India’s MOMent of glory on Mars
ISRO spacecraft enters Red Planet’s orbit
Becomes first agency to achieve feat in maiden attempt
Bangalore, September 24
Demonstrating its space prowess, India today successfully inserted the Mars orbiter carrying five payloads in the orbit of the Red Planet, thus becoming the fourth country to carry out a successful Mars mission and the first to have achieved the feat in its maiden attempt.

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* Mars Orbiter * Mission: To orbit around Mars
* Weight: 1,350 kg * Cost: Rs 450 crore

Editorial: Spectacular success

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets ISRO scientists after the success of the Mars mission in Bangalore. — Reuters

SC cancels 214 of 218 coal blocks
New Delhi, September 24
The Supreme Court today quashed all but four of the 218 coal block allocations done since 1993 illegally and arbitrarily. “There is no reason to save them from cancellation” and the fact that some of them were 90-95% ready for mining “is wholly irrelevant,” a Bench headed by Chief Justice RM Lodha ruled.

SC sets up panel to assess J-K relief work
New Delhi, September 24
The Supreme Court today appointed a five-member committee to assess the situation and relief work in the flood-hit Jammu and Kashmir and submit a report in two weeks. A Bench headed Chief Justice RM Lodha said the Registrar of the state High Court would be the convenor of the committee, which would include a nominee each of the state and the Centre and the secretaries of the HC Bar Associations at Srinagar and Jammu.

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25 dead as bus falls into HP lake
Bilaspur, September 24
25 persons were killed and 22 others injured when an overloaded private mini bus plunged into the waters of the Gobindsagar at Rahian village, about 18 km from Bilaspur town, this morning.

The mini-bus being pulled out from a reservoir in Bilaspur.