New Delhi, Jan 27 (PTI) Chief Election Commissioner of
India Navin Chawla Wednesday said it was "not feasible" to
have compulsory voting in an election held on a national scale

Later, Chawla said the Election Commission believed
in promoting voter education, adding, "Our thrust is on voter
education, voter awareness, bringing in the youth from the

(REOPENS TAR 71)
The book 'Mission Moon: Exploring the Moon with
Chandrayaan I' is written by S K Das, honorary adviser to
ISRO.

On possibility of an unmanned Mars Mission, Radhakrishnan
said "there are three opportune years, but then we have to

Bangalore, Jan 27 (PTI) The Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) would finalise in a couple of months the
payloads from the international community to be carried on

New Delhi, Jan 27 (PTI) Cutting across the political
spectrum, leaders of major parties Wednesday paid glowing
tributes to Jyoti Basu, with Indian Finance Minister Pranab

Akali Dal's S S Atwal said "the Sikhs would remain
indebted to him (Basu) for having saved them for having
prevented any form of rioting in West Bengal" when members of

The leaders also pointed out that Basu as a "disciplined
soldier" of the CPI(M), remained true to his party, its
ideology and its political stand while not accepting the offer

New Delhi, Jan 27 (PTI) A top military official, Lt Gen
Awadesh Prakash, allegedly involved in the Sukna land scam
faces court martial with Indian Defence Minister A K Antony

It was not clear as to whether the Defence Ministry has
directed similar action against two other officers -- Lt
Ramesh Halgali and Maj Gen P C Sen -- who were also allegedly