scorecardresearch
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
TopicLondon

Topic: London

Prince William serves up environmentally friendly burgers to surprised diners in London

Heir to the throne handed out ‘Earthshot Burgers’ to highlight work of last year’s winners of his annual Earthshot Prize, which he set up to tackle environmental issues.

Elton John appears by videolink to give evidence at Kevin Spacey’s sexual assault trial

John was asked about Spacey’s attendance at a charity event hosted by the singer in the early 2000s, on the way to which Spacey is alleged to have sexually assaulted a driver.

Kevin Spacey is a ‘sexual bully’: Prosecutor tells UK court as sex offence trial begins

Spacey, 63, has pleaded not guilty to a dozen allegations of historic sex offences committed against four men which are said to have taken place between 2001 and 2013.

Indian-origin woman stabbed to death in London, 2 arrested

While the murder victim is yet to be formally identified by police in the UK, reports from India indicate that it was Kontham Tejasvini – a young professional from Hyderabad.

‘They carried concealed weapons’: Sikh restaurateur in London claims attack by Khalistan supporters

The attack came after 52-yr-old Harman Singh Kapoor posted videos on TikTok criticising the Khalistan movement and mocking Amritpal Singh's aide running away from the police.

UK to review security at Indian High Commission in London after protests, says foreign minister

Earlier this week, India summoned senior British diplomat in New Delhi to protest at actions taken by ‘separatist and extremist elements’ against country's mission in London.

Amsterdam Gardener begins 30,000-km London-India bike ride to fight soil degradation

Rens Goede's roundabout journey to Coimbatore, in support of ‘Save Soil’ movement, will see him travel across 30 countries and will last an estimated two years.

London’s Metropolitan Police ‘institutionally racist and sexist’, finds independent review

The findings come more than two decades after a 1999 inquiry into the murder of Black teenager Stephen Lawrence identified institutional racism within the force.

Cocktails, curry, tea-inside 1930s London conference that brought Gandhi to Buckingham Palace

Stephen Lag explores the historical geographies of the Round Table Conference, looks at how the conference shaped a multicultural – and racist – imperial capital.

Protest group paints huge Ukrainian flag on road outside Russian Embassy in London

The campaign group ‘Led By Donkeys’ halted traffic before spreading more than 300 litres of paint using wheelbarrows and brushes to make the 500 square metre flag.

On Camera

Dhankhar’s resignation: How Modi-Shah’s ‘capable’ BJP has served another strong message to RSS

One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.

Unclaimed deposits worth Rs 67,000 crore lying in banks, 87% in public sector banks alone, Parliament told

SBI holds Rs 19,239 crore in unclaimed deposits, or 26% of the abandoned money in public banking system. PNB, Canara Bank follow.

India wanted a stable, prosperous Pakistan but our peace efforts were mistaken for weakness: Rajnath

Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.