No truck with Cong -- Mamata
Trinamool Congress virtually ruled out snapping alliance with BJP for the sake of `mahajot' with Congress and said it was not averse even to a common manifesto with BJP in the forthcoming assembly elections in West Bengal.



Mig 21 crashes, pilot suffers injuries
A MIG 21 fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed in flames late last night at a village in Cooch Behar district and broke up into three parts when it hit the ground, with the pilot suffering serious injuries after bailing out.



India's first astronomy satellite gets nod
Indian scientists, who have been asking for a dedicated satelite to study the X-rays coming from the universe, have at last received the green signal to develop and build the payload for the country's first full-fledged astronomy satellite named "Astrosat".



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