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Kinloch Castle on the Isle of Rum in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides.

India-based businessman 'made bid to buy castle before seeing it'

The IMHA are committing to putting lived experience at the centre of designing and developing care

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Jagtar Singh Johal pictured after being released on bail. Picture:FreeJaggiNow

Jagtar Singh Johal released from prison in India

Jagtar Singh Johal

Scot detained in India Jagtar Singh Johal granted bail, says family

Whisky giant Chivas Brothers cheers trade agreements and return to growth

Why Scotland’s national drink may need its ‘Aperol Spritz moment’ Ben Sutherland

£130 million opportunity: First major Scottish salmon shipment reaches India

Scotland will be handing over the Commonwealth Games to India at the closing ceremony this weekend.

Where is the next Commonwealth Games? Who is after Glasgow

The ePlane Company met with its strategic partners at the Farnborough International Airshow 2026

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The new vessel during a test outing on the loch

New £2m vessel for Loch Ness cruise after tours run out of capacity

Artisanal Spirits Company cheers tariff and trade deals amid first-half gains

Keir Starmer and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands signing a free trade agreement between the two countries at Chequers in Aylesbury last year (Picture: Kin Cheung/WPA pool)

Why this is a historic day for relations between Scotland and India Siddharth Malik

EY said Scotland was demonstrating 'resilience' and continued investor confidence in a challenging global environment.

EY ‘attractiveness’ survey: Why Scotland is so appealing to overseas investors

Actor Sharron Devine brought the sensory, site-specific show to Pitlochry PIC: Eugenia Kamozinova

I was blindfolded at Pitlochry show with an audience of one - me

The trade deal is regarded as a major step in the growth of Scotch whisky (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Whisky industry toasts trade deal with the largest market in the world

Jagtar Singh Johal has been arbitrarily detained in an India for more than eight years.

57 MPs push UK for 'much stronger action' over Scot jailed in India

48-year-old Dundee manufacturer eyes global growth with £3.5m funding

Sundeep Bhutoria, handing over a copy of Gitanjali to West Bengal Governor, Shri R N Ravi

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Part of the copper plate charter collection at the centre of repatriation calls. Picture: University of Edinburgh

Exclusive Calls for Scottish university to return 'invaluable' treasure to India

Panellists Rosemary Gallagher, The Scotsman – panel discussion facilitator; Sherring Thekekkara, Global executive vice-president for market access at DP World; Laurence Whyatt, Managing director, Beverages Equity Research – EMEA at Barclays; Anuj Trivedi, Partner at Dentons Link Legal in India; Ian Duddy, International director at the Scotch Whisky Association; Dougal Burden, Associate, Dentons UK.

Benefits of free trade with India potential boon for Scots’ spirits

India is a growing market for Scottish premium drink exporters

A world of opportunity in India for Scotland’s premium beverage sector

Undated family handout photo of Jagtar Singh Johal

UN experts warn Scot's prolonged detention is psychological torture

Amrit Lal will be remembered as a true gentleman (Picture: Isha Lal Saini)

Scotsman Obituaries: Amrit Lal, Edinburgh Hindu community leader

Rai Cockfield, founder of Good Game with Good Game global ambassadors Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Rishabh Pant and Ujjwal Chaurasia (Techno Gamerz)

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Two HotelPlanner Tour events scheduled to take place in the UAE next month have been moved to later in the year due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East

Two big golf events in UAE moved to later in year due to Iran War

The Iran War has led to a planned HotelPlanner Tour event being dropped from the schedule

Iran War forces golf event to be dropped from schedule

Chivas Brothers: Tariffs and turmoil hit Scotland’s number two whisky producer

Sharat Chandra Srivastava of India Alba

India Alba & William Dalrymple, Celtic Connections Glasgow review: 'imaginative'

Keir Starmer secures scotch whisky tariff cut on China visit

Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes

Kate Forbes: Husband and father hardest to persuade about standing down

Charandeep Singh BEM has become the new chief executive of the Scottish Chambers of Commerce.

Scottish business lobby group names new chief executive at ‘defining moment’

Jagtar Singh Johal has been detained in India for eight years. Picture: Family handout/PA Wire

'Foreign Secretary must use holidays to reset and bring Jagtar home'

Edinburgh’s Zoo’s new sloth bear Rajath climbing a tree, before making his way down the trunk slowly.

Adorable moment Edinburgh Zoo sloth bear tries to get down from tree

The 'viral' women's clothing brand that's come to Scotland

Scottish Whisky Awards 2025 winners

Slàinte mhath as we review the last 12 months for Scotch whisky

Celebrating Scotch

Successfully selling the Scotch whisky story overseas

The 30-year-old Edinburgh market stall that's moved into Old Town shop

The partnership marks a major milestone in the commercial deployment of its advanced elastomer technologies across India and Asia

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Fish farms on the west coast of Scotland

Plan for new guidance could see fish farms prosecuted for poor welfare

Detained British citizen Jagtar Singh Johal (left) and Sir Keir Starmer (right).

Exclusive Scots man's release 'needs to be Starmer's priority' on India visit

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Birmingham Phoenix walk out onto the pitch for a match in The Hundred

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The University of Aberdeen has been granted a letter of intent at a special ceremony in Mumbai hostd by the Indian government

Leading Scottish university unveils plans to open campus in India

Air India crash survivor watched people 'dying in front of my eyes'

This photo shared on X by India's Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) shows debris of a plane that crashed in the northwestern Indian city of Ahmedabad

One British passenger survives as hundreds killed in Air India crash

Debris is seen at the site where Air India flight 171 crashed in a residential area near the airport in Ahmedabad on June 12, 2025. The London-bound passenger plane crashed on June 12 in India's western city of Ahmedabad with 242 on board, aviation officials said in what the airline called a "tragic accident". (Photo by Sam PANTHAKY / AFP) (Photo by SAM PANTHAKY/AFP via Getty Images)

Swinney watched Air India plane crash with 'absolute horror'

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Scotland has failed to meet its latest target for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the latest official figures show. Picture: John Giles/PA Wire

Fail: Scotland misses climate target

Pro-independence protesters with Scottish Saltire flags (top) march for Scottish independence. Picture: Andy Buchanan/AFP via Getty Images

Yousaf: Growing popular support for Yes the only way to Scottish independence

Nadine Dorries. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

SNP MP cleared of bullying Nadine Dorries