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The countdown for the 17th flight launch of Indian space agency's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV rocket carrying five satellites, comprising a cartography one for land mapping and information, started today at the rocket port Sriharikota.

The 44-metre tall PSLV is a four-stage rocket, which is powered by solid and liquid propellants alternatively.

S. Satish, director at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), said, "Everything is going smoothly and we are getting ready for the Monday launch. The 50 hours, 30 minutes countdown started at 6.52 a. m. Saturday."

Creepy crawls, ghostly figures with long-loosened commercial like shampooed hairs, objects breaking down, dark gloomy camera shots and vengeance sought. Supernatural thrillers have always been restrained with such boundaries. But for the very first time, we tend to witness a film with out-of-box thinking. Family relationships, emotions, sentiments and what else? Ananthapurathu Veedu stands out as a best family drama with ghosts playing lead roles for the first time.

It has been reported that ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's wife mulled re-filing a lawsuit to keep her assets from seizure after a Texas judge said he lacked jurisdiction in the case.

Her spokesman, Mike Paul, told the Detroit Free Press that Carlita Kilpatrick, who moved to the Dallas area when her husband began serving 18 months to 5 years in Michigan prison for violating his probation, has not decided whether to re-file the case in Detroit after the federal judge in Texas said Texas was the wrong place to file.

After three back-to-back action films - Mani Ratnam's Raavan, Ashutosh Gowariker's Khelenge Hum Jee Jaan Se and Abhinay Deo's Game - Abhishek Bachchan has had enough action to last him a while. He's all set for a complete change of pace with three comedies to be directed by Tarun Mansukhani, Anees Bazmi, and Vipul Shah.

The decision to move away from grueling, back-breaking and physically exertive action for a while is a conscious one.

Abhishek has just returned from the shooting of Game in Greece and Istanbul.

The military has said that a Royal Marine who died in an explosion has become the 100th British troop killed in the Sangin area of southern Afghanistan.

The BBC has reported that the Ministry of Defense identified the solider as Bombardier Samuel Robinson, 31, of the 5th Regiment Royal Artillery, who was killed on foot patrol in Sangin on Thursday.

The Daily Telegraph further reported that another British soldier died hours after Robinson in Sangin, which lies in the center of the increasingly violent opium-growing region of north Helmand province.

Don't get shocked. This girl is not going to essay any Rani Mukherjee's role or going to perform on any number. But the grand Finale of Star Plus's `Zara Nachke Dikha' has made Kritika to take one feature of Rani Mukherjee. Grand Finale always infuses a spirit in every contestant to encourage their respective side with shouts and applauses. While encouraging her team, the girl forgot to control her shouts which lead to loss of voice at the end of the event.