S. Padmanabhan-trained Celestial Way was brilliantly ridden by Jacob G. Sampson to claim the Chief Minister’s Cup, the feature event of the races held here on Sunday.
Sampson produced the lesser fancied Celestial Way with a sparkling run from wide out side to breeze past Originality, who was commanding the field from the word ‘go’, to win quiet convincingly.

IN A breakthrough for treatment of breast cancer, British researchers have developed a new technique which reduces radiation therapy to just a single dose for people suffering from the disease.

LONDON IS searching for a talented director for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2012 Olympic Games. Beijing Olympics had spectacular opening and closing shows, helmed by acclaimed director Zhang Yimou, and London is looking to engage the expertise of filmmaker Danny Boyle for the two ceremonies.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh begins what could have been a crucial two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Monday. He recently indicated that his key objective would be to rope in “those outside the political mainstream ... provided they shun violence”.

To garner public support and mobilise political will, as many as 200 civil society and women’s organisations from all across the country have joined the campaign Reservation Express in support of the Women’s Reservation Bill that is to be passed in its present form in the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies.

The price of petrol and diesel may go up by around Rs 3 per litre. An Empowered Group of Ministers headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee will meet on Monday to decide on the decontrol of fuel prices as recommended by the Kirit Parikh Committee.

The Delhi government will have to carry out fresh drafting exercise for its Property Titling Bill, as the Central government has asked all state governments to model their respective legislative proposals on the Model Land Titling Bill, 2010.

After several cases of alleged corruption the government is toying with the idea of changing the existing appointment system for judges to the higher judiciary.
Union law and justice minister M. Veerappa Moily stated that the government is “thinking” of making changes in the appointment procedure.

Buying property in the capital is going to get costlier as the Delhi government is gearing up to hike circle rates. The circle rate is the base rate at which the government arrives at the valuation of properties in the city.

Various Sikh organisations of Jammu and Kashmir have asked for a special package from Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh who is arriving here on a 2-day visit on Monday.