TOI Correspondent from London: The solicitor general has referred the sentence handed down to a 15-year-old British boy for killing 80-year-old Indian-origin Punjab-born dog walker Bhim Kohli to the Court of Appeal for being unduly lenient.Several MPs and members of the public had requested for the sentence to be reviewed under the unduly lenient scheme.The […]
Representative image (X@franceinfo) French prosecutors on Tuesday charged a British man with crimes including money laundering and identity theft, following his alleged involvement in a disturbing event at Disneyland Paris, where he reportedly staged a fake wedding ceremony, acting as the groom to a nine-year-old Ukrainian girl.Prosecutors stated that the 39-year-old man, whose name has […]
The body of the superyacht Bayesian, which sank near Palermo, Sicily, on August 19, 2024 is lifted by cranes during salvage operations off the village of Porticciolo (Image credit: AP) A British-flagged luxury yacht that sank off the coast of Sicily, Italy last year killing UK tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and six others was lifted […]
Racist UK YouTuber makes unsubstantiated claims about Indians in a viral X post. British YouTuber Miles Routledge, known as “Lord Miles” and for his racist comments, trolling on social media, again targeted Indians and claimed that Indians abroad lie in interviews. Sharing an anecdote, the authenticity of which remains questionable, the YouTuber wrote that he […]
Mystery deepens after British woman dies during Turkish trip but returns without heart (Pic credit: GoFundMeUK) A trip turned into a nightmarish mystery for a British family after 28-year-old Beth Martin, a mother of two, died suddenly in Turkey and returned home without her heart.Beth had only just touched down in Istanbul on April 27 […]
File photo: British climber Kenton Cool (Picture credit: X/@KentonCool) British mountaineer Kenton Cool on Sunday morning climbed Mount Everest for the 19th time, setting a new record for the most ascents of the world’s highest peak by a non-Sherpa climber. The 51-year-old was reported to be in good health while descending, confirmed Iswari Paudel of […]
Hebo Lift 2 monitors the stretch of sea where the British superyacht Bayesian sunk (AP) LONDON: The superyacht of British tech magnate Mike Lynch, which capsized last August off the coast of Sicily at the cost of seven lives, was knocked over by “extreme wind” and could not recover, British investigators said Thursday. Billionaire entrepreneur […]
A British national was killed by a mob in Ecuador after being dragged from a police station in a remote Amazonian village, according to local media and authorities.The man, named locally as Michael Hann, 34, was taken into custody on 20 April in the riverside village of Playas del Cuyabeno, near the Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve. […]
A British Airways staff member was found dead in his hotel accommodation during a stopover in the US.The return journey to Britain was cancelled by distressed crew members after they found his body at their San Francisco accommodation on Tuesday.Concern arose when the well-liked flight attendant did not appear for the scheduled return service to […]
Filmmaker Ram Madhvani, known for nuanced storytelling in works like Neerja and Aarya, marked the 106th anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre yesterday with a deeply personal tribute through his latest project, The Waking of a Nation. The six-part series revisits April 13, 1919, not with spectacle, but with solemnity, remembering the peaceful gathering that […]
