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Maharashtra DGP P S Pasricha said officials had known for ‘some months’ that the city was a target.

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SydBarrett, the troubled Pink Floyd co-founder who spent his last years in reclusive anonymity, is dead, the band said.

Defence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said The launch of the intermediate range ballistic missile Agni-III was a 'partial success'.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday led the nation in severely condemning a series of bomb blasts that rocked Mumbai.

Terming the Mumbai blasts as a "despicable act of terrorism," Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf and PM Shaukat Aziz have condemned the attacks.

Former Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly said that he had a lot of cricket left in him and is not planning to retire soon.

Third grenade attack was reported near clock tower in Lal Chowk area in the city on Tuesday.

UNICEF says more than 2 million children worldwide have died as a direct result of armed conflict in the past decade.

Having plenty of calcium may help middle-aged women to maintain a normal weight, says study.

Nepal's NHRC has found that all the 37 people killed by the Army at Kotwada of Kalikot district were innocent and unarmed labourers.

Striker David Trezeguet shrugged off his misfortune afterwards and said penalties were part of the game.

Asked how he felt a delighted Lippi added: "The greatest satisfaction that any coach or footballer can feel."

He scored twice against both Costa Rica and Ecuador in group games and headed the goal in the quarter-final against Argentina.

At least seven people were injured when a three storeyed building collapsed in the Behrampada area of Bandra in Mumbai.

Spanish media quoted the 21-year-old as saying that he wanted to quit the Premier League to move to Spain's Primera Liga.