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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

New Delhi, Nov 2: Mounting fresh attack on Narendra Modi and BJP, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh today said he won't allow "Hindu version of Taliban" to succeed in India. "I hate all those who advocate Ideology of Hate including Taliban and I won't allow the Hindu version of Taliban to succeed in India," Singh said on Twitter. Taking a dig at Modi for attempting to "hijack" the legacy

Muzaffarnagar, Nov 2: Tension prevailed in Muhammadpur Raisingh village in Muzaffarnagar where three persons died on October 30, 2013 in communal clashes. Police and paramilitary forces continued to patrol the area. “We are taking all precautionary measures to check disturbance in the area,” Muzaffarnagar SP H.M. Singh said. Three persons were killed on October 30, 2013 night as communal violence

Mumbai, Nov 2: Ajmal Kasab, the sole surviving gunman from 26/11 who was hanged in November last year, had made an unsuccessful attempt to end his life inside the Arthur Road Jail premises and, in his last moments, asked for forgiveness for his 'mistake', home minister R R Patil has revealed in an interview in the Diwali annual of Maharashtra Times, a TOI group publication. "Kasab had quirky

New Delhi, Nov 1: State-run fuel retailers on Thursday cut petrol price by Rs 1.15 a litre, excluding local taxes, the second reduction in a month that would help spread some cheer ahead of Diwali. As expected, the retailers also raised diesel price by 50 paise a litre in line with the government's January decision to go for small revisions every month till the gap with the market rate is wiped

New Delhi, Nov 1: Accusing Narendra Modi of engaging in "politics of lies", Union Minister Kapil Sibal today challenged BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate to a debate as he stated that political discourse should move from individuals to issues affecting the country. And, as BJP quickly responded to Sibal's challenge, saying Arun Jaitley was ready to debate him, the Union Minister said he would take

Patna, Nov 1: The prime suspect in Patna serial blasts died in the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences hospital here. Ainul alias Tarique, who was on life support system, died late last night, hospital Director Arun Kumar Singh said. "He had splinters, suspectedly hard iron pieces, in his brain and it was not possible to operate on him in that condition," he said. Ainul was caught while he

New Delhi, Nov 1: Three days after the BJP lodged a formal complaint with the Election Commission accusing Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi of having violated the model code of conduct and demanding the withdrawal of recognition of the Indian National Congress as a 'national party', the EC on Thursday issued a notice to Rahul. Rahul has been asked to respond to the notice by November 4. In its