New Delhi, Nov 12: President Pratibha Patil greeted the nation on the occassion of Guru Nanak Jayanti which is being celebrated tomorrow.

In a message, the President said, “On the auspicious occasion of the birthday of Guru Nanak Devji, I convey my heartiest greetings to all my fellow citizens.

New Delhi, Nov 12 : The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) today successfully flight-tested state-of-art 600 km range canisterised surface-to-surface missile system named ‘Shourya’.

The missile was test fired from ITR Balasore in Orissa at 11:25 a. m. This developmental flight trial of Shourya missile system is a part of ongoing technology development work undertaken by DRDO.

The Missile system has a unique feature of simplicity of operation and maintenance.

New Delhi, Nov 12 : A MiG-21 (Trainer) aircraft of the Indian Air Force crashed near Chabua village of Tinsukia district of Assam around 10:35 a. m. today.

Chicago/New Delhi, Nov. 12: The strategic relationship between India and the United States, which was put in place through the US-India civil nuclear cooperation agreement is likely to be enhanced further during the Obama regime.

This is the indication given by US President-elect Barack Obama during a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday morning, when he described the bilateral strategic relationship is a "very important partnership".

New Delhi, Nov. 12 : The Congress party on Wednesday accepted the resignation of its gneral secretary and Congress Working Committee (CWC) member Margaret Alva.

The resignation was accepted on the basis of a report prepared by the party''s Disciplinary Action Committee (DAC) chairman and Defence Minister A. K. Antony.

Bangkok  - Embattled Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat was scheduled to depart Bangkok for India Wednesday to attend a summit of the Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC), foreign ministry sources confirmed.

Somchai was scheduled to leave Bangkok at 7:50 pm (1250 GMT) on a special Thai Airways International flight to the Indian capital New Delhi, where he will attend the second BIMSTEC summit Thursday and Friday.