"About a third of our Apple Watch wearers regularly change the bands," Tim Cook said as he unveiled a new line of Nylon bands today. 

The Air Force on Monday said the Laser Guided Bomb fired by indigenously-built Light Combat Aircraft Tejas had 'missed' the target during the Exercise Iron Fist 2016 but refused to call it a 'failure'.

On Friday, in an impressive show of firepower, the IAF had put up a dazzling display of its military prowess and a senior official then had said that Tejas 'hit the target'.

The IAF is also planning to procure measured, extendable aerial targets drones to avert such situations in the future, the official said.

Another Mirage assault aircraft also could not fire at the target during the triennial exercise due to bad weather, he said.

"The LGB fired from the LCA (Tejas) missed the target and we are looking at it as to why it occurred. There was a malfunction of the bomb," a senior air force official said, adding, there was 'no fault' of the pilot or with the aircraft itself.   The official, however, declined to call it a 'failure', saying it is 'extremely ordinary (routine) for a missile to hit the target'.

The accuracy of the weapons to hit a target varies and the overall accuracy rate of the weapon is generally in 90-93 per cent range, he said.   "It had gone very close to the target," he added.

Citizens of Mumbai will stage a protest against the municipal corporation and the Maharashtra government over the fire at Deonar dumping ground, which is emanating toxic gases.

The protests, organised by MumbaiPollution.in, will be held at Azad Maidan, which is near the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's headquarters, tomorrow at 10 am.

The peaceful protest will be staged with a demand to shut down the Deonar dumping yard, where a similar incident of fire was witnessed in January.

Meanwhile, media reports said that the fire, which started on Saturday, is still not under control. Photograph: ANI

JUST IN: United States President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro meet in Havana.

Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt, who was released from Yerawada prison near Pune last month after serving his sentence in the 1993 serial blasts case, has approached the special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act court seeking his passport back.

"Dutt has sought his passport back and we have given 'no objection'," special public prosecutor Deepak Salvi said.

Special TADA court judge G A Sanap is likely to pass an order on Dutt's plea tomorrow, he said.

After the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders met the President to discuss the Uttarakhand crisis, a Congress delegation also called upon the Dr Pranab Mukherjee and 'apprised him of how the BJP, with help of the Centre, has been trying to dismantle the Congress government in the state'.

"We have requested the President that Uttarakhand's CM should be allowed to prove majority as scheduled by the governor on March 28," Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said after meeting Dr Mukherjee.

The airport in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don reopened today, two days after a passenger jet crashed there, killing all 62 on board, as investigators continued their probe into the disaster.

The Flydubai Boeing 737, which took off from Dubai, exploded into a fireball on Saturday after missing the runway in southern Russia while making a second attempt to land in heavy wind and rain.

"The airport is now fully functional," an airport representative was quoted as saying by AFP.

JUST IN: Bharatiya Janata Party leaders meet President Pranab Mukherjee to discuss the Uttarakhand crisis.

"We have requested the President to direct the governor to dismiss Uttarakhand government. We have also asked the President to direct the governor to give us time to prove our majority on the floor of the house," BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya says after meeting the President.

The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress will present their side of the story to President Pranab Mukherjee on the political developments in Uttarakhand where the two parties are at loggerheads over the crisis facing the Harish Rawat government.

The BJP took out a march from Vijay Chowk to Rashtrapati Bhawan with all its MPs and MLAs, including the nine Congress rebel MLAs, to highlight that the Harish Rawat government had lost majority after it failed to get the finance bill passed and has no moral right to be in power.

They will also highlight the role of the Uttarakhand speaker whom they allege is acting like an 'agent' of Rawat.

A five-member delegation including BJP vice president Shyam Jaju, who is incharge of party affairs in Uttarakhand, general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya and state BJP unit chief Ajay Bhatt, besides former chief minister and rebel Congress leader Vijay Bahuguna and Harak Singh Rawat, a former state minister, is meeting the President.

The Congress leaders will be telling the President that the BJP and the Centre were seeking to destabilise a sensitive border state and it has long-term implications for the national security.

Congress spokesman Manish Tewari said the appropriate forum for testing majority of any government was the state assembly.

The Congress delegation will comprise A K Antony, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Motilal Vora, Ambika Soni, Ahmed Patel and Kapil Sibal.

Flamboyant Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi will be replaced as Pakistan's T20 captain after the World T20 in India, Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shaharyar Khan announced today, while hinting his days as a player were also numbered. 

New Zealand has set an incredible precedent by legally ruling on what nature lovers already know to be true: that animals are sentient and have feelings in the same way that we do, reports vbetweenthelines.com. 

An alert was today issued in Gujarat's Jamnagar district by police after they received information regarding suspicious movement of a SUV in the coastal town of Sikka near here. The red alert was issued across the district as the police did not want to take chance, after a recent IB alert regarding entry of 10 terrorists from Pakistan through Gujarat coastal route, Superintendent of Police, Jamnagar, Pradeep Sejul said.

Just in: National Conference in favour of mid-term polls in view of J-K stalemate, says NC chief and former J-K CM Omar Abdullah after meeting Governor N N Vohra.

This comes even as Peoples Democratic Party president, Mehbooba Mufti, today visited Delhi fuelling fresh speculation of a possible patch-up between her party and the BJP for government formation in Jammu and Kashmir.


The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday said it was fully committed to the agenda of governance in the state. Mehbooba has had several meetings with top BJP leaders like party president Amit Shah and general secretary and party in-charge of Jammu and Kashmir, Ram Madhav, but the meetings ended with a stalemate with the BJP saying government cannot be formed with pre-conditions.

A senior leader of the PDP had said that they had not put any preconditions but wanted the centre to come up with some confidence building measures for government formation in the state which has been under governor's rule since the demise of former chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on January 9.

Union finance minister Arun Jaitley yesterday said that the BJP was 'fully committed to the agenda of governance that was formed in Jammu and Kashmir'.

There have been reports that Mehbooba has called a meeting of PDP legislators and leaders to inform of her confabulation with the top BJP leadership in New Delhi for formation of government in the state.

A friendly match is still a game which is usually played with some desire to perform well and win. Not if the match is between IAS XI and CM XI in Uttar Pradesh. After all, the IAS officers have now lost their friendly T20 clash with Akhilesh Yadav's side for four consecutive years - showing consistency in losing akin to minnow nations in international cricket, reports the Times of India.

The most recent match between the two teams took place at the La Martiniere pitch in Lucknow and was attended by several celebrities including Mandira Bedi. Many though felt that it was a match like they have never seen, thanks to its rather comic overtones. Not one bowler from IAS XI could stop Akhilesh from hitting 65 runs courtesy 11 boundaries and a six. The bowler who finally did get his wicket looked shockingly crestfallen as he held his head and covered his face. Most of the remaining batsmen failed to score more than 10 runs but that did not stop CM XI from scoring 126 runs.

The chase in contrast was strong. Too strong perhaps. With just 3 needed from two overs, IAS XI somehow managed to collapse and hand the match to the opposition. "We tried really hard and fought well but the bowling improved in the last few overs. That's why the win slipped from between our fingers," said a beaming chief secretary Alok Ranjan.

Akhilesh too beamed at the final outcome and was declared man of the match - for the fourth consecutive year. "I will obviously thank my team for the win but would also like to thank chief secretary and his team. I hope we keep getting their support like this in the future," he said.

Indeed, if cricket is a gentleman's game, none can be gentler than the members of IAS XI in UP.

Just in: Mumbai's Deonar dump yard to be declared a prohibited area in wake of the fire at the grounds, which the BMC says was caused by sabotage. An FIR has been filed over the issue.


Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today said a two-member special team will be sent to investigate the incident. 

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor clarified today that he had not intended to equate Kanhaiya Kumar, the student recently arrested on charges of sedition at Jawaharlal Nehru University or JNU, with freedom fighter Bhagat Singh. "It was a girl in the audience (at JNU) who mentioned Bhagat Singh, and I said that Bhagat Singh was a Kanhaiya by which I meant he was a young man in his twenties with Marxist ideas and beliefs who had a great passion for the motherland and Kanhaiya had the same qualities ...it's nothing more than that," Tharoor, a parliamentarian from Kerala, said to reporters.

Tharoor tweeted: Quite. Both Bhagat Singh & Kanhaiya Marxists in their 20s, passionate about their country. That's all. Eras different

The BJP disagreed. "If Kanhaiya is Bhagat Singh, what are Sonia and Rahul Gandhi?" asked the party's Shahnawaaz Hussain, referring to Mr Tharoor's party bosses. "The way the Congress is making anti-national slogans, even Gandhi and Nehru would be upset seeing all this," he claimed.

Phase II of Delhi's Odd-Even rule to begin from April 15 and end on April 30. No school buses to be used this time. Instead the AAP-run Delhi government will run the 'Paryavaran Bus Seva'. The government has envisioned a 50 per cent of seats will be reserved for women and there will be marshals in each bus.

The odd-even scheme hopes to reduce the capital's notorious air pollution and traffic snarls. Women driving alone or with young children, several categories of VIPs and two-wheelers will be exempted.

The policy was introduced by the Aam Aadmi Party government for a trial phase of 15 days from January 1 as a measure to take a swipe at rising air pollution levels and smog in the national capital.

According to the rule, cars with even-numbered registration plates will ply on even dates while those with odd license plates will ply on odd dates. Two-wheelers, cars driven by women, cars with differently-abled persons and those of VIP, VVIP such as PM, President, Chief Justice, CJI and CMs of states and union territories were exempted by the rule.

Just in: The Enforcement Directorate attaches a sugar mill and land worth Rs 55 crore in the Chhagan Bhujbal money laundering case probe. The NCP leader and former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Chhagan Bhujbal was arrested on March 14 evening after being questioned for over nine hours by the ED in an alleged money laundering case which the agency claims caused a loss of Rs 870 crore to the exchequer.

Why women are worst hit by India's farm crisis. Read

Former J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah meets Governor NN Vohra in Jammu.

The newly formed Bharat Dharma Jana Sena and the BJP today reached an agreement for seat-sharing in the May 16 Kerala assembly elections under which the fledgeling party will contest 37 of the 140 seats at stake. 

Terming as a "serious" issue the fire at the Deonar dumping ground in Mumbai which is emitting toxic gases, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today said a two-member special team will be sent to investigate the incident. 

Just In: BSE Sensex regains the 25k mark, rising 332.63 points to end at 25,285.37; Nifty gains 99.90 points to close at 7,704.25.

Four graduates of BITS Pilani have come together to launch an on-demand healthcare platform, named VISIT, that connects patients with practitioners anytime, anywhere through smartphone or computer. 

China today agreed to Nepal Prime Minister K P Oli's request to build a strategic railway link between the two countries through Tibet to reduce land-locked Nepal's total dependence on India, as the two sides cemented their ties by signing 10 agreements including a landmark transit trade deal. 

Just in: Delhi HC interim stay on drug ban till next hearing on Monday. The court which is hearing a plea filed by various drug makers challenging the ban imposed on 344 drugs in India, has stayed the order till its next hearing on March 28. The government on March 10 had banned fixed dose combination drugs.

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti in Delhi today.  

Customers won't be able to conduct bank transactions at branches for 4 days in a row this week as all banks will be closed from Thursday, although the lenders assure that they will fully load ATMs for meeting people's cash needs.


Thursday will be a holiday for celebrating the Holi festival, followed by Good Friday and the weekend.

Banks are closed on second and fourth Saturdays every month. Hence, 4 continuous offs for the bank employees.

Banks are trying to ensure that ATMs remain operational during these days so that people don't have any cash problem, a senior public sector bank official said.

They are trying to put higher denomination notes in ATM machines to ensure meeting the cash demand, the official added.IDBI Bank may be closed for an extra day if the strike call given by a section of officers and employees of the bank on March 28 (Monday) materialises.

Months after receiving clean chit from departmental enquiry, Head Constable of Delhi Police Salim P K has now filed a petition in the Supreme Court, seeking compensation for the uploading of the video to social media and the subsequent coverage which has irreparably maligned his image in the eyes of the public.


The Indian Express reports that the then Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi had initiated departmental action against Salim, who hails from Kerala and was posted at the Police Lines in Outer district. But now Salim has also requested the Centre to help him.


Salims lawyer Wills Mathews told The Indian Express that Salim is in his native state of Kerala and on three months medical leave as he had apparently suffered a massive stroke three years ago.


His medical condition is not stable and his wife is going through from some medical treatment.

According to his medical reports, three years ago, a blockage in his brain caused a brain haemorrhage that left him with a paralysed left side, a contorted face, memory loss, body weakness, and difficulty communicating normally, he said.

He claimed that 50-year-old Salim had a black-out, leading to dizziness that sent him crashing to the floor on the day on which the video was recorded on the train.

The video (a clip is pictured here) went viral on August 25 and two days after it, Bassi had suspended him after terming the incident an exception.

The undated video, posted on Facebook by a user, showed Salim, struggling to hold on to a pole while swinging back and forth inside the Metro coach.


The 36-second clip also showed the dishevelled policeman with his shirt untucked trying to find his way around the coach in drunken stupor. As the train braked to a halt at Azadpur station on the Yellow Line, the policeman lost his balance and fell. The video showed fellow passenger helping him get up. 

The sudden visit of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president, Mehbooba Mufti, to New Delhi today has fuelled fresh speculation of a possible patch-up between her party and the BJP for government formation in Jammu and Kashmir.


The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday said it was fully committed to the agenda of governance in the state. Mehbooba has had several meetings with top BJP leaders like party president Amit Shah and general secretary and party in-charge of Jammu and Kashmir, Ram Madhav, but the meetings ended with a stalemate with the BJP saying government cannot be formed with pre-conditions.

A senior leader of the PDP had said that they had not put any preconditions but wanted the centre to come up with some confidence building measures for government formation in the state which has been under governor's rule since the demise of former chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on January 9.

Union finance minister Arun Jaitley yesterday said that the BJP was 'fully committed to the agenda of governance that was formed in Jammu and Kashmir'.

There have been reports that Mehbooba has called a meeting of PDP legislators and leaders to inform of her confabulation with the top BJP leadership in New Delhi for formation of government in the state.

Mukhtar Ahmad in Srinagar/Rediff.com

Veteran Tamil film journalist and historian Film News Anandan breathed his last on Monday at his residence in Mahalingapuram. He was 90.

He is survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters.

The respected journalist, who has won a number of awards including the state's highest honour of Kalaimamani, had been unwell for quite some time.

Known for having chronicled the entire history of Tamil cinema almost single-handedly,  right from the time of its origin in 1931, Anandan nurtured the dream of having a permanent exhibition on Tamil cinema, where the public could access his phenomenal work.

The Gurgaon Police on Monday arrested three people in connection with the murder of a national-level Kabbadi player. Sukhvinder Singh (24) was returning home after practice when he was shot dead on March 16 by two armed assailants in Rithal village of Rohtak.


The murder was, however, captured on a CCTV installed at a house near the crime spot. In the footage, Sukhvinder can be seen walking along a road talking on his mobile phone when two men on a two-wheeler approach him from the opposite direction and shoot him down.

NCP's Sameer Bhujbal's judicial custody extended till March 31 by Special PMLA court, in a money laundering case.

But Rabri Devi will not be appeased. The former Bihar CM responds, "Only Sushil Modiji is saying he'll return gifts, nobody else in BJP is saying so. He wants to remain in media space." 

BJP MLA Sushil Kumar Modi returns gifts given to Bihar MLAs during the budget session in Bihar Assembly.

Just in: Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna's son expelled from Congress for 'anti-party activities'. Anil Gupta, general secretary of Uttarakhand Congress also expelled.

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani may undertake a 2-day visit to Pakistan in the weekend (FARS). The timing may attract attention, since Prime Minister Narendra Modi is due to visit Saudi Arabia only a week later and is yet to visit Iran. Iran has attached the highest importance to India traditionally as its key partner in South Asia, but Rouhani is choosing Islamabad for his first visit to the region. On the other hand, it is futile to rush into conclusions until the outcome of Rouhani's visit gets known in a week's time. Read MK Bhadrakumar's blog here.

Bihar considers doing away with practice of gifts for lawmakers from government departments during Budget session, reports NDTV.


For about two decades now, every government department hands out gifts to the state's MLAs in the Budget session to thank them for doing their job - raising questions in the house in public interest. The rationale offered for the startling tradition is that their contribution through the year helps departments decide which areas need focus when the state's budget is being prepared.

After the Budget is presented, the thanksgiving begins; each department hands out its gifts on a different day.


The tradition of giving away token gifts to the legislators had started many years ago. Earlier, each legislator used to receive dairies, watches or briefcases as token gifts every year during the Budget Session. But now, they are getting much more "useful" consumer durable items.


On Friday, each of the 243 legislators were gifted a microwave oven by the state's education department. On other days of the ongoing Budget session they have received suitcases and mobile phones.


Pic: Bihar MLAs at the secretariat with their gifts of microwave ovens and suitcases on Friday.

North Korea today fired several short-range rockets or missiles into the sea off its east coast, just days after test-firing two medium-range missiles in defiance of UN sanctions, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported. Citing a government source, Yonhap said the projectiles were launched at around 3:30pm (0630 GMT) and landed in the East Sea (Sea of Japan). The Defence Ministry in Seoul would not immediately confirm any launches.

Taking a dig at ruling BJP over its stand on the JNU row, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said nationalism is now decided by whether one can say 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' or not.


He said people should have the right to choose what they believe is correct and still be tolerant of others' ideas in a democracy."Today nationalism is decided by whether or not one can say 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai'. I am happy to say it, but should I also oblige everyone to say it?"


Our Constitution gives people the right not to say it just as it gives people the right to say it as well. I will choose when to say it and that's democracy," Tharoor said addressing students at JNU.


Tharoor said our country is not just 'Hindi, Hindu and Hindustan' and called for an India 'more accepting of diversity' which he said has been the tradition throughout history.


"India is not just Hindi, Hindu and Hindustan. We want an India with both Krishna and Kanhaiya Kumar. We want in India people from every corner of this vast land an equal stake in our future.


"If we understand that the Indian civilisation allows many religions, celebrates range of opinions and is today sustained by constitutional democracy which stands for certain values that all of us claim as our own, if this is the Indian legacy we can live, then we can all stand under that flag and celebrate," he said.


He was speaking on 'JNU and Nationalism' outside the administrative hall of the university which has been the centre of protests ever since sedition charges were slapped on three students over an event held where anti-national slogans were allegedly raised.


Tharoor appreciated the students for stirring a debate on vital issues in India, saying student days are the days "to expand one's consciousness".


"You may have come here for education but you are also educating the nation. What is happening here has given the whole nation an education in the vital issues of dissent and democracy, sedition and of course of 'azaadi' (freedom)," he said.


Tharoor's nearly 40-minute long speech was dotted with historical anecdotes and personal experiences and he repeatedly quoted personalities like Jawaharlal Nehru and Everlyn Beatrice Hall to drive home the idea of tolerance and diversity and their importance in India.


Also read: 8 lessons from Tharoor's electrifying Oxford speech

To ensure minimum damage to the ecosystem of the Sundarbans during this polling season, the district administration and political parties have decided to minimise carbon footprint in the islands.


Plastic flex is being replaced by banners made of cotton or jute while paper cups are being preferred over plastic cups this year.


"One of our objectives this year is to maintain a clean and green Sundarbans this polling season. It is being done both for poll campaigning by all political parties as well as during voter awareness programs and training sessions of poll officials done by us," South 24 Parganas District Magistrate Dr P B Salim told PTI.


For transport, LPG vehicles or electric-run vans are being promoted instead of smoke-guzzling cars.

The Delhi High Court has asked three Indian companies not to sell brews other than those sourced from the UK-registered association of scotch producers as 'scotch' or 'scotch whisky' or 'whisky from Scotland'.


The court's directive came recently in response to an original suit filed by intellectual property law firm Anand and Anand on behalf of the Scotch Whisky Association of Scotland against Oasis Distilleries, Adie Broswon Distillers & Bottlers and Malbros International.  Read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks after laying the foundation stone of the Ambedkar Memorial in New Delhi. The memorial would mainly house his relics and cover all important aspects of his life and work.

Highlights of his speech:
 

"I am the first Prime Minister who has come to speak here. It is a matter of great fortune for me.

I have got an opportunity to fulfil Baba Saheb's dream. He left us in 1956. Today, after 60 years, a memorial is being set up. Sixty years have passed! I don't know how we can explain this, but we have had to wait for 60 years for this. Perhaps this was written in my fate. Perhaps I had blessings of Baba Saheb on me.

I want to take a moment to remember Vajpayeeji. He is the one who took this decision, but those who came after him did not have Ambedkar in their hearts. That's why even after acquiring the place, the work for the memorial did not start.


But today, I want to announce that I will inaugurate it on 14th April, 2018. And I assure you it will be spectacular. For the world, it will be an iconic building. For us it will be an inspiring building.


Sometimes we do great injustice to Baba Saheb. To call him the messiah only of the Dalits is a great injustice to him. Let us not limit him to that. He was the one who raised his voice against any injustice.


We should see him as 'Vishwa Manav' and not limit him to our borders. The way the world sees Martin Luther King, Baba Saheb should be seen like that. He was the voice of the downtrodden.


Baba Saheb was the guardian of human values. In the pages of history I see two people as really special - Sardar Patel and Baba Saheb Ambedkar.
India lay divided in princely states. Even the English wanted India to be split. But Sardar Patel through his will, skill and diplmacy united India.
While there was political divide on one side, there was social divide on another.


There has always been efforts to fix the problems in Indian society. But it was Baba Saheb who succeeded. Sardar Patel united India politically, Baba Saheb united India socially.


The question arises why did he have to resign? History in our country has often been diluted and diverted to serve vested interests.


When the Hindu Code Bills was being introduced, Baba Saheb fought for the rights of women. But the government of the time was not progressive enough. And so Baba Saheb left the government.


But eventually all that he said, had to be accepted by the subsequent governments. But by then many years had passed."

That's police horse Shaktiman this morning. The horse which underwent amputation for his hind leg four days ago is doing well.

The horse was fitted with a prosthetic limb in Dehradun. "Shaktiman is standing, so I think the operation has been successful. Long term success is yet to be seen," Dr Khambata of the team which carried out the operation said.
 
The left hind leg of Shaktiman, the horse which suffered multiple fractures after being brutally attacked by Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Ganesh Joshi, was amputated on Thursday evening. 

Senior BJP leader and Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu, while moving the political resolution at the party National Executive on Sunday, described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as "God's gift for India' and a "messiah of poor' who "inherited challenges in each and every sector', but was "steering clear of them".  Read more

Mumbai's Aarey Colony has lost one of its most beloved residents -- Chandni, a six-year-old female leopard, was found dead in a wire snare setup by poachers.

The government has asked Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat to prove majority by March  28. Earlier in the day, Rawat arrived  in New Delhi today to meet the Congress leadership, apprising them of the current political condition in the state and discuss the next course of action.

The benchmark BSE Sensex regained the 25,000-mark by surging over 145 points in early session today, mostly driven by widespread buying by investors as well as foreign funds amid firm Asian cues. 

Ten years after Jack Dorsey launched Twitter with the words "just setting up my twttr", the micro-blogging site has become a feature of millions of people's lives - but for some it has been life changing.

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked BJP workers not to be diverted by "non-issues" raised from time to time by political detractors and focus on nation building by helping the poorer and weaker sections of people.

Amid the growing power tussle in Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Harish Rawat will arrive in New Delhi today to meet the Congress leadership, apprising them of the current political condition in the state and discuss the next course of action.

This young fan of Bruce Springsteen is allowed to enter the class late because the singer has signed his note.Nine-year-old Xabi Glovsky was at the 'Born to Run' hit-maker's sold-out show in Los Angeles with his dad, Scott Glovsky, when they caught the his eye with a homemade sign that read, "Bruce, I will be late to school tomorrow. Please sign my note," reports News.com.au.

Pakistani cricket team and all cricket enthusiasts of the country had to face major embarrassment, when India's men in blue defeated Pakistan, in an amazing match, with explosive performances by Indian players. Now, it's natural that former Pakistani pacer Shoaib Akhtar wasn't amused when TV anchor Jatin Sapru, made an attempt to rub salt in his wounds. Sapru was rebuked by Akhtar, who looked visibly upset, when Sapru laughed at his face, in a post-match discussion sequence.After the commercial break following the conclusion of the India Pakistan match, the show resumed and Sapru turned towards Akhtar to ask him a question. 

One of the last vestiges of the Cold War was buried this afternoon, when President Obama set foot in Cuba. He's the first American president to visit the island since Calvin Coolidge, 88 years ago.

A man allegedly stabbed to death three stray dogs and killed a puppy outside Green Park metro station in south Delhi.

A major fire broke out on Sunday night at the Deonar dumping yard, which had recently battled a massive blaze that led to smog in the area.