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 than 1,000 people have been charged for the recent violence and looting in London. Acting More
US admits it has no choice in ties with Pakistan

INDO ASIAN NEWS SERVICE

Washington, Aug 17: Top US officials admit Washington has "no choice" but to maintain close relations with Pakistan despite government links with militant groups. including the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) blamed for the Nov 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. Pakistan has "relationships" with the Haqqani More
Woman kills husband as he forgets her birthday

BIRTHDAY GIFT!

London, Aug 17: A woman in Russia stabbed her husband to death as he forgot her birthday and returned home from work empty-handed, it was reported here. Lyalya Tupikova, 45, said that her husband Khalpik didn't remember her birthday. When he returned home from office in Astrahan in More
Child's early life decides its health in future

INDO ASIAN NEWS SERVICE

London, Aug 17: The first thousand days of a child's life are of paramount importance, for they determine what sort of health condition the baby will have in lateral life, a British study has suggested. According to a growing body of research, what happens during this period - the nine months More
Grand Masjid expansion to house 1.2 mn more
Jeddah, Aug 17: Custodian of the two holy Masjids King Abdullah will lay the foundation stone for a new expansion of the Grand Masjid in Makkah on Friday. The new project, covering 400,000 square meters, will create prayer space for an additional 1.2 million worshippers. “The new project More
Libya rebels push to strangle Tripoli, plan transition
Benghazi, Aug 17: Libya's rebels today pushed to strangle two supply lines to Tripoli hoping to ratchet up pressure on the regime as their leaders prepared for the transition to democracy.Rebels fought to severe Tripoli's supply lines from Tunisia to the west and to Muammar Gaddafi's hometown 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


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