London: India and the UK will seek to deepen bilateral ties during a crucial five-day visit of Jeremy Browne, the British Minister of State for Foreign Affairs from Monday. Browne, who will be on his second trip to India since assuming office in May 2010, will discuss current bilateral and international priorities during his visit to New Delhi. Browne will also open the Joint India-UK Conference on CBRN Disaster Management and Security in the Indian capital.

Mohamed Nasheed, the Maldives president ousted in a coup last week, is set to escalate street protests in the capital Male after rejecting Washington's call for a "compromise" with the new government formed by his former vice-president. The ousted Maldivian president Mohamed Nasheed is carried by his supporters Photo: Reuters By Dean Nelson, South Asia Editor 4:23PM GMT 12 Feb 2012 The street protests against last week's police-led coup left 18 police

Sunday, 12 February 2012 next>> Recommend Twitter London, February 12: A 36-year-old man of Indian origin who was jailed for 12 months for groping a pregnant patient at a British hospital where he worked will not be deported because of his "right to family life". Milind Sanade pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting the 21-year-old pregnant woman at a hospital in Harlow, Essex, in February 2010. He reportedly groped the woman while examining her for signs of breast

3.53PM Sun Feb 12 2012 Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt warned on BBC1's Andrew Marr show that football must not return to the "bad old days" following high-profile racism rows. He said the failure of Liverpool forward Luis Suarez to shake hands with Manchester United's Patrice Evra was "incredibly depressing". Although the sport had made "huge strides", recent events showed you can "never be complacent". The comments came as it emerged that David Cameron is to hold a Downing

Official Charts Company says singer likely to dominate singles and albums charts as fans pay tribute by buying her music Tweet this Share reddit this Press Association guardian.co.uk, Sunday 12 February 2012 12.51 GMT Article history About this article Close Whitney Houston expected to storm charts after death This article was published on guardian.co.uk at 12.51 GMT on Sunday 12 February 2012.

Late al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden wanted his children to "go to Europe and America and get a good education", his brother-in-law told the Sunday Times of London, adding that bin Laden did not want them to "follow him down the road to jihad." By News Wires (text) AFP - Slain Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden urged his younger children to go live peacefully in the West and get a university education, his brother-in- law said in an interview published Sunday.

FILE - A Thursday Dec. 4, 2008 photo from files showing author JK Rowling reading to around 200 schoolchildren at a tea party in the Parliament Hall Edinburgh Thursday Dec, 4, 2008, where she read passages from her new book "The Tales of Beedle the Bard".

Willie Mullins Quel Esprit justified strong late market support to give Willie Mullins his eighth triumph in the Hennessy Gold Cup at Leopardstown. The grey made virtually all the running to outpoint the opposition in the three-mile feature, having been backed down to 5-4 favourite from 7-4. Ruby Walsh kept the eight-year-old up to his work to hold Roberto Goldback by two lengths, with outsider Treacle staying on stoutly to claim third place from Follow The Plan.

Arab League ministers agree to ask United Nations for joint force and special Arab envoy as crackdown on Homs continues. The Arab League will ask the United Nations to form a joint peacekeeping force and appoint a special Arab envoy to try to halt the violence in Syria, members have agreed. Arab foreign ministers meeting in Cairo on Sunday also decided to halt all diplomatic dealings with representatives of the Syrian government, though

London: Rupert Murdoch will fly to London this week to meet journalists at The Sun after five senior staff at his flagship British tabloid was arrested over bribery allegations, sources said on Sunday. Publisher News International said Murdoch had given a "personal assurance" that The Sun would not face the same fate as its sister paper, the News of the World, which he closed in July amid a scandal over phone hacking.