Sriharikota: India has launched its first mission to Mars on Tuesday at 02:38pm (0908 GMT) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre here in Andhra Pradesh. The spacecraft was carried onboard the indigenous PSLV-C25 rocket which injected it into Earth's orbit after 40 minutes from lift-off. The 350-tonne launch vehicle will orbit earth for nearly a month before picking up the necessary velocity to break free from Earth’s gravitational pull. The Rs 430-crore project, informally known as "Mangalyaan", was...

 As a Sachin Tendulkar mania sweeps Kolkata, West Indies operations manager and former skipper Richie Richardson says the little master deserves all the adulation, but that will not affect his focus once he enters the field. Describing Tendulkar, who plays the 199th and penultimate Test match of his career at Eden Gardens beginning Nov 6, Richardson said: "He has been a great ambassador of the game. He deserves every bit of adulation and celebrations surrounding him. But once he enters the...

Krrish 3, starring Hrithik Roshan, has struck the right chord with the audience and is reaping rich dividends at the box office - it did a business of Rs.72.7 crores within the first three days of its release. The superhero sci-fi is still counting. Watch Video: Krrish 3 cast spills beans about wild Diwali memories The figure includes collections from the Tamil and Telugu dubbed versions as well. Krrish 3 is director-producer Rakesh Roshan's third instalment of the franchise that hit the road...

Justin Bieber reportedly cut his concert in Sao Paulo, Brazil short this weekend after being hit with an object thrown from the crowd. Bieber was performing in the Brazilian metropolis when a member of the audience threw what is reported to be a water bottle at him. Video of the incident can be seen above. According to reports, fans waited close to an hour for the pop prince to return to the stage and finish the show, but he never did so, ending the gig without notice. (It should be noted...

 A defiant Mohamed Morsi today appeared at a court here to face charges of inciting murder and violence during the ousted Egyptian president's year-long rule, even as his high-profile trial was adjourned to January 8. Morsi, in his first public appearance since the army deposed him in July, called the court "illegal" and asserted: "I am Dr Mohamed Morsi, the president of the republic...". "This court is illegal," the 62-year-old Muslim Brotherhood leader said, clad in a suit rather than...

For top Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) scientists, it has been a tradition to visit Tirupati temple before any major launch. It has been no different in the run-up to the launch of the Mars Orbiter Mission on Tuesday. Isro chairman Dr K Radhakrishnan visited Tirupati on Sunday to seek blessings for the successful launch. Former Isro chairman G Madhavan Nair on Monday said, “This has been a tradition. I had also gone to Tirupati before the Chandrayaan mission.” But more than religious...

BlackBerry Ltd. is abandoning a plan to find a buyer and will instead raise $1-billion of new funds and replace its chief executive and some directors, sources said. The Waterloo, Ont.-based smartphone company had spent the past two and a half months seeking a buyer, and had received a letter of intent from investor Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. to purchase the company for $4.7-billion. Fairfax had until today to complete its detailed examination of BlackBerry’s books. The new plan will involve...

oe Cornish could replace J.J. Abrams as king of the "Star Trek" universe. That's the report from Deadline.com's Mike Fleming, who writes that Paramount "is sweet" on the idea of Cornish directing the franchise's next installment. This isn't the first time Cornish, who directed the cult hit "Attack the Block" and co-wrote the script for "Ant-Man" with Edgar Wright, has had his name attached to "Star Trek 3." Back in May, Latino Review reporter Umberto "El Mayimbe" Gonzalez tweeted that Cornish...

Dolly Parton is Miley Cyrus' godmother, so of course she has nothing but kind words about the 20-year-old singer. But that doesn't mean she's taking her mentoring opportunities to an extreme. In a new interview with the the London Evening Standard, Parton, 67, said she has advised Cyrus at times but "would never dream of" inserting herself in the singer's career moves unsolicited. “I’ve loved her through the years and watched her grow up, and I’ve seen how smart she is and how talented she is,"...

Heidi Montag, reality show star turned plastic surgery spectacle, has gone under the knife again -- this time, for medical reasons. The 27-year-old former "Hills" star reportedly underwent a breast reduction that decreased her bra size from an "F" to a "D." Montag filmed her surgery for "Entertainment Tonight." Host Brooke Anderson posted a photo of herself and Montag on her Twitter Thursday, writing: "We r in the OR w/@HeidiMontag tn on @ETonlineAlert as she downsizes from F breasts to D for...