At least nine people were killed in the NCR region, including six in Delhi, as a massive thunder storm lashed the region on Friday, crippling road traffic, metro services and flight operations and hitting power supply. Delhi Police said six people died and 13 were injured in various areas of the city in accidents like felling of trees, collapse of …

The town’s most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with some of its more reviled inhabitants. There’s no doubt she’s easy on the eyes, but Eva Green’s sexy silhouette has landed her in hot water with the Motion Picture Association of America. The “Dark Shadows” stunner is featured wearing only a semi-see-through negligee in a new promotional poster for “Sin City: A …

A new landmark study, published last week in Science, has found that the current rate of species extinctions is more than 1,000 times greater than their natural rate, calculated from the fossil record and genetic data spanning millions of years, according to the Center for Biological Diversity. The new study used the fossil record and genetic data to determine that …

A woman suffered an apparent shark bite to her leg while swimming in the Intracoastal Waterway off Fort Lauderdale. Broward Health Medical Center officials said the woman was undergoing surgery late Sunday afternoon. According to a television report, she was later released.

A giant planet previously thought impossible to exist has just been discovered by astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA). Kepler-10c, located 560 light-years from us, is 17 times heavier than the Earth. It was previously believed that such a world couldn’t exist, because its mass would attract hydrogen atoms and form a “gas giant” such as Jupiter in …

Conservation officers are investigating after a dead and mutilated bear was apparently dumped in Capilano River Regional Park. Park users first found the carcass on Monday at the edge of a parking lot in Camp Capilano and contacted the Ministry of Environment and North Shore Black Bear Society.

A man serving a life sentence for slaying and dismembering his wife in B.C. has now been charged with killing a Winnipeg woman who went missing in October 2006. Traigo Ehkid Andretti, 38, was arrested by Winnipeg police on May 30 in British Columbia and has been moved to Manitoba where he faces a second-degree murder charge in the death …

When it comes to reaping the benefits of exercise, new research confirms the age-old adage that quality, not quantity, is the key.

A one-year-old boy and a man in his 40s were killed after their car collided with a Quebec City-bound Via Rail passenger train east of Montreal this morning, Quebec provincial police say. A spokesperson from Via Rail said Train #20 was heading from Montreal to Quebec, and said when high-speed trains are involved the chances of survival are slim to …

Glee star Jenna Ushkowitz has split from her actor boyfriend Michael Trevino after three years together. The actress confirmed the split during an appearance at a film premiere in California when a photographer asked whether the couple is still together.

The Justice Department says a majority of people who responded to an online survey earlier this year felt that purchasing sexual services should be a criminal offence.