Everything you need to know about Charing Cross: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Charing Cross: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Bangalore, May 16 (IANS) There is a strong possibility of records being re-written in the World 10K Bangalore to be run Sunday, according to Jurrie Van der Velden of Global Sports Communication (GSC), as he introduced the first lot of elite athletes here Thursday.
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Taking note of India's rising obsession with SUVs (Sports Utility Vehicles), Mercedes-Benz Tuesday hinted at launching a new entry-level SUV to compete with the likes of BMW X1, Audi Q3 and the soon-to-be-launched Volvo V40 Cross Country.
Nairobi, May 10 (IANS) Floods caused by heavy rains in Kenya since March have claimed the lives of at least 90 people and displaced more than 100,000 others, the Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) said Friday.
London, May 10 (ANI): A new scalp-cooling system is being rolled out in parts of London to help chemotherapy patients prevent hair loss during therapy.
Vatican City, May 9 (IANS/AKI) Pope Francis has praised the "motherly" role played in the society by nuns, and said they should not feel they are spinsters.
Mumbai, May 9 (IANS) Actor Krip Suri may play Rahukaal in fantasy show "Savitri" and give hell to the protagonist for rejecting his feelings, but in real life he is a do-gooder.
Bangalore, May 8 (IANS) The TCS World 10K Bangalore to be held here May 19 will have a super fast field of foreign athletes among the projected 23,000 runners, it was announced here Wednesday.
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Friday called upon young men and women of the country to donate blood in a big way to ensure that not a single person in need of blood is left wanting.
New Delhi, May 3 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday called on all young men and women to take part in voluntary blood donation programmes actively.
Kabul, April 18 (Xinhua-ANI):The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has called on the warring sides in Afghanistan to protect civilians and respect their rights during conflicts.
Geneva, Apr. 17 (ANI): Red Cross chief Peter Maurer has condemned US drone strikes outside areas officially engulfed in armed conflict, adding that drone use in Pakistan was "particularly problematic".
Film: "The Place Beyond The Pines"; Cast: Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes, Ray Liotta, Mahershala Ali, Ben Mendelsohn, Dane Dehaan, Emory Cohen, Harris Yulin, Robert Clohessy, Bruce Greenwood and Rose Byrne; Director: Derek Cianfrance; Rating: *** 1/2
Nairobi, April 10 (IANS) At least 32 people have died and 18,600 others displaced by flash floods caused by heavy rains in Kenya, the East African nation's Red Cross Society (or KRCS) said Wednesday.
Gold Coast (Australia), April 10 (IANS) China's Hainan province could share a greater slice of the $131 billion global surfing industry by becoming part of the international surfing network, an Australian researcher said Wednesday at a meeting of World Surf Cities Network here.
Imphal, Apr 9 (ANI): A young Manipuri youth serving as a Lieutenant in the British Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service (RMAS), Special Forces, has been chosen for a prestigious gallantry award for his bravery during a fierce gunfight with Al-Qaeda insurgents in Afghanistan in 2011.
London, April 7 (IANS) Singer Sarah Harding was reportedly arrested for using her mobile phone while driving. She also did not stop the car when the police tried to bring her to a halt.
Moscow, April 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia has contributed $1 million to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to finance its humanitarian operation in Syria, Russia's foreign ministry said.
New York, Apr. 5 (ANI): A real estate blogger has said that investors, who are hoping to get their hands on a real-life Hogwarts, will have to spend a staggering 204,102,000 dollars.
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) Defence counsel in the Dec 16 gang-rape case Wednesday cross-examined an Air India (AI) official posted at the IGI cargo terminal who received the coffin carrying the victim's body.
London, Mar 31 (ANI): The marriage between Winston Churchill and his wife Clementine Hozier almost never took place, because the bride-to-be threatened to call off the engagement after her fiance went on holiday with a former girlfriend in Scotland.
Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), March 31 (IANS) The number of people killed in the 16-storey under construction building collapse in the Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam has risen to 20, police said Saturday.
Washington, Mar. 28 (ANI): The Obama administration has not given up on the President's pledge to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay.
Washington, March 27 (IANS) India and Pakistan will both benefit if they work together to peacefully share and conserve the vitally important waters of the Indus River Basin, according to a new report.
Panaji, March 17 (IANS) Dolphin lovers want tourist paradise Goa to lead the charge against the trend of setting up dolphinariums in the country, which they claim are "cruel habitats" for dolphins.
Bangalore, March 15 (IANS) Swedish luxury carmaker Volvo Auto will roll out its V40 Cross Country sedan in India by June to give a run for the money to competitors like BMW, Audi and Mercedes in the cross over sports utility vehicle (SUV) segment.
London, Mar. 13 (ANI): The remains of Chilean Nobel prize winning poet Pablo Neruda will be exhumed on April 8 to determine if he died of cancer or was poisoned.
Melbourne, Mar. 10 (ANI): Australian DJ Mel Greig, who is at the centre of the ill-fated royal radio prank, desperately wants to send a condolence letter to the family of nurse Jacintha Saldanha but has been reportedly banned from doing so.
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) At the first 2013 meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council, the representatives confirmed India's Karun Chandhok's nomination to the newly created Drivers' Commission.
New Delhi, Feb. 19 (ANI): Defence counsel for two of the five accused in the barbaric Delhi gangrape case, A. P. Singh on Tuesday said that the cross examination of the key witnesses in the case are going on smoothly.
London, Feb 17 (ANI): Bond star Naomie Harris launched a Skyfall-branded train on the Flying Scotsman's old route from London to Edinburgh on Saturday.
Bogota, Feb 16 (IANS/EFE) Colombia's FARC rebels have released two police officers taken prisoner last month, the International Committee of the Red Cross said.
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) turns 150 Sunday but its first mission to India took place in 1917 and it formally set up presence here only in 1982.
New Delhi, Feb 12 (IANS) The BJP Tuesday attacked the UPA government over the revelations that the chief prosecutor of tne CBI in the 2G spectrum case had allegedly discussed prosecution strategy with one of the accused. The party demanded a probe.
Bogota, Feb 12 (IANS) The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group hs announced the imminent release of two police officers and a soldier captured in January.
Washington, Feb 12 (IANS/EFE) The member of US Navy SEAL Team 6 who shot and killed Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in the military operation in Pakistan in May 2011 told Esquire magazine that he has neither health insurance nor a pension after leaving the armed forces.
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) A 30-member delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is in Hyderabad to take part in the 14th congress of the International Society for Prosthetics and Orthotics.
Los Angeles, Feb 4 (IANS) Actor Johnny Depp has been roped in to play the role of Boston crime lord James 'Whitey' Bulger in a biopic.
San Juan, Jan 31 (IANS/EFE) Puerto Rican reggaeton star Daddy Yankee Wednesday launched here a campaign to collect money for the American Red Cross.
Washington, Jan 29 (ANI): Chris Brown, who has been investigated for allegedly hitting singer Frank Ocean on Sunday, has claimed that he feels like Jesus Christ on the cross.
London, Jan 29 (IANS) Veteran actress Judi Dench is backing a campaign to immortalise a World War I hero in his hometown.
London, Jan 28 (IANS) An Australian radio show whose hosts were behind a prank call that led to the death of Indian-origin nurse Jacintha Saldanha has been axed by the parent company but the RJs were not fired.
Mumbai, Jan 26 (IANS) The International Cricket Council (ICC) Saturday named the umpires and tournament referees who will be officiating the group stage of the Women's World Cup, which will take place in India from Jan 31 to Feb 17.
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) James Patterson, one of the world's leading thriller writers, is co-writing his new book with Ashwin Sanghi, the young award-winning author of "Chanakya's Chant".
London, Jan 13 (IANS) The family of Indian-origin nurse Jacintha Saldanha, who was found hanging after taking a hoax phone call about the Duchess of Cambridge, said they are yet to receive answers from her hospital to 40 questions over her death.
London, Jan. 13 (ANI): The family of the Indian-origin nurse, who committed suicide after answering a hoax phone call about the Duchess of Cambridge, has received no answers for 40 questions that they sent to her hospital bosses.
Sydney, Jan 10 (ANI): Users of methamphetamine, or "ice", are five times likelier to suffer psychotic symptoms while taking the drug, according to a new study.
Islamabad, Jan 1 (IANS) On the occasion of New Year eve, various organisations in Pakistan's Lahore city remembered people killed in terror attacks in 2012 by taking out a candle-light march as a tribute.
Moscow, Dec 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Sochi's mountain-based Olympic village will be ready by October 2013, an official with constructor Gazprom said.
London, Dec. 17 (ANI): Jacintha Saldanha - victim of Kate's hoax call - was called up again by one of the Australian DJs within an hour of the first call to tell her that they had played a prank and the tape was about to be aired, it has been claimed.
London, Dec 14 (IANS) Michael Christian, one of the two Australian radio presenters who made a prank call to the hospital where Indian-origin nurse Jacintha Saldanha committed suicide, has got a threatening message that said: "There are bullets with your name on".
London, December 14 (ANI): Staff at the Australian radio station, which was behind the hoax call to the Duchess of Cambridge's hospital, have been forced into safe houses, it has been revealed.
London, Dec 13 (IANS) Australia's media watchdog Thursday launched an inquiry into a radio station's prank call to the hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was admitted, which was followed by the suicide of an Indian-origin nurse.
London, Dec 13 (IANS) The Indian-origin nurse duped by a prank call to the hospital treating the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was found hanging in her work accommodation, and there are "no suspicious circumstances", an inquest heard Thursday.
New Delhi, Dec.11 (ANI): India will come up with its long pending shale gas policy later this month, the Secretary of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Mr. G. C. Chaturvedi said here today.
London, December 9 (ANI): The bosses at King Edward VII Hospital, which recently fell victim to a hoax call from an Australian radio station regarding Duchess Kate's acute morning sickness, have labeled the prank as "truly appalling".
Washington, Dec. 8 (ANI): The two Australian DJs behind the Kate Middleton hospital prank, have decided to remove themselves from the airwaves after the Indian-origin nurse, who took their call committed suicide.
London, Nov 28 (ANI): A brave British pilot's secret diary of the Battle of Britain has been published, revealing the harrowing reality of life protecting the skies for the first time.
Bhubaneswar, Nov.23 (ANI): Students from various schools in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, recently took part in an 'On-the-Spot' painting competition to spread awareness about the dreaded HIV-AIDS disease.
Coimbatore, Nov. 18 (ANI): Students from Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu have designed a robot capable of conducting lunar missions on the moon's surface, and made it to the final phase of a global competition launched jointly by Google Lunar X Prize and Lego Mindstorms-MoonBots.
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New York, Nov 12 (IANS) Actor Leonardo DiCaprio played good samaritan on his 38th birthday. He asked his guests for donations to raise money for the American Red Cross.
London, Nov 12 (IANS) Actor Shia LaBeouf got into a fight with a student in a bar when the latter tried to take his precious baseball cap.
New Delhi, Nov. 11 (ANI): Asserting that India has emerged as a global leader and a strong nation at the turn of this century, Union Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister Dr. M. M. Pallam Raju on Sunday said education is the key to the task of nation building as well as to provide requisite knowledge and skills required for sustained growth of the economy and to ensure overall progress.
Johannesburg, Nov 8 (ANI): The regime of Syrian President Bashar al Assad is confiscating much of the medical aid that a humanitarian non profit organization in Damascus tries to distribute, it has emerged.
Washington, Nov 4 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A live televised concert by US rock and pop stars to benefit victims of superstorm Sandy has raised $23 million, the US Weekly reported Sunday.
London, Nov. 2 (ANI): A new erotic novel 'Reflected in You' has sold more copies than "mummy porn" 'Fifty Shades of Grey' did in its first week.
New Delhi, Oct 31 (ANI): Lt General JFR Jacob (retd.), who is known for the role he played in India's victory in the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 and the Liberation of Bangladesh, has said that mobility was, is and will be the prime principle of war.
Washington, October 30 (ANI): As Hurricane Sandy barrels over half the East Coast, Lindsay Lohan has taken to twitter to ask people why they are panicking so much.
London, October 27 (ANI): Imogen Thomas, who was the perfect choice to support the British Red Cross' First Aid Challenge as she is gearing up for the birth of her first baby, also picked up some tips herself in the process.
Sydney, Oct. 24 (ANI): A 21-year-old Australian man has admitted to the murder of Indian student, Tosha Thakkar, whose body was found stuffed inside a suitcase last year.
New York, October 22 (ANI): Paramount's 'Paranormal Activity 4' debuted at number one this weekend with 30.2 million dollars, which was a big drop from the 40-and 50-million-dollar openings of the last two instalments.
Washington, Oct. 19 (ANI): The attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, could have been aimed at driving the US and western presence, and particularly a growing CIA contingent, out of eastern Libya, two military sources said.
New Delhi, Oct 16 (IANS) The 18th edition of the Salwan Cross Country Marathon will be flagged off Nov 4.
London, October 15 (ANI): Funerals, which were once solemn occasions meant to weep, reflect and mourn, are now being turned into celebrations with a pop song soundtrack, it has been revealed.
London, October 15 (ANI): Funerals, which were once solemn occasions meant to weep, reflect and mourn, are now being turned into celebrations with a pop song soundtrack, it has been revealed.
Washington, October 10 (ANI): If we make a decision that favours self-interest, we often feel guilt for prioritizing ourselves over others.
Los Angeles, Oct 10 (IANS) Actor Matthew Fox says his serial killer look in his forthcoming film "Alex Cross" scared his mother.
London, Oct 7 (ANI): English author Ian Fleming's James Bond, who is a womaniser, a action man, a cool customer and a suave connoisseur, was created from four elite commandos, it has been revealed.
Tripoli, Oct 7 (IANS) Seven Iranian aid workers, who were abducted by unidentified people and detained for over two months in Libya, have been set free, Iran's Ambassador to Libya Hussein Akbari said.
Moscow, Oct. 6 (Xinhua-ANI): A Russian plane loaded with humanitarian aid arrived in Syria on Saturday, the Emergency Situations Ministry said.
Washington, Oct. 3 (ANI): The Navy SEALS, who were deployed by President Barack Obama to kill Osama bin Laden in May 2011, may now be sent to avenge the killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya, Chris Stevens.
Washington, October 2 (ANI): Researchers believe a simple blood test could one day be a more accurate way to test for the early signs of breast cancer than using mammograms to spot a lump.
Sydney, Oct 1(ANI): The world's fastest man, Usain Bolt, continued with his non-stop partying spree with Australian women in Sydney on Saturday night, which was his fourth consecutive night out on the tiles since arriving in town on Wednesday.
Warsaw, Oct 1 (IANS) Whether it was Anoop Mishra, an exponent from the Benaras gharana, or Jyotsna Srikanth, a Carnatik-genre violinist, or Raza Khan, a rustic Punjabi Sufi singer from Amritsar, Indian musicians hogged the limelight during the just-concluded 8th Warsaw Cross-Culture Festival here. All three Indian musicians won the hearts of Warsawians with their amazing talent.
New York, Sept. 28 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has defended the cross-border shelling in Afghanistan by Pakistani forces, saying it was in reaction to the beheading of 17 Pakistani soldiers by the Afghans.
London, Sept 25 (ANI): Lady Gaga has shared a quirky photo from her latest photoshoot, which shows her sitting on the toilet naked.
London, Sept 25 (ANI): Lady Gaga has shared a quirjy photo from her latest photoshoot, which shows her sitting on the toilet naked.
New Delhi, Sep 24 (IANS) The participants and winners across each category will be made to undergo a dope and age verification test at the 18th edition of the Salwan Cross Country Run Nov 4 at the Army Equestrian Centre, Brar Square here.
Geneva, Sep 21 (IANS) Over 18,000 cases of cholera have been reported in west Africa's Sierra Leone, and at least 273 people have died in the biggest outbreak since the 1970s, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.
Moscow, Sept. 20 (Xinhua-ANI):- Russia sent a plane loaded with humanitarian aid to Syria on Thursday.
London, Sep 19 (IANS) Actress Eva Longoria, who is known for her role in "Desperate Housewives", is currently enjoying her break from television.
London, September 18(ANI): The Queen got down to number five in the list of 50 special things that help to make Britain great, according to a poll.
Ottawa, Sep 11 (IANS) Indian-origin journalist Sultan Jessa has been presented with the Queen Elizabeth diamond jubilee medal by Canada's Governor-General David Johnston at a special ceremony here in recognition of his remarkable service.
London, Sep 10 (IANS) Two women police officers in Britain have been sacked after a colleague recorded them having a conversation in which one said that black people looked like gorillas and monkeys, the Daily Mail reported.
Seoul, Sept. 10 (Xinhua-ANI): The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) accepted South Korea's offer to provide emergency relief aid, local media reported Monday.
Islamabad, Sep.8 (ANI): India and Pakistan on Saturday held discussions on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir and agreed that there was a need for continued discussions, in a purposeful and forward looking manner, with a view to finding a peaceful solution by narrowing divergences and building convergences.
Moscow, Sep 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A member of Ukrainian feminist group Femen, who cut down a wooden crucifix while being topless in Kiev in support of Russian punk band Pussy Riot, has fled Ukraine, the group said on its website.
London, Sep 1(ANI): The entire Cameroonian boxing team, which had gone AWOL since losing their matches at the Games, has been spotted taking part in a sparring session at a gym in South London.
London, September 1 (ANI): An Essex policeman, who was forced out of his job 27 years ago for wanting a sex change, is set to return to frontline duties as a woman.
London, September 1 (ANI): Two Jack The Ripper experts believe that they have found the identity of the Whitechapel serial killer, who was active in the largely impoverished areas in and around the district of London in 1888.
