Three UK Sikhs jailed for 6,00,000 pound scam helping illegal Afghani immigrants enter nation
• 8 years agoThree British Sikhs have been jailed for a total of 19 years for helping about 70 illegal Afghan immigrants sneak into the UK by misusing passports in a 600,000 pound scam.
'Jihadist drug' seized for first time in France; customs officials intercept 135 kilograms at Paris airport
• 8 years agoParis: French customs officials said that they had intercepted 135 kilogrammes (300 pounds) of Captagon, dubbed the "jihadists' drug", at Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport this year, a first for France.
Paris faces worst pollution in a decade, traffic restrictions introduced
• 8 years agoParis was smothered on Wednesday by its worst winter pollution in a decade, with commuters enjoying free public transport and half of all cars ordered off the road to try to clear the air.
Brexit in 2016 and 1975: Two historical EU referendums speak of two different ideas of Britain
Devparna • 9 years agoThe Britain's testy relationship with a united Europe goes back further, to the early 1970s when Ted Heath’s government took Britain into the European Economic Community without a vote on 1 January 1973.
France to deploy aircraft carrier to Gulf to support fight against IS
Fp Archives • 10 years agohe French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and its fleet will be deployed to the Gulf to support operations against the Islamic State group, a military news site reported today.
Meet Narendra de Gaulle, India's 'Republican Monarch'
Jagannathan • 11 years agoIs Narendra Modi more Charles de Gaulle than Thatcher or Reagan? One thing is certain: he derives his authority directly from the people, and in this he is more closely linked to the aam aadmi that any of our previous prime ministers