Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) is in talks to acquire mining assets in Chile and Namibia, its chairman and MD, Mr Shakeel Ahmed, said on Thursday.

Sirono, Topkapi and Spearhead excelled in the workouts when the following horses were exercised on the trial track here on Thursday.

In a sudden development, Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde on Wednesday resigned from his post complaining that he did not have adequate powers to take to their logical conclusion cases pursued by his agency.

Ballibay, Cool Whistle and Time Flies impressed most in the workouts when the following horses were exercised on the trial track here on Monday.
Outer sand:

Irfan Ghatala-trained Sun Kingdom reigned supreme in the HDIL Colts Trial Stakes, the second classic of the season and major attraction of the races held here on Sunday.
Results:

Irfan Ghatala-trained Sun Kingdom holds an edge over others to win the HDIL Colts Trial Stakes, the highlight of the races to be held here on Sunday.
1st race: The Paddiwick Plate. Maiden horses three-years-old only. Distance 1200 metres. Time: 1.00 P.M.

S. Padmanabhan-trained Becket was brilliantly ridden by Suraj Narredu to vicory in the Chief Justice’s Cup, the feature event of the races held here on Saturday, in sensational finish.

Army XI held their nerveS to move into the final with an 8-6 victory over Air India in the Chief Minister Yeddyurappa all-India invitational hockey tournament here on Saturday.
Army will take on IOCL, who earlier defeated BPCL 3-2, in the final on Sunday. In a match that went down to the wire and was decided on penalty strokes, the teams were level 3-all after the regulation period.

As expected, industrialist, Dr Vijay Mallya has made it to the Rajya Sabha along with M. Venkaiah Naidu and Aayanur Manjunath of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Oscar Fernandes of the Congress party.

Jagdish Singh Dhariwal-trained Siachen was ably ridden by Y. S. Srinath to claim the Fillies Trial Stakes, the feature event of the races held here on Sunday.
Srinath raced Siachen in mid group of the closely bunched field before shooting into lead mid way up the stretch to win quiet convincingly from late rallying Moonlight Romance, the favourite before the event.