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CHENNAI: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), which has got global recognition for its successful launch of a mission to Mars, will now launch German, French, British and Canadian satellites, a top official said.

NEW DELHI: Election Commission has come out strongly against government’s rejection of its long pending proposal for cooling off period for bureaucrats joining any political party, saying such a provision is “more than justified” for ensuring neutrality in conduct of polls and otherwise.

NEW DELHI: Crediting the Sheila Dikshit Government of changing the face of Delhi in the last 15 years, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today said notwithstanding the opposition criticism, development in the city was for everyone to see.

AIZAWL: Women voters will play a key role in the November 25 assembly elections in Mizoram, the only state in India where women voters outnumber men.

NEW DELHI: Tehelka managing editor Shoma Chaudhary was on Saturday questioned by Goa police’s special investigation team over the sexual assault allegation levelled by a woman journalist of the magazine against its editor Tarun Tejpal whose arrest is not being ruled out.

NEW DELHI: The woman journalist, who has accused Tehelka founder Tarun Tejpal of sexually assaulting her, on Saturday night said “pressure” and “intimidation” were being brought on her and her family “to protect” him.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday asked security forces to remain “scrupulously bipartisan” in probing terror cases so that people do not lose faith in the professionalism of investigative agencies and the secular nature of the country’s polity.

M J Akbar 

Sachin Tendulkar was 10 years old when in 1983 Indian cricket suddenly, even inexplicably, turned into a sky-bound butterfly from the plodding caterpillar it had been since the British began to play with bat, ball and umpire.

NEW DELHI: Attacking the Congress for its “arrogance” and “born to rule” mindset, Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the party of formulating policies aimed at only winning elections and not for the country or its future.

HYDERABAD: Cyclone Helen, which crossed Andhra Pradesh coast Friday, has damaged crops on nearly 3.5 lakh hectares, officials said. They also confirmed six deaths due to the cyclone.