Even as the mercury in the city came down by nearly four degrees from Tuesday, the city residents continued to face powercuts. The discoms had to resort to load shedding largely on account of overdrawal from states and also due to the closure of the 220 KV unit of Badarpur Power Thermal Station for a Delhi Metro project.

Robert Foley-trained King’s Envoy, ridden by G. Ross, won the Sweet Memories Cup, the main event of the races held here on Wednesday.

Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan was greeted by hysterically shrieking fans at Leicester Square in London on Tuesday evening as he attended the European premiere of his latest film, Kites.

Dismissing the petition of an NGO, the Delhi high court on Wednesday refused to stay the declaration of this year’s Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) exams.

Dinesh Pujar-trained Gris Rapide, ably ridden by P. Mani, won the J.K. Van Ingen Memorial Gold Cup, the feature event of the races held here on Wednesday.
Trainer Mohammed Sajid Qureshi and jockeys P. Mani and N. Ravinder Singh had a brace of winners each.

The girls outshone boys once again in Classes 10 and 12 boards exams conducted by Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE). The result of Central Board of Secondary Education for Class 12 for Ajmer, Panchkula and Chennai was also announced on Wednesday.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday told a Delhi court that senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar was allegedly involved in the murder of people during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots by giving provocative speeches.

A day after the Asian Football Confederation decided to scrap the ambitious Vision India programme in New Delhi and Tamil Nadu, the All India Football Federation expressed regret that the state associations failed to comply to the AFC norms.

A day after the Afzal Guru mercy petition file moved from Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit to lieutenant-governor Tejen-dra Khanna and back again, the file went back to Raj Niwas on Wednesday with the minor clarification sought by Mr Khanna.

The Congress has yet to decide whether a meeting of the working committee be called to discuss the Naxal issues whose activities have spread over in about half a dozen states targeting the state power.