KENT (ES) - Keith Richards could be slapped with a £20,000 library fine. The Rolling Stones star admits he still has overdue fines for books he borrowed and failed to return to his public library in Dartford, Kent, South East England, dating back right back to his early teens but with an ...

MILAN- Italian champions Juventus have reaffirmed their anti-racism stance after being slapped with a 30,000 euro fine for fans racially abusing German-born Ghanaian Kevin-Prince Boateng. Several dozen Juventus supporters, according to estimates in the press Monday, targeted AC Milan forward ...

JUSTIN Bieber doesn’t care about his haters - because they make him money! The singer doesn’t mind that he has critics, as they all boost his bank balance! “Every time a hater visits my YouTube page, I get, like, four cents,” Justin said. “So tell the haters to keep ...

SAN ANTONIO  - With the season's first major just around the corner Rory McIlroy figured that adding the Texas Open to his schedule would be the best way to help him polish his game."I feel like all the components of my game are there," McIlroy said. "It is just a matter of putting it all ...

ROME (AFP) - An Italian court has ordered the Dolce & Gabbana fashion house to pay a fine of 343 million euros plus interest for failing to declare millions of euros in revenue to tax authorities, local media reported.The international fashion giant, whose celebrity clients include Beyonce and ...

WELLINGTON - Troubled New Zealand batsman Jesse Ryder was fined for using offensive language Friday, taking the gloss off a dazzling return to first-class cricket as he strives to revive his career. Ryder, a raw talent whose record has been marred by a string of disciplinary lapses, announced he ...

ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Railways has launched special campaign against the passengers travelling in trains without tickets. According to the spokesman, passengers found traveling without tickets would be imposed heavy fine and may also be handed over to police. The campaign has been launched to ...

LONDON Former England cricketer Andrew Flintoff on Friday, said he was amazed that Kevin Pietersen was fined for criticising Nick Knight on Twitter.  Pietersen earlier in the week had tweeted his surprise at Knight becoming a Test match commentator for Sky Sports. He was fined an undisclosed ...

ISLAMABAD - Capital Development Authority (CDA) has proposed increase in fine on selling unhygienic edible items in the federal capital up to 10,000 to 15,000 to ensure provision of quality food for citizens.Talking to the agency, Director Health Services, CDA, Hasan Orooj said that the authority ...

A senior civil judge indicted Osama bin Laden's family on Monday for having resided illegally in Pakistan and sentenced Osama's three widows and two daughters to 45-day imprisonment along with fine.The investigative unit of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) informed the judge hearing the case ...

LAHORE – On the directions of District Coordination Officer Noorul Amin Mengal, action has been taken against profiteers in the City and Price Control Magistrates inspected 129 shops and challaned 23 shopkeepers, while two cases registered and Rs 16,000 imposed as fine on Wednesday. The DCO ...

LAHORE – Inspection Team of City District Government Lahore Sunday cancelled seven stalls of different Sunday bazaars and imposed fine of Rs 5000 on different stallholders on account of overcharging and selling substandard products.The inspection team, headed by District Officer (Monitoring ...

KHANEWL - National Highways and Motorway Police (NH&MP) khanewal have collected Rs30.9 million as fine from vehicle owners over traffic violation in year 2011.NH & MW Chief Patrolling Officer Malik Muhammad Safdar Awan disclosed this while talking to media here Friday at his office. Malik ...

Our Staff reporter SARGODHA - The Punjab Cane Commissioner has imposed Rs8 million fined on National Sugar Mills, owned by Federal Production Minister Ch Anwar Ali Cheema, for non-payment of due the growers. It has been learnt that the sugar mills is owed Rs80 million to sugarcane growers. Besides ...

ROME (AFP) - Police in Sicily issued a whopping 32,000 euros ($44,500) fine for an illegally parked car after totting up 2,000 years of interest by mistake, Italys Repubblica newspaper said Wednesday. The interest due was calculated from the year 208 AD after a policeman dated the fine back to the ...

LAHORE (APP) - The Environment Protection Department (EPD) in its drive against smokey vehicles checked 175 vehicles and imposed Rs 10,100 fine to vehicle owners here Friday. As per official sources, checking teams checked buses, rickshaws, cars and motorbikes to assess their fitness and imposed ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - In good news to parents of late talkers, an Australian study shows a slow start on language is unlikely to have lingering effects on kids mental health. Researchers followed late talkers into their teens and found the kids were no more likely to be shy, depressed or aggressive ...

OUR STAFF REPORTER ISLAMABAD - The Federal Govt, vide an amendment in its Amnesty SRO No.646 (I)/2011 dated 25th June 2011, has also waived off the fine, in addition to the waiver of penalty and surcharge, on payment of principal amount of Customs Duty before 30th June 2011. The amnesty will now be ...

ISLAMABAD - A three-member bench of the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has issued order in the matter of cartelisation by Pakistan Ship Agents Association (PSAA), holding that PSAA had violated Section 4 of the Competition Act, 2010 by recommending a range of charges for ancillary ...

ISLAMABAD - Crises-riddled Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) during last five years paid fines of Rs 71 million for transporting 667 passengers with forged visas and without relevant documents in connivance with national carriers staff and the officials of Federal Investigation Agency ...

MUCH acclaimed comedian Katt Williams is hogging the spotlight these days but not for reasons his fans would be very proud of. According to recent reports, the noted comedian has been slammed with a fine for supposedly instigating his dog to launch a vicious attack on the pet canine of a leading ...

LAHORE - The Punjab Public Accounts Committee has directed the Revenue Department to ensure recovery of its dues from the public departments within 90 days. Headed by Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly, Ch Zaheer Uddin, the committee has also directed the Irrigation Department to ...

KARACHI Hadi Tiger CC recorded an 11-run win over Saddar Town in the 23rd Aga Khan Gymkhana Ramadan Cricket here the other day at AKG Ground (Garden). Hadi Tiger batted first in the match and posted a good total of 135-8 in the allotted 20 overs and losers were bowled out for 124. Mubashir Hassan ...

CAPE TOWN (AFP) A British journalist accused of harbouring a World Cup fan who entered the England teams locker-room paid a fine for fiddling a hotel register, a court heard Saturday. British tabloid newspaper journalist Simon Wright paid a nearly 100 dollar fine after pleading guilty to giving a ...

KARACHI The Sindh Tennis Association has collected fines from players who were absent from their scheduled matches in the events organised by the provincial body during the past six months. According to a media release of the STA issued here Wednesday, Rs 5,500 has been collected so far from the ...

LAHORE Former Pakistan captain Younus Khan does not seem to budge from his position against the Pakistan Cricket Board and wants all the allegations and penalties against him revoked unconditionally. However, both the parties - the appeal tribunal and the counsellor - have accused each other of ...

KARACHI - The State Bank of Pakistan has decided to enhance fine, prescribed under Part-I of the Export Finance Scheme, on account of non-submission of Export Proceeds Realization Certificates (EPRC) from Rs 5,000 to Rs 20,000 in order to make the monitoring of the Scheme more effective. According ...

ISLAMABAD (APP) - The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) here on Thursday imposed Rs 318 million aggregate fine on Jamshoro Joint Venture Limited (JJVL) and the LPG Association of Pakistan (LPGAP) for violating the competition Ordinance. According to CCP order, Jamshoro Joint Venture Limited ...

BERLIN (AFP) Jens Lehmann announced Saturday he would refuse to pay the fine he was given for criticising his club Stuttgarts firing of coach Markus Babbel. Babbel was sacked last Sunday and replaced by former Tottenham Hotspur boss Gross, with Lehmann claiming his bosses had simply bowed to the ...

ISLAMABAD - Islamabad Capital Territory Administration has intensified action against the profiteers and imposed fine amounting to Rs 150,900 on 215 profiteers and arrested 16 profiteers during the month of Ramazan involved in over charging and selling sub-standard food items. According to ...