Everything you need to know about Santacruz(west): news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Santacruz(west): news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Kabul, June 18 (Xinhua-ANI): Some members of Afghan High Peace Council will travel to the Gulf state of Qatar to hold formal peace talks with the Taliban, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Tuesday.
Kabul, June 18 (Xinhua-ANI): Afghan national forces will lead all military operations in the country from June 19, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Tuesday.
Kabul, June 18 (ANI): At least three civilians were killed and many others wounded Tuesday morning when a suicide bombing hit west of Afghan capital Kabul, witnesses said.
Mumbai, June 17 (IANS) In a humanitarian gesture, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Mumbai, coordinated operations to help rescue 26 sailors from a massive container vessel which snapped into two and sank off Yemen, a top official said here Monday.
Mumbai, June 17 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India Monday called for a conducive environment for private investment and faster clearance of projects to stimulate economic growth which slowed to a decade low of 5 percent in the last fiscal.
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) The monsoon reached Delhi Sunday, a good fortnight ahead of schedule with the maximum temperature plummeting to eight notches below average at 31.5 degree Celsius. Heavy showers are expected Monday.
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) Monsoon reached Delhi Sunday, a good fortnight ahead of schedule, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
New Delhi, June 16 (IANS) Monsoon reached Delhi Sunday, two weeks ahead of the schedule, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
Mumbai, June 16 (IANS) Heavy rains over two days have crippled suburban trains and hit life in Mumbai Sunday, officials said.
London, June 16 (ANI): New Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho has claimed that he and former Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson had privately made a secret pact with each other, in which Ferguson told him of his intention to step down and in return, Mourinho confided to the Scot about a hankering for Stamford Bridge.
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) A 16-year-old girl committed suicide by hanging in a police station in west Delhi Saturday evening, police said.
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) A 16-year-old boy has been found bludgeoned to death in Adarsh Nagar area of west Delhi, police said Friday.
Washington, June 14 (ANI): Researchers have discovered a 380 million year old armoured fish in north-west Australia which has miraculously preserved musculature.
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) A 14-year-old girl was gang-raped by two unidentified people here, police said Thursday. Both the accused have been arrested.
Rome, June 13 (IANS/AKI) A young Moroccan blogger has been arrested in northern Italy after being accused of plotting terrorist attacks and waging Jihad via the internet.
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) A 22-year-old man was arrested for murdering a Delhi Police constable in May 2012, police said Wednesday. Another accused was arrested earlier.
London, June 12 (ANI): DJ Toby Anstis, who was seen kissing Elvis Presley's former wife Priscilla earlier this year, said they went out three times.
London, June 11 (ANI): Chelsea incoming manager Jose Mourinho has admitted that he intended to return to the Stamford Bridge and did not yearn for a job with either of the Manchester teams.
Tokyo, June 10 (ANI): A 32-year-old Japanese man has completed his 40,000 km 'around the world walk' with a two-wheeled cart, on Sunday.
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) A 15-year-old boy was strangulated to death by some unidentified people after he resisted a robbery attempt in his house, police said Sunday.
London, June 8 (IANS) Two US soldiers and an American civilian were killed Saturday in a possible "insider attack" in Afghanistan, BBC reported.
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) A 14-year-old girl was raped by her neighbour here, police said Saturday. The accused is absconding.
London, June 8 (ANI): Nepal's years-old plan to spread out mountaineering activities across its Himalayas to ease pressure on certain mountains including Mount Everest has had little effect, according to experts.
London, June 6 (ANI): Scientists say tiny bubbles of water found in quartz grains in Australia may hold the key to understanding what caused the Earth's first ice age.
Mumbai, June 5 (IANS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who will soon be seen acting in a television show that he is co-producing, says his creative team wants to make something different but refuses to divulge anything about the storyline.
northeast India and Bangladesh Monday, an official said here.
London, June 3 (IANS) A 30-year-old homeless man has pleaded guilty to having threatened to kill Prince Harry, police said.
London, June 3 (IANS) A 30-year-old homeless man has pleaded guilty to having threatened to kill Prince Harry, police said.
Zaranj (Afghanistan), June 1 (IANS) Taliban militants raided the headquarters and police department in Dilaram district of Nimroz province Saturday, leaving two people dead, including an attacker, and injuring four policemen, police said.
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) A 10-year-old girl was raped by her neighbour here, police said Saturday. The accused has been arrested.
Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) The southwest monsoon arrived in Kerala Saturday with showers reported from across the state in last two days, the India Meterological Department (IMD) said.
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) The Indian Premier League (IPL) spot fixing scandal took a new turn Friday evening as two top Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) officials resigned from their posts on moral grounds.
Mumbai, May 31 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Friday called for the revival of India's proud traditions in morality, ethics and social conduct as a tribute to Swami Vivekananda's call for rebuilding India's national character.
New Delhi, May 31 (ANI): The South West Monsoon is likely to hit the Kerala coast by June 2, the Director of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday evening.
Mumbai, May 30 (IANS) Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan who was recently seen in an important role in Hollywood film, "The Great Gatsby" says that the story of the film is similar to the stories which we get to see in India.
Mesofacts is the type of facts that changes over time rather than being static for a long time. If your information network and data process is not regularly updated with this changing process of facts and figures concerning your surrounding reality you are vulnerable enough to end up being backdated compared to the change that is occurring around you and precisely for that reason why mesofacts like many other similar implications of new reality on our gross understanding have become so important.
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) If singer Jennifer Lopez is planning to marry Casper Smart, who is 18 years younger, Demi Moore is now reportedly dating actor Martin Henderson, 12 years her junior -- cougar relationships, where a woman gets romantically involved with a much younger man, are back in the spotlight in the west.
Accra, May 29 (IANS) An Indian-owned retail chain in Ghana has set up a charity arm as its social responsibility in this west African country, barely six months after 13 people were killed when one of its outlets collapsed.
Washington, May 29 (ANI): On Friday, May 31st, at one minute to five in the afternoon (Eastern time), an impressive asteroid named 1998 QE2 will whiz past Earth at its closest approach for the next two centuries.
New Delhi, May 27 (IANS) Two girls committed suicide by hanging themselves in their houses after they got low marks in their Class 12 exams Monday afternoon, police said.
Farah, May 27 (Xinhua-ANI): A suicide bomber blew himself up next to a convoy of NATO-led forces in Balablok district of Farah province, 695 km west of Kabul on Monday, wounding two civilians, spokesman for provincial administration Abdul Rahman Zhawandon said.
Rio de Janeiro, May 27 (IANS/EFE) A pre-historic tortoise that lived in the Brazilian Amazon is the most likely ancestor of the tortoises that live in Ecuador's Galapagos archipelago today, paleontologists said.
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) A 16-year-old girl's neighbour was arrested for raping her after she went out with him in a car here, police said Sunday.
London, May 24 (ANI): Prince Harry dubbed himself the "Ginger Queen" in a bowling match against Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia on Friday.
Tel Aviv, May 24 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The sale of S-300 air defence systems by Russia to Syria would be "destabilising" for the region, US Secretary of State John Kerry said.
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Panic gripped people in a multi-storey building here after a letter warning of a bomb inside was recovered Thursday afternoon, police said. However, the threat turned out to be a hoax.
Hyderabad, May 22 (IANS) Netxcell Limited, a leading telecom technology services provider, Wednesday announced its association with Funmobile, a leader in the mobile content domain in west Africa.
Agartala, May 22 (IANS) A consumer court in Tripura has ordered Cadbury India to pay a compensation of Rs.30,000 to a complainant who found an iron pin inside a chocolate bar made by the company.
Beijing, May 21 (Xinhua-ANI): At least 15 people were killed and 90 others wounded in violent attacks across Iraq on Tuesday, said the police.
Agartala, May 22 (IANS) A consumer court in Tripura has ordered Cadbury India Ltd to pay a compensation of Rs.30,000 to a complainant who found an iron pin inside a chocolate bar made by the company, an official said here Wednesday.
London, May 22 (ANI): Researchers have claimed that mild iodine deficiency during pregnancy could be dimming the intellect of some babies born in the UK.
London, May 21 (ANI): Russian counter-terrorism agents have foiled a terrorist attack on Moscow, killing two of the plotters and arrested another.
Washington, May 21 (ANI): Three planets - Venus, Jupiter, and Mercury will present a spectacular sky show during the last week of May.
Yaounde (Cameroon), May 20 (IANS) There's no official figure to determine its role in the Cameroonian economy but there is evidence that the "call box" business is a booming informal business in the country's mobile telephone sector.
Washington, May 20 (IANS) Tornadoes tore through three central American states of Kansas, Oklahoma and Iowa with baseball-sized hail and wind blasts ripping roofs off homes and turning trees to matchsticks, as severe weather swept the region.
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Three children, aged between one and five, suffered minor injuries after a high tension electricity wire here fell on a wall which collapsed and trapped the victims under its debris Sunday afternoon, said a fire service official.
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) A 35-year-old man was crushed to death by a Delhi Transport Corp (DTC) bus here but police said Sunday they were yet to trace the bus or its driver.
Chandigarh, May 19 (IANS) Violent clashes between workers of Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal and the opposition Congress were reported from at least two places as the polling for local self-government bodies ended Sunday evening, officials said.
Washington, May 19 (ANI): May 28th, 2013, Venus and Jupiter will pass within one degree of one other (about twice the apparent size of the full moon, it has been predicted.
London, May 18 (ANI): Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho has been warned by Paris Saint Germain boss Carlo Ancelotti that he may also be sacked by Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich if he returns to the club.
Moscow, May 18 (IANS/RIA Novosti) In a bid to track its wildlife and hunt down poachers, Russia is all set to test unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) at a nature reserve on the country's Pacific coast this summer.
Baghdad, May 18 (IANS) A wave of bombing attacks struck war-torn Iraq Friday, leaving as many as 73 people dead and 148 injured, police and officials said.
Bhubaneswar, May 15 (IANS) The Met Office Wednesday issued a fresh warning for fishermen in Odisha asking them not to venture into the sea as gusty winds triggered by cyclonic storm 'Mahasen' would prevail along the coast.
Mumbai, May 14 (IANS) Renowned Islamic scholar, progressive thinker, author and Dawoodi Bohra reformist leader Asghar Ali Engineer passed away here Tuesday after a prolonged illness, family members said. He was 74.
Washington, May 13 (ANI): Lindsay Lohan desperately wants to leave the Betty Ford center, where she is spending her 90 days rehab, but the prosecutors are not letting her go.
Mumbai, May 14 (IANS) Internationally acclaimed Islamic scholar, author and social leader Asghar Ali Engineer passed away here Tuesday after a prolonged illness. He was 74.
London, May 13 (IANS) British actor Tom Hardy has bought a 2 million pounds Georgian property in Richmondis here.
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) A 22-year-old government school teacher was arrested here for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl after promising to marry her, police said Friday.
Washington, May 10 (ANI): The team operating NASA's Curiosity Mars rover on Mars has selected a second target rock for drilling and sampling, it has been revealed.
Washington, May 9 (ANI): Two accepted principles of how ecosystems naturally operate could be overshadowed by the importance of human activity, a study has claimed.
Toronto, May 9 (IANS) Hindus comprise 1.5 percent, Sikhs 1.4 percent and Muslims 3.2 percent of Canada's population of around 35 million, according to the 2011 National Household Survey conducted by Statistics Canada.
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) A 25-year-old man was killed and his two relatives were injured in an attack by four people over repayment of borrowed money, police said here Wednesday.
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) A 25-year-old man was killed and his two relatives were injured in an attack by four people over repayment of borrowed money, police said here Wednesday.
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) In a suspected dowry death case, a 30-year-old jobless man strangled his pregnant wife to death here before surrendering at a police station 12 hours later, an official said Sunday.
Bishkek, May 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A US military Boeing KC-135 refuelling aircraft crashed in a mountainous area in Kyrgyzstan for unspecified reasons, the US Air Force said. The fate of the crew remained unclear.
Washington, May 3 (ANI): When it comes to the highest observation decks in the world, Burj Khalifa does not occupy pole position.
Baghdad, May 1 (IANS) Ten people were killed and 37 others wounded in separate incidents of bombings and shootings in central and eastern Iraq Wednesday, police said.
London, May 1 (ANI): Air passengers should avoid making important decisions whilst cruising at altitude, according to Britain's first professor of aerospace medicine.
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) A six-year-old girl was raped by a 35-year-old rickshaw-puller here, police said Monday. The attacker has been arrested.
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) College student Shayna John was not happy with her nose. And to give it the perfect shape, she recently underwent nose correction surgery - all this for her profile picture on Facebook.
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) An 18-year-old girl, who went missing Thursday, has been found dead at a male friend's rented accommodation in the Rohini area of west Delhi, a police official said Friday.
London, Apr. 26 (ANI): Former England football boss Sven-Goran Eriksson was left red-faced after Nancy Dell'Olio revealed that she faked orgasms when they used to make love.
London, Apr. 25 (ANI): A magazine publisher and a photographer have been placed under formal investigation in France for allegedly breaching the privacy of Duchess Kate.
New Delhi, April 23 (ANI): Bladder Cancer is the most expensive cancer to treat over a patient's lifetime.
Melbourne, Apr 23 (ANI): Billy Sing, the most feared assassin of World War I, is said to have killed 300 men in combating history.
Moscow, April 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A woman in west Siberia has been charged with attempting to murder her son-in-law with an axe.
London, Apr. 22 (ANI): Archaeologists, excavating near the Royal Borough, have found a 4400-year-old skeleton of an upper class woman, who was almost certainly a member of the local ruling elite.
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) A middle-aged couple was stabbed to death here by their police constable son, while his wife looked on, following an argument over the victims' interference in his marital affairs, police said Sunday. The accused was arrested.
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) A middle-aged couple was Sunday brutally stabbed to death by their police constable son here following an argument over the victims' alleged interference in his marital affairs, police said. The accused has been arrested.
Massachusetts (US), April 19 (ANI): Two young men, armed with guns and explosives in what appeared to be backpacks, engaged in a violent standoff with dozens of police on a street in Watertown, Massachusetts, Thursday night, police and residents said.
Baghdad, April 19 (IANS) At least 27 people, including children and women, were killed and 51 wounded Thursday evening when a bomb struck a cafe in this Iraqi capital city, police said.
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Huge stocks of electrical parts have been destroyed in a major fire at a warehouse in the capital. However, no one has been injured in the blaze, officials said Thursday.
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) An IIT aspirant who quit a private coaching centre because of alleged poor facilities has got relief from Delhi's top consumer court, which has ordered the institute to refund the Rs.75,000 fee to him.
Jammu, April 17 (IANS) After asking his partymen to switch to election gear, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who is also working president of his National Conference (NC), reiterated Wednesday his government's commitment to filling vacancies on a fast-track basis.
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) Shagun TV, said to be the country's first 24-hour matrimonial channel, will be launched April 26.
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) His ambition to become an underworld don after being inspired by Bollywood movie "Vaastav" led him to crime, but his luck ran out Thursday when he was nabbed by Delhi Police.
Islamabad, Apr. 15 (ANI): Political parties in Pakistan have modified their election campaigns as terrorism threats loom large in many parts of the country.
Kabul, April 15 (IANS) A key Taliban commander, identified as Safiullah alias Shafiq, has been killed in Afghanistan's Wardak province, an official said.
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) A mobile phone shop owner Sunday stabbed to death his wife here after an argument over his suspected extra-marital affair, police said.
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) A Class 12 student was beaten to death near his house here by three people, including two juveniles studying in Class 6 and 7, police said Saturday. All the attackers have been caught.
