Defying all predictions and speculation, Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservative Party on Friday secured a simple majority in the 650-member House of Commons, winning 331 seats in the British general election....
With three gains as compared to their tally in the previous House of Commons, the number of Pakistani-origin MPs in the British parliament has drawn level with their Indian counterparts, whose strength remained static....
Ed Miliband on Friday resigned as the Labour Party leader after the loss of his party to Prime Minister David Cameron's Tories and a thrashing by the Scotland National Party (SNP) in the British general elections....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday recalled the pioneering work of Swami Chinmayananda in the field of education and social reform, as he released a coin commemorating his birth centenary....
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi appeared before a Thane court in connection with a criminal defamation suit here on Friday....
The condition of the three Sports Authority of India (SAI) athletes from Kerala who attempted suicide at water sports centre at Vembanad is improving, a doctors looking after their treatment said....
Jewellery designer Farah Khan Ali, who came under attack after her tweets related to Bollywood actor Salman Khan's 2002 hit-and-run case were considered demeaning towards the homeless, has offered an "unconditional" apology. ...
The ambassadors of the Philippines and Norway and the wives of the Malaysian and Indonesian ambassadors were killed on Friday when a Pakistan Army helicopter crashed on a school in Gilgit-Baltistan territory....
A Lok Sabha member on Friday demanded a special session of parliament to commemorate 125th anniversary of B.R. Ambedkar....
Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said the UPA government had given the same answer in May 2013 in response to a question on the location of Dawood Ibrahim as had the NDA government earlier this week....