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Acceptances for Thursday races

Mysore, Aug. 17: Following are the runners for the inaugural day’s races of the Mysore regular season scheduled to be held on Thursday.

1. The Meerut Plate. Horses rated 25 and below. 1400 metres 1 p

BJP to help pass civil nuclear Bill

New Delhi, Aug. 17: The prospect of quick passage of the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill 2010 through Parliament turned brighter on Tuesday with the Opposition BJP saying it was willing to coo

Mother’s Pride for main event

Kolkata, Aug. 17: On the strength of his last run, a fair fourth to Topkapi over 1800 metres in the recently concluded Bengaluru summer season, the Darius Byramji-trained Mother’s Pride looks set to w

Focus wasn’t on Sachin: Scholars

Pune, Aug. 17: Their research on Test cricket may have pegged Virender Sehwag as a better batsman than Sachin Tendulkar, but economists John Mangan and Vani K. Borooah say the Master Blaster’s achivem

Cop held for RTI activist’s murder

Ahmedabad, Aug. 17: Nearly a month after RTI activist Amit Jethwa was shot dead, a police constable from Gujarat’s Junagadh district has been arrested in connection with the murder, officials said on

Oram enjoys allrounder’s burden

Dambulla, Aug. 17: Over the years, Jacob Oram has played varied roles for New Zealand. As elder statesmen, the lanky all-rounder now has a bigger responsibility. With Shane Bond’s retirement and other

Centre assures relief for spill

New Delhi, Aug. 17: The Centre on Tuesday assured compensation to those affected by the oil spill resulting from the collision of the two ships off Mumbai coast early this month maintaining that “poll

OGQ to support boxer Thapa

New Delhi: Olympic Gold Quest on Monday said that it will support 16-year-old boxer Shiva Thapa as part of its Vision 2016 program.

Shiva had recently won a silver medal winner at the World Youth Box

EFI way behind in preparations

New Delhi, Aug. 16: All clearly is not well in the Equestrian Federation of India. Along with an acrimonious annual general meeting and election on July 31, details are emerging about lagging preparat

OC sets August 25 as final deadline

New Delhi, Aug. 16: After much deliberation, and many missed deadlines, the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee, has set August 25 as the latest cut-off for the venue owners to hand over completed

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