The Rs 978 crore mission, which has been rescheduled for Monday after scientists corrected the glitch in the rocket, will be launched at 2.43 p.m from the second launchpad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, over 100 km from Chennai.
A senior Irish government official has not ruled out the possibility of a public inquiry into the death of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar, who died due to pregnancy-related complications after being denied an abortion in Ireland. Eamon Gilmore, the second most senior officer in the Irish government, has said the priority was getting to the bottom of the 31-year-old dentist's death after a miscarriage.
A 33-year-old Indian-American woman has been sentenced to 30 years in prison in the United States for female foeticide and child maltreatment of a dependent.
Ireland will also order a statutory inquiry, in addition to the medical one, into the death of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar due to pregnancy-related complications after being denied abortion, in a move seen as an attempt to meet her husband's demand for a full public probe.
To save a four-month-old foetus they killed my 31-year-old daughter. Such laws are really unfair, says the victim's bereaving mother. Vicky Nanjappa
Taking serious note of female foeticide cases in the state, the Maharashtra government on Tuesday said it would seek the Centre's opinion for slapping charge of homicide on those involved in such offences.
The PhD scholar is an active member of Jamiat-e-Talaba, the student wing of banned Jammat-e-Islami (JeI).
Making birth control more about sexual pleasure works for young couples, who are more intimidated by the clinical aspect of it.
The recent study suggested that nearly 35 per cent of the cases were stillborn, 29 per cent were born alive and 36 per cent were born before the period of viability.
A near miss situation was averted at the IGI airport on Monday evening when the pilot of a small plane entered the runway after but an alert ATC directed an incoming aircraft to go around and another to abort take-off.
Cindrella, a victim of child abuse, talks about her experience on Satyamev Jayate.
Women can now buy a morning-after pill that works for up to five days after having unprotected sex, without even having to see a general practitioner.
Mahaakshay's marriage to Madalsa Sharma was earlier scheduled for July 7, but the ceremony was cancelled after a police team arrived at the venue to investigate a complaint of rape and cheating filed by a woman against the groom.
The race has been won from pole eight times out of 11 editions.
Indian business enterprises showed keen interest in the inaugural edition of the Sri Lanka Premier League, buying all the seven contesting franchises on offer, even as the Board of Control for Cricket in India decided not to allow its players to participate in the Twenty20 league.
'That very brand name comes in the way of people expecting something different from me.'
In more shocking allegations, the wife of former Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti has charged him with unleashing dogs on her when she was pregnant and subjecting her to severe mental and physical torture, which were termed as "baseless" by the Aam Aadmi Party MLA.
The family of Tauseef Ahmad Peer, the third suspected Lashkar-e-Tayiba operative arrested in Jharkhand after an aborted terror plot in Delhi, on Thursday claimed he is "innocent" and not involved in terror activities.
When the team later reached the flat where they were staying, Chhota Rajan asked them to leave immediately, saying the operation was leaked to Dawood Ibrahim.
Following the violence, the administration also suspended internet services in Aligarh till midnight as a precautionary measure.
The Central Bureau of Investigation recently took over the probe in the case, based on a Patna police FIR related to alleged criminal conspiracy and abetment to suicide against Rajput's girlfriend and actor Rhea Chakraborty.
Arguably the hottest of hot seats in soccer is vacant yet again after Chelsea's ruthless Russian owner Roman Abramovich removed Andre Villas-Boas on Sunday.
England paceman James Anderson has been ruled out of the remainder of the third Ashes Test and will miss the fourth match at Trent Bridge with a side strain, the England and Wales Cricket Board said on Friday.
'I don't trust these days. Like now, everyone likes Mimi and my phone is constantly ringing. But tomorrow if I make a flop, the opposite will happen.'
Suspended Asian soccer chief Mohammed bin Hammam was tight-lipped on Saturday over reports alleging he was not fully co-operating in investigations over a cash-for-votes bribery scandal concerning his aborted bid for FIFA presidency.
Jailed former Uttar Pradesh minister Amarmani Tripathi, who had managed to sneak out of prison under the pretest of 'illness', was on Monday sent back to jail, police said.
A Delhi-bound Air India flight via Mumbai with 164 passengers onboard had to abort take-off at the last minute on Tuesday after it suffered a tyre burst as well as a bird hit at Dabolim airport in Goa.
The usual last-minute preparations for the US Open were aborted on Saturday as Flushing Meadows was shut down in anticipation of Hurricane Irene, which was expected to hit New York this weekend. Players were told to go and find alternative places to practice as officials took the unusual step of locking up the National Tennis Center in the countdown to the last Grand Slam of the year.
According to the sources, the Taliban knew which helicopter to target when the Prime Minister visited a British base in southern Helmand province.
'We should not use and confuse the word Right to define Hindutva.' 'Doing so blurs the issue because it gives the BJP attributes that it does not have and does not even want,' says Aakar Patel.
It is a tale of two deals: One completed and the other, announced and later aborted.
Yuvraj picked a minor injury on his hand after being hit by a delivery from bowler Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, a Reuters cameraman said.
Twenty-three years after the state's own legislation and thereafter, a legislation on the lines of the Centre's own formulation which came a few years thence is long enough to have got a proper and workable drill in place to prevent it, says Mahesh Vijapurkar.
Media report says unfavourable excise structure, large investments are the main reasons
From Lady Gaga's hair to Elton's custom jacket, there's something for everyone.
'I wish the headlines announcing my wedding wouldn't refer to me as 'Deepika Padukone's ex'...
On the night of March 12, at about 2100 hrs, INS Kalpeni intercepted a pirate mother vessel called Vega 5 in the Arabian sea about 600 nautical miles west of India. 13 crew members were rescued and 61 pirates were been nabbed in the operation, an Indian Navy media release stated.
South Africa's fiery seamer Duanne Olivier took five wickets as the hosts powered into the ascendancy on day two of the third and final Test against an outgunned Pakistan at the Wanderers on Saturday.
SpiceJet will have to refund fare to passengers due to a flight delay.
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We have seen a few Malayalam films tackle the subject of anti-abortion, but Weeping Boy handles it very poorly
