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"This point should be stressed upon in case people wonder why British MPs have been approached about mining in Goa," Miranda stated.

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Carmen Miranda, a non-resident Goan and chair of Save Goa Campaign UK, based in London said she briefed McDonnell about the large-scale mining and immense damage to the state's environment.

Indian-origin British MP Seema Malhotra has been appointed as the shadow chief secretary for Treasury by the newly elected Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Raising the issue in the Goa assembly, Wagh deplored the development saying, "We are no more part of the British colony.

A virtual session hosted by UK Labour MP john mcdonnell discussed the challenges faced by the people of Balochistan. Over 500 individuals, including Baloch rights activists, participated in the discourse. McDonnell emphasized the importance of exposing human rights abuses, protecting campaigners, and exerting pressure on Pakistani authorities.

Two British MPs of Indian descent have lent their support to concerns about the devastation being wrought by indiscriminate mining in Goa, as well as support for state government action to contain this.

A Sikh man in Ireland has lost his appeal in a court to be allowed to wear the turban while on duty for that country's police force.

While curiosity ran high in the state among a section of Goans about the result of the elections to the United Kingdom (UK) parliament, three of them, Keith Vaz, his sister Valerie, and Suella Fernandes, all tracing their roots to the state, created history for more than a couple of reasons.

Typical English weather greeted voters in and around Southall as they trickled in to vote in the UK general elections on Thursday. The polling stations opened at 7am.

The move comes after the House of Commons rejected Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan for a snap election on October 15 in a vote on Wednesday. Shadow chancellor john mcdonnell said Labour Party wanted an election, but its priority was stopping a no-deal Brexit.

Indian-origin British MP Seema Malhotra has been appointed as the shadow chief secretary for Treasury by the newly elected Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Reita Faria Powell, the first Indian to wear the Miss World crown in 1966, was among several Goan origin individuals felicitated during the UK Goan Festival.

It's the first such session since Starmer's Labour Party won a landslide election victory on July 4, returning to power after 14 years. The center-left party won 412 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons.

The St Andre MLA referred to Times of India report which had a exclusive report on the British MP giving a notice in UK parliament for raising the mining issue in Goa.

The Baloch National Movement's UK chapter announced a protest in London's Trafalgar Square on August 5 against Pakistan's atrocities in Balochistan. This demonstration follows violence by Pakistani forces targeting peaceful Baloch protesters. International attention has been drawn to these human rights abuses, with calls for restraint and respect for peaceful assembly and freedom of expression.

Gordon Brown, sometimes nicknamed 'Gordo' or the 'great clunking fist', has formally been confirmed as the UK's prime minister.

Opposition MPs in Britain are urging the UK government to give political support to victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy to help them achieve justice and for the UK to offer expertise and funding to help clean up the site.

The "Make Royals Pay for Palace Renovation" was created on 38 Degrees campaign site and has gathered 88,389 signatures within days since the UK government announced on Friday that the British monarch's London home would undergo a 369 million-pound essential refurbishment.

The overseas campaign to secure mercy for Afzal Guru, turned the heat up a notch with 40 British parliamentarians, human rights lawyers and civil liberty activists attending a House of Commons meeting.

The overseas campaign to secure mercy for Afzal Guru, turned the heat up a notch with 40 British parliamentarians, human rights lawyers and civil liberty activists attending a House of Commons meeting.

British MP Apsana Begum along with over 30 feminist groups and all Dalit organizations in the UK, Ambedkar International Missions from various parts of the world and other diaspora organizations have written to UN Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet on the Hathras incident. British MPs john mcdonnell, Kim Johnson, Bell Ribeiro-Addy and Paula Barker are also signatories to the letter.