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Borderlands 4: Release date, time, where to play, editions and more

Borderlands 4 release date, time and more
Published on Sept 08, 2025 09:20 pm IST

Meghnad Desai: Who he was in his thoughts

The great thing about Meghnad was that he was a well-informed and civilised conversationalist, from whom you always learnt something. (Mint Archive)
Published on Aug 16, 2025 08:57 pm IST

PM condoles economist Meghnad Desai's death, hails role in growing India-UK ties

"Anguished by the passing away of Shri Meghnad Desai Ji," PM Modi said in a tweet.
Published on Jul 29, 2025 10:52 pm IST

Reasons behind two controversial Johnson peerages revealed after 18-month battle

Lady Owen in the House of Lords (House of Lords/PA)
Published on Jan 10, 2025 12:04 am IST

Punjab-origin man’s Commander of the British Empire honour cancelled by King Charles

Raminder Singh Ranger, a Conservative Party peer and founder of UK-based FMCG firm Sun Mark Ltd known as Lord Rami Ranger, had the honour “cancelled and annulled” by King Charles III, a decision that his spokesperson called “unjust” and said Ranger will challenge it. (HT File)
Updated on Dec 08, 2024 07:12 am IST

Political parties now required to justify House of Lords appointments

Political parties now required to justify House of Lords appointments
Published on Dec 05, 2024 04:34 pm IST

Portrait of UK’s 1st turbaned Sikh MP installed in House of Lords

Second from left MP Tanmanjeet Dhesi and Lord Dr Indarjit Singh. (HT Photo)
Updated on Nov 19, 2024 05:04 am IST

British Indian peer Baroness Shreela Flather passes away

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Updated on Feb 07, 2024 07:50 am IST

King Charles honours ‘beloved mother’ Queen Elizabeth in historic speech

Britain's King Charles III delivers a speech beside Queen Camilla during the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords Chamber, in London, Britain, November 7, 2023. Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS
Published on Nov 07, 2023 07:34 pm IST

Ex-UK PM Boris Johnson rewards allies with honors as critics cry foul

Ex-UK PM Boris Johnson
Published on Jun 10, 2023 12:53 am IST

UK avoids nomination of Khalistan supporter to the House of Lords

Boris Johnson, U.K. prime minister, arrives for a weekly meeting of cabinet ministers in London, UK.
Updated on Dec 24, 2020 05:08 am IST

UK’s House of Lords vote to bar trade deals with genocidal countries

Britain’s House of Lords has voted to back proposals aimed at preventing the UK from making trade deals with any country deemed by the British High Court to be committing genocide
Published on Dec 08, 2020 08:33 pm IST

UK PM Johnson defeated in parliament on treaty-breaking Brexit law

A woman walks past a caricature of Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the boarded up window of a closed pub in Manchester, Britain.
Updated on Nov 11, 2020 06:05 pm IST

UK govt defiant after House of Lords rejects Brexit bill

Britain left the EU’s political structures on January 31 but remains in its economic embrace until a transition period ends on December 31. The two sides are trying to strike a new trade deal, but talks are stuck on key issues, and have been soured further by the Internal Market Bill.
Published on Nov 10, 2020 06:32 pm IST

Ian Botham, Jo Johnson, Prem Sikka to join House of Lords

FILE PHOTO: Sir Ian Botham. Action Images via Reuters / Philip Brown Livepic/File Photo
Updated on Jul 31, 2020 10:50 pm IST

Cat interrupts House of Lords committee meeting, netizens are loving its don’t care cattitude

Leo the cat intruded a Zoom meeting with the UK House of Lords committee.
Updated on Jun 08, 2020 12:32 pm IST

UK PM Johnson defeated on Brexit legislation for first time since election

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives won a large majority in the lower chamber, the House of Commons, at the December 12 vote and lawmakers there quickly approved the legislation needed to ratify his exit deal with Brussels earlier this month.
Published on Jan 21, 2020 08:16 am IST

Call to drop Christian prayers before UK parliament sessions

A campaign group has called for ending the practice of reciting Christian prayers in the UK parliament.
Updated on Jan 05, 2020 07:04 am IST

Told to drop episode on Sikh guru, House of Lords member quits BBC programme after 35 years

Indarjit Singh, member of the House of Lords.
Updated on Oct 05, 2019 06:02 am IST

Punjab-origin Rami Ranger moves from Partition rags to House of Lords

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Published on Sept 10, 2019 06:30 am IST

If Canada can apologise for 1914, why not UK for Jallianwala Bagh, ask Indian delegates

Indian high commissioner Ruchi Ghanshyam said the incident had shaken the soul of India in 1919, but also highlighted the historical strategic partnership between Britain and India.
Updated on Apr 14, 2019 12:52 pm IST

Fresh pressure on UK to apologise for Jallianwala Bagh massacre

The Theresa May government is expected to reiterate on Tuesday Britain’s position since the mid-1990s of expressing ‘deep regret’ for the April 13, 1919, massacre in Jallianwala Bagh that may set the stage for a full apology later, amid growing demand for the gesture.
Updated on Apr 09, 2019 07:38 am IST

UK lifetime business award for Swraj Paul

Swraj Paul receiving the ‘Lifetime Contribution-Midlands Business Awards 2019’ at an event in Leicester on Friday.
Updated on Mar 09, 2019 06:00 pm IST

British parliament to debate massacre at Jallianwala Bagh

There are renewed calls for Britain to tender an apology for the Jallainwala Bagh massacre, whose centenary on April 13 will see a debate in the House of Lords that had condoned the actions of Brig-Gen Reginald Dyer in July 1920.
Published on Feb 14, 2019 11:47 pm IST

UK to offer two-year degree courses from September

A British Union Flag, also known as a Union Jack, outside the Houses of Parliament in London, UK, on January 14.
Updated on Jan 26, 2019 08:29 pm IST

UK hate crime policy ignoring Islamophobia: British Sikhs

Despite being subject to violence and hostility since the 9/11 attacks in the US, the UK government’s National Hate Crime Plan has marginalised British Sikhs, says the Network of Sikh Organisations.
Updated on Oct 24, 2018 09:53 am IST

Political parties must be held accountable for their election manifestoes

The model code of conduct drafted by the Election Commission of India (ECI) for the 2014 general elections had guidelines that prohibited parties from making promises in their manifestoes that would exert an undue influence on voters (Representative Photo)
Updated on May 21, 2018 08:30 am IST