stabbing Indian student Tejaswini Kontham to death and attempting murder on a second woman in north west London. Keven Antonio Lourenco De Morais, of Neeld Crescent, Wembley, was remanded in custody to appear at Uxbridge Magistrates Court that ...
  • Boris Johnson deliberately misled Parliament over Covid lockdown breaches: Inquiry

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    London, June 15 An inquiry report by a UK Parliamentary committee revealed on Thursday that former Prime Minister Boris Johnson deliberately misled the House of Commons over breaches during the Covid-19 lockdown. The report by the Privileges Committee found that Johnson "committed a serious contempt" of Parliament when, after the ...
  • Indian High Commission attack mastermind dies in UK

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    Chandigarh, June 15 Avtar Singh Khanda, a Punjab-origin Khalistani separatist and mastermind of the attack on the Indian High Commission in London, died in a hospital in the UK on Thursday due to blood cancer. He was the head of Khalistan Liberation Force. A bomb expert, Khanda, who was the ...
  • Family of Indian-origin teen killed in UK knife attack ‘devastated’

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    London, June 15 The family of 19-year-old Grace Kumar who was brutally stabbed to death in Nottingham have said that their daughter's death has left them 'utterly devastated' and 'heartbroken'. Grace O'Malley Kumar was on her way back home from a night out with fellow student Barnaby Webber when they ...
  • Woman from Hyderabad stabbed to death by Brazilian in London

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    Hyderabad, June 14 A 27-year-old woman from Hyderabad, Kontham Tejaswini Reddy, has been stabbed to death in London's Wembley. Tejaswini Reddy had gone to London for higher studies. According to information received by her family here on Wednesday, she was stabbed to death by her Brazilian flatmate on Tuesday. The ...
  • UK police arrest Pakistani social media activist Adil Raja

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    London, June 14 Pakistani social media activist and YouTuber Adil Raja was arrested by British authorities, however, it is unclear on what grounds the arrest was made. Cases under anti-terrorism provisions are registered in Pakistan against Raja -- a vocal proponent of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Geo News reported. The ...
  • Lords inquiry finds British Indian peer ‘bullied’, ‘harassed’ woman journo

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    London, June 14 An Indian-origin House of Lords peer was asked to apologise after an investigation found that he breached the parliamentary code of conduct by running a campaign of harassment and bullying against a female journalist. Conservative peer Rami Ranger, 76, faced an investigation by the House of Lords ...