UK lawmakers reject Boris Johnson's motion for snap election
Updated : 3 months ago IST
London [UK], Sept 5 (ANI): British MPs on Wednesday rejected a motion tabled by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to dissolve the Parliament and call a snap election on October 15, handing the 55-year-old Conservative leader his third defeat in less than 24 hours.
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South China Sea part of global commons: India
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 29 (ANI): India on Thursday said the South China Sea is a part of global commons and it firmly stands for freedom of navigation and overflight and unimpeded commerce in international waters.
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UK Cabinet member issues unusual style guide to staff; bans words
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
London [UK], July 28 (ANI): The newly appointed UK Leader of the House of Commons, Jacob Rees-Mogg, raised eyebrows after issuing an unusual style guide to his new office, wherein specific words like "ongoing" have been banned in use for correspondence.
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Lawmakers can't vote again on Brexit, says UK Speaker
Updated : 8 months, 3 weeks ago IST
London [UK], Mar 19 (ANI): In yet another blow for British Prime Minister Theresa May, Speaker of the British Parliament John Bercow said on Monday that lawmakers cannot vote again on the Brexit deal as the same agreement was rejected twice.
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Brexit: UK Parliament rejects Theresa May's deal for second time
Updated : 8 months, 4 weeks ago IST
London [UK], March 13 (ANI): British Parliament on Tuesday rejected Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal for a second time, tossing the UK into the unknown, 17 days before it is due to split from the European Union.
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Special place in hell for those who promoted Brexit: European Coun
Updated : 10 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Feb 6 (ANI): The President of the European Council, Donald Tusk mulled what a "special place in hell looks like" for those who promoted Brexit, "without even a sketch of a plan guiding, how to carry it out safely".
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UK: Pakistani diplomat asks PoK representatives to leave venue of
Updated : 10 months ago IST
London [UK], Feb 5 (ANI): Citing security risks, a Pakistani diplomat here asked representative from Pakistan occupied Kashmir to leave the venue of a conference on Kashmir which was being held held in a Committee Room of House of Commons in London Monday.
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Pak FM leaves for London to attend conference on Kashmir
Updated : 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb 3 (ANI): Pakistan on Sunday said Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has boarded a flight to London to attend a summit on Kashmir in the UK.
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India hopes UK will keep sensitivities in mind and not allow Kashm
Updated : 10 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 31 (ANI): Amid reports of Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, who is slated to attend a seminar on the Kashmir issue at the UK’s House of Commons early next month, India on Thursday said they have taken the matter "very strongly" with the UK side,
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Theresa May to face no-confidence motion following defeat over Bre
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
London [UK], Jan 16 (ANI): Opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn on Wednesday (local time) tabled a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Theresa May after she suffered a humiliating defeat as her controversial Brexit deal plan was voted down by the MPs at the House of Commons
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Theresa May loses crucial Brexit deal vote, to face no-confidence
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
London [UK], Jan 16 (ANI): British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday suffered a humiliating defeat as her controversial Brexit deal plan, that allows the United Kingdom to leave the European Union, was voted down by the MPs at the House of Commons by a resounding majority of 230.
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Brexit: Opposition leader tables no-confidence motion against May
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
London [UK], Dec 18 (ANI): Jeremy Corbyn, the Leader of the Opposition in the British Parliament has tabled a motion of no-confidence in British Prime Minister Theresa May for pushing back the date of the parliamentary vote on the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement.
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