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Bangalore, September 18: India's tryst with Mars will begin in November 2013 to explore the red planet's atmosphere and search for life-sustaining elements, a top space official said late Monday. "We are scheduling to launch the Mars mission Nov 27, 2013 when the red planet will be closer to the earth for injecting our spacecraft into its elliptical orbit," Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO

Hyderabad, September 17: Tension prevailed on the Osmania University (OU) campus in Hyderabad, on Monday after students indulged in heavy stone-pelting and clashed with police, who in turn lobbed teargas shells on protesters. Trouble started after scores of students under the aegis of Telangana Vidhyarthi Parishad tried to take out a procession from the OU campus to the state Assembly, demanding

Mumbai, September 17: Taking a cautious stance, the Reserve Bank today cut CRR by 0.25 per cent - the percentage of deposits banks keep with central bank - but refrained from reducing lending rates in view high inflation. The RBI decision, which comes days after a slew of measures taken by the government to push growth, will release Rs 17,000 crore of primary liquidity into the system. The

Hyderabad, September 17: Tension prevailed on the Osmania University (OU) campus in Hyderabad, on Monday after students indulged in heavy stone-pelting and clashed with police, who in turn lobbed teargas shells on protesters. Trouble started after scores of students under the aegis of Telangana Vidhyarthi Parishad tried to take out a procession from the OU campus to the state Assembly, demanding

Madurai, September 17: The Rs 16,000 crore granite mining scam in Tamil Nadu is creating ripples among the high profile. Over 50 people have been arrested and the search is on for union minister MK Alagiri's son Durai Dayanidhi. Durai Dayanidhi is on the wanted list of the Tamil Nadu police for his alleged role in the illegal granite mining scam. A leaked report by the former Madurai collector

London, September 17: In his memoirs 'Diplomatic Channels', Kris Srinivasan, 17 years after he demitted office as foreign secretary, reveals that India's external intelligence agency, RAW, snooped on a telephone conversation between a reputedly pro-Pakistan US assistant secretary of state for South Asia, Robin Raphel, and then US ambassador in Islamabad, which confirmed that the US would not back

New Delhi, September 16: Hundreds of people on Saturday made a human chain at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi demanding release of under-trial innocent Adivasis, Dalits and Muslims on bail. Popular Front of India had organized the program at the end of its month-long nationwide campaign “Bail Is The Rule; Release The Innocents From Jail” (15th August 2012 -- 15th September 2012). The human chain

New Delhi, September 16: India will now have to wait for Fasih Mohammed, accused of being involved in conspiracy of bomb blasts in Bangalore and Delhi, as Saudi Arabia has red-flagged his deportation from there saying they want to investigate his role in that country carefully before taking a call on New Delhi’s request for handing him over. This was conveyed through diplomatic as well as security

Hyderabad, September 16: Demanding rollback of the fuel price hike and FDI in retail, senior BJP leader M Venkaiah Naidu today said the party would launch a "political war" against it. The UPA government has failed on all fronts and mid-term polls are the only solution for the country, Naidu told reporters here. Accusing the UPA government of not taking into confidence even its allies for allowing

Mumbai, September 16: The Bal Thackeray-led Shiv Sena on Sunday took to the streets to protest the fuel price hike and FDI in retail sector by the Centre and asked the Trinamool Congress and NCP to withdraw support to the UPA government.Addressing a rally at the famous Siddhivinayak temple in central Mumbai in the presence of hundreds of partymen, Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray asked