Barmer (Rajasthan), Aug 29 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday formally inaugurated Cairn India’s Mangala oil fields in Rajasthan, site of the country’s largest oil discovery in two decades.
At a function at the site, Manmohan Singh dedicated the fields to the nation. Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora and Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot were present on the occasion.
London, August 29 (ANI): A new analysis has suggested that a rock found on Mars in 1996, which was claimed by scientists to host life, has minerals which could have only been formed in a habitable environment.
Washington, August 29 (ANI): NASA’s space shuttle Discovery, with its seven-member crew, launched successfully from the space agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on August 28.
Washington, Aug 29 (DPA) Space shuttle Discovery blasted off in a midnight launch on a mission taking it to the International Space Station (ISS).
Discovery lifted off the launching pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida at 11.59 p.m. Friday (0359 GMT Saturday) after days of postponements due to a questionable valve on the shuttle’s external fuel tank and poor weather.
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IANS) Emaciated farmers ploughing the fields, parched fields, scheming land sharks, broken down huts – these may reflect the reality of many Indian villages, but seldom get captured in Bollywood films.
Washington, Aug 29 (DPA) The space shuttle Discovery was set for a midnight launch on Friday after problems associated with a fuelling valve that forced previous delays were resolved, NASA officials said.
Discovery is set to blast off at 11.59 p.m. (0359 GMT Saturday) from Cape Canaveral, Florida, en route to the International Space Station (ISS).
Chennai, Aug 28 (IANS) Local boy Ramkumar Ramanathan ousted top seed Saurabh Singh of Delhi 6-3, 1-6, 6-0 en route to the final of the boys under-18 singles of the Adidas MCC National Junior Hard Court tennis championships here Friday.
Ramanathan next faces seventh-seeded Ronit Bisht of Delhi, who knocked out second seed Mohit Mayur of Tamil Nadu 2-6, 6-2, 7-6 (4).
Los Angeles, Aug 28 (IANS) Hollywood singer-actress Lindsay Lohan is reportedly in talks with television heads for a reality show on her life.
Lohan, who is a favourite with the paparazzi for her social life, has turned to pop-singer Britney Spear’s manager Larry Rudolph for advice, reports contactmusic.com.
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