The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is on the backfoot after its mayor in Miraj, Mainuddin Bagwan was named as a perpetrator of communal riots in 2009. While the party has not disowned or condemned Mr Bagwan, NCP leaders have questioned the police officer’s intentions in naming Mr Bagwan as the absconding accused in the Sangli riots.

Call it the law of unintended consequences, but some good may have come out of the sub-prime mess created by Wall Street.
The 2008-09 recession probably did more for the global environment than any climate change summit or agreement. The recession hit world economy saw its energy consumption, and hence greenhouse effect causing carbon dioxide emissions, shrink by 1.1 per cent during 2009.

International rating agency Standard & Poor’s on Wednesday lowered Bharti Airtel’s rating due to the large debt which the company had taken to finance its acquisition of Zain’s African assets. Bharti’s shares, however, were up by five per cent on the stock market and was one of the top gainers.

The government is hoping to reap a bonanza from the disinvestment of public sector units (PSUs). The Union minister of state for heavy industry and public sector enterprises, Mr Arun Yadav, said on Wednesday that the government would list 35 public sector companies on the stock markets over the next five years.

C. V. G. K. Kishore-trained Secret Command was brilliantly ridden by S. Chandrashekar en route to the Hyderabad Race Club Gold Trophy, the feature event of the races held here on Wednesday.

India on Wednes-day pressed for a “meaningful devolution package based on the 13th Amen-dment” and announced a slew of measures to aid quicker rehabilitation of Tamils displaced by conflict and to revitalise trade and security ties with Sri Lanka.

Talented middle distance runner Tintu Luka came up with a stupendous performance to clinch her maiden gold in the Asian Grand Prix at the Nehru Stadium on Wednesday.

The Delhi high court on Wednesday refused to restrain the MCD from sealing unauthorised constructions within Metro station premises in the city.
Justice Manmohan Singh passed the order after going through the petition of the DMRC, which pleaded before the court to give the matter an urgent hearing.

The Indian men’s recurve team sealed a second successive final spot at the ongoing World Cup Archery series in Turkey. According to information received here, the top seeds first brushed aside Belarus 224-211 in the pre-quarterfinal, prevailed over Russia (224-219) in the quarters before edging past Japan (216-213) in the semis.
The trio — Rahul Banerjee, Mangal Singh Champia and Jayanta Talukdar — will now take on the United States in the title round on Thursday.

Three persons were injured, one of whom was serious, when they were hit by a overspeeding Chevrolet Optra at New Rajender Nagar in Central Delhi on Wednesday. The driver has been arrested.