Race Course

Convert Mumbai's Mahalaxmi Race Course into theme park, says Uddhav Thackeray

Written by Miloni Bhatt (with inputs from Prasad Kathe) | Tuesday May 14, 2013

Mumbai's iconic Mahalaxmi Race Course, the city's vital green lung, should be converted into a theme park, named after Bal Thackeray, his son and Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray said today. The suggestion came even as uncertainty looms large ove...

Race Course Metro station shut for three hours

Press Trust of India | Sunday May 12, 2013

Anticipating protests outside Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence, Delhi Metro on Sunday closed the Race Course station for nearly three hours on police instruction.

Railway Minster Pawan Bansal, Law Minster Ashwani Kumar dropped from the Cabinet

Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Saturday May 11, 2013

Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and Law Minister Ashwani Kumar drove up to the 7 Race Course Road residence of the Prime Minister this evening and handed letters of resignation.

India-China standoff: Army Chief briefs PM, other senior ministers

Edited by Abhinav Bhatt | Wednesday May 1, 2013

Army Chief General Bikram Singh today briefed the Cabinet Committee on Security on the Chinese incursion in Ladakh that has caused tension at the border between the two neighbours since April 15, when a Chinese platoon pitched tents about 19 km insid...

Vintage car club organises rally to raise money for drought in Maharashtra

Written by Saurabh Gupta | Saturday April 20, 2013

The Vintage & Classic Car Club of India (VCCCI) has organised an exhibition of vintage and classic cars at the Mahalaxmi Race Course in Mumbai. The money raised through this exhibition will be donated to the Chief Minister's Drought Relief Fund. The ...

Key quotes from Lance Armstrong interview

Agence France Presse | Saturday January 19, 2013

Key quotes from the second part of disgraced US cyclist Lance Armstrong's interview with talk show host Oprah Winfrey: I can look at what I did -- cheating to win bike races, lying about it, bullying people. Of course you're not supposed to do those...

PM's dinner for BJP leaders fails to end stalemate on FDI

Reported by Rahul Shrivastava; edited by Mala Das | Friday November 23, 2012

Three top BJP leaders dined tonight at the 7 Race Course Road residence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is making efforts to ensure that the winter session of Parliament is not lost to the standoff between the government and the opposition over...

Jeev Milkha Singh set to tee up at World Tour Championships in Dubai

Press Trust of India | Tuesday November 20, 2012

After missing out on the Race to Dubai for the last two years, a slightly injured but hungry Jeev Milkha Singh now returns to the season-ending finale DP World Tour Championship on the European Tour at the Earth Course at Jumeirah Golf Estates her...

PM hosts Mayawati for lunch; Winter Session begins soon

Edited by Mala Das | Monday November 12, 2012

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati is having lunch at the Prime Minister's 7 Race Course Road residence on Sunday, as Dr Manmohan Singh continues to reach out to allies. He had hosted Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Mulayam Singh Yadav for dinner on Frida...

Hurricane Sandy blows US presidential campaign off course

Associated Press | Monday October 29, 2012

Mitt Romney and Barack Obama frantically sought to close to the deal with voters in the precious few days left in an incredibly close race as this year's October surprise - an unprecedented storm menacing the East Coast - wreaked havoc on their best ...

At Rajkot, Sonia Gandhi avoids tit-for tat with Narendra Modi: Highlights

Edited by Prasad Sanyal | Wednesday October 3, 2012

Sonia Gandhi is in Narendra Modi's Gujarat today. She kicked off the Congress' election campaign in the state with a rally in Rajkot's Race Course grounds. Before that she visited the Ramakrishna Ashram and garlanded a statue of Swami Vivekananda the...

Team Anna supporters protest outside PM's residence, detained

Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday July 28, 2012

Around 50 supporters of Team Anna, including six women, today took security personnel by surprise as they suddenly turned up to protest outside Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's official residence, 7 Race Course Road. All have been detained, police sai...

Hyderabad Race Club seeks nod for commercial use of plot

Press Trust of India | Sunday July 22, 2012

Hyderabad Race Club (HRC) has sought Andhra Pradesh Government's permission to change the status of its vacant plot in Vijayawada to commercial from industrial.

Ministers complain about security process at PM residence

NDTV Correspondent | Saturday July 21, 2012

In the recently held cabinet meeting on July 19, which NCP leaders Sharad Pawar and Praful Patel skipped, causing a furore in the Congress, a few ministers were dealing with another issue. Three union ministers headed by Farooq Abdullah, have compla...

Speeding SUV turns turtle, catches fire near Prime Minister's residence

NDTV Correspondent | Tuesday July 17, 2012

There was mid-night drama near the Prime Minister's residence in New Delhi. A speeding Range Rover SUV hit a road divider, turned turtle and caught fire about 150 metres from the PM's residence, 7 Race Course Road.