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  • Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Samsung Executive Chairman arrive in Mumbai ahead of Anant Ambani, Radhika Merchant’s wedding

    Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Samsung Executive Chairman arrive in Mumbai ahead of Anant Ambani, Radhika Merchant’s wedding

    The Ambani and Merchant families are joyfully preparing for the grand wedding of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant on July 12. The event features elaborate festivities and a high-profile guest list, including former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and Samsung CEO Han Jong Hee, who have arrived in Mumbai.

  • Boris Johnson's former top aide withers about UK govt during COVID-19 inquiry

    Boris Johnson's former top aide withers about UK govt during COVID-19 inquiry

    In keenly awaited testimony to the country's public inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic, Dominic Cummings, a self-styled political disruptor, was withering about many of the people dealing with the situation, including his former boss.

  • Boris Johnson ally Nadine Dorries quits Britain's Parliament after months of delay

    Boris Johnson ally Nadine Dorries quits Britain's Parliament after months of delay

    British Conservative lawmaker Nadine Dorries stepped down from the House of Commons on Saturday, more than two months after announcing she was quitting in the wake of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s own resignation from Parliament.

  • UK government loses legal bid to keep Boris Johnson's messages from COVID-19 inquiry

    UK government loses legal bid to keep Boris Johnson's messages from COVID-19 inquiry

    Government officials argued the inquiry did not have the legal power to force them to release documents and messages that they said were 'unambiguously irrelevant' to how the government handled COVID-19.

  • Boris Johnson gets new job as Daily Mail columnist

    Boris Johnson gets new job as Daily Mail columnist

    He resigned as a lawmaker with a blistering attack on a parliamentary committee which ruled he had deliberately misled parliament with his accounts of rule-breaking parties.

  • Decrying 'witch hunt', Boris Johnson resigns from UK parliament

    Decrying 'witch hunt', Boris Johnson resigns from UK parliament

    Johnson came to power nearly four years ago, promising to deliver Brexit and rescue it from the bitter wrangling that followed the 2016 referendum.

  • Boris Johnson offers unredacted WhatsApp messages to UK COVID inquiry

    Boris Johnson offers unredacted WhatsApp messages to UK COVID inquiry

    The latest move further complicates matters as it bypasses the Rishi Sunak-led government's decision to seek a judicial review into inquiry chair Baroness Heather Hallett's order for all such messages to be handed over.

  • Former UK PM Boris Johnson splurges on luxury mansion despite 'low salary' complaints

    Former UK PM Boris Johnson splurges on luxury mansion despite 'low salary' complaints

    The property is measured at 8,128 square feet, sitting on nearly 5 acres, and comprises nine bedrooms and five bathrooms. The property also has a guest cottage, garage, tennis court, and stables.

  • 'Hand on heart' Johnson denies lying in UK 'Partygate' grilling

    'Hand on heart' Johnson denies lying in UK 'Partygate' grilling

    Opening the crunch hearing by a House of Commons committee, the ex-Conservative leader swore an oath on the Bible and declared that "hand on heart, I did not lie to the House".

  • UK ex-PM Boris Johnson to be grilled over partygate scandal

    UK ex-PM Boris Johnson to be grilled over partygate scandal

    The House of Commons Privileges Committee has published a fresh bundle of evidence, including photographs and statements from Johnson's close aides at the time, ahead of the oral evidence session.

  • Ex-UK PM Boris Johnson fights for career in testimony on lockdown parties

    Ex-UK PM Boris Johnson fights for career in testimony on lockdown parties

    Parliament's Committee of Privileges is investigating whether Johnson, who was ousted from Downing Street in September, intentionally or recklessly misled parliament in a series of statements about the rule-breaking parties.

  • Partygate scandal: Boris Johnson admits he misled UK Parliament, but in 'good faith'

    Partygate scandal: Boris Johnson admits he misled UK Parliament, but in 'good faith'

    Johnson is due to give oral evidence to the House of Commons Privileges Committee this week and made written submissions ahead of that, in which he criticises the panel for going "significantly beyond its terms of reference".

  • Boris Johnson’s brother Jo resigns as director of Adani-linked firm

    Boris Johnson’s brother Jo resigns as director of Adani-linked firm

    Jo Johnson resigned from the role this week, according to a regulatory filing. He was appointed in June 2022.

  • Rishi Sunak marks 100 days as UK PM with pledge to deliver change

    Rishi Sunak marks 100 days as UK PM with pledge to deliver change

    The UK's first Indian-origin Prime Minister took charge at 10 Downing Street a day after Diwali last year on October 25 in the wake of intense political turmoil following the unceremonious exit of his predecessors – party-gate scandal-hit Boris Johnson and the country's shortest-serving Prime Minister Liz Truss.

  • Boris Johnson: Vladimir Putin threatened to lob missile at me

    Boris Johnson: Vladimir Putin threatened to lob missile at me

    Boris Johnson and other Western leaders had been hurrying to Kyiv to show support for Ukraine and try to deter a Russian attack.

  • Privilege to show solidarity with Ukraine, says former UK PM Boris Johnson in Kyiv

    Privilege to show solidarity with Ukraine, says former UK PM Boris Johnson in Kyiv

    Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visited Kyiv on a surprise trip on Sunday, meeting President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and pledging that Britain would "stick by Ukraine as long as it takes". During his trip, Johnson visited Borodyanka and Bucha, the suburbs of the Ukrainian capital that became a byword for atrocities in the West when Russian forces drove towards Kyiv in the first phase of the invasion before being repelled. Watch the video to know more!

  • Davos 2023: Ex-UK PM Boris Johnson urges allies to double down on Ukraine support

    Davos 2023: Ex-UK PM Boris Johnson urges allies to double down on Ukraine support

    Johnson, who left office in September 2022 amid a wave of scandal, was leading Britain when Russia invaded Ukraine in February and in subsequent weeks sought to position Britain as the Ukraine’s number one ally in the West.

  • Former UK PM Boris Johnson has earned 1 million pounds for speeches since quitting

    Former UK PM Boris Johnson has earned 1 million pounds for speeches since quitting

    Boris Johnson stood down as prime minister in early September after he lost the support of ministers and lawmakers following months of scandals, including parties at the heart of government when the rest of Britain was under a strict lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Michael Bloomberg apologises for Boris Johnson speech criticising China

    Michael Bloomberg apologises for Boris Johnson speech criticising China

    Bloomberg, a former New York mayor who ran for president in 2020, apologised on Thursday at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore, a business gathering whose speakers included Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan and whose delegates included Chinese businessmen.

  • UK, India need each other now more than ever: Boris Johnson

    UK, India need each other now more than ever: Boris Johnson

    The two countries need each other now more than ever as "we live in dangerous and turbulent times", he said.

  • UK politicians demand probe into Liz Truss phone hack claim

    UK politicians demand probe into Liz Truss phone hack claim

    The Mail on Sunday said that the hack was discovered when Truss was running to become Conservative Party leader and prime minister in the summer.

  • Rishi Sunak lauds former PM Boris Johnson for his 'incredible achievements'

    Rishi Sunak lauds former PM Boris Johnson for his 'incredible achievements'

    A runoff between the two could have proved divisive for the Conservative Party because many of Johnson's supporters blame Sunak's resignation in July for sparking the downfall of his government.

  • British PM Rishi Sunak says he has been elected to fix 'mistakes' made by his predecessor

    British PM Rishi Sunak says he has been elected to fix 'mistakes' made by his predecessor

    The investment banker-turned politician is the youngest British prime minister in 210 years.

  • Hopes for India-UK FTA talks impetus with new PM Rishi Sunak

    Hopes for India-UK FTA talks impetus with new PM Rishi Sunak

    While the October timeline was set by former prime minister Boris Johnson during his India visit in April, Sunak is on the record expressing his commitment to an FTA with India while Chancellor of the Exchequer at No. 11 Downing Street.

  • Boris Johnson ends comeback bid, but promises another

    Boris Johnson ends comeback bid, but promises another

    In the end, all of Boris Johnson's bluster couldn't hide the facts: He didn't have the votes to win the Conservative Party leadership contest and stage a political comeback just weeks after being forced out as prime minister.

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