Everything you need to know about Vileeparle (east): news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Vileeparle (east): news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Mercury rose to a blazing 44.6 degrees Celsius - five notches above average - Sunday, making it the hottest day in the season so far. Monday is expected to be hotter, the weatherman forecast.
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.
Rio de Janeiro, May 16 (IANS) FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke has guaranteed Sao Paulo's World Cup football stadium will be ready on time, one day after claiming the venue could be taken off the tournament schedule due to construction delays.
Beijing, May 16 (IANS) A 39-year-old businesswoman has been sentenced to death by a court in China for "illegal fund-raising".
Kampala, May 15 (IANS) Uganda's national cricket team has been invited for a tour to Sri Lanka after the east African nation put up an impressive show at the just concluded World Cricket League Division III in Bermuda.
Mark Twain once said that a gold miner is a liar standing next to a hole dug up in the ground. The time has come for financial market participants to stop looking at the world through the prism of a goldbug.
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.
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) For 17-year-old Lisha, it was a dream come true. The class XII student, who is undergoing treatment for Osteosarcoma (bone cancer), could not believe that two of her favourite cricketers Irfan Pathan and Mahela Jayawardene had come to meet her here Monday.
Rio de Janeiro, May 13 (IANS) Brazilian giants Flamengo are reportedly preparing an offer to sign veteran Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand.
Beijing, May 12 (IANS) Eighteen crew members of a ship were rescued shortly before their vessel sank in the Yangtze river in China, maritime authorities said Sunday.
Port of Spain, May 11 (IANS) A young couple of Indian origin in the Caribbean nation of Guyana, who were engaged to be married, have died in what appears to be a murder-suicide, a media report said.
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) A four-year-old girl was sexually assaulted by her 24-year-old neighbour in his house, police said Saturday. The accused is on the run.
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) A five-year-old rape victim was Friday discharged from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here after 23 days of treatment.
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Over 20,000 slum dwellers were treated by a team of 262 doctors in a month-long campaign by the Art of Living (AoL) foundation, it was announced here Friday.
Moscow, May 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Bears waking up after winter hibernation in Tomsk in Siberia are better behaved this year than last year, a wildlife official said Friday.
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Qatar's telecom network Ooredoo, formerly known as Qtel, has launched the first live IPX+ enabled network in the Middle East with Tata Communications to meet the growing demand for mobile data.
London, May 7 (ANI): Dame Helen Mirren, who recently shouted at drummers after they disrupted her theatre performance, has said that she would do it all over again.
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) A 24-year-old unemployed man stabbed his pregnant wife to death here after an argument over the family's finances, police said Monday.
Brussels, May 5 (IANS) A cargo train carrying chemicals derailed near the northwestern Belgian city of Ghent, killing at least two people and injuring 14 others, a media report said.
Moscow, May 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) An ecological support group in Russia, running a protected site for cranes, has been branded as a "foreign agent" by Russian prosecutors - the latest in a series of NGOs to be listed as such by the authorities.
Islamabad, May 3 (Xinhua-ANI): At least two pilots were injured when an army helicopter crashed in Pakistan's eastern district of Gujranwala on Friday morning, reported local media Geo.
Beijing, May 3 (IANS) Huang Sheng, a former deputy governor of east China's Shandong province, was sentenced to life in prison Friday for taking bribes.
Beijing, May 3 (IANS) A total of 904 people have been arrested in China during a three-month campaign for crimes such as producing fake beef and mutton made from rat and fox, the ministry of public security said.
Ankara, May 2 (Xinhua-ANI): An alliance of Japanese Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and France's Areva has won a bid to build Turkey' s second nuclear power plant, Turkish Daily News reported Thursday.
Srinagar, May 1. (Xinhua-ANI): At least seven school children and two teachers were injured Wednesday after a moderate earthquake hit Kashmir and its adjoining areas, officials 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.
Kiev, May 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday that the arrest of Ukraine's ex-prime minister and opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko in 2011 was unlawful.
Varadero (Cuba), April 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Fidel Castro's son Antonio triumphed at the fifth annual Montecristo Cup golf tournament held in his native country.
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government has urged the Supreme Court to direct the central government not to proceed with the implementation of the Sethu Samudram Shipping Channel Project in the Palk Strait.
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday directed Delhi Police to file an affidavit giving details of steps taken after they received a complaint from the parents of a five-year-old girl who was gang-raped after being abducted in the capital.
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) An unidentified body, apparently of a teenaged boy with its head brutally crushed, was found Sunday in a park here, police said.
Ramallah, April 27 (IANS) A senior Palestinian official said Saturday that Israel has proposed holding a four-way summit to sponsor the resumption of the stalled Mideast peace talks with the Palestinians.
Rome, April 27 (IANS/AKI) An unemployed 44-year-old drug addict has been arrested near Rome after police discovered the decomposed body of his elderly father hidden in the family home.
Almaty (Kazakhstan), Apr. 26 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said here that there could be a coalition government in Pakistan, but it was too early to come to any conclusion.
London, April 26 (ANI): A team of archaeologists has claimed that they have found 22,000-year-old stone tools at a site in Brazil.
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) Suspended Delhi Police ACP B.S. Ahlawat was booked for causing "hurt" by slapping an anti-rape woman protestor here, an officer said Thursday.
Beijing, April 25 (IANS) Three new bird flu cases were confirmed in east China Thursday, authorities said.
Jakarta, April 25 (IANS) English Premier League side Liverpool is scheduled to visit Indonesia in mid July this year to play a friendly match with Indonesian national football team, Liverpool senior officials said here Thursday.
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) An 18-year-old youth was stabbed to death in Delhi by a person of his locality for reasons of personal enmity, police said Thursday.
Kabul, April 25 (ANI): Over two dozen people have been killed in flash floods and earthquake in different provinces of Afghanistan during the past two days.
Moscow, April 25 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian military expects the first launch of a new Angara carrier rocket to take place in 2014 after the construction of a new launch complex at the Plesetsk space centre is completed.
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Protests continued Tuesday in the national capital over the rape and brutal assault of a five-year-old girl in Delhi, as activists demanded the resignation of Delhi's Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar and sought better safety for women.
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Two people, including a 12-year-old boy, were found murdered at their residences in two separate incidents, police said Monday.
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) A father fatally flung his one-and-a-half year old child from the third floor balcony of a house in east Delhi after a violent quarrel with his wife, police said Monday.
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) The 13-year-old girl, who had consumed an overdose of sleeping pills Saturday after being gang-raped during nine-day captivity last month, was shifted to AIIMS from Hedgewar Hospital Monday, her family said even as another of the eight accused was arrested.
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) The Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) has demanded the sacking of policemen who failed to register a complaint about the rape of a five-year-old in the capital.
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Delhi Police Sunday denied searching for a second accused in the abduction and rape of the five-year-old girl in east Delhi.
Beijing, Apr. 21 (Xinhua-ANI): An earthquake measuring 5.4-magnitude jolted southwest China's Sichuan Province at 5:05 p.m. Sunday Beijing Time, according to China Earthquake Networks Center.
Beijing, Apr. 21 (Xinhua-ANI): The Sri Lankan navy on Sunday arrested 80 people off the northern town of Jaffna as they were heading to Australia by boat, navy spokesman Kosala Warnakulasuriya said.
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Congress chief Sonia Gandhi Saturday met the five-year-old rape victim undergoing treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, informed sources said.
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Amid a public outcry over a brutal sexual assault on a five-year girl here, a report by rights group Asian Centre for Human Rights (ACHR) shows there has been an increase of 336 percent in cases of child rapes from 2001-11.
Beijing, April 20 (IANS) The nationwide death toll due to the H7N9 avian influenza in China rose to 18 Saturday. A total of 95 cases have been reported across the country.
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The five-year Delhi girl, brutalised by a neighbour earlier this week, is the fifth minor to have fallen prey to rapists this month. In many of the 393 rapes since Jan 1, the accused were known to the victims, police records show.
Beijing, April 20 (Xinhua-ANI): More than 100 people were killed and thousands injured after a strong quake struck southwest China's Sichuan Province Saturday morning, triggering massive rescue efforts.
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The man who brutally tortured and raped a five-year-old girl here had fled to his hometown in Bihar thinking that the victim was dead, police said Saturday, adding that he was being brought to Delhi.
Beijing, April 20 (IANS) Five people were killed as a powerful earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale jolted south China's Sichuan province Saturday morning.
Beijing, April 20 (IANS) A powerful earthquake, measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale, has jolted south China's Sichuan province Saturday morning, Xinhua reported. Two people have died.
New Delhi, April 19 (ANI): A five-year-old girl, a victim of rape, was admitted in a serious condition in Swami Dayanand Hospital in Shahdara, east Delhi on Friday.
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The father of the five-year-old girl who was held captive and raped by her neighbour said Friday that the police had offered him Rs.2,000 to keep quiet, and advised him to "thank god that his daughter was alive".
Melbourne, Apr. 18 (ANI): The world-famous Great Barrier Reef has been excluded from a list of the world's top dive sites, while a cave in the middle of the outback made the cut.
London, Apr 18 (ANI): A study of the remains of the creature nicknamed the "hobbit" shows that there may have been a dwarf version of an early human species.
Beijng, April 18 (IANS) The number of avian flu affected cases reached 31 in Shanghai, with the confirmation of a new case Wednesday, health authorities said.
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) In two separate incidents, a 30-year-old man and a Class 12 student committed suicide by hanging themselves in the capital, police said Wednesday.
Tokyo, April 17 (IANS) A 5.8-magnitude earthquake jolted northeast Japan around 9:03 p.m. local time Wednesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.
Kabul, Apr. 17 (Xinhua-ANI): Up to four Afghan policemen were killed and one was wounded when Taliban insurgents launched an attack on a police checkpoint in eastern province of Laghman early Wednesday morning, the provincial government confirmed in a statement.
Islamabad, April 16 (IANS) At least 22 people were killed, over 100 others injured and hundreds of houses collapsed in earthquake that hit parts of east, south and southwest Pakistan on Tuesday, reported Xinhua citing local media.
Bangalore, April 16 (IANS) The May 5 Karnataka assembly polls are turning out to be a great time for both age-old beliefs in star alignment and modern technology of digitisation of telecasts. Some contestants are said to be distributing set-top boxes to voters even while seeking astrologers' advise on whether the stars foretell victory.
New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) A 22-year-old man committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan here, police said Monday.
Islamabad, Apr. 15 (ANI): Political parties in Pakistan have modified their election campaigns as terrorism threats loom large in many parts of the country.
Beijing, April 15 (IANS) At least 17 Chinese people have died in two fire incidents -- 13 in a hotel in central China's Hubei province and four in a factory in Russia's far east, officials said.
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) In one of the most gory accidents in the capital, a motorcyclist was hit and dragged by a speeding truck for over three km Saturday night, police said.
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) A Delhi Police constable reportedly shot a 25-year-old man with his service pistol in a residential flat in a police station complex here, an officer said Sunday. The policeman has been arrested.
Shanghai, April 14 (IANS) The Chinese Grand Prix Sunday completed 10 years of its being here at the Shanghai International Circuit.
Kabul, Apr. 14 (Xinhua-ANI): An Afghan investigation team assigned by President Hamid Karzai found 17 civilians had been killed in NATO-led forces airstrike in eastern province of Kunar earlier this month, said a statement of Presidential Palace on Sunday.
Shimla, April 14 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district, which shares a porous border with China, depends upon outdated arms like .303 rifles to tackle crime, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) said.
Moscow, April 13 (IANS) Russia will receive a million visitors during the 2018 World Cup, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said.
Washington, Apr 12 (ANI): NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured images of a hardware from a spacecraft that the Soviet Union landed on Mars in 1971.
Hong Kong, April 11 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale jolted Fiji region at 15.28 GMT Thursday, the US Geological Survey said.
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) To further develop its brand in India, Italian automobile major Fiat's Indian subsidiary Wednesday said it has dissolved an agreement with its manufacturing partner Tata Motors for distributing Fiat passenger vehicles sold here.
Beijing, April 10 (IANS) A top Chinese biology lab Wednesday ascribed the H7N9 avian influenza to genetic reassortment of wild birds from east Asia and chickens from east China.
United Nations, April 9 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Tuesday condemned the killing of Indian peacekeepers in an ambush in the east part of South Sudan, and said he was "appalled" by the incident, reported Xinhua.
Nanjing (China), April 9 (Xinhua-ANI): A man confirmed to have caught H7N9 bird flu died on Tuesday in east China's Jiangsu Province, bringing the death toll from the virus to eight nationwide, authorities said.
Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) Dwelling on West Bengal's "huge potential", Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday said it was imperative to develop the state for the development of east and northeast India.
Colombo, April 8 (IANS) Sri Lanka Monday described as "erroneous" media reports that its navy was killing and harassing Indian fishermen, and said that the latter frequently entered Sri Lankan waters.
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Nearly 1.5 million people die every year in south-east Asia due to high blood pressure, a World Health Organisation (WHO) statement said here Sunday.
London, April 7 (ANI): One Direction's band member Harry Styles has insisted that he doesn't regard himself as a sexual hottie.
Beijing, Apr. 7 (ANI): Two more people have contracted bird flu in Shanghai, China's health ministry has said.
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Cricket enthusiasts braved the sweltering heat to witness the Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Rajasthan Royals and the Delhi Daredevils here Saturday.
Beijing April 6 (Xinhua-ANI): Chinese health authorities said on Saturday that the country's 16 confirmed H7N9 cases were isolated and there has been no sign of human-to-human transmission.
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) A 55-year-old woman was found stabbed to death inside her residence here Friday evening, police said.
Kuala Lumpur, April 4 (Xinhua-ANI): A grandmother aged 94 on Thursday became the first person to request for a nomination form in Malaysia's Terengganu state to run for parliamentary elections for the second time.
Seoul, April 4 (Xinhua-ANI): South Korea's Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin said Thursday that North Korea has moved an intermediate-range missile to its east coast for test- firing or a military drill.
Gadchiroli (Maharashtra), April 4 (IANS) At least seven Maoists were gunned down in a fierce gun battle with security forces in Nargunda-Bhatpar tribal area of Gadchiroli district Thursday morning, a police official said.
Beijing, April 4 (Xinhua-ANI): China's health authorities have promised transparency and cooperation to the World Health Organization (WHO) in regards to human infections of a new strain of bird flu.
Beijing, April 4 (IANS) China's health authorities have promised transparency and cooperation to the World Health Organisation (WHO) over human infections from a new strain of bird flu.
Islamabad, April 4 (Xinhua-ANI): At least three people were injured when a 5.9-magnitude earthquake hit parts of northern Pakistan on Thursday morning, said local media.
Beijing, April 1 (IANS) Two pilots were killed when their Su-27 fighter jet crashed near the city of Rongcheng in east China's Shandong province Sunday, said authorities.
Tokyo, March 31 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale jolted the east coast of Honshu in Japan Sunday, the US Geological Survey said.
Washington, Mar 30 (ANI): As Britain prepares to shiver for at least another month, a leading scientist has predicted that the world was heading for another Ice Age.
Dar El salam (Tanzania), March 30 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) wants to develop friendship and cooperation with Tanzania, as existing in various economic, political, social, cultural spheres between the two nations.
