Zareer Darashah-trained Mr Sunrise holds an edge over others to win the F.B. Sharma Memorial Gold Cup, the feature event of the races to be held here on Wednesday.
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For the first time in Uttar Pradesh, a state level carom and chess tournament, exclusively for jail inmates, is being held in Lucknow from Wednesday.
About three dozen convicts and under-trials from different jails in the state are being brought to the state capital to enable them to participate in the two-day sporting e

A Bhutanese national was found dead under mysterious circumstances at a hotel in Paharganj area on Tuesday morning.
Police officials said the deceased, identified as Bhoj Bahadur, who was apparently on vacation here along with his two friends, didn’t respond to repeated knockings on his door on Tuesday morning by a waiter of Star Palace hotel in Paharganj area.

Mohun Bagan successfully defended their Calcutta Football League title, edging past Chirag United 1-0 at the Salt Lake Stadium on Tuesday. The game was marred by a 24-minute partial blackout and unruly scenes following a controversial penalty.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday informed that the government was in the process of taking a final decision to include caste as a factor to be enumerated in the ongoing Census process.

Former 56-year-old Justice Dipak Misra on Monday took over as the new Chief Justice of the Delhi high court, three months after former Chief Justice Ajit Prakash Shah retired on February 13. Justice Madan B. Lokur was working as the acting Chief Justice since then.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said there could not be any “substantive” negotiation with Pakistan unless the “biggest problem” of “trust deficit” was overcome.
In his press conference, Dr Singh said India was willing to discuss all outstanding issues with Pakistan if that country ensured that its soil was not used for terrorism against India.

Britain is struggling to present a united fro-nt within its coalition Cabinet on Afghanistan after the weekend visit to the war-torn country by foreign secretary William Hague, defe-nce secretary Liam

Expressing concern on the condition of Indian agriculture, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laid stress on increasing farm productivity in order to ensure food security.
“Addressing key constraints in the modernisation of agriculture and in the expansion of infrastructure need long-term strategies backed by stepped up investment,” said the Prime Minister.

Pakistan and China on Monday agreed to hold joint military exercises, an official statement said.