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PTI UK deletes video after Pakistan flags "provocative" remarks, issues de
Updated : 5 months ago IST
PTI's UK chapter deleted a post showing "provocative" remarks against Pakistan's military, saying it does not support unlawful acts. Pakistan issued a demarche to the UK, sought action against those involved, while British authorities asked for evidence to review the matter.
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Kiran Desai loses out to Hungarian-British author for Booker Prize
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Earlier this year Banu Mushtaq and Deepa Bhasthi won the 'International Booker Prize 2025' for 'Heart Lamp', the first collection of short stories to win the prize.
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FM Sa'ar: British authorities allowed toxic antisemitism to continue
Updated : 8 months ago IST
Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar has condemned the attack on a synagogue in Manchester on Yom Kippur, in which two Jews were murdered.
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British author slams Pakistan Army chief's nuclear threats; calls it "disg
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
British political commentator and author David Vance has strongly criticised Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir's nuclear threats, calling them "absolutely scandalous and disgraceful."
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"China using Pakistan as proxy, can't be trusted:" British author David Va
Updated : 1 year ago IST
British political commentator and author David Vance strongly criticised China for backing Pakistan in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack and during India's Operation Sindoor. He accused Beijing of using Pakistan as a "proxy" in the region and warned that Beijing cannot be truste
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Salman Rushdie attacker found guilty of attempted murder, faces up to 32 y
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
A jury in western New York convicted Hadi Matar, a 27-year-old from New Jersey, of attempted murder for the stabbing of Indian-born British author Salman Rushdie, The New York Times reported.
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"Loved working with Tom Cruise but...": British author Lee Child recalls c
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Jack Reacher, a character married to sense of duty, was first introduced to the world in 1997 in the novel 'Killing Floor', written by veteran British author Lee Child. In the past 30 years, the audience saw the fictional action hero becoming a legend, with Child's creation getting multip
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UK grooming gang scandal reignited, Elon Musk, JK Rowling, British MPs rai
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Over the past 24 hours, social media platform X witnessed debate on the alleged Rotherham grooming scandal in the UK, with British MPs and social celebs like Tesla CEO Elon Musk, British author JK Rowling sharing their views on the issue.
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British author Samantha Harvey's fiction on space wins 2024 Booker Prize
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Incidentally, Harvey who has said that she does not own a mobile phone in an interview said that she considered 'The Siege of Krishnapur' based on a fictional town in India by J.G. Farrell as one of the best books of the last century.
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Strong protest launched with UK over vandalisation incident at Indian High
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Vinay Kwatra said that India lodged a strong protest and indicated to British authorities to put up adequate security at the Indian High Commission in London
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Shashi Tharoor condemns vandalism of Indian High Commission in London, cal
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
"The real problem is not inside the High Commission but on the premises outside, which is the responsibility of the local authorities, in this case, the British authorities, to protect," Shashi Tharoor said.
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I never set out to upset anyone: JK Rowling speaks out against anti-trans
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Almost two years after igniting a firestorm over her comments which were widely perceived as denigrating transgender women, British author J.K. Rowling has spoken up about the controversy.
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