With questions being raised over the delay in clearing the mercy petition file of death row convict Afzal Guru, chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday said it took longer time to take a decision on the issue because of its sensitive nature.

Brunetta, Braavo and Cherelle impressed the most when the following horses were exercised on the trial track here on Monday.
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Andhra Pradesh chief minister K. Rosaiah on Monday met Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and other central leaders of the party. In the meetings the chief minister discussed issues relating to Rajya Sabha elections scheduled for next month and sought greater central assistance for cyclone ravaged areas of the state.

The newly-elected Delhi mayor’s first meeting of the MCD House was marred by pandemonium and physical exchange of blows between the women councillors of the two main parties here on Monday.

The England and Wales Cricket Board’s decision to pull out counties from this year’s Champions League T20 in South Africa this September has rendered the competition as a 10-team event.

Senior BJP leader Mr Arun Jaitley, reacting on the BJP’s withdrawal of support to the Shibu Soren-led coalition government on Monday, said: “We tried effectively to ensure and lead a non-Congress government in Jharkhand but we did not succeed, so we decided enough is enough. We can’t try any further.” He claimed the decision was taken on Sunday evening after consulting and discussing with each member of the parliamentary board. “It was a unanimous decision,” Mr Jaitley added.

The Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, has apologised for her “serious lack of judgement” after a tabloid on Sunday accused her of allegedly offering to sell access to her former husband Prince Andrew f

Shortly after the Mangalore air-crash, another air-scare was witnessed in the country at the New Delhi IGI airport on Monday afternoon when a SpiceJet flight had to return to the airport for an emergency landing after take-off following a tyre-burst. SpiceJet as well as sources in the Airports Authority of India (AAI) confirmed that the right rear inner wheel of the aircraft got deflated, apparently during take-off. A probe has been ordered.

Not satisfied with the trial court judge who recused himself from hearing a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case citing personal reasons, district judge Vimla Makin on Monday asked the Karkardooma court additional sessions judge (ASJ) V.K. Goyal to give reasons for recusing himself in the case in which senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar is an accused.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday hinted that strong and effective action would be taken if anyone is found guilty in the Indian Premier League affairs.
Responding to a query on the alleged black money involved in the Twenty-Twenty cricket league, the Prime Minister said, “There was a discussion on the issue in Parliament and finance minister had given a reply.”