November 15, 2019 03:25 PM IST "I don't want an extension," Johnson told the BBC. "If we can get a working majority, all we need is 9 more seats, then can absolutely guarantee" not seeking an extension.
November 06, 2019 08:39 PM IST Johnson met Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, marking the official start of the election period in the run-up to the December 12 poll
October 30, 2019 07:40 AM IST The Lower House of Parliament approved the Bill by a 430 to 20 margin, paving the way for the general election -- the first in December since 1923.
October 29, 2019 09:15 AM IST MPs defeated a third attempt on Monday by Boris Johnson to call a snap poll, with the Conservative leader immediately announcing an alternative plan that could yet see an election in early December.
October 28, 2019 02:25 PM IST "There will very probably be an agreement" at Monday's meeting on the extension until January 31, said the source after new telephone talks on the issue between French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday.
October 28, 2019 01:55 PM IST Just three days before the United Kingdom is due to leave the EU on Oct. 31 at 2300 GMT, Brexit is hanging in the balance as British politicians are no closer to reaching a consensus on how, when or even if the divorce should take place.
October 23, 2019 05:04 PM IST Boris Johnson has succeeded in breaking the logjam in British Parliament on the deal by presenting a solution which has now much greater traction than ever before. However, that’s just not enough in overseeing Brexit.
October 23, 2019 08:11 AM IST Johnson had threatened to pull the bill and seek a general election instead of delaying Brexit beyond the October 31 deadline
October 22, 2019 05:55 PM IST Donald Tusk told the European Parliament that he was discussing Prime Minister Boris Johnson's request for a Brexit delay beyond October 31 with the leaders of the other 27 member states and would make a decision 'in the coming days'.
October 21, 2019 10:39 PM IST Lawmakers decided at their first Saturday session since the 1982 Falklands War to force the Conservative leader to ask Brussels to postpone the October 31 divorce by three months.
October 21, 2019 09:15 AM IST The currency was down 0.55 percent to US$1.2913 at around 0000GMT, holding relatively steady for a currency that has been on a rollercoaster over the past month.
October 19, 2019 07:48 PM IST The historic session of the House of Commons on October 19 was undertaken for Johnson to lay out the proposals before British lawmakers.
October 19, 2019 03:30 PM IST The new agreement, hailed as a major breakthrough on both sides, must now clear the crucial parliamentary hurdle in Westminster to get it over the line.
October 18, 2019 03:36 PM IST "It is unacceptable that the Committee has not received this information from HM Treasury. It appears to be an attempt to avoid scrutiny," the committee's acting chair, Catherine McKinnell, wrote in a letter to finance minister Sajid Javid.
October 17, 2019 08:31 PM IST In the second episode of the series, we will talk about the EU and UK agreeing to a Brexit deal on October 17, along with the latest developments surrounding Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank.
October 17, 2019 03:12 PM IST The deal, which was agreed to after days of intense negotiations, has to still be formally approved by the bloc and ratified by the European and UK Parliaments
October 17, 2019 08:15 AM IST Citing a senior ministerial source, Rigby added that a "dawn dash" is likely and a deal is close but Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party is "still not over line".
October 15, 2019 07:52 AM IST Earlier, Queen Elizabeth set out Johnson's agenda for his government, with a repeated commitment to leave the European Union on October 31 and a host of domestic policies to try to win over voters before an expected election.
October 14, 2019 06:39 PM IST Queen Elizabeth II announced in a speech to lawmakers a list of 26 new bills ranging from implementing a yet-to-be finalised EU divorce agreement to criminal sentencing and the environment.
October 02, 2019 08:17 PM IST In his closing speech to his Conservative party's annual conference, Johnson said the plans would address the contentious issue of how to keep open Britain's border with Ireland.
October 02, 2019 10:21 AM IST Under the slogan "Get Brexit Done", he and his ministers have repeated over and over that the country will leave the bloc on October 31.
September 30, 2019 10:53 AM IST British polity is undergoing a churn unlike any in recent history and it will end up reshaping the nation’s political texture. Whether British politicians are ready for this change is a different matter altogether.
September 29, 2019 08:00 PM IST Johnson telephoned the Queen on Tuesday after the UK Supreme Court ruled that he had been “unlawful” to suspend Parliament for five weeks, The Sunday Times reported.
September 27, 2019 10:15 PM IST The biggest stories of the day summarised by Rakesh Sharma.
September 26, 2019 08:29 PM IST The vote could force the party to shorten its party conference, which is scheduled to last from Sunday to Wednesday, or even cancel it altogether.
