A man in a Chhattisgarh town has found a weird way to appropriate government funds by conducting “fake” inter-caste marriages and had even gone to the extent of tying knots with over 300 women under fictitious names himself, the police said on Friday.

Patrick Quinn-trained Ocean And Beyond, who is bidding for hat-trick, holds an edge over the rest of the runners at the Idar Gold Trophy, the feature event of the races to be held here on Saturday.

Plans for a Grand Prix in New York have been dropped from the provisional calendar for the 2014 Formula One season, revealed to reporters on Thursday, but Mexico does return.

Seven minority Shia Muslims, including a prominent community leader, have been shot dead by four unidentified men in Pakistan’s Punjab province.

Crippled with shortage of doctors, the Union health ministry has decided to take help from the private institutions to take up their pet project that aims to screen people for cancer and cardio-vascular diseases.

Pesi Shroff-trained Mariinsky is fancied to win the Calcutta Fillies Trial Stakes while Dhariwal-trained Arabian Warrior has the looks of a winner in the Calcutta Colts Trial Stakes at the races to be held here on Saturday.

Midfielder Ritu Rani will lead an 18-member Indian women’s hockey team to the 8th Asia Cup in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, it was announced here on Friday.

Giving a message of hope to consumers, government Saturday said onion prices would come down in the next 15-20 days with the arrival of new crops from various southern states.

A US-based website offering onions at heavily discounted prices in India has seen an “overwhelming” response as consumers there reel from sky-rocketing prices of the vegetable.

Dinesh Pujar-trained Spirituality was ably piloted by J.H. Christopher to claim the Mrs Ammani Ramachandran Memorial Trophy, the feature event of the races held here on Friday.