Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday hailed the “success of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model” and lavished praise — along with UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi — on the new integrated Terminal-3 of the New Delhi IGI airport which was inaugurated by both the leaders. The T-3, one of the ten largest airport terminal

Unidentified robbers broke into the residence of a Congress MP in the high-security New Delhi area early on Saturday and decamped with cash and jewellery worth lakhs of rupees, the police said.

Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Saturday congratulated Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar for becoming the president of the International Cricket Council.
At the same time, Mr Thackeray also criticised Mr Pawar for promoting more cricket matches between India and Pakistan.

A city court on Saturday rejected the bail plea of Yasir Altaf, accused of raping two Dutch women while posing as tourist guide. The accused had on Friday argued that he had “consensual” relations with the complainant and was being falsely implicated in the case.

Mid-term performance of the party remained the main focus on the first day of the two-day politburo meet of the CPI(M), which began on Saturday. After nearly six months, skipping several politburo meet, West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee attended the meet.

Jagdish Kaur, a key witness in the Delhi Cantonment riots case of 1984 in which Congress leader Sajjan Kumar is facing prosecution, on Saturday identified the leader as the man who instigated the mob on the day of the incident. The woman had lost five members of her family, including her husband, in the incident.

Karnataka PCC chief R.V. Deshpande is unlikely to get a second term while the performance of CLP leader Siddaramaiah has not impressed the central leaders of the Congress.

Kareena Kapoor’s schedules are packed with her professional commitments, be it her back-to-back film shootings or the brands that she endorses.

S. Padmanabhan-trained Becket has the best credentials to win the Maharaja’s Cup, the highlight of the races to be held here on Sunday.
Selections:
1. The Endorsment Plate. Horses rated 00 to 25. Distance 1200 metres. Time 1.30 P.M:
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Angelfire, prepared by Jagdish Singh Dhariwal, was ably handled by apprentice jockey S. Zervan to bag the H.B. Gundappa Gowda Memorial Cup, the feature event of the races held here on Saturday.