Riots In London

#London riots: Residents use twitter to rubbish false rumours

Lewisham residents used Twitter to rubbish rumours that the riots had taken a racial tone.

England would have panicked had riots broken out in India: Gavaskar

Former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar believes England's cricketers would have "hit the panic button" and talked of leaving the series midway if the UK riots had happened in India.

Social uprisings, crashing markets and political drama: newspapers this morning

The newspapers this morning are a judicious mix of the social, the political and the economic.

London Riots: Don't blame tech but the people who use it

People use their phone, like the drunk driver of a car, and they are held responsible. The drink is a factor, but not an excuse. Technology was a factor in London's riots, but not an excuse.

London Riots: Don't blame tech but the people who use it

People use their phone, like the drunk driver of a car, and they are held responsible. The drink is a factor, but not an excuse. Technology was a factor in London's riots, but not an excuse.

Video: How Blackberry Messenger was used to organise London's riots

What began as riots against the police in Tottenham, last Thursday, has now spiralled into a third day of increasing and unmanageable violence across Britain and mobile phones, technology and networking has played more than its fair share.

Video: 'Copycat' violence causing spread of London riots

As the London riots entered a third day and Prime Minister David Cameron reconvenes parliament and threatens tough action against looters, it turns out that a lot of the violence has not been really triggered off by any reason other than for 'copycat' violence and opportunism.

Video: How Blackberry Messenger was used to organise London's riots

What began as riots against the police in Tottenham, last Thursday, has now spiralled into a third day of increasing and unmanageable violence across Britain and mobile phones, technology and networking has played more than its fair share.

Third Test in jeopardy as riots spread to Birmingham

Team India manager Anirudh Chaudhary assured everyone was safe, but there are growing concerns about staging the Test as the violence stretched to its third night.

Riots in London