King’s Envoy best for plum event
King’s Envoy is fancied to win the Ambur Plate, the feature event of the races to be held here on Wednesday.
1. Finger Post Cup Div-II 1200 10:25 am Class VB: 1. Castle Quest; 2. Angelyn; 3. The Power Of God
Congress might not ally with RJD in Bihar
The current mood in the Congress is not to ally with the RJD in the coming Bihar Assembly elections even as the Lalu Prasad Yadav-led party is backing the Manmohan Singh government in Parliament.
Chance for paddlers to gauge form
The road to the Commonwealth Games in October for India’s paddlers, led by Olympian Achanta Sharath Kamal, will begin at the India Open Pro Tour table tennis championship — a test event for the CWG which gets underway here on Wednesday.
More jobs, more pay at ISB placements
The pall of recession hanging over business schools is also clearing. Hyderabad-based Indian School of Business (ISB), one of the top business schools in India, has seen its placement scenario improve sharply over the last year.
Anil firms reap peace dividend
Stocks of Reliance Anil Ambani group were amongst the top performers on Tuesday, up 2-10 per cent during the day. Reliance Communications, which announced a major restructuring of its tower arm on Monday evening, was up 3.49 per cent on the BSE.
Retirement benefits off tax net
Giving relief to the working class, the government has decided not to tax withdrawals from provident funds, pension schemes and life insurance schemes in the revised draft Direct Taxes Code (DTC) released on Tuesday.
La Martiniere principal apologises
The principal of La Martiniere for Boys, Sunirmal Chakravarthi has expressed regret for having caned Rouvanjit Rawla, the Class 8 student who committed suicide. He, however, does not accept the charge that the punishment led to the child’s death. “I am really sorry for caning him and I have already apologised but it is not fair to link the
Post-10 pm TV can affect foetus
Pregnant moms who prefer being glued to the idiot box late nights better watch out. A recently-concluded study by the department of community medicine at Madras Medical College, that surveyed 1.5 million pregnant women from seven districts, found that the newborns of moms who were glued to television soaps post 10 pm cried irritably even after being fed.
Close shave for AI plane as rear tyre gets deflated
Passengers on board an Air India (domestic) flight had a narrow escape when a rear tyre of the aircraft got deflated after landing at the New Delhi IGI airport on Tuesday morning. The aircraft, which had flown on the Mumbai-Indore-Bhopal-Delhi sector, landed at Delhi and then taxied down when ground staff noted sparks from the tyre.
SC helps kids caught in marital dispute
“I would like to stay here and continue my studies” replied a 16-year-old boy — caught in the crossfire of inter-continental marital dispute between his parents — to lawyers’ queries in the Supreme Court.