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Boris Johnson's resignation now triggers a by-election in his marginal seat
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Boris Johnson said that President Vladimir Putin didn’t seem serious about avoiding war in the days before Russia invaded Ukraine
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The rise of Rishi Sunak, the first Asian and a person of colour to become the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, has understandably generated tremendous excitement in India. He not only has his roots in India — his grandparents migrated from Punjab while his father-in-law is Narayana Murthy, the co-founder of Infosys — but […]
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London: Merely three months after he was ousted from power, former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson landed in Britain on Saturday from a Caribbean holiday to launch a formal bid for the Conservative Party leadership, following Liz Truss’s resignation this week, according to UK media reports. Johnson was forced to step down on July 7 […]
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London: A senior Conservative Party MP and former minister on Saturday issued a ringing endorsement of Rishi Sunak to succeed Boris Johnson as the Tory leader and the British Prime Minister, saying the former Chancellor has what the top job requires. Michael Gove, who was dramatically sacked as Levelling Up Secretary by Johnson after he […]
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London: The new leader of the UK’s ruling Conservative Party who will succeed Boris Johnson as the British Prime Minister will be announced on September 5, the body responsible for the Tory leadership elections has said. The 1922 Committee of Conservative backbench MPs on Monday set out the timetable and rules of play for the […]
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London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday said he was sad to announce his resignation as Conservative Party leader, triggering a leadership election for a new Tory leader who will go on to become the new PM. Johnson, 58, said he will remain in charge at 10 Downing Street until the process of electing […]
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London: After more than 50 government ministers or aides of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned on Thursday, he agreed to step down. The British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has also cut short her trip to a G20 meeting in Indonesia to return to London, CNN quoted Britain’s PA news agency as reporting on Thursday. […]
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London: The governments of India and Pakistan may be at daggers drawn. But Indian and Pakistani origin senior cabinet ministers in the British government of Prime Minister Boris Johnson have combined to almost oust him from the job. Sajid Javid, Secretary of State for Health, and Rishi Sunak, Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced their resignations […]
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London: UK’s embattled Prime Minister Boris Johnson will face a vote of confidence in his leadership of the Conservative Party on Monday, the chair of the party’s backbench committee announced, days after more details of the partygate scandal at Downing Street emerged. Sir Graham Brady, who is in-charge of collating the letters of no-confidence received […]
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday received UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson with a ceremonial reception at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi. The UK Prime Minister, who is on a two-day visit to India, was accorded a Guard of Honour upon his arrival at the Rashtrapati Bhawan. “It is a very auspicious moment […]
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Ahmedabad: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday landed in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad for a two-day visit to India with focus on stepping up cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, giving momentum to negotiations on Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries as well as enhancing defence ties. Johnson started his visit from Ahmedabad where he is […]
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New Delhi: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will pay an official visit to India from April 21-22. This will be his maiden visit to India as Prime Minister, said the Ministry of External Affairs on Sunday. During the two-day meet, the British Prime Minister will first land in Ahmedabad on April 21 and then proceed […]
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Kyiv: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson walked alongside the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the street of Kyiv during Johnson’s surprise visit to the war-hit nation. In a two-minute video shared by the Ukrainian government, the two leaders were seen walking through the largely empty city guarded by snipers and other heavy security. Yesterday, UK […]
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London: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has set out a six-point plan to ensure Russia’s defeat in the ongoing war in Ukraine, the media reported on Sunday. Writing in The New York Times, the Prime Minister said that “(Russian President Vladimir Putin) must fail and must be seen to fail in this act of aggression”, […]
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The PM also posted an image of him holding a cricket bat with Warne by his side and surrounded by young players.
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As war clouds hover over Ukraine with the Western countries warning of an imminent Russian military invasion, there is still scope for diplomatic interventions to de-escalate the tensions and prevent a catastrophic war. While United States President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson have cited intelligence inputs to claim that Russia is edging […]
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New Delhi: A fresh wave of Conservative MPs have submitted letters of no confidence in Boris Johnson, breaking cover to criticise the UK Prime Minister as the fallout from the Downing Street parties scandal continued to imperil his premiership, The Guardian reported. The parties allegedly took place between March 28, 2020 and May 17, 2021. […]
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Hyderabad: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under mounting pressure as public anger festers over reports of a series of rule-breaking Downing Street parties that took place while the rest of the country was in lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. He is accused of misleading the public and parliament about drinks parties that took […]
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London: The UK has seen its first death from Omicron, even as the latest variant of the coronavirus is expected to comprise 50 per cent of the cases in London by Tuesday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday. “Sadly yes, Omicron is producing hospitalisations and sadly at least one patient has been confirmed to […]
