The Siege of Lucknow began on May 25, 1857, when the woman and children in the Indian city were ordered into the Residency, the area’s chief fortress. The Indian Mutiny had begun 15 days before, on May 10 when Indian soldiers, known as Sepoys, protested the new Enfield Rifle. To use the gun soldiers had … Read more
‘Exploited’ workers at Indian factories supplying Tesco, Sainsbury’s, M&S and Ralph Lauren say they don’t get toilet breaks and are being made to sleep on factory floors BBC investigation uncovers poor conditions for staff supplying UK high street Worker claims she works 22-hour days sleeping between 3am and 5am on floor Another said: ‘We don’t … Read more
She is a social media star and devoted mother to her young daughter. And Binky Felstead looked delighted as she enjoyed some quality time with daughter India, three, and fiancé Max Darnton on Sunday. The former Made In Chelsea star, 30, cut a chic figure in a cream fleecy coat as adorable India sheltered under the … Read more
The question was a pressing one, more insistent as the years passed and my mother grew older and frailer. She was Indian and my late father, English, but what was I? Each time someone asked where I was from, thinking I looked ‘foreign’ because of my olive skin and dark hair, it niggled. It never … Read more
ITV’s doctor Dr Ranj Singh has slammed the government following the announcement that the UK now has the highest Covid-19 death toll in Europe . The health professional, 41, said he was ‘sick and tired’ of justifying the government’s actions relating to the pandemic, as he discussed the new alarming numbers with Philip Schofield and … Read more
‘Miss them so much!’ Cricketer David Warner shares his excitement over returning home from India to be reunited with his family – after his wife Candice was kidnapped and bound on a brutal episode of SAS Australia By Louise Starkey For Daily Mail Australia Published: 14:48 GMT, 10 November 2020 | Updated: 14:48 GMT, 10 … Read more
Northern Irish peer Lord Kilclooney denies being racist by describing US vice president-elect Kamala Harris as ‘the Indian’ – insisting he ‘is very fond of India myself’ Lord Kilclooney, 82, is the former deputy leader of the Ulster Unionist Party He previously deleted tweet calling Taoiseach Leo Varadkar a ‘typical Indian’ Ms Harris is an American … Read more
Magma ‘conveyor belt’ fueled the supervolcanoes in the Indian Ocean for 30 MILLION years by creating shifts in the seabed, allowing molten rock to flow freely The Indian Ocean was home to long eruption volcanoes 120 million years ago Th eruptions latest for 30 million years due to a magma conveyor belt The conveyor belt … Read more
Rare yellow ‘albino’ turtle that ‘looks like melted burger cheese’ is rescued from a village pond in India Animal is believed to be a rare example of the specie called Indian flap shell It is a bizarre yellow colour likely due to a genetic mutation causing albinism Villagers s rescued the animal from a pond in a … Read more
Terrifying moment rampaging bear chases cars and tries to climb into a moving truck on forest road in India – days after two villagers were mauled to death Incident happened on an empty road cutting through forest in Ambikapur, India The best would not give up as it tried to attache itself onto the wheel … Read more