ISRO's 100th mission, PSLV Rocket lifts off Successfully

The hundredth space mission programme of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) took off on Sunday at 9.51 am from the space centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The historic milestone comes in the form of two foreign satellites that will be put in orbit by ISRO's workhorse PSLV rocket.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh witnessed the launch of PSLV C-21 that is carrying French advanced remote sensing satellite 720 kg SPOT-6 and its 15 kg Japanese micro satellite PROITERES. The mission is without any Indian satellite.

India is expected to earn over Rs 100 crore from the launch. The 51-hour countdown began at 6.51 am on Friday.From the time of its humble beginnings when it launched the indigenous 'Aryabhatta' in Russia on April 19, 1975, it has been a long and successful odyssey for ISRO.

SPOT-6 is the biggest commercial lift so far since India forayed into the money-spinning commercial satellite launch services after 350kg Agile of Italy was put in orbit in 2007 by PSLV. Twelve other foreign commercial satellites were less than 300 kg. France's five earlier SPOT satellites were launched by European Araine rocket.

SPOT-6, built by ASTRIUM SAS,a subsidiary of EADS, France, is an earth observation satellite, while PROITERES, developed by students and faculty of Osaka Institute of Technology, will study Kansai region of Japanese island of Honshu.

Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi Arrested

Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, who was arrested on the basis of complaints against him for insulting national symbols in his anti-corruption cartoons, was on Sunday placed in police custody for a week by a Mumbai court.

He was charged with sedition under Section 124 A of the Indian Penal Code, which is a non-bailable offence.

He was also charged under the IT Act and the 1971 National Emblem Act.

The cartoons by Trivedi reportedly depicted Parliament as a commode and showed the national emblem with wolves instead of lions.

The police claimed that Trivedi had earlier exhibited similar cartoons at a rally organised by India Against Corruption (IAC) at the MMRDA grounds in Mumbai in December 2011

Damarukam Audio Release Date

King Nagarjuna's highly anticipated socio fantasy movie 'Damarukam' audio songs release date is confirmed on September 10 in Hyderabad. Music scored by Devi Sri Prasad contains 10 songs and one of them includes an item song which was recently shot on Nagarjuna and CHarmmee. Anushka and Prakash Raj are playing pivotal roles in Damarukam. The shooting of the film is already completed and currently the post production formalities are in progress. Damarukam offers lot of special effects and the makers have roped in Hollywood technicians for a quality output. Damarukam is being directed by Srinivasa Reddy and produced by RR Movie Makers banner.

Prabhas Rebel Shooting Completed

Finally the shooting part of Rebel is going to be completed by tomorrow evening. Young Rebel Star Prabhas has been shooting for 'Rebel' since an year. Choreographer turned director Raghava Lawrence is directing this movie. Hot beauties Tamanna and Deeksha Seth have been paired as heroines opposite to Prabhas. Makers of the movie has planned a grand audio launch for 'Rebel' on September 14 and the movie will be released in the month on October. After 'Don', Raghava Lawrence is once again composing the tunes for 'Rebel'. Bhagwan and Pulla Rao are jointly producing 'Rebel' under Sri Balaji Cine Media banner.

Bindu Madhavi Met with an Accident

Actress Bindu Madhavi met with an accident while she is on her way to Tiruchirapalli few days ago. Reportedly, the actress's wrist was fractured and a bone was disclocated in this mishap. Bindu Madhavi underwent a surgery at a local hospital in Chennai and was discharged yesterday from the hospital.  Sources say the actress has already joined the sets of her upcoming Tamil film. This accident news has shocked all her family members and her father claimed it as an unfortunate incident. Bindu Madhavi hails from Madanapalle town of Chittor District, Andhra Pradesh.

Minister Erasu to play the role of CM

Admirers of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Mr N Kiran Kumar Reddy are all set to launch a movie on their leader. Buzz says, Posani Krishna Murali will be directing this political back drop movie with Jagapathi Babu in the lead role and minister E Pratap Reddy will be portraying the role of Kiran Kumar Reddy. It has been rumored that Kota Srinivasa Rao and Babu Mohan will be portraying the roles of key ministers in the cabinet while Jagapathi Babu will be playing the role which resembles CBI joint director JD Laxmi Narayana.