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UK Reportedly Orders Apple to Give it Access to Users' Encrypted Accounts
UK authorities have asked Apple to let them retrieve all the content any Apple user worldwide has uploaded to the cloud. UK's office of the Home Secretary has ordered it to provide the access.
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Indian-Origin UK Minister's Migration Policy Branded "Racist"
Britain's Indian-origin Home Secretary Suella Braverman is facing increasing pressure over the government's new plans to clamp down on illegal migration, with a former Home Office adviser branding the policy as "racist"
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Boris Johnson "Deeply Concerned" Over Footage Of Cops Breaking Up Vigil
Britain's Prime Minister vowed on Sunday to take action to better protect women after a national outpouring of grief and outrage over the death of a woman who went missing after setting out to walk home in London earlier this month.
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Priti Patel Promises Culture Change At UK Visa Department
The Indian-origin Cabinet minister set out the action the UK Home Office is taking in response to the review released earlier this year in the wake of the scandal from two years ago, which wrongly denied the citizenship rights of some Commonwealth citizens brought to Britain to address labour shortages in the wake of World War II.
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UK Civil Servant, At Centre Of Home Secretary Priti Patel Row, Resigns
Britain's top official in the ministry responsible for policing resigned on Saturday after clashes with Home Office minister Priti Patel, in the latest test of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plans for overhauling how the government operates.
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UK Academics Protest As Cambridge Fellow Told To Go Back To India
Hundreds of academics, students and activists have signed an open letter to lobby the UK Home Office to reconsider its decision to deny a University of Cambridge scholar permanent residency in the UK for spending too much time in India, which she says was essential for fieldwork and research.
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Centre Asks UK To Protect Rights Of Indian Students, Resolve Visa Issues
India on Monday asked the United Kingdom to protect the rights of its students in the country and ensure that they do not face any visa-related difficulties. Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla conveyed this to Glyn Williams, Director General for Borders, Immigration, Citizenship and International Strategy at the United Kingdom Home Office, duri...
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UK Police Conduct Several Terror Raids Over 'Extremist Activity' In India
Britain's counter-terrorism officers on Tuesday conducted a series of raids on homes in central England in connection with what it described as allegations of extremist activity in India and fraud offences.
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UK Review Amid Immigration Scandal; Indians Affected, Says Opposition
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May has announced the country's Home Office review of its handling of the so-called Windrush immigration scandal, even as the opposition warned that Indian-origin Britons are likely to be among the immigrants affected by the issue. Prime Minister May told British MPs in the House of Commons that "speed is of the ess...
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UK Video Game Industry, Home of Lara Croft, Fights Gender Imbalance
For the past three years Creative Assembly, one of Britain's largest video game developers, has hosted girl-only workshops at its offices in Horsham, South London.
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38 Indians Detained In United Kingdom For Visa Breach In Factory Raids
Britain's immigration officials have detained 38 Indians, including nine women, for overstaying their visas or working illegally after conducting raids in two clothing factories in the city of Leicester.
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UK Unveils Migrant Language Tests - With A Spelling Mistake
Britain's Home Office was left red-faced today after unveiling new English tests for migrants -- but misspelling the word "language" in its announcement.
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Keith Vaz Re-Elected Chair of UK Parliament Committee
Keith Vaz, Britain's longest-serving Indian-origin MP was today re-elected as chair of Parliament's influential Home Affairs Select Committee.
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Britain Pulls Out Spies as Russia, China Crack Edward Snowden Files: Report
Britain has pulled out agents from live operations in "hostile countries" after Russia and China cracked top-secret information contained in files leaked by former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, the Sunday Times reported.
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Britain to Punish Rude Police Officers
Police officers in Britain who are rude to the public will face disciplinary action under a new set of rules to be announced next week.
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UK Reportedly Orders Apple to Give it Access to Users' Encrypted Accounts
UK authorities have asked Apple to let them retrieve all the content any Apple user worldwide has uploaded to the cloud. UK's office of the Home Secretary has ordered it to provide the access.
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Indian-Origin UK Minister's Migration Policy Branded "Racist"
Britain's Indian-origin Home Secretary Suella Braverman is facing increasing pressure over the government's new plans to clamp down on illegal migration, with a former Home Office adviser branding the policy as "racist"
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Boris Johnson "Deeply Concerned" Over Footage Of Cops Breaking Up Vigil
Britain's Prime Minister vowed on Sunday to take action to better protect women after a national outpouring of grief and outrage over the death of a woman who went missing after setting out to walk home in London earlier this month.
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Priti Patel Promises Culture Change At UK Visa Department
The Indian-origin Cabinet minister set out the action the UK Home Office is taking in response to the review released earlier this year in the wake of the scandal from two years ago, which wrongly denied the citizenship rights of some Commonwealth citizens brought to Britain to address labour shortages in the wake of World War II.
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UK Civil Servant, At Centre Of Home Secretary Priti Patel Row, Resigns
Britain's top official in the ministry responsible for policing resigned on Saturday after clashes with Home Office minister Priti Patel, in the latest test of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plans for overhauling how the government operates.
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UK Academics Protest As Cambridge Fellow Told To Go Back To India
Hundreds of academics, students and activists have signed an open letter to lobby the UK Home Office to reconsider its decision to deny a University of Cambridge scholar permanent residency in the UK for spending too much time in India, which she says was essential for fieldwork and research.
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Centre Asks UK To Protect Rights Of Indian Students, Resolve Visa Issues
India on Monday asked the United Kingdom to protect the rights of its students in the country and ensure that they do not face any visa-related difficulties. Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla conveyed this to Glyn Williams, Director General for Borders, Immigration, Citizenship and International Strategy at the United Kingdom Home Office, duri...
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UK Police Conduct Several Terror Raids Over 'Extremist Activity' In India
Britain's counter-terrorism officers on Tuesday conducted a series of raids on homes in central England in connection with what it described as allegations of extremist activity in India and fraud offences.
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UK Review Amid Immigration Scandal; Indians Affected, Says Opposition
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May has announced the country's Home Office review of its handling of the so-called Windrush immigration scandal, even as the opposition warned that Indian-origin Britons are likely to be among the immigrants affected by the issue. Prime Minister May told British MPs in the House of Commons that "speed is of the ess...
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UK Video Game Industry, Home of Lara Croft, Fights Gender Imbalance
For the past three years Creative Assembly, one of Britain's largest video game developers, has hosted girl-only workshops at its offices in Horsham, South London.
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38 Indians Detained In United Kingdom For Visa Breach In Factory Raids
Britain's immigration officials have detained 38 Indians, including nine women, for overstaying their visas or working illegally after conducting raids in two clothing factories in the city of Leicester.
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UK Unveils Migrant Language Tests - With A Spelling Mistake
Britain's Home Office was left red-faced today after unveiling new English tests for migrants -- but misspelling the word "language" in its announcement.
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Keith Vaz Re-Elected Chair of UK Parliament Committee
Keith Vaz, Britain's longest-serving Indian-origin MP was today re-elected as chair of Parliament's influential Home Affairs Select Committee.
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Britain Pulls Out Spies as Russia, China Crack Edward Snowden Files: Report
Britain has pulled out agents from live operations in "hostile countries" after Russia and China cracked top-secret information contained in files leaked by former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, the Sunday Times reported.
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Britain to Punish Rude Police Officers
Police officers in Britain who are rude to the public will face disciplinary action under a new set of rules to be announced next week.
