Bangalore, Oct 6 : Chandrayaan-1, India’s first unmanned mission to moon is scheduled to be launched from the spaceport of Sriharikota at 6.20 a. m. on October 22, Indian Space Research Organisation sources have said.

The satellite was transported from here to Sriharikota in a special vehicle last week and has reached the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR).

The spacecraft is expected to be mated with ISRO''s workhorse rocket, Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C11) later this week, the sources told media.

New Delhi, Oct 6 : The Indian Air Force (IAF) is planning to open more Advanced Landing Grounds (ALGs) for aircraft operations, aimed at promoting tourism in high-altitude areas of Ladakh.

“The Defence Ministry (MOD) has directed us to look for more Advanced Landing Grounds (ALGs) in Ladakh to increase aircraft operations that will help promote tourism and for other purposes,” Western Air Commander Air Marshal P K Barbora said on Monday.

Mumbai, Oct 6 : Eight alleged drug peddlers have been arrested and 241 persons detained for attending a rave party following a raid at a night club in Mumbai.

Mumbai police acting on a tip-off that drugs were being peddled at the ''Bombay 72 Degree East'' night club, the Anti-Narcotics Cell of the city police raided the establishment late on Sunday night, police said.

A woman and an Israeli national were among the eight arrested, they said.

New Delhi, Oct. 6 : The stage is being set for holding the next general elections in 2009.

Highly placed political sources said that the current Lok Sabha would be dissolved on October 27, to allow various political parties enough time to prepare their respective strategies for next year’s polls.

The Parliament is set to meet on October 17 at a time when the festive season will be in full swing. The special session will be a combination of both the monsoon and winter sessions and is scheduled to end on November 21.

Old timers do not recall any sitting of Parliament during the festival season. Usually, the winter session of Parliament begins in the third week of November.

New Delhi, Oct 6 : Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta today said that he expected the Pranab Mukherjee-led ministerial committee, which is looking into the anomalies in the Sixth Pay Commission concerning the armed forces, to give its recommendations within a fortnight.

Admiral Mehta rubbished reports that Defence Minister A K Antony had censured him for his defiance over the Pay Commission report.