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Baikonur(Kazakhstan), July 15: A Russian Soyuz craft has launched into the morning skies over Kazakhstan carrying three astronauts on their way to the international space station. NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, Russian cosmonaut Yury Malenchenko and Japan's Akihito Hoshide will travel two days before reaching their three colleagues already at the permanent space outpost. Family members and

New Delhi, July 14: Incumbent Hamid Ansari will be the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) candidate in the vice presidential election, Congress president Sonia Gandhi announced here Saturday. Making the announcement at the UPA leaders' meeting, Gandhi said that Ansari has presided over the Rajya Sabha as its chairman with dignity. She said the UPA is honoured to nominate Ansari for “second term as

New Delhi, July 14: With its pilots' strike disrupting Kingfisher's flight schedules, the airline's promoter Vijay Mallya today asked the agitating employees not to talk to the media or "disgrace" the company saying it would affect the recapitalisation efforts. Mallya, however, gave no assurance by when the agitators salary dues would be cleared. "I really hope that good sense will prevail. I am

Chennai, July 14: Complaining about the “woefully inadequate” allotment of Haj quota, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa today sought the intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to enhance the number of Haj quota to the State. In a letter to Dr Singh, she said the State Haj Committee had received 12,000 applications this year, but the central Haj Committee had allotted only 2,863

Mumbai, July 14: A section of debt-ridden Kingfisher Airlines' pilots Saturday went on strike over non-payment of salaries and other dues for the past five months, leading to the cancellation of 40 flights across its network, an airline official said. Twelve flights from New Delhi, six from Mumbai and three flights from Bangalore have been cancelled apart from many other flights from Chennai

New Delhi, July 14: The Central government on Friday asked the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) not to facilitate Suresh Kalmadi’s visit to London to attend the Olympic Games. A letter from the Sports Ministry was dispatched to IOA Secretary-General Randhir Singh. This followed a Delhi court ruling earlier in the day that Mr. Kalmadi could go to London. Special CBI judge Talwant Singh allowed his

New Delhi, July 14: It may sound bizarre, but reflects a sorry state of affairs that can happen only in India! Some “living” people want justice, as they have been declared “dead” on paper — certified by government documents. Santosh Singh is a “living” example who told Gulf News, “It took minutes for the government department in the state of Uttar Pradesh to issue a fake ‘death certificate’ at

Guwahati, July 14: Five days after a teenaged girl was molested by a mob in Guwahati, nine of the 13 accused are still roaming free. The police have been able to arrest only four people so far. The incident has once again stepped up the 'safety for women' debate in the country. It also raises other questions as to how can we prevent incidents like Guwahati from happening again and also whether

Kochi, July 13: The Kerala High Court Friday quashed the charge sheet filed by police in the controversial Sabarimala ''astrological finding'' case, which included Kannada actress Jaimala among the accused. While closing the case, the court also said that the charges against the accused were not legally tenable. In June 2006, a team led by noted astrologer P. Unnikrishna Panicker conducted a four

Balasore (Odisha), July 13: India on Friday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable Agni-I ballistic missile, with a strike range of 700 km, as part of the Army’s user trials from a test range at Wheeler Island off Odisha. The surface-to-surface, single-stage missile, powered by solid propellants, was test-fired from a mobile launcher at 10.10 a.m. from launch pad-4 of