Juvenile held guilty, to spend three years in special home Disappointed by first conviction in case, Dec 16 rape victim’s family to appeal against verdict New Delhi, August 31

Victim’s brother tries to attack juvenile
Delhi woman gang-raped by cops

Petrol to cost Rs 2.35 more, diesel up by 50 paisa; LPG next
New Delhi, August 31
Petrol price has been hiked by Rs 2.35 per litre and diesel by 50 paisa excluding state levies effective midnight. This is the fifth increase in rates since June, as the falling rupee made oil imports costlier.

US moves towards ‘limited’ Syria strike
Cairo, August 31

The US today moved closer to military intervention in Syria with President Barack Obama saying he was considering a "limited, narrow" strike without involving ground forces, even as Russia dismissed claims about the use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime as "utter nonsense".

US President Barack Obama and his national security staff discuss Syria in the White House’s Situation Room. AP/PTI

Armyman’s body found 45 years after plane crash
Shimla, August 31
Not willing to give up the search for the mortal remains of its valiant soldiers killed in an an IAF AN-12 transport aircraft crash near Dhakka glacier almost 45 years ago, an Army search mission has recovered the remains of Hav Jagmail Singh of Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers.

Pak moves artillery guns to LoC opposite Mendhar
Jammu, August 31
On the lines of what they did in Kargil War in 1999, the Pakistan Army has adopted an aggressive posture moving artillery guns along the Line of Control (LoC) opposite Mendhar sector in Poonch district, 230 km northwest of Jammu.

Asaram arrested from Indore ashram
Indore, August 31
Controversial godman Asaram Bapu, accused of sexually assaulting a minor, was arrested by the Jodhpur police from his ashram here late tonight. Armed with a medical report that the godman was fit to be interrogated, a team of the Jodhpur police arrested 72-year-old Asaram and whisked him in a white jeep about half an hour after the stroke of midnight, after waiting for nearly eight hours at the ashram.

Victim’s father begins indefinite hunger strike