K.S.V. Prasad Raju-trained Dandelion was well ridden by P. Trevor to win the K. Srinivas Reddy Memorial Cup 1000 metres, the main event of races held here on Monday. The last race of the day had to be cancelled due to inclement weather and the resultant poor visibility.

The rupee on Tuesday fell 54 paise to end at 63.37 against the dollar, the biggest drop in 2 weeks, on fresh demand for the US currency from importers ahead of the Federal Reserve’s 2-day policy meeting.

The Centre on Monday outrightly blamed the Akhilesh government for failing to prevent the communal clashes in Muzaffarnagar which has claimed more than 40 lives and displaced over 40,000 people.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has termed the Muzaffarnagar riots as “very tragic incident” and said that the guilty must be punished. The Prime Minister said that the top priority of the Central government would be to ensure that people displaced from their homes due to the riots are sent back safely.

Experienced as they are there will still be a few first-night nerves this week as Pep Guardiola, Carlo Ancelotti and Jose Mourinho set off on new Champions League journeys with plenty to prove and reputations to polish.

The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex added 62 points after a choppy session today ahead of the two-day US Federal Reserve meeting that is expected to determine the timing and extent of stimulus tapering.

The CBI on Monday received a fresh set of files and documents from the coal ministry as a part of its probe in the coal block allocation scam.

The economy is in bad shape and a pragmatic approach is needed to be taken on providing subsidies, the Supreme Court said on Monday while setting aside the stay orders by the Madras and Kerala high courts on the implementation of the Centre’s policy on deregulation of diesel prices.

The three Indian boxers, who had alleged manipulation in the World Championships selection trials, have submitted their response to the show cause notices issued to them by the national federation and a decision on their fate will be taken by September 20.

The foreign ministers of Russia and France on Tuesday admitted they still had differences over their approaches on how to end the Syrian conflict, despite a landmark agreement for Damascus to hand over its chemical weapons.