Everything you need to know about Falkland Road: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Falkland Road: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
London, April 17 (IANS) The funeral of Margaret Thatcher, Britain's only woman prime minister, was held Wednesday and was attended by Queen Elizabeth II, two heads of state and 11 prime ministers from across the world.
London, Apr. 12 (ANI): Argentina has reacted furiously at calls for the capital of the Falkland Islands to be renamed Port Margaret in honour of its liberator.
Margaret Thatcher, the first woman prime minister of Britain died on Monday at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke. Margaret Thatcher was admired as the "Iron Lady" and served Britain as Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990 and was keeping herself away from public appearances due to degrading health. The news of her death came early morning.
London, April 8 (IANS) Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first woman prime minister who was admired as the "Iron Lady", died Monday after suffering a stroke. She was 87, media reports said.
Washington, Mar. 26 (ANI): Falkland Islands lawmakers have said they will not back down in the face of Argentina's efforts to claim the South Atlantic territory.
London, Mar. 22 (ANI): Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's papers have revealed that there was a wide division within the Conservative Party over how the government should respond to Argentina's invasion of the Falkland Islands.
London, Mar. 13 (ANI): Argentinean President, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's government has blasted the vote in Britain over Falkland Islands, saying it is 'pointless' and has no validity in law.
London, Mar. 12 (ANI): Falkland Islanders have voted overwhelmingly in favour of remaining British.
London, Mar. 11 (ANI): Britain's 'special relationship' with the US is in 'jeopardy' after President Barack Obama refused to wholeheartedly endorse the right of Falkland Islanders to determine their own destiny, a senior US Congressman has warned.
London, Mar. 10 (ANI): Only 15 percent of Argentinians think Falkland Islanders should have a say in their own future, and a quarter still believe that the islands will one day be governed from Buenos Aires, a recent poll has revealed.
London, Mar. 5 (ANI): Argentina will continue to assert its claim over the Falkland Islands despite the 'illegal' referendum on the territory's sovereignty due next week, the country's ambassador to London has said.
London, Feb. 26 (ANI): New US Secretary of State, John Kerry, has declined to back Britain in the battle with Argentina over the future of the Falkland Islands.
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, who is on two-nation tour to South America, had a one-on-one meeting with Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner during the second leg of his visit.
London, Feb. 7 (ANI): Argentina has stirred up the row over the Falklands after claiming that its people do not exist as a nation and are just British citizens living on disputed land.
London, Feb. 6 (ANI): Argentina will regain control of the Falkland Islands within '20 years', the country's foreign minister Hector Timerman has said.
London, Jan. 19 (ANI): Falklands government has set a date for a referendum on the future sovereignty of the islands.
London, Jan. 13 (ANI): Britain's defence chiefs have drawn up new contingency plans to prevent hostile action by Argentina towards the Falkland Islands.
London, Jan. 7 (ANI): British Prime Minister David Cameron said that the country is prepared to defend the Falkland Islands with military force if Argentina launched another invasion.
London, Dec. 28 (ANI): Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's frantic efforts to win the Falkland Island war have been revealed in extraordinary details, as official files on the crisis have been made public after 30 years.
New Delhi, Dec 24 (ANI): Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Dr. CP Joshi has urged state chief ministers to make road safety a social movement in partnership with schools and universities.
Dhaka, Nov 20 (IANS) Bangladesh has expressed deep shock at "Israeli atrocities" and violence in Gaza in recent days that has caused loss of lives of Palestinian civilians and posed renewed threat to regional peace and stability.
Perth, Nov. 2 (ANI): A mother from Bunbury, Western Australia, has demanded an apology from her daughter's school after they gave the Year 6 student detention for hugging her friend goodbye.
London, Oct 18(ANI): Stoke City striker Peter Crouch has been banned from driving for six months after he totted up 21 points on his driving licence for over speeding.
London, Sep 14 (ANI): Majority of the inhabitants of the Falkland Islands have said that they relate to their national identity being a 'Falkland Islander' instead of feeling British, a new survey has revealed.
New Delhi, Sep.12 (ANI): Stating that India's commitment to Palestine was given voice by none less than Mahatma Gandhi in the days of India's own struggle for independence, President Pranab Mukherjee said New Delhi has been consistent and persevering in its commitment to the Palestinian cause.
Mumbai/Pune, Aug 2 (IANS) Home Minister R.R. Patil said it was "premature" to term the apparently-coordinated low-intensity explosions in Pune as an act of terror.
London, July 2 (ANI): Rufus the hawk, who used to scare off pigeons from Wimbledon has been found after it was stolen from its travel box in a car in south-west London, last week.
Shimla, June 18 (IANS) Employees of the state-run Himachal Road Transport Corp (HRTC) Monday called off their proposed two-day strike from Tuesday, an official said here.
London, June 17 (ANI): A unique hand-painted poster advertising 'The Beatles' playing down at the Cavern Club has sold for nearly double the estimate at 27,000 pounds.
London, June 13 (ANI): The Falkland Islands will hold a referendum on whether to remain British in a bid to send a clear 'hands off' message to Argentina.
London, June 8 (ANI): Prince William, who started serving with the squadron at RAF Valley in Anglesey in 2010, has qualified as an operational search and rescue captain just weeks before his 30th birthday.
Shimla, June 5 (IANS) Employees of the state-run Himachal Road Transport Corp (HRTC), which has fleet of over 1,900 buses, Tuesday went on a day's strike, hitting commuters hard.
Shimla, June 5 (IANS) Employees of the state-run Himachal Road Transport Corp (HRTC), which has over 1,900 buses, Tuesday went on a day's strike, hitting commuters hard.
Shimla, June 5 (IANS) Employees of the state-run Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC), which has a fleet over 1,900 buses, Tuesday went on a day-long strike, hitting the commuters hard.
Buenos Aires, May 7 (ANI): Argentina's Foreign Minister, Hector Timerman, has refused to apologise for the advert that shows Olympic hopeful Fernando Zylberberg training on "Argentine soil" in the Falkland Islands.
Buenos Aires, May 6 (ANI): The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has criticized an Argentine advert, which shows an Olympic hopeful training on the Falkland Islands, a British overseas territory.
Bogota, April 15 (IANS) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who is battling cancer, will not attend the Sixth Summit of the Americas as advised by his doctors, said the country's foreign minister Saturday.
London, Apr 9 (ANI): Pippa Middleton, who had taken to the snowy hills of Western Sweden just last month for a charity cross country ski event, did not need a second invitation to get back on the slopes when she joined her family in more relaxing circumstances on holiday.
London, April 9 (IANS) Duchess of Cambridge Catherine will present a 25,000-pound portrait of her to Prince William on his 30th birthday in June.
Buenos Aires (Argentina), Apr.3 (ANI): Argentinian leftists protesting near the British Embassy in Buenos Aires burnt an effigy of Britain's Prince William, who recently participated in naval exercises near the islands.
London, Mar 22 (ANI): Prince William had an emotional reunion with his wife Kate after flying back into the UK following his six weeks stint in the Falklands.
London, Mar 22 (ANI): Prince William had an emotional reunion with his wife Kate after flying back into the UK following his six weeks stint in the Falklands.
London, Mar 14(ANI): Britain was on the verge of sharing the Falkland Islands with Argentina almost 40 years ago, with islanders having joint nationality, it has been claimed.
London, Mar 14(ANI): Britain was on the verge of sharing the Falkland Islands with Argentina almost 40 years ago, with islanders having joint nationality, it has been claimed.
Washington, Mar 11(ANI): US President Barack Obama is set to warmly welcome UK Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha on an official visit with a state dinner" at the White House this week after describing the UK as "closest partner in the world."
London, Mar 9 (ANI): The Queen, Prince Philip, and the Duchess of Cambridge were greeted by thousands of cheering royal fans in Leicester at the start of a nationwide tour for the Diamond Jubilee.
London, Mar 9 (ANI): The Queen, Prince Philip, and the Duchess of Cambridge were greeted by thousands of cheering royal fans in Leicester at the start of a nationwide tour for the Diamond Jubilee.
London, Mar 7 (ANI): Morrissey's band performed in front of 15,000 fans in Argentina wearing "We Hate William and Kate" T-shirts, courting further controversy over his stance on the Falkland Islands.
London, Mar 7 (ANI): Morrissey's band performed in front of 15,000 fans in Argentina wearing "We Hate William and Kate" T-shirts, courting further controversy over his stance on the Falkland Islands.
London, Feb 16 (ANI)): The Duchess of Cambridge reportedly sent a pair of boxer shorts to her husband Prince William, who is in the Falkland Islands serving as an RAF search and rescue helicopter pilot, as Valentine's Day gift.
London, Feb 12 (ANI): Prince William has hinted that he will extend his RAF service beyond next year, as he plans to put military service over royal duties.
Buenos Aires, Feb 11(ANI): Argentina has claimed that Britain is treating the Falkland Islands as the "last refuge of a declining empire," as it urged the United Nations to stop the "militarisation" of the area.
London, Feb 3 (ANI): Prince William touched down in Falkland Islands for his six-week deployment, amidst rising tensions between Britain and Argentina over the disputed area.
London, Feb 3 (ANI): Prince William touched down in Falkland Islands for his six-week deployment, amidst rising tensions between Britain and Argentina over the disputed area.
London, Jan 30 (ANI): Prince William and Duchess Kate are said to have put off their plans of starting a family until next year so that they can focus on the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the London Olympics.
London, Jan 30 (ANI): Prince William and Duchess Kate are said to have put off their plans of starting a family until next year so that they can focus on the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the London Olympics.
London, Jan 29 (ANI): Britain will find it 'impossible' to win back the Falkland Islands if Argentina invades them again, one of the country's senior military figures has warned.
London, Jan 29 (ANI): Britain will find it 'impossible' to win back the Falkland Islands if Argentina invades them again, one of the country's senior military figures has warned.
Washington, Jan 22 (ANI): Prince William will join his wife, the Duchess of Cambridge, in the Caribbean island of Mustique, where she is enjoying a vacation with her family.
London, Jan 21 (ANI): The Duchess of Cambridge has jetted off to the Caribbean holiday spot of Mustique for some quality time with her family, including sister Pippa.
London, Jan 18 (ANI): Prince William and Harry flew to Spain on Friday for a secret hunting trip to celebrate the younger prince's graduation as a fully operational Apache attack helicopter pilot.
London, Jan 18 (ANI): Prince William and Harry flew to Spain on Friday for a secret hunting trip to celebrate the younger prince's graduation as a fully operational Apache attack helicopter pilot.
London, Jan 13 (ANI): Fragments of Russian spacecraft, Phobos-Grunt, will come crashing down to earth on Sunday, after its failed mission to Mars, space experts have revealed.
London, Nov 12 (ANI): Argentina has accused Britain of acting 'aggressively and provocatively' by announcing that Prince William would be deployed in the Falkland Islands.
Melbourne, November 11 (ANI): Prince William will be away from Kate for six weeks, as part of a service deployment.
London, Sept 27(ANI): The London Philharmonic Orchestra has finished the arduous task of recording over 200 anthems of competing nations for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Washington, Aug 2 (ANI): Republican US presidential candidate Michele Bachmann used her Thursday's speech to prove herself to be eligible enough to lead the country as its Commander in Chief, by comparing herself to tough former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Washington, July 15(ANI): At the time of Wednesday's bombings in Mumbai, crowd-sourcing encyclopedia Wikipedia had listed Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab's birthday as July 13, 1987, attributing the date to a newspaper article written just days after the 26/11 2008 Mumbai attacks.
London, June 17(ANI): Argentina President Cristina Kirchner has described Britain as a "crude colonial power in decline" after British Prime Minister David Cameron said that the Falkland Islands should remain their territory.
Washington, June 11 (ANI): The Obama administration appears to have stabbed Britain in its back by supporting Argentina in the ongoing dispute over the highly sensitive Falkland Islands sovereignty issue.
London, May 14(ANI): The United Kingdom will bring its drone controllers back from the United States and set them at an air base in Lincolnshire, Air Chief Marshal Stephen Dalton has announced.
London, May 2 (ANI): The newly wedded Duke and Duchess are set to be separated for two-and-a-half months while Prince William serves in the Falklands.
London, Apr. 21 (ANI): Israel secretly provided arms and supplies to Argentina during the Falklands conflict, according to revelations in a new book.
London, Apr 10 (ANI): Seven-time Grammy winning pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim has revealed that he is a closet rock fan.
New York, March 18 (ANI): A yellow Chevy once owned by Bruce Springsteen is expected to fetch more than 390,000 dollars at an online auction.
Adelaide, Mar 11 (ANI): Hollywood beauty Kate Winslet thinks people believe she looks like a fat viking.
London, Feb 4 (ANI): Blackpool manager Ian Holloway has claimed that Tottenham's last-ditch bid to sign Charlie Adam stemmed from "an illegal approach" by another player's agent.
London, Feb 3 (ANI): A two-seater Harrier jet that that helped Britain triumph in the Falklands War, is now being offered for 69,999 pounds on eBay, complete with both cannon and missile storage pods.
Mumbai, Nov.23 (ANI): Maharashtra Home Minister R.R Patil who visited the high security Arthur Road jail here on Tuesday, met Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
London, Nov.3 (ANI): French President Nicolas Sarkozy has ducked out of vowing to send in a French aircraft carrier if Britain needs its to defend the Falklands.
London, Oct 20 (ANI): Meryl Streep is set to depict ailing former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in a "sympathetic" light in the upcoming biopic 'The Iron Lady.'
New Delhi, Sep (ANI): As many as 850 athletes and officials are expected to arrive in Delhi today to showcase their talent at the 2010 Commonwealth Games from October 3-14.
London, Sept 26 (ANI): Britain's Prince William is apparently battling to serve in the Falkland Islands with his Royal Air Force (RAF) squadron.
London, July 8 (ANI): Discovery of a male squid with a huge elongated and erect penis has for the first time revealed the mating habits of deep-sea squid.nterestingly, the male squid's sexual organ is almost as long as its whole body, including the squid's mantle, head and arms.
Sydney, June 30 (ANI): A British woman who breached a noisy sex Asbo has avoided being sent to jail yet again.
New Delhi, June 1 (ANI): Over 500 junior doctors, including postgraduate students, interns and junior residents of Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital went on a mass hunger strike on Tuesday to protest against the "lack of basic services".
London, March 18 (ANI): Leonardo DiCaprio has revealed Kate Winslet feared a sex scene in the film Revolutionary Road directed by her husband Sam Mendes.
London, March 18 (ANI): Leonardo DiCaprio has revealed Kate Winslet feared a sex scene in the film Revolutionary Road directed by her husband Sam Mendes.
London, March 17 (ANI): Leonardo DiCaprio is helping pal Kate Winslet deal with her marriage breakdown, it has emerged.
New York, March 17 (ANI): Kate Winslet decided to put an end to her seven year old marriage with Sam Mendes 'out of boredom', it has been alleged.
Washington, March 9 (ANI): In a new research, scientists have shown how far South American cities moved in the massive earthquake that struck Chile on February 27.
Buenos Aires (Argentina), Mar. 3 (ANI): Argentina is celebrating a diplomatic coup after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on Britain to accept talks on the future of the Falkland Islands.
London, Feb 25(ANI): The US Government has refused to endorse British claims to sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, as the diplomatic row over oil drilling in the South Atlantic intensified in London, Argentina and at the United Nations (UN).
London, Feb. 25 (ANI): Argentina has taken the case of Britain's oil exploration off the Falkland Islands to the United Nations.
London, Feb. 9 (ANI): The death toll in the British war campaign in Afghanistan has exceeded that it suffered in the Falklands War, following the death of three soldiers on Sunday in encounters with the Taliban.
New Delhi, Jan 15(ANI): The Indian Navy's solo round-the-world sailing mission "Sagar Parikrama" with Indian Naval Sailing Vessel (INSV) Mhadei on Friday crossed half way mark and safely reached Port Stanley of Falkland Islands, UK.
Christchurch (New Zealand), Nov 21(ANI): Mhadei, the Indian Naval Sailing Vessel, with Commander Dilip Dhonde at the helm entered Lyttelton Port of Christchurch on Saturday after covering about 9000 Nautical miles of his voyage.
Washington, November 16 (ANI): A team of biologists has solved the mystery contemplated by Charles Darwin in 1835 about how a wolf-like species got on the Falkland Islands, determining that it might have come to the islands on icebergs.
Bangalore, May 25 (IANS) A pall of gloom descended on India's tech hub late Sunday as the Royal Challengers failed by a whisker to lift the Indian Premier League (IPL) title at the New Wanderers in Johannesburg.
London, May 13 (IANS) Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet seems to be obsessed with a special gift from her 'Titanic' and 'Revolutionary Road' co-star Leonardo DiCaprio - a ring that she refuses to take off.
