(L-R) Lord Popat, Baroness Catherine Meyer and Lord Dholakia. TOI correspondent from UK: A Tory member of the House of Lords is facing suspension for referring to a fellow peer of Indian origin, Lord Dholakia, as “Lord Poppadom”, during a trip to Rwanda in Feb. The Lords’ Conduct Committee recommended a three-week suspension for Baroness…
LONDON: A 12-year-old girl on Monday became the second person to be charged in connection with the killing of 80-year-old Bhim Sen Kohli, who died following an assault while out walking his dog in a park near Leicester, eastern England, in Sept.Leicestershire police said the girl has been charged with manslaughter. A 15-year-old boy, arrested…
Fuel tanker drivers at Edinburgh Airport have called off a strike over the festive period after agreeing a new pay deal. NorthAir workers had said they would walk out for 19 days over Christmas and New Year after rejecting a 4.5% pay increase. Unite union warned of disruption to flights as the company is the…
New technology means passengers at Cardiff Airport will now be able to leave electronics and liquids under 100ml in their hand luggage as they pass through security. The Next Generation Security scanners are now fully operational at the site, the airport confirmed, following cost-related delays which saw it fail to meet the UK government’s initial…
Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has issued his first statement since he was deposed by rebel groups and fled to Russia less than two weeks ago. Assad, speaking from Moscow where he sought refuge, said that ‘at no time during the events that have taken place in Syria‘ did he intend to step down or…
Canada’s Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has resigned from her post, citing disagreements with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on how to respond to incoming President Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs. She announced her resignation in a letter to Trudeau on Monday, in which she said the two have been “at odds about the best path forward…
Eleven Indian citizens were found deceased at a restaurant in Gudauri, a mountain resort in Georgia, as confirmed by the Indian mission. According to Georgia’s ministry of internal affairs’ initial examination, there were no visible injuries or signs of violence. Local media, citing police sources, reported that carbon monoxide poisoning caused all the deaths.The deceased,…
Syria’s former President Bashar al-Assad says he never intended to flee to Russia – in what is purported to be his first statement since the fall of Damascus eight days ago. Assad’s reported statement was put on the Telegram channel belonging to the Syrian presidency on Monday, although it is not clear who currently controls…
Getty Images Many houses had sheet-metal roofs which were easily blown away Residents of Mayotte have spoken of “apocalyptic scenes” caused by the worst storm in 90 years to hit the French Indian Ocean territory. Cyclone Chido brought wind speeds of more than 225km/h (140mph), flattening areas where the poorest lived in sheet-metal roof shacks….
Zakir Hussain, one of the world’s greatest tabla players, has died at the age of 73. The Indian classical music icon died of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease, at a hospital in San Francisco, his family said in a statement. Hussain was a four-time Grammy award winner and has received the Padma Vibhushan, India’s…
