Pak military's intentions towards India overrated: Khar
REZAUL H LASKAR/PTI
Islamabad, Aug 17: Claiming that army does not run the country’s foreign policy, Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said the military's intentions towards India have been "overrated" and there is a need to break away from this perception. "We sometimes overrate the role of the MoreMotorcycle bomb kills 8 in Afghan market
Kandahar, Aug 17: A bomb planted on a motorcycle exploded in a vegetable market in southern Afghanistan this evening, killing eight people at dusk as residents broke their daily fast for the holy month of Ramadan, authorities said. The motorcycle was parked at the market in the Dihrawud district MoreNo anti-China activities from Nepalese soil: Khanal
SHIRISH B PRADHAN/PTI
Kathmandu, Aug 17: Nepal today vowed not to allow its soil for any anti-China activities, as a high-level visiting Chinese delegation announced a USD 50 million aid for security cooperation and development projects in the country. The high-level delegation led by China's top security czar More- Kashmir
McCain snubs separatists
UMER MAQBOOL
Srinagar, Aug 17: The top Republican US Senator and presidential nominee in 2008 elections, John McCain, snubbed separatist leaders and opted not to meet them during his 2-day stay in the Valley.  More
- Srinagar City
HC rejects SMC plea
DIRECTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF POND AT KHIMBER WITHIN 2 WEEKS
DOG MENACE
SYED IMRAN ALI HAMDANISrinagar, Aug 17: High Court Wednesday directed Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) to get dog pond constructed at Khimber in Ganderbal district within two weeks. The stray dogs More
- Jammu
Pro-Anna protests rock Jammu
Students boycott classes; Theatre artists resort to ‘silent’ protest
GK NEWS NETWORK
Jammu, Aug 17: Protests swelled in the winter capital of the state on Wednesday in support of social activist Anna Hazare’s fast-unto death in Tihar Jail, with students, local residents and theatre artists More
- South Asia
Pak military's intentions towards India overrated: Khar
REZAUL H LASKAR/PTI
Islamabad, Aug 17: Claiming that army does not run the country’s foreign policy, Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said the military's intentions towards India have been "overrated" and there More
- World
Courts deal tough with rioters; 1,000 charged for violence
Facebook Users Sentenced To 4 Years In Jail
H S RAO
London, Aug 17: Two young men who tried to incite rioters using Facebook have been sent to four years in jail, the longest sentencing so far by the courts following the four days of unrest, even as more More


