ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas investment arm of state-owned ONGC, and Chinese firm Sinopec have jointly won the bid to acquire Columbian oil firm Omimex de Columbia.
The Indo-Czech pair beat second seeds Mark Knowels and Daniel Nestor in the semi-finals.
Following the entry of Tata-SIA and AirAsia into the Indian aviation market, the domestic aviation industry is seeing increased interest from private entities.
England's David Lynn clung on to his overnight one-stroke lead at the US$1.8 million Volvo China Open.
Katrina aid: US accepts nearly $1 billion from some 95 nations
The Indian doubles ace and his new partner Wesley Moodie of South Africa lost to Oliver Marach and Lukasz Kubot at the Doha Open.
Frenchman, 2 Americans win Nobel Chemistry prize
The former world champion defeated Evgeny Bareev of Russia in a keenly-contested quarter-final in the World Chess Cup.
The duo lead the field in the opening round of the Enjoy Jakarta Standard Chartered Indonesia Open.
The cool-as-cucumber Indian broke her rival in the second game, but was immediately broken back. However, Shikha kept up the good show to demolish Fujiwara in the fourth and eighth games to take the set.
The Indo-Japanese pair was beaten by the Hungarian-Ukrainian combination of Melinda Czink and Yulian Fedak at the Sunfeast Open.
A holdover of British colonial days, caning is a standard punishment for more than 40 crimes in Malaysia, ranging from sexual abuse to drug use. Administered with a thick rattan stick, it splits the skin and leaves scars.
The Indian golfer is in sixth place in the Qatar Open. Swede Henrik Stenson leads the field after the third round.
The epidemic had forced the government to sack the health minister as well as the mayor of Beijing.
Jyoti Randhawa was the best-placed of five Indians who made the cut at the Hong Kong Open.
The deal includes 700 million for the refit and modernisation of the ship and rest for a complement of 28 Mig-29K fighters and six Kamov-31 anti-submarine helicopters.
Our readers tell us what they would do should they ever make such an amount in the stock market.
Anirban Lahiri's victory at the Venetian Macau Open on Sunday edged him closer towards the Order of Merit summit while giving him a huge boost on the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR).
While Watson is a near comparable to Ranbaxy in terms of the generics business in the US, on margins and capital efficiency front, Ranbaxy is way ahead of Watson.
According to the QNB Group report, the growth in emerging markets -- from Brazil to Indonesia, Russia and South Africa -- is slowing down, partly reflecting the tightening of domestic policies by these countries last year to stabilise foreign exchange rates.
The UAE bowlers have been made the offer for bagging the scalp of the batting maestro in the Asia Cup opener.
The world's greatest cricketers will play a one-off six-day Test and three game one-day series in Sydney and Melbourne in October 2005.
Unlike the Australian GP, where the majority of drivers carried out only one pit-stop, of Sunday's second race of the season, at Sepang, Malaysia, will see at least two, says Raja Sen.
India's top golfer will rub shoulders with the world's leading golfers in the May 20-23 Euro three million tournament.
The Aeroflot, in which the Indian team travelled, demanded US dollars 1,000 to be paid for the excess baggage.
The Indian ace moved to tied-25th from 57th spot overnight after a rain restricted second round.\n\n
Compatriots Arjun Singh, Amandeep Johl, Harmeet Kahlon and Jeev Milkha Singh were also way behind after the opening day in the Carlsberg Malaysian Open.
The Hero Honda Masters champion hopes to become the first player from India to play full-time on the elite US PGA Tour.
An average of 30-40 per cent automation is standard across all big automobile plants in the country
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