Monday, September 3, 2007, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)

GSLV fires on all cylinders
Places INSAT-4CR in orbit
Sriharikota, September 2
In spite of initial hiccups due to a technical snag, India’s largest rocket GSLV-F04, carrying communication satellite INSAT-4CR, was launched successfully at 6.20 pm from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here today.

The 49-metre rocket carrying the Insat-4CR satellite blasts off from the Sriharikota space station on Sunday. — PTI photo

India Inc pay packs get bulkier
Brother Mukesh way ahead of Anil Ambani
New Delhi, September 2
When it comes to earning money, Mukesh Ambani is way ahead of not only his younger brother Anil, but the top brass of entire India Inc. With a package of close to Rs 25 crore, Mukesh takes home over 10 times the annual remunera- tion of his brother Anil - with whom he parted ways over two years ago.

Baby reunited with parents
Karnal, September 2
After a 24-hour ordeal, an eight-day-old boy was today reunited with his parents from whom he was separated following the annulment of their marriage by a village panchayat because they shared the same lineage.

RDX found before Badal’s visit
Mullanpur Dakha, September 2
Twelve hours before the visit of Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal to the city, the local police seized over 3 kg of RDX with detonators and other accessories from a Maruti Esteem car on the Ludhiana-Jagraon road, near Mullanpur Dakha, last night.

RDX seizure no threat to peace: CM

Editor’s Column

Walking the peace track... Slow motion is better than a stalled dialogue, Writes H.K. Dua

Assembly Byelection
Impressive victory for Khanduri
Dehra Dun, September 2
Uttarakhand Chief Minister B.C. Khanduri defeated Congress candidate Surinder Singh Negi in Dhumakot Assembly bye-election by a big margin of 14,000 votes as per the result declared today.

Push IST to save energy, say scientists
New Delhi, September 2
A group of scientists have suggested pushing the Indian Standard Time (IST) by half-an-hour making it six hours ahead of GMT citing several benefits, including peak load energy savings to the tune of 16 per cent.