India on Thursday joined an elite club of nations with the launch of its indigenously developed nuclear capable Agni 5 ballistic missile going off without a hitch.
The trial of Agni 5, an Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile with a strike range of 5000 km, demonstrates the giant strides taken by India in its integrated missile development programme.
Only the United States, Russia, France and China possess the capability to operate an ICBM at present.
Scientists at the Defence Research and Development Organisation worked tirelessly for nearly two years to develop the missile.
No wonder, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Defence Minister AK Antony have been quick to hail the achievement.

A campaign to remind India that untouchability is a criminal offense. Community Correspondents across India have documented untouchability practices in their local areas

Ram Gopal Varma shared the teaser of the much anticipated item number Dan Dan from his upcoming film Department, featuring Nathalia Kaur.

He also welcomed the actress, who joined Twitter recently. 'Here's welcoming the red hot dan dan girl @nathalia_kaur from Department to the twitter wrld..she's worth following to the end of the world!' he updated

Co-star Rana Dagubatti also welcomed her. 'A big big welcome to our Dan Dan lady @nathalia_kaur to the twitter madness. Its really addictive out here. Have fun,' he tweeted.

As for Kaur, she wrote: 'Hey friends, first day twitting, taking a break but tnks all of you guys for welcoming me! NK

Pakistani actress Veena Malik has apparently been signed for the south remake of Vidya Balan starrer The Dirty Picture.

'Super excited to be the part of south film industry.....just signed "THE DIRTY PICTURE".....!!!' she tweeted.

Stripping queen Poonam Pandey is ready to set the silver screens on fire, with a bold new, never before seen avatar in her debut flick. The first look of the film is expected to be out by April end or by the first week of May. One of the producers Aditya Bhatia has confirmed the buzz saying that they have signed Poonam and will be making an announcement by the end of the month.

Mr Perfectionist of Bollywood is ready for a grand television debut. Recently, Aamir Khan unveiled the promotional song of his first television show in Mumbai. The concept of 'Satyamev Jayate' as the show called is still under cover. The music of the promotional song has been composed by Ram Sampat while Prasoon Joshi wrote the lyrics and Ram Madhvani did the screen direction. Each episode will have a song especially composed for that particular show.

Here's a glimpse at the sexy nightlife of Macau as seen by Ganesh Nadar.