India’s Solicitor General has made a statement in the Supreme Court, saying that the Kohinoor diamond, which is now a British possession, is not a stolen treasure but a gift which was given voluntarily. Various organizations in India has been trying to claim the 108-carat gem worth more than $200 million.
Senior leaders from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are growing uneasy about an internal rebellion against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership style, which has punctured his aura of invincibility and threatens to weaken him further.
Human rights protesters vied with China supporters and tourists to see President Xi Jinping ride in a carriage to Buckingham Palace on Tuesday, the first day of a state visit Britain hopes will cement financial ties.
Prime Minister David Cameron won a stunning election victory in Britain, overturning poll predictions that the vote would be the closest in decades to sweep easily into office for another five years, with his Labour opponents in tatters.
