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Sriharikota, Nov 5: India's maiden mission to Mars was successfully launched today with its polar rocket placing the Mars spacecraft precisely into an intended Earth orbit in its first-ever historic inter-planetary odyssey in a bid to join a select band of nations. In a "new and complex mission design", ISRO's PSLV C 25 successfully injected the 1,350-kg 'Mangalyaan' Orbiter ('Mars craft' in Hindi

New Delhi, Nov 4: In its latest series of mishaps, the windshield of a Dreamliner of Air India cracked as the plane landed at Melbourne airport today though there was no threat to about 100 people on board, airline officials said. In its latest series of mishaps, the windshield of a Dreamliner of Air India cracked as the plane landed at Melbourne airport today though there was no threat to about

New Delhi, Nov 4: The CBI on Monday approached the Rajya Sabha secretariat seeking documents related to fake travel bills allegedly submitted by a JD(U) MP against whom a case has been registered for making such claims. CBI sources said a team has again gone to the secretariat to collect these documents. The agency has registered its first FIR in the Leave Travel Concession(LTC) scam against JD(U)

New Delhi, Nov 4: With a view to finalising the chargesheet in VVIP helicopter purchase scam, CBI will send a judicial request to Italy seeking statements of the accused who have been facing trial in that country. CBI sources said a detailed questionnaire on various aspects of financial transactions, meetings of alleged middlemen and their interests in Indian and Tunisian companies, among others

New Delhi, Nov 4: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today sought a week's more time to reply to the model code violation notice by the Election Commission for his remark that Pakistani's ISI was in touch with Muzaffarnagar riot victims, citing his prior travel commitments and holidays due to the festive season. Gandhi, who was asked to reply to the EC notice by 11.30 AM today, said in his

Guwahati, Nov 4: The death toll in the attack by suspected Garo National Liberation Army insurgents on a group of people gambling on the occasion of Diwali in Assam’s Goalpara district has risen to seven. “Six persons were brought to the Gauhati Medical College Hospital and one of them was brought dead. One seriously injured has been operated upon and another four injured are undergoing treatment”

New Delhi, Nov 3: After commencing on a cheerful note in the new Hindu calendar year, Samvat 2070, the BSE benchmark hits new record of 21,321.53, up 124.72 points in the special muhurat session. The sensex, which had recorded a handsome gain of 626.53 points in the previous four sessions, added another 124.72 points, or 0.58 per cent to trade at 21,321.53 in the first five minutes of trade. The

Chennai, Nov 3: A paramilitary soldier walks past the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C25) at the Satish Dhawan Space Center at Sriharikota, in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013. India's Mars orbiter mission is scheduled to be launched by the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C25) on Nov. 5. The countdown for the India's ambitious Rs.430-crore Mars

New Delhi, Nov 3: With pre-election opinion polls painting a gloomy picture for Congress, the party wants surveys to be banned prior to elections and has told the Election Commission (EC) that such exercises are prone to manipulation by vested interests. Congress's strong push for restrictions on opinion polls coincides with surveys showing Congress on a downslide and predicting a rout for the

Hyderabad, Nov 3: At least 10 passengers of the Dhanbad Express, who pulled the emergency stop chain and got down near a "no-stop" station near Vizianagaram, were run over by another incoming train Saturday evening. Two persons were injured in the incident. The incident occurred near Gotlam, 8-km from the Vizianagaram station, where the Allapuzha-Dhanbad Express has no halt but passengers