Europe & Row

The United Kingdom has cleared the way for Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy) researchers from India, who wish to work in the United Kingdom, by exempting them from the annual visa cap for entry in the country. The announcement was made by the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Phillip Hammond in his Spring...

A large group of Pakistan-backed pro-Khalistan activists in London on Saturday attacked irreproachable British-Indian civilians, possibly as retaliation to Indian air strike at a terror camp in Pakistan earlier this month and anti-Pakistan protests that have been taking place across the world. The attackers, donning headdresses and carrying Khalistani flags,...

The fatal crash of Nairobi-bound Boeing 737 on Sunday killed 149 passengers, among whom were four Indians and eight crew on board, Ethiopian Airlines confirmed as leaders across the world offered condolences to distraught next-of-kin. The crash took place just six minutes after an early morning takeoff from Addis Ababa. The...

The United Kingdom government on Thursday unveiled changes to its visa and immigration system which includes two new visa categories for business people from around the world and an expansion of the list of countries offered streamlined student visa procedures. However, India once again overlooked to be added to the...

The Boparan Restaurant Group (BRG), the restaurant chain owned by Britain’s Indian origin “chicken king” Ranjit Singh Boparan, is set to shut down 27 of its outlets. The move has come as part of a deal to save the wider brands due to over-supply of restaurants in the sector and...

A non-resident Indian was arrested from the Indira Gandhi International airport for allegedly raping a woman he had met her through matrimonial website in 2017, police said on Friday. The accused was later identified as Ravinder Singh, hails from Jalandhar district in Punjab, they said. According to police, the woman filed...

Students and skilled professionals from India received a majority of United Kingdom visas in 2018, according to the statistics by the Home Office revealed Thursday. In 2018 about 54 percent of such visas were granted to Indian professionals, including doctors and software engineers, dominating Britain's Tier-2 skilled visa category for...

A group of Non-Resident Indians based in London on Saturday came together outside the Pakistan High Commission to dissent the inhumane terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Besides, the United Kingdom Foreign and Commonwealth Office, which condemned the deadly attack as “senseless and brutal act”, has warned British...

The Non-Resident Indians have never missed a chance to do their bit in Indian politics and this time they have come out in support of Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi. The United Kingdom-based Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), Friends of Indian Society, has teamed with NRIs to launch a video campaign...

An Indian origin student who put herself to death by hanging on the grounds of her school in London two years ago died as a consequence of depressive illness, an inquest into her death concluded this week. In June 2017, the 14-year-old Elena Mondal was found unresponsive by her teachers...