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UK Polls Set To Deliver More Diverse Parliament, Many British Indian MPs
The UK general election is expected to deliver the most diverse Parliament in the country's history, including in the number of parliamentarians of Indian heritage likely to be elected from across the nation.
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Rahul Gandhi To Speak In UK Parliament Today Amid Cambridge Row: Sources
Rahul Gandhi will reportedly meet Indians settled in the country, and hold private business meetings. He is also scheduled to speak at the London-based think tank, Chatham House.
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UK Ministers To Tell Boris Johnson To Go: Reports
A group of cabinet ministers are about to tell Prime Minister Boris Johnson to quit, including the man who has just been appointed as the new finance minister, media reports said on Wednesday.
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Active Chinese Spy In Parliament: UK Security Services Warn Lawmakers
British security services have warned MPs that a suspected Chinese agent "knowingly engaged in political interference activities" inside parliament, authorities said Thursday.
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Breastfeeding British MP Told Not To Bring Baby To Parliament
A British MP won a promise of parliamentary reforms on Wednesday after she was rebuked by an official for bringing her sleeping baby to a debate.
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Prince Philip Sustained Queen In "Extraordinary" Elizabethan Age: UK PM
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed Prince Philip on Monday for sustaining Queen Elizabeth with love throughout an "extraordinary Elizabethan age", addressing parliament for the first time since the Duke of Edinburgh's death.
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"As We Discuss Palestine-Israel..." Shashi Tharoor On UK Farm Row Debate
After New Delhi summoned the UK envoy on Tuesday over "unwarranted discussion" in the British parliament on agricultural reforms in India, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor justified the debate, saying that in a democracy you are free to discuss whatever you want.
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UK Government Had No Say In Organising Farm Laws Debate: High Commission Sources
The British government does not have a say on organising or rejecting a "petition debate", sources in the British High Commission in New Delhi said a day after India called in the country's envoy to express its disapproval of the discussions on farmers' protest and press freedom in the British parliament on Monday. India had termed the discussion a...
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British MP Keith Vaz Resigns From Parliament Amid Drug Scandal
Veteran British lawmaker Keith Vaz has announced he is standing down from parliament, just weeks after he was censured in a cocaine scandal.
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Labour MP Lindsay Hoyle Replaces John Bercow As UK Parliament Speaker
British MPs on Monday selected veteran Labour lawmaker Lindsay Hoyle to be parliament's new speaker, replacing John Bercow in a role once little-noticed but now reshaped by the fractious turmoil over Brexit.
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British Parliament Suspended Until October 14, Speaker Protests
Britain's parliament on Tuesday began a controversial five-week suspension during a ceremony marred by a protest in which opposition MPs held up signs reading "SILENCED" and shouted "Shame on you!".
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Queen Elizabeth Is The Reason UK PM Would Struggle To Suspend Parliament
Boris Johnson is threatening to suspend Britain's Parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit if he becomes prime minister -- and some politicians are planning to fight him in court. But he would face a bigger problem: Queen Elizabeth II could stop him first.
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Theresa May Implores British Parliament In Final Bid To Save Brexit Deal
Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday implored British MPs to back her reworked EU divorce deal but saw pro-Brexit Conservatives and opposition parties savage her bid for a compromise to end months of political crisis.
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"Deeply Regret Jallianwala Bagh": British PM Theresa May In Parliament
British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday described the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar in 1919 as a "shameful scar" on British Indian history but stopped short of a formal apology sought by a cross-section of parliament in previous debates.
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UK Ministers Warn Theresa May To Get Her Deal Now Or Delay Brexit
Three members of Prime Minister Theresa May's cabinet warned Saturday that Brexit must be delayed if she cannot persuade the British parliament to back her EU divorce deal next week.
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UK Polls Set To Deliver More Diverse Parliament, Many British Indian MPs
The UK general election is expected to deliver the most diverse Parliament in the country's history, including in the number of parliamentarians of Indian heritage likely to be elected from across the nation.
-
Rahul Gandhi To Speak In UK Parliament Today Amid Cambridge Row: Sources
Rahul Gandhi will reportedly meet Indians settled in the country, and hold private business meetings. He is also scheduled to speak at the London-based think tank, Chatham House.
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UK Ministers To Tell Boris Johnson To Go: Reports
A group of cabinet ministers are about to tell Prime Minister Boris Johnson to quit, including the man who has just been appointed as the new finance minister, media reports said on Wednesday.
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Active Chinese Spy In Parliament: UK Security Services Warn Lawmakers
British security services have warned MPs that a suspected Chinese agent "knowingly engaged in political interference activities" inside parliament, authorities said Thursday.
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Breastfeeding British MP Told Not To Bring Baby To Parliament
A British MP won a promise of parliamentary reforms on Wednesday after she was rebuked by an official for bringing her sleeping baby to a debate.
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Prince Philip Sustained Queen In "Extraordinary" Elizabethan Age: UK PM
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed Prince Philip on Monday for sustaining Queen Elizabeth with love throughout an "extraordinary Elizabethan age", addressing parliament for the first time since the Duke of Edinburgh's death.
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"As We Discuss Palestine-Israel..." Shashi Tharoor On UK Farm Row Debate
After New Delhi summoned the UK envoy on Tuesday over "unwarranted discussion" in the British parliament on agricultural reforms in India, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor justified the debate, saying that in a democracy you are free to discuss whatever you want.
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UK Government Had No Say In Organising Farm Laws Debate: High Commission Sources
The British government does not have a say on organising or rejecting a "petition debate", sources in the British High Commission in New Delhi said a day after India called in the country's envoy to express its disapproval of the discussions on farmers' protest and press freedom in the British parliament on Monday. India had termed the discussion a...
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British MP Keith Vaz Resigns From Parliament Amid Drug Scandal
Veteran British lawmaker Keith Vaz has announced he is standing down from parliament, just weeks after he was censured in a cocaine scandal.
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Labour MP Lindsay Hoyle Replaces John Bercow As UK Parliament Speaker
British MPs on Monday selected veteran Labour lawmaker Lindsay Hoyle to be parliament's new speaker, replacing John Bercow in a role once little-noticed but now reshaped by the fractious turmoil over Brexit.
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British Parliament Suspended Until October 14, Speaker Protests
Britain's parliament on Tuesday began a controversial five-week suspension during a ceremony marred by a protest in which opposition MPs held up signs reading "SILENCED" and shouted "Shame on you!".
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Queen Elizabeth Is The Reason UK PM Would Struggle To Suspend Parliament
Boris Johnson is threatening to suspend Britain's Parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit if he becomes prime minister -- and some politicians are planning to fight him in court. But he would face a bigger problem: Queen Elizabeth II could stop him first.
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Theresa May Implores British Parliament In Final Bid To Save Brexit Deal
Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday implored British MPs to back her reworked EU divorce deal but saw pro-Brexit Conservatives and opposition parties savage her bid for a compromise to end months of political crisis.
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"Deeply Regret Jallianwala Bagh": British PM Theresa May In Parliament
British Prime Minister Theresa May on Wednesday described the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar in 1919 as a "shameful scar" on British Indian history but stopped short of a formal apology sought by a cross-section of parliament in previous debates.
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UK Ministers Warn Theresa May To Get Her Deal Now Or Delay Brexit
Three members of Prime Minister Theresa May's cabinet warned Saturday that Brexit must be delayed if she cannot persuade the British parliament to back her EU divorce deal next week.
