Lawyers

• India’s Solicitor General Said The Kohinoor Diamond Rightfully Belongs to Britain

  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.

• BJP frets over growing dissent against Modi

  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.

• Rights supporters throng palace route as China's Xi starts UK visit

  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.

• PM Cameron sweeps to unexpected triumph in British election

  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.

• Scots spurn independence, vote to stay in the United Kingdom

  Scotland has chosen to stay in the United Kingdom, spurning independence in a historic referendum that had worried allies and investors, results showed on Friday with more than two thirds of the vote declared.

• Scots vote against independence in four small constituencies

  Scotland voted against breaking apart the United Kingdom in four small constituencies, early referendum results showed on Friday, as Scots agonized over the fate of their country following a divisive independence campaign.

• Scots independence polls close, UK's future in the balance

  Scotland has voted on whether to stay within the United Kingdom or declare independence to break the 307-year-old union in a finely balanced referendum with global consequences.

• Supporters of Scottish independence take narrow poll lead for first time

  Supporters of Scottish independence have taken their first opinion poll lead since the referendum campaign began, which indicates a real possibility that they might win, according to a YouGov survey for the Sunday Times newspaper.