Saturday, November 30, 2013

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India's Mars Orbiter heading towards Mars (Fourth Lead)

Posted: 30 Nov 2013 03:05 PM PST

/Chennai, Dec 1 (IANS) India's maiden spacecraft to Mars headed early Sunday to the red planet 22 minutes after leaving earth's gravity and entering the sun orbit in the interplanetary space.

India's Mars Orbiter heading towards Mars

Posted: 30 Nov 2013 02:28 PM PST

Bangalore/Chennai, Dec 1 (IANS) India's maiden spacecraft to Mars headed early Sunday to the red planet 22 minutes after leaving earth's gravity and entering the sun orbit in the interplanetary space. "The trans Mars injection operation was successful," state-run Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman K. Radhakrishnan told IANS on phone. A senior ISRO official said the activities ...

More Calcutta News

Posted: 30 Nov 2013 02:28 PM PST

Priyanka Chopra, who has been chosen as the face of the international clothing brand GUESS, unveiled the brand's 2013 holiday campaign in Mumbai.

India's spacecraft heads to Mars (Third Lead)

Posted: 30 Nov 2013 01:36 PM PST

/Chennai, Dec 1 (IANS) India's maiden spacecraft to Mars headed early Sunday to the red planet 22 minutes after leaving earth's gravity and entering the sun orbit in the interplanetary space.

Isro's Mars Orbiter Mission successfully placed in Mars transfer trajectory

Posted: 30 Nov 2013 01:28 PM PST

Mars Orbiter Mission ventured out of Earth's sphere of influence for the first time in an attempt to reach the red planet's orbit.        

India's spacecraft heads to Mars

Posted: 30 Nov 2013 01:08 PM PST

Bangalore/Chennai, Dec 1 (IANS) India's maiden spacecraft to Mars headed early Sunday to the red planet 22 minutes after leaving earth's gravity and entering the sun orbit in the interplanetary space. "The spacecraft is on a course to encounter Mars after a journey of about 10 months around sun," the state-run Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said in a statement here. India is the first ...

Tripura youths accused in rape case held in Chennai

Posted: 30 Nov 2013 12:57 PM PST

The arrest was made with cooperation from T.N. police

The prince returns as emperor

Posted: 30 Nov 2013 12:41 PM PST

The Emperor of Japan, Akihito, accompanied by Empress Michiko, arrived here on Saturday on a six-day visit which the government has said is "one of the biggest moments in India's diplomatic engage...

ISRO's performs trans-Mars injection on MOM

Posted: 30 Nov 2013 12:20 PM PST

Chennai, Nov 30 (PTI) Crossing a major milestone in the country's space history, ISRO's Mars Orbiter mission today ventured out of Earth's sphere of influence for the first time in an attempt to reach the red planet's orbit.

Air India planes with faulty radars still flying

Posted: 30 Nov 2013 12:13 PM PST

Air India is yet to ground the planes with faulty weather radars though pilots have raised the issue repeatedly. Pilots say the radars are repaired and the flights are back in service every time they report malfunctioning of the system.        

There's more to life than wins and defeats: Anand - Calcutta Telegraph

Posted: 30 Nov 2013 01:56 PM PST


There's more to life than wins and defeats: Anand
Calcutta Telegraph
Calcutta: On Saturday, just over a week after losing the world title to Norwegian Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, a five-time champion, spoke to The Telegraph from his Chennai residence for over half-an-hour. Anand sounded pretty relaxed and didn't ...

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Rohit Shetty dreams of a film city in Goa - Times of India

Posted: 30 Nov 2013 01:43 PM PST


Rohit Shetty dreams of a film city in Goa
Times of India
PANAJI: He has left the "100-crore club" far behind, and founded the 400 crore club with his latest hit, Chennai Express. Soft-spoken and unassuming, filmmaker Rohit Shetty does not come across as the same person who purposely injects all his movies with ...

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Chennai: 70-year-old woman killed in freak mishap - NDTV

Posted: 30 Nov 2013 01:13 PM PST


Chennai: 70-year-old woman killed in freak mishap
NDTV
Chennai: A 70 year-old woman was killed in a freak mishap when the roof of her house collapsed after construction materials in an adjoining building fell on it in Chennai today. Construction activity was underway in the first floor of the building at ...

Heir India: No Pretenders to the King's Throne - The New Indian Express

Posted: 30 Nov 2013 12:58 PM PST


Heir India: No Pretenders to the King's Throne
The New Indian Express
By Vishnu Prasad | ENS - CHENNAI. Published: 01st December 2013 02:25 AM. Last Updated: 01st December 2013 02:36 AM. When Magnus Carlsen played his last move in the final game of the World Chess Championships, it not only ended Viswananthan ...

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Tripura youths accused in rape case held in Chennai - The Hindu

Posted: 30 Nov 2013 12:51 PM PST


Tripura youths accused in rape case held in Chennai
The Hindu
Tamil Nadu police helped its Tripura counterpart to arrest three absconding tribal youths, accused of raping a minor girl in south Tripura. The gang rape accused youths detained at Taramani in Chennai were being brought to Agartala on Saturday. A senior ...

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Book on land records rates Tamil Nadu second in quality of service - Times of India

Posted: 30 Nov 2013 12:17 PM PST


Book on land records rates Tamil Nadu second in quality of service
Times of India
CHENNAI: Administrative reforms in state government departments like revenue, registration and town and country planning have a long way to go in the country, which is often riddled with red tapism and malpractices like registration of fake documents, ...

Air India planes with faulty radars still flying - Times of India

Posted: 30 Nov 2013 11:49 AM PST


Air India planes with faulty radars still flying
Times of India
CHENNAI: Air India is yet to ground the planes with faulty weather radars though pilots have raised the issue repeatedly. Pilots say the radars are repaired and the flights are back in service every time they report malfunctioning of the system. The equipment is ...

Fires claim more lives in Tamil Nadu than national average: Ex-DGP - Times of India

Posted: 30 Nov 2013 11:49 AM PST


Fires claim more lives in Tamil Nadu than national average: Ex-DGP
Times of India
CHENNAI: The average number of deaths due to fire accidents in the state each year is almost 0.5% higher than the national average, a strong indication of the need for a proper fire safety mechanism at all business establishments and commercial buildings, ...

Cause for concern: ATMs in Chennai remain unguarded - Times of India

Posted: 30 Nov 2013 11:49 AM PST


Cause for concern: ATMs in Chennai remain unguarded
Times of India
CHENNAI: It is more than a week since a woman was nearly beaten to death in an automated teller machine (ATM) kiosk in Bangalore, and one would have expected the authorities, galvanised by the incident, to ensure proper security at ATM centres. In the ...

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68-year-old woman dies as wall under construction collapses - Times of India

Posted: 30 Nov 2013 11:49 AM PST


68-year-old woman dies as wall under construction collapses
Times of India
CHENNAI: A 68-year-old woman died and her 54-year-old neighbour was injured when a portion of a building under construction collapsed in a narrow lane in Nungambakkam on Saturday. The incident took place around noon when S Dhana Packiyam and ...