Man told to pay child support 16 Jul 2013 | 11:13 pm

A LOCAL court yesterday ordered a man to pay his girlfriend 2,000 yuan (US$326) every month as child maintenance after the man denied he had fathered a son and refused to take a paternity test. The m...

Study claims restricted diet prolongs lifespan 16 Jul 2013 | 11:13 pm

LOCAL scientists have found evidence that a restricted diet can prolong a person's lifespan after experiments carried out on mice showed caloric restriction can promote the growth of healthy bacteria ...

App for ayi service is on smartphones now 16 Jul 2013 | 11:12 pm

AN ayi is now just a smartphone tap away. The Shanghai Household Service Association said yesterday that it is offering a free and instant ayi-reservation app service for smartphone users in the city...

Illegal guns, knives destroyed 16 Jul 2013 | 11:09 pm

MORE than 300 guns and 2,200 illegal knives were destroyed in a steel plant yesterday. The metal parts were melted down and will be reused, while nonmetallic parts were crushed.

23 busted for producing fake condiment, salt 16 Jul 2013 | 10:09 pm

TWENTY-THREE people were detained for producing fake condiment and replacing edible salt with industrial salt, police said yesterday.

Metro police on the hunt for train molester 16 Jul 2013 | 10:09 pm

LOCAL Metro police are on the lookout for an alleged molester who was pictured touching a woman's leg on Metro Line 9 on Monday. A passenger in the same train captured the incident on his phone camer...

Kid, 2 teens killed in separate accidents 16 Jul 2013 | 10:08 pm

THREE children were killed in two separate accidents in suburban Shanghai in the last two days. A three-year-old boy died after being hit by a mini truck in Minhang District at 5am yesterday.

Trivial issue gets nasty as 5 stabbed 16 Jul 2013 | 10:08 pm

A 64-YEAR-OLD man stabbed five men who had earlier beaten him up and slapped his wife at their apartment in downtown Jing'an Villa during lunch time yesterday. The man, surnamed Lu, has been held by ...

Million-yuan F1 race car on display 16 Jul 2013 | 02:29 pm

Highway collision kills 2, injures 3 16 Jul 2013 | 02:23 pm

TWO road maintenance workers were killed and three others injured early this morning when a tractor-trailer collided with a road maintenance truck in suburban Jiading District, Shanghai television new...