Everything you need to know about Andheri Railway Station: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Andheri Railway Station: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Lucknow, May 20 (IANS) Come Thursday, Uttar Pradesh will have an address in Navi Mumbai, adjacent to India's commercial capital.
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) More and more sordid details of the spot fixing scandal came tumbling out Friday as the three arrested players, including S. Sreesanth, allegedly confessed to their crime and the involvement of underworld became quite evident.
New Delhi, May 17 (IANS) Female escorts and parties to lure players, underworld connections and teary-eyed confessions by once promising, famed players falling from grace. More skeletons are tumbling out as investigations progress into spot fixing in Indian premier League (IPL) scandal progress.
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) In a bid to woo commuters, the Airport Metro Express Line (AMEL), run by Reliance Infrastructure, has offered from Tuesday discounted travel for families or groups, an official said.
Washington, May 14 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Canadian astronaut and outgoing International Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield has recorded the first music video in space while floating in zero gravity, strumming an acoustic guitar and crooning his own rendition of David Bowie's "Space Oddity" as a special farewell before heading back to Earth.
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) An eight-year-old girl was recovered from Kanpur railway station a few hours after she went missing from New Delhi railway station Monday, police said.
London, May 13 (ANI): BBC Radio Stoke presenter Paula White, who was due to host a final three hour show after six years as the radio station's afternoon host, had to be replaced after 30 minutes as she was found drunk and slurring through the show.
Moscow, May 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian cosmonauts could take an unlit Olympic torch aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as part of the relay route for the 2014 Sochi Winter Games, an official related to expedition has said.
San Juan, May 8 (IANS/EFE) Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro Garcia Padilla said that the island's government has acquired the property of a former US Navy base in the eastern coastal city of Ceiba.
Mumbai, May 5 (IANS) A weekend picnic turned into a tragedy when three youths drowned while one was rescued from Aksa Beach here Sunday afternoon, officials said.
Mumbai, May 3 (IANS) The Maharashtra government Friday sought central funding for its mega-infrastructure project - the Mumbai Elevated Rail Corridor Project, which is aimed to revolutionise suburban commuting in the city, official sources said here.
Madrid, May 3 (IANS) The Santiago Bernabeu Stadium will pass down its sentence on the future of Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho when his side entertains Valladolid Saturday evening.
Mumbai, May 1 (IANS) On the occasion of Maharashtra Day, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan Wednesday promised Mumbaikars that the state's first Metro from Versova to Airport Road in Mumbai will be commissioned in September.
Mumbai, May 1 (ANI): The Mumbai Metro train successfully conducted its first trial run here on Wednesday morning.
Mumbai, April. Apr 30 (IANS) Around 100 sleuths of the Income Tax Department carried out search operations at the offices, residences, studios and other properties of top officials of film production house Balaji Telefims here Monday, an official said.
Mumbai, April 29 (IANS) Akshay Kumar's son Aarav is just 11, but he is into charity work and inspires his actor father to indulge in such activities.
Mumbai, April 24 (IANS) Shamshad Begum, renowned playback singer of yesteryears who gave her voice to classics like "Mere piya gaye Rangoon" and "Kabhi aar kabhi paar", has passed away here, family sources said Wednesday. She was 94.
Mumbai, April 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday condoled the demise of legendary singer Shamshad Begum, describing her as one "among the most popular singers" of the country.
Mumbai, April 24 (IANS) Renowned playback singer Shamshad Begum, who gave voice to classics like "Mere piya gaye rangoon" and "Kabhi aar kabhi paar", has died here, family sources said Wednesday. She was 94.
Mumbai, Apr. 22 (ANI): Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt today secured bail from a Mumbai court, which had issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against him in a cheating case filed by producer Shakeel Noorani.
Mumbai, April 4 (IANS) A 20-year-old man has become the hero of his housing society for saving a four-year-old girl who was stuck in the window of her sixth-floor apartment in Mumbai's Goregaon suburb.
Mumbai, April 4 (IANS) Dalit leader Janardan C. Chandurkar was appointed the new president of Mumbai Regional Congress Committee Thursday, party office-bearers said here.
Mumbai, April 3 (IANS) Mumbai girl Ashwini Nene has topped the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) -- a pre-requisite for admissions to most US graduate schools and for some other countries - by scoring full marks of 340/340, an official said here Wednesday.
Mumbai, April 3 (IANS) A Mumbai girl has topped the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) -- a pre-requisite for admissions to most US graduate schools and for some other countries -- by scoring full marks of 340/340, an official said here Wednesday.
Mumbai, Apr 3 (ANI): A fire engulfed a high-rise apartment building in Mumbai, but the residents were evacuated immediately on Wednesday.
Mumbai, Mar 29 (ANI): At least five people were killed and three others injured after the wall of a house collapsed following an explosion in a makeshift chemical producing unit in Sakinaka area in suburban Mumbai today.
Baikonur (Kazakhstan), March 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The Russian state commission has approved the makeup of the main and back-up crews of a new expedition to the International Space Station. The mission will be launched Friday.
Mumbai, March 26 (IANS) One commuter was killed and five others injured after they fell down from the footboard of a running suburban train, when some miscreants threw a chemical-laced Holi powder at them, police said Tuesday.
New Delhi, Mar. 20 (ANI): Mysore Railway Station of Mysore division of South Western Railway has bagged the tourist friendly railway station award, which is part of the National Tourism Awards for the year 2011-12, instituted by Ministry of Tourism.
London, March 20 (ANI): Indian origin astronomer Sunita Williams, who holds the record for the longest single space flight by a woman - 195 days, has demonstrated how astronauts use toilets in the zero-gravity International Space Station in a newly released video.
Moscow, March 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Unesco Artist for Peace ambassador and the world's best-selling soprano singer Sarah Brightman's trip to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2015 is in doubt, the head of Russian space agency Roscosmos has said.
Mumbai, March 15 (IANS) The Maharashtra government plans to construct six terminals on the city's west coast to provide coastal water transportation for Mumbai's commuters, state Industry and Ports Minister Narayan Rane said here Friday.
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Kolkata, March 8 (IANS) Rallies, awards, contests and book-reading sessions were held in the West Bengal capital to mark International's Women's Day Friday.
Mumbai, March 5 (IANS) Zooming off between Mumbai and New Delhi in the Rajdhani Express air-conditioned first class will now be more comfortable -- courtesy upgraded coaches and enhanced facilities introduced by Western Railway, an official said Tuesday.
Mumbai, Mar 2 (IANS) It took actor Jackky Bhagnani a long time to get the rights to Korean singer Psy's superhit number "Gangnam style" for his film "Rangrezz". He says it was his gift from him to his father, producer Vashu Bhagnani.
Mumbai, Mar 2 (IANS) Actor Raj Kumar Yadav, who has portrayed the character of Govind in "Kai Po Che", says he was earlier rejected for the same role.
Mumbai, Mar 1 (IANS) Filmmaker Anurag Basu, who will be directing a biopic on late actor-singer Kishore Kumar, says the film is taking a lot of time and will now start next year. However, he will start another film by May this year.
New Delhi, March 01 (ANI): Bollywood Actor Abhishek Bachchan inaugurated the Wassup Andheri Festival in Mumbai recently.
Mumbai, Mar 1 (IANS) Singer Sonu Nigam's mother Shobha Nigam is no more. Her last rights were performed here Friday morning.
Mumbai, Feb 27 (IANS) A mix of actors, artists, authors, directors and publishers will be part of the second edition of the four-day arts and entertainment festival 'Wassup Andheri!' starting Thursday, an organiser said.
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) Youngsters, who till now bemoaned the shoddy infrastructure of the Indian Railways, have welcomed a host of new proposals in the railway budget which range from e-ticketing system on cell-phones to the state-of-the-art kitchens.
Chennai, Feb 26 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Tuesday termed the railway budget as inflationary, lacking long-term perspective and encroaching upon the state's domain.
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New Delhi, Feb 26 (ANI): Union Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Tuesday presented the Railway Budget proposals for fiscal 2013-14 in the Lok Sabha.
Mumbai, Feb 20 (IANS) Filmmakers Anurag Basu and Vikramaditya Motwane are set to guide 15 budding directors as part of a new initiative.
Mumbai, Feb 20 (IANS) Anurag Basu and Vikramaditya Motwane are set to guide a set of budding filmmakers as part of a new initiative.
Mumbai, Feb 20 (IANS) Barring stray incidents of stone-pelting and attempts to stop buses and trains, the impact of nationwide shutdown Wednesday on Mumbai and its suburbs remained restricted to the financial sector.
Mumbai, Feb 18 (IANS) With an expertise of nearly 150 years in operating its Tube, Transport For London will now help build a 150-km long Mumbai Metro rail network, officials said here Monday.
Mumbai, Feb 16 (IANS) The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) is planning to construct a creek bridge to link two north-western coastal points Malad's Madh Jetty with Andheri's Versova, an official said here Saturday.
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Mumbai, Feb 15 (IANS) French President Francois Hollande Friday urged India "to trust" his country's nuclear technology and extended France's support to the Indian nuclear power generation programme.
Mumbai, Feb 15 (IANS) French President Francois Hollande Friday visited the new Lafarge Construction Development Laboratory here and was shown its new techniques and products.
Washington, Feb 15 (ANI): As an asteroid roughly half as large as a football field-and with energy equal to a large hydrogen bomb-readies for a fly-by of Earth on Friday, two California scientists have proposed a system that could eliminate a threat of this size in an hour.
Panaji, Feb 14 (IANS) Konkan Railway Thursday started on-board shopping in select trains, offering a variety of goods at "most competitive rates".
Mumbai, Feb 7 (ANI): At least three people died and several others were injured after a portion of an under-construction Mumbai Metro bridge collapsed in Andheri East on Wednesday night.
Mumbai, Feb 2 (IANS) With some of the most prestigious infrastructure projects slated for completion, the face of India's commercial capital Mumbai will change in 2013, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said here Saturday.
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) A sunny day here Thursday was followed by a chilly evening as the maximum temperature settled at 21.9 degrees Celsius, average for this time of the season. Friday is likely to see similar weather.
Moscow, Jan 30 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) have transferred scientific data using a laser communication channel for the first time.
Mumbai, Jan 29 (IANS) Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan is set to take the centrestage along with music composer Aadesh Srivastava for a peace concert here Wednesday. He has extended an open invitation to his extended online family too.
Mumbai, Jan 28 (IANS) A derailed coach and a dumper stuck at a level crossing threw local trains' schedules out of gear in Mumbai and suburban Thane, adding to the Monday morning blues of lakhs of commuters in the sprawling western megapolis.
Mumbai, Jan 23 (IANS) Bollywood filmmaker Ramesh Sippy Wednesday recreated the popular suicide scene from his famous film "Sholay" to promote his upcoming movie "Nautanki Saala". The film is a comedy starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Kunal Roy Kapur.
Mumbai, Jan 22 (IANS) Two women were killed and four others injured Tuesday when a speeding car hit them here, police said. The car driver was arrested.
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) The Airport Metro Express line here will resume operations at 5.30 a.m. Tuesday, nearly six months after it was shut down on grounds of safety, officials said Monday.
London, Jan. 14 (ANI): A steam train which carried passengers in the 19th Century has returned to the Tube to mark 150 years since the first London Underground journey.
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The number of new annual HIV/AIDS cases in India have dropped by 57 percent in the last decade as against 20 percent globally, Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Saturday.
Bhubaneswar, Jan 12 (IANS) The East Coast Railway (ECoR) has fined 2,040 people for spitting and littering at railway premises in less than a month and collected Rs.128,570 in fines from them, an official said here Saturday.
Bhubaneswar, Jan 11 (IANS) A demonstration was staged at Rayagada in Orissa to demand an immediate resumption of bauxite supplies to Vedanta's alumina refinery at Lanjigarh to protect the livelihood of thousands of people.
Chennai, Jan 8 (IANS) Telugu actor Sivaji, who had six releases to his credit last year, wishes to do more films this year. He says he never gets tired of acting.
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) The capital woke up to another chilly morning Monday with the minimum temperature settling five notches below average at 2.4 degrees Celsius. Flights and trains were affected due to dense fog.
Islamabad, Jan 1 (IANS) At least two people were killed and 30 others wounded Tuesday in a powerful blast near the venue of a political rally in Pakistan's port city Karachi, media reports said.
Islamabad, Jan 1 (IANS) At least one person was killed and 13 others were injured Tuesday in a powerful blast near the venue of a political rally in Pakistan's port city Karachi, media reports said.
Pune, Jan 1 (IANS) Air Marshal Kulwant Singh Gill Tuesday took over as the new commandant of the National Defence Academy (NDA) here, an official said.
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) Come March, India's longest tunnel -- the 11.2-km rail tunnel connecting Kashmir Valley to Jammu region across the Pir Panjal mountain range -- will be thrown open for the railways, an official of the company associated with the project said Sunday.
Karachi, Dec.29 (ANI): At least six people were killed in an explosion that ripped apart a passenger bus parked outside the gates of Karachi Cantonment Railway Station on Saturday.
Mumbai, Dec 25 (IANS) Christmas was celebrated with festive zest and fervour Tuesday in India's financial and entertainment capital Mumbai.
Mumbai, Dec 24 (IANS) Amid the protests in against a woman's gang-rape in Delhi, an anguished father, who lost his son to mob violence here, has asked for the prime minister's intervention seeking harsher laws to tackle such matters.
Asserting that India stands for peace and its foreign policy is focused on the achievement of this objective, President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said effective deterrence is the cornerstone of our defence policy...................
Sulur, Dec 18 (ANI): Asserting that India stands for peace and its foreign policy is focused on the achievement of this objective, President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said effective deterrence is the cornerstone of our defence policy.
Mumbai, Dec 17 (IANS) From Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif to newbies like Ayushmann Khurrana, Arjun Kapoor and Yami Gautam - creme da la creme of Bollywood ramped up the glamour quotient at the Big Star Entertainment Awards held here Sunday night.
Mumbai, Dec 16 (IANS) An NRI from Britain is engaged in a tug-of-war with the Andhra Bank, alleging that the bank has attempted to shut down his business and dispose of his residence and prime office premises in the name of unpaid dues.
New Delhi, Dec 14 (IANS) The railways have developed 569 "model" railway stations and work is on on another 25, parliament was informed Friday.
Sydney, Dec 12(ANI): Organizers of a campaign for a shunning of Sri Lanka's cricket matches expect about 1000 people to protest outside the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Boxing Day but have assured they won't disrupt the biggest day on the Australian cricket calendar.
Shimla, Dec. 10 (ANI): Railway authorities in Himachal Pradesh have re-introduced a 109 year-old steam locomotive on the Kalka-Shimla Heritage Line, infusing a traditional element into a popular narrow gauge train ride in a bid to attract more tourists.
Moscow, Dec 7 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The main and reserve crews for a new space expedition to the ISS have headed to the Baikonur launch site for final training before lift off later this month.
Washington, Dec. 2 (ANI): The world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier has retired from active service in the U.S. Navy.
London, Nov 26 (ANI): Japan has unveiled its new high-speed, magnetic levitation trains that have been designed to operate at speeds of over 310mph.
Tokyo, Nov. 25 (ANI): Japan-U.S. relations during the second term of President Barack Obama will depend much on the stability of political leadership in Tokyo, a leading American expert on Japan has said.
Mumbai, Nov 22 (IANS) Within days of Shiv Sena patriarch Bal Thackeray's death, cadres of political parties across the spectrum Thursday raised the pitch for a memorial of the Shiv Sena founder and renaming of several places in the city after him.
Moscow, Nov 22 (IANS) The first open cosmonaut recruitment drive in Russian history has produced eight prospects, including a woman, the second after Yelena Serova, who is set to fly to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2014, RIA Novosti reported.
Washington, November 19 (ANI): Sunita Williams and two other members of the Expedition 33 crew have returned safely to Earth from the International Space Station, wrapping up a mission lasting more than four months.
Mumbai, Nov 14 (IANS) A team of global nuclear experts led by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Wednesday completed a 16-day review of the safety practices at the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station-units 3 and 4 in Rawatbhata.
Chennai, Nov 9 (IANS) Telugu actor Sivaji, known for films such as "Missamma" and "Sandade Sandadi", feels comedy should not be categorised into sub-genres because it limits the viewership.
New Delhi, Nov 6 (IANS) A man and a woman have been arrested for sneaking away with belongings of train passengers in air-conditioned coaches, police said Tuesday.
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) Chaos reigned on the capital's roads Sunday as the Congress' mega rally led to massive traffic snarls in several parts of the city, especially in central and old Delhi.
Mumbai, Nov 1 (IANS) Activists of Ramdas Athawale-led Republican Party of India (RPI) Thursday pelted stones at the office of Colors TV channel here to reiterate their demand for evicting cartoonist Aseem Trivedi from reality show "Bigg Boss 6".
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) An 11-year-old girl was murdered by a neighbour who stuffed her body into a garbage bin near her house here, police said Sunday. The accused has been arrested.
New Delhi, Oct 28 (IANS) A 60-year-old railway manager was found dead here Sunday morning in his cabin in luxury train Royal Rajasthan on Wheels, police said.
New Delhi, Oct.27 (ANI): The police custody of a suspected Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative was extended for a further four days by a magistrate's court on Saturday for the latter's role in the August 1 bomb blast in Pune.
New Delhi, Octo Oct 26 (IANS) India Friday signed an MoU with Spain to promote cooperation in the areas of high speed railways, upgrading speed of passenger trains, improving safety of train operations and modernisation of the network, said officials.
