Mumbai

There are two ways of approaching a new home purchase and the funding for it – you can either plan for it well in advance, or spend time regretting it afterwards. This is one scenario where the adage works in reverse, i.e. you will repent at leisure if you haven't acted in haste! If you delay your purchase decision for any reason, rest assured the consequences will be quite severe.For starters, with home loan rates expected to rise soon, you will definitely end up with a …

f you ask type designer SatyaRajpurohit what he thinks of the new restaurant that’s opened up in the city, don’t expect to hear about the food. Instead, he’ll probably tell you how the menu could have looked better with proper leading between the lines or how the logo might have stood out better in a different point size. For Satya, the world is a carelessly scribbled-over slate, a cluttered mess in which one is occasionally confronted with true brilliance ? a perfectly designed t…

Self-proclaimed scientist and miracle doctor Munir Khan, who surrendered to the Versova police on Wednesday, spent a night in the Andheri lockup among petty criminals. He will remain among them till May 17 at least. Khan has allegedly made around Rs200 crore from sales of his ‘miracle’ drug ‘Body Revive’. According to police, Khan was not cooperating with the police during interrogation and allegedly complained of suffocation. However, when police told him they would admi…

Following recent casualties of Cobalt-60 in Delhi, the government has alerted the army about a Chemical Biological Radio and Nuclear (CBRN) threat ahead of Commonwealth Games 2010.Six battalions under Delhi-based 60 and 35 brigades are undergoing the CBRN training in their respective formation and will also have a joint training capsule with Delhi Police. ?Delhi Police is solely responsible and will be fully geared up for the same, but the army also has been asked to be prepared as stan…

It’s official that the road leading to Thane station and areas outside the railway station have high decibel levels. In a recent survey conducted by the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC), noise levels of six areas around the Thane station were recorded for 24 hours. The areas included Ashok Talkies, State Transport (ST) stand, autorickshaw stand, road towards railway station platform number 1, road leading towards toll plaza and Alok Hotel. While the noise levels at all six locations du…