India cheers as Agni-V puts it among major missile powers (The Hindu)
The 17-metre-long surface-to-surface ballistic missile lifted off majestically from a rail mobile launcher at 8.04 a.m. After a flight time of 20 minutes, the missile re-entry vehicle impacted the pre-designated target point more than 5,000 kms away in the Indian Ocean with a high degree of accuracy. Read

In its moment of celebration, DRDO leaves out 'Agni putri' (Indian Express)
Name of Tessy Thomas, who has been crucial in Agni development, was missing in DRDO press release. Read

Missile woman Tessy helps India pass Agnipariksha (Hindustan Times)

The favourite pupil of APJ Abdul Kalam, she is Indias first woman scientist to head a missile programme. Read

Congress on edge as SP, Trinamool meet (The Hindu)
Mamata and Mulayam emissary met on possibility of their parties joining hands for presidential polls. Read

SC wants to know: What is happening in Orissa? (Indian Express)
The Supreme Court wanted to know today what was happening in the Orissa Maoist hostage crisis. Read

Major reforms unlikely before 2014 polls: Top govt advisor (The Times of India)
After 2014 you would see a rush of reforms & after 2015 India would be one of the fastest growing economies, said chief economic advisor Kaushik Basu. Read