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Reliance, BP create gas firm in India

India’s Reliance Industries and British giant BP on Friday announced the creation of an equal joint venture firm to source and market natural gas in India, according to a statement.
The move marks the next step in the $7.2 billion deal that Reliance and BP completed recently, through which the British giant acquired a [...]

Read More » No commentNovember 19, 2011

India’s spin attack capable of ensuring series win

KOLKATA, India (AP) — India goes into the second test against the West Indies on Monday safe in the knowledge that its new spin attack is capable of winning games in familiar home conditions.
Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin’s debut match haul of 9-128 was the standout performance in a five-wicket victory in [...]

Read More » No commentNovember 13, 2011

Massa-Hamilton feud deepens at Indian GP

NEW DELHI (AP) — Ferrari driver Felipe Massa says the onus is on Lewis Hamilton to clear the air between the two after they collided yet again in the Formula One Indian Grand Prix on Sunday.
The two have crashed into each other in three of the past four races. This time Massa was [...]

Read More » No commentOctober 31, 2011

Five hurt in new Indian Kashmir attack

Five civilians were hurt Wednesday in a grenade attack by suspected militants in Indian-administered Kashmir, police said, as a sudden upsurge of separatist violence strikes the region.
The attack, the fifth in two days, took place in Bijbehara town, some 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of Indian Kashmir summer capital of Srinagar.
“Suspected militants hurled a grenade [...]

Read More » No commentOctober 27, 2011

All eyes on India for grand F1 debut

India makes its grand debut on the glitzy Formula One circuit this week under pressure to deliver a smooth and safe event after twin deaths rocked the world of motorsports.
The lavish F1 roadshow rolls into Greater Noida, a burgeoning satellite of New Delhi, where India will hope to erase memories of last year’s [...]

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Art installation evokes nostalgia for Tibetan home

DHARMSALA, India (AP) — An art installation made of 20 tons of soil from Tibet has touched a deep emotional chord among Tibetan exiles, hundreds of whom lined up to walk across the mounds of soil Wednesday.
Monks chanted prayers as emotional Tibetans offered ceremonial scarves at the installation. Some elderly Tibetans kissed the [...]

Read More » No commentOctober 27, 2011

285 Indian girls shed ‘unwanted’ names

MUMBAI, India (AP) — More than 200 Indian girls whose names mean “unwanted” in Hindi have chosen new names for a fresh start in life.
A central Indian district held a renaming ceremony Saturday that it hopes will give the girls new dignity and help fight widespread gender discrimination that gives India a skewed [...]

Read More » No commentOctober 25, 2011

Indian debut F1 race not sold-out

Tickets for India’s inaugural Grand Prix have not sold out, prompting organisers to slash prices in an effort to fill the 120,000-capacity circuit.
On Monday, tickets were still available online in all but the cheapest category — the 2,500-rupee ($55) area.
The private Jaypee group, which has spent $400 million to build the new state-of-the-art [...]

Read More » No commentOctober 25, 2011

Indian Kashmir to relax emergency law

Tough emergency laws imposed in Indian Kashmir in 1990 that allow security forces to act with near-impunity are to be partially withdrawn, the region’s chief minister announced Friday.
It marks a significant step in the process of normalising the Indian part of Kashmir, a Muslim-majority Himalayan region divided with Pakistan that has sparked two [...]

Read More » No commentOctober 22, 2011

India’s Maruti looks to rebuild as strike ends

The latest in a series of strikes at India’s top car maker Maruti Suzuki came to an end on Friday, at a cost of $400 million in lost production and major damage to the group’s reputation.
Maruti, which is majority-owned by Japan’s Suzuki Motor Corp, said the 13-day strike at its Manesar plant was called off [...]

Read More » No commentOctober 22, 2011