The department also confirmed to agency that the UK's Permanent Secretary is "satisfied" that Sarah Rapson, the Director-General of UK visas and immigration, acted "appropriately and professionally in handling this case"
Asserting that the External Affairs Minister could have done what she did without the consent of the Prime Minister, pointing to some "new facts" that, according to the Congress, appeared on Sunday.
British Labour Party MP Keith Vaz is likely to face an inquiry soon by the UK parliamentary watchdog in connection with the controversy over Lalit Modi‘s visa issue, involving External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.
Lawmakers and police are investigating allegations that Murdoch's staff hacked into the phones of hundreds of people to land scoops, that tens of employees made payments to public officials and that others attempted to pervert the course of justice.
The Olympian Effort, a special series on CNBC-TV18, over the past three weeks is bringing stories of India's key athletes and evaluating quite objectively their medal prospects.
Indian IT major HCL Technologies today informed UK's Home Affairs Committee that it was aware of the deletion of hundreds of thousands of emails at the request of Rupert Murdoch's News International between April 2010 and July 2011, but said it was not responsible for the deletion.
Rupert Murdoch’s collapsing fortunes has raised critical questions for journalism in India. His tabloid culture, the future that awaits us, is there a need to fear monopoly control and beyond all of that, what lessons should we learn from what’s happened.