THE CORONATION of King Charles in May 2023 cost British taxpayers £72 million, according to official accounts released on Thursday.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) accounted for £50.3m of the spending, while the inte... Continue

  INDIA play Australia in five Tests starting on Friday(22) in Perth, after their first red-ball series defeat at home in more than a decade exposed the visitors’ growing vulnerabilities.
India won 2-1 against Australia on bo... Continue

THE Met Office has ramped up its weather warnings as the UK faces significant snowfall, icy conditions and plummeting temperatures that could trigger power cuts and travel disruption.
Weather experts have issued yellow warnings for ice a... Continue

AUTHOR and Indian MP Sudha Murty has spoken of her pride in son-in-law and former UK prime minister Rishi Sunak, who she described as having “good Indian cultural values” imbibed from his parents’ upbringing in the UK.
Murty joined... Continue

Tickets for next year’s Glastonbury Festival sold out within 35 minutes on Sunday, with more than 200,000 people expected to attend the world-renowned musical celebration in rural southwest England.
Sales opened at 9.00am (0900 GMT) an... Continue

ONE of Britain’s best-known industrialists scooped the top honour at the annual Asian Business Awards on Friday (15).


Lord Swraj Paul, who founded Caparo, an international business conglomerate producing steel and niche enginee... Continue

THE UK’s economy contracted in September, with growth slowing significantly over the third quarter, posing an early challenge to Rachel Reeves’ plans to boost economic performance.
Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) o... Continue

STAR Indian shuttler PV Sindhu last Friday (8) said the 2028 Los Angeles Games remains on her radar, insisting she still has a lot to offer and the potential to win many more titles on the demanding BWF (Badminton World Federation) circuit.... Continue

THE PAKISTAN Cricket Board (PCB) announced Tuesday it has requested clarification from the International Cricket Council (ICC) regarding India’s decision not to send a team to Pakistan for the upcoming Champions Trophy
Last week, the I... Continue

GARY Lineker will step down as the host of the BBC‘s flagship football highlights show, Match of the Day, at the end of the season, the broadcaster announced on Tuesday.
Lineker, who has hosted the show for 25 seasons, will conclude hi... Continue

KEIR Starmer on Monday became the first British prime minister to attend Armistice Day commemorations in France since Winston Churchill, who joined General Charles de Gaulle for the event after the Second World War. This ceremony, which mar... Continue

A BOMBING claimed by Pakistani separatists killed 26 people including 14 soldiers at a railway station in the southwestern Balochistan province, a hospital spokesman said Saturday (9).

The blast hit as passengers waited on a platform... Continue

Saim Ayub struck a powerful 82, and Abdullah Shafique remained unbeaten on 64 as Pakistan defeated Australia by nine wickets in the second ODI at Adelaide Oval, levelling the series on Friday.
Chasing a modest target of 163 after a stell... Continue

US vice president Kamala Harris vowed to keep fighting for the ideals that powered her presidential campaign on Wednesday (6) in a concession speech that acknowledged president-elect Donald Trump’s win while warning of potential dark time... Continue

FORMER US president Donald Trump praised his choice for vice president, JD Vance, during a jubilant speech in Florida on Wednesday (6).
During the speech, he was particularly keen to highlight Vance’s fighting spirit.
“Our next vi... Continue