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All rights reserved Sun, 27 May 2012 07:33:57 +0530 5 http://in.news.yahoo.com/india/ http://l.yimg.com/os/mit/media/m/index/img/Yahoo_logo_en-IN.gif London, May 27 (IANS) Singer Beth Ditto, who is famed for her plus-sized figure, created a fashion line for British high street store Evans in 2007 but says she would now like to design a collection on her terms.http://in.news.yahoo.com/beth-ditto-wants-own-fashion-range-020357486.htmlSun, 27 May 2012 07:33:57 +0530IANS India Private Limitedbeth-ditto-wants-own-fashion-range-020357486Shimla, May 27 (IANS) Polling began Sunday morning for the Shimla Municipal Corporation, one of India's oldest civic bodies, with the mayor and the deputy mayor to get elected directly by voters for the first time.http://in.news.yahoo.com/polling-starts-shimla-municipal-corporation-013827853.htmlSun, 27 May 2012 07:08:27 +0530IANS India Private Limitedpolling-starts-shimla-municipal-corporation-013827853Having scaled the highest peak and plumbed the depths of the ocean, Gary is spoilt for choice. When asked which he prefers, the Everester says, "They are both my passion. Scuba diving, while being fun, is a lot more technical. Being a mountaineer is tougher and more dangerous."http://in.news.yahoo.com/lens-hand-khasi-man-scales-everest-213225315.htmlSun, 27 May 2012 05:30:00 +0530www.telegraphindia.comlens-hand-khasi-man-scales-everest-213225315NOTTINGHAM, England, May 26, 2012 (AFP) - England captain Andrew Strauss was determined to post an even bigger score after his unbeaten century saw the hosts reduce West Indies' first innings lead in the second Test here at Trent Bridge.http://in.news.yahoo.com/cricket-run-hungry-strauss-keen-press-190511621.htmlSun, 27 May 2012 00:35:11 +0530AFPcricket-run-hungry-strauss-keen-press-190511621Gurgaon, May 27 -- To raise the issue of water scarcity in south Haryana, residents of the city launched a signature campaign on Saturday.The campaign was undertaken to put pressure on the ministry of water resources to construct Lakhwar, Kesao and Renuka dams on the Yamuna, Tons and Giri, respectively.The dams will help augmentation of water in the Tajewala Barrage throughout the year and supply adequate water to the western Yamuna canal to feed south Haryana, including Gurgaon. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/gurgaon-residents-launch-campaign-against-water-crisis-183000613.htmlSun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 +0530HT Mediagurgaon-residents-launch-campaign-against-water-crisis-183000613New Delhi, May 27 -- Dear reader, you are holding Delhi-ncr's no. 1 English language newspaper. And by no. 1, we mean more people read Hindustan Times (HT) every day than any other English language daily.It is common knowledge that real leadership is about the number of readers who make a newspaper their daily habit, and not merely about the number of copies printed.For the record, HT has been the no. 1 English language daily in Delhi-ncr for the last eight rounds of the Indian Readership Survey (IRS), enjoying a significant lead over The Times of India (TOI). ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/no-mistake-ht-ahead-times-183000275.htmlSun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 +0530HT Mediano-mistake-ht-ahead-times-183000275New Delhi, May 27 -- The rise in prices is bringing more tears to the common man than what the costly onions or high petrol prices suggest. Consider what Heena Sardana has to say. "Shopping and eating out are the two biggest casualties of inflation. Also, I have started spending less on cosmetics and curtailed visits to beauty parlours as my pocket money is not adequate," says the Delhi college student. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/prepare-tighten-pursestrings-183000492.htmlSun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 +0530HT Mediaprepare-tighten-pursestrings-183000492New Delhi, May 27 -- This weekend will see the first Indian prime minister visit Myanmar in 25 years. This was excusable in the past. But today, India's relations with its only Southeast Asian neighbour are crucial for both foreign policy and domestic security reasons. Four key reasons Myanmar matters to India:NORTHEASTWhy did India decide to switch from supporting pro-democracy activist Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and back Myanmar's brutal military regime? The answer is not oil or China. The answer is the Northeast.A terrible security dilemma faced the PV Narasimha Rao government in the early 1990s. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/burma-shell-183000687.htmlSun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 +0530HT Mediaburma-shell-183000687New Delhi, May 27 -- The environment ministry is facing heat from within the government for delaying key infrastructure projects in the country.Road transport and highways minister CP Joshi on May 21 shot off a letter to his counterpart in the environment ministry, Jayanti Natarajan, blaming her ministry for the delay in giving environment/forest clearance to 16 crucial highway projects.Of the projects that are yet to be granted a formal environmental clearance, two are located in UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's pocket borough, Rae Bareily. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/16-road-projects-hit-green-hurdle-ministry-under-183000110.htmlSun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 +0530HT Media16-road-projects-hit-green-hurdle-ministry-under-183000110New Delhi, May 27 -- Well begun is only half done. This is true for the 1st Hari Ram Indian Wrestling Grand Prix. Though the tournament has witnessed the participation of 22 countries, most of them, including powerhouses like Georgia, USA and Iran, have come with second-string teams. However, each team has a reason to share. USA, who till Saturday were on top of the medals tally, feel their focus is on the ongoing World Cup in Tokyo. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/organisers-hopeful-despite-depleted-field-183000662.htmlSun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 +0530HT Mediaorganisers-hopeful-despite-depleted-field-183000662Gurgaon, May 27 -- A Gurgaon court on Saturday dismissed the anticipatory bail applications of Subhinder Singh Prem, the former managing director (MD), and Vishnu Bhagat, chief operating operator (COO) of the India arm of Reebok.Both were booked on May 21 for allegedly fudging company accounts and operating secret warehouses causing a loss to the tune of over R870 crore to the global sports goods firm. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/court-rejects-reebok-duos-bail-plea-183000688.htmlSun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 +0530HT Mediacourt-rejects-reebok-duos-bail-plea-183000688CHENNAI, May 27 -- "The captain must know how to deploy whatever skills his players have at their disposal. He must enable them to widen their own range, to have the confidence to experiment. In short, the captain must get the best out of his team by helping them to play together without suppressing flair and uniqueness." Thus wrote former England skipper Mike Brearley in his timeless book "The Art of Captaincy". It sounds simple enough. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/final-battle-dhoni-gauti-art-captaincy-183000925.htmlSun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 +0530HT Mediafinal-battle-dhoni-gauti-art-captaincy-183000925New Delhi, May 27 -- The Telecom Commission, the highest decision-making body in the telecom sector, could not take any decision on the reserve price of spectrum to be auctioned.A high-powered ministerial panel headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee will decide on the minimum price to be fixed for the auction of spectrum.The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had recommended a reserve price of R3,600 crore per MHZ of spectrum. Operators claim that this price is very high, and will impact the tariff. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/committee-yet-call-spectrum-price-183000905.htmlSun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 +0530HT Mediacommittee-yet-call-spectrum-price-183000905Beijing, May 27 -- Days after India issued a second advisory for its citizens doing business in eastern China's trade hub of Yiwu, police have arrested a 30-year-old Chinese woman for kidnapping an Indian over a trade dispute.While Danish Qureshi, a purchaser working for an Indian businessman, was freed two days ago and flew out of China on Thursday, the latest incident reiterates that Indian businessmen who default on payments are increasingly being illegally targeted by local traders. ...http://in.news.yahoo.com/indian-trader-abducted-freed-china-183000926.htmlSun, 27 May 2012 00:00:00 +0530HT Mediaindian-trader-abducted-freed-china-183000926<p><a href="http://in.news.yahoo.com/biden-tells-west-point-cadets-prepare-threats-172152821.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tCIfLVseSJhpcG9sdYhQcQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-26T172152Z_1_CDEE84P1C8K00_RTROPTP_2_USA-POLITICS-BIDEN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks regarding foreign policy at New York University in New York" align="left" title="U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks regarding foreign policy at New York University in New York" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most of the cadets who graduated on Saturday from West Point were in elementary school when hijacked planes hit the World Trade Center and Pentagon on September 11, 2001, and enrolled in the U.S. military academy with wars raging in Iraq and Afghanistan. Vice President Joe Biden lauded the brave choices of the Class of 2012 - and their so-called &quot;9/11 generation&quot; - with a commencement address focused on the United States&#039; new foreign policy challenges including cyber threats and a rising China. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://in.news.yahoo.com/biden-tells-west-point-cadets-prepare-threats-172152821.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 22:51:52 +0530Reutersbiden-tells-west-point-cadets-prepare-threats-172152821<p><a href="http://in.news.yahoo.com/biden-tells-west-point-cadets-prepare-threats-172152821.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tCIfLVseSJhpcG9sdYhQcQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-26T172152Z_1_CDEE84P1C8K00_RTROPTP_2_USA-POLITICS-BIDEN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks regarding foreign policy at New York University in New York" align="left" title="U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks regarding foreign policy at New York University in New York" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Most of the cadets who graduated on Saturday from West Point were in elementary school when hijacked planes hit the World Trade Center and Pentagon on September 11, 2001, and enrolled in the U.S. military academy with wars raging in Iraq and Afghanistan. Vice President Joe Biden lauded the brave choices of the Class of 2012 - and their so-called &quot;9/11 generation&quot; - with a commencement address focused on the United States&#039; new foreign policy challenges including cyber threats and a rising China. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://in.news.yahoo.com/reliance-comm-q4-net-profit-nearly-doubles-143050218--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZDtjwIFbj3uZxpgoNoN.nQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-26T143050Z_1_CDEE84P14BP00_RTROPTP_2_RELIANCECOMM.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A man walks past a logo of Reliance Communication before Annual General Meeting in Mumbai" align="left" title="A man walks past a logo of Reliance Communication before Annual General Meeting in Mumbai" border="0" /></a>REUTERS - Reliance Communications, India&#039;s second-biggest mobile phone carrier by subscribers, reported its fiscal fourth-quarter profit nearly doubled on sharply lower costs, in what is its first profit rise in 11 quarters. The company, controlled by billionaire Anil Ambani, said consolidated net profit jumped about 98 percent for the three months ended March from a year earlier, smashing street estimates, even as revenue fell nearly a third. The market is however keenly watching for any progress in the company&#039;s talks to raise funds through asset sales to cut its heavy debt load -- $6. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://in.news.yahoo.com/reliance-comm-q4-net-profit-nearly-doubles-143050218--finance.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 22:05:38 +0530Reutersreliance-comm-q4-net-profit-nearly-doubles-143050218--finance<p><a href="http://in.news.yahoo.com/reliance-comm-q4-net-profit-nearly-doubles-143050218--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZDtjwIFbj3uZxpgoNoN.nQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-26T143050Z_1_CDEE84P14BP00_RTROPTP_2_RELIANCECOMM.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A man walks past a logo of Reliance Communication before Annual General Meeting in Mumbai" align="left" title="A man walks past a logo of Reliance Communication before Annual General Meeting in Mumbai" border="0" /></a>REUTERS - Reliance Communications, India&#039;s second-biggest mobile phone carrier by subscribers, reported its fiscal fourth-quarter profit nearly doubled on sharply lower costs, in what is its first profit rise in 11 quarters. The company, controlled by billionaire Anil Ambani, said consolidated net profit jumped about 98 percent for the three months ended March from a year earlier, smashing street estimates, even as revenue fell nearly a third. The market is however keenly watching for any progress in the company&#039;s talks to raise funds through asset sales to cut its heavy debt load -- $6. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://in.news.yahoo.com/telecom-commission-wants-detailed-study-airwaves-auction-price-153306470--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lcMfJ_XJUs.CIMbJCr0dOQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-26T153306Z_1_CDEE84P177900_RTROPTP_2_INDIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The sun rises behind a communications tower in New Delhi" align="left" title="The sun rises behind a communications tower in New Delhi" border="0" /></a>NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Telecom Commission will ask the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to analyse the potential impact of a proposed airwaves auction base price that is seen as too high and has drawn protests from carriers. The Commission however endorsed a separate regulatory proposal to auction by June next year airwaves in another band, Telecoms Secretary R.Chandrashekhar said on Saturday. That band currently used by older operators and will be taken back from them in the so-called airwave refarming. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://in.news.yahoo.com/telecom-commission-wants-detailed-study-airwaves-auction-price-153306470--finance.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 21:03:06 +0530Reuterstelecom-commission-wants-detailed-study-airwaves-auction-price-153306470--finance<p><a href="http://in.news.yahoo.com/telecom-commission-wants-detailed-study-airwaves-auction-price-153306470--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lcMfJ_XJUs.CIMbJCr0dOQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-26T153306Z_1_CDEE84P177900_RTROPTP_2_INDIA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The sun rises behind a communications tower in New Delhi" align="left" title="The sun rises behind a communications tower in New Delhi" border="0" /></a>NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Telecom Commission will ask the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to analyse the potential impact of a proposed airwaves auction base price that is seen as too high and has drawn protests from carriers. The Commission however endorsed a separate regulatory proposal to auction by June next year airwaves in another band, Telecoms Secretary R.Chandrashekhar said on Saturday. That band currently used by older operators and will be taken back from them in the so-called airwave refarming. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Jaipur, May 26 (IANS) Actor Akshay Kumar, who will soon be seen in his action avatar in "Rowdy Rathore", says he is totally focused on Bollywood for now and will not be able to devote time to the small screen.http://in.news.yahoo.com/no-tv-akshay-kumar-151511561.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 20:45:11 +0530IANS India Private Limitedno-tv-akshay-kumar-151511561Monaco, May 26 (IANS) Mercedes' Michael Schumacher was fastest at the Formula One Monaco Grand Prix qualifying here Saturday but his five-place grid penalty incurred from the last race elevated Mark Webber to pole position. Force India's Nico Hulkenberg missed Q3 by a whisker.http://in.news.yahoo.com/monaco-gp-webber-pole-hulkenberg-miss-top-10-151333670.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 20:43:33 +0530IANS India Private Limitedmonaco-gp-webber-pole-hulkenberg-miss-top-10-151333670New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Air India may have failed to fly its passengers in recent days due to the ongoing pilots' strike, but the carrier came to the rescue of passengers of a 30-hour delayed British Airways (BA) flight stranded at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport here and flew them to their destination in Britain.http://in.news.yahoo.com/air-india-flies-stranded-british-airways-passengers-143541976--finance.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 20:05:41 +0530IANS India Private Limitedair-india-flies-stranded-british-airways-passengers-143541976--financeNew Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Discovery Channel will air a programme on the Indian Army's women scaling Mount Everest.http://in.news.yahoo.com/discovery-air-indian-army-womens-everest-expedition-142430190.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 19:54:30 +0530IANS India Private Limiteddiscovery-air-indian-army-womens-everest-expedition-142430190New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) An empowered group of ministers (EGoM) led by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will take the final call on key issues such as pricing and refarming of spectrum for 2G auction, Telecom Secretary R. Chandrashekhar said Saturday.http://in.news.yahoo.com/egom-final-call-pricing-refarming-spectrum-135650440--finance.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 19:26:50 +0530IANS India Private Limitedegom-final-call-pricing-refarming-spectrum-135650440--financeNew Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Lady luck finally shone on Parwinder Awana, who played for Kings XI Punjab, as the Delhi fast bowler Saturday was selected in the India A squad for the West Indies tour as a replacement for injured Mumbai Indians left-arm pacer Rudra Pratap Singh.http://in.news.yahoo.com/lady-luck-shines-delhi-pacer-awana-133349844.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 19:03:49 +0530IANS India Private Limitedlady-luck-shines-delhi-pacer-awana-133349844<p><a href="http://in.news.yahoo.com/sebi-toughens-stance-serious-cases-131056057--sector.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/UYiRU5Ai1TN0xZ2pGuiLRA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-25T173045Z_1_CDEE84O1CNN00_RTROPTP_2_INDIA-STOCKS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A broker monitors share prices at a brokerage firm in Mumbai" align="left" title="A broker monitors share prices at a brokerage firm in Mumbai" border="0" /></a>NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) said it would not settle serious cases, such as insider trading and unfair trade practices, through the use of consent orders - a mechanism that avoids lengthy legal proceedings. The capital market regulator had faced accusations that it had used consent orders inappropriately in some serious cases. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://in.news.yahoo.com/sebi-toughens-stance-serious-cases-131056057--sector.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 18:40:56 +0530Reuterssebi-toughens-stance-serious-cases-131056057--sector<p><a href="http://in.news.yahoo.com/sebi-toughens-stance-serious-cases-131056057--sector.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/UYiRU5Ai1TN0xZ2pGuiLRA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-25T173045Z_1_CDEE84O1CNN00_RTROPTP_2_INDIA-STOCKS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A broker monitors share prices at a brokerage firm in Mumbai" align="left" title="A broker monitors share prices at a brokerage firm in Mumbai" border="0" /></a>NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) said it would not settle serious cases, such as insider trading and unfair trade practices, through the use of consent orders - a mechanism that avoids lengthy legal proceedings. The capital market regulator had faced accusations that it had used consent orders inappropriately in some serious cases. ...</p><br clear="all"/>New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Team Anna Saturday renewed its attack on the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, alleging Prime Minster Manmohan Singh and 14 cabinet ministers were involved in massive corruption.http://in.news.yahoo.com/team-anna-attacks-manmohan-chidambaram-pranab-122240375.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 17:52:40 +0530IANS India Private Limitedteam-anna-attacks-manmohan-chidambaram-pranab-122240375Cannes, May 26 (IANS) Bollywood's 'RA.One' Arjun Rampal and his wife Mehr, who are here to walk the 65th Cannes International Film Festival red carpet, caught up with Hollywood lovebirds Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart.http://in.news.yahoo.com/arjun-meets-pattinson-stewart-cannes-121430683.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 17:44:30 +0530IANS India Private Limitedarjun-meets-pattinson-stewart-cannes-121430683New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Former Lok Sabha speaker P.A. Sangma Saturday said he never propagated himself as a presidential candidate but "incidentally became" one.http://in.news.yahoo.com/became-presidential-candidate-incidentally-says-sangma-120919291.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 17:39:19 +0530IANS India Private Limitedbecame-presidential-candidate-incidentally-says-sangma-120919291<p><a href="http://in.news.yahoo.com/maldonado-crashes-final-monaco-practice-115313883--spt.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/JbOzE9uJF063t_KCLB0NkA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-26T115313Z_1_CDEE84P0X0T00_RTROPTP_2_MOTOR-RACING-PRIX.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Williams Formula One driver Pastor Maldonado of Venezuela has his car winched away after he crashed it during the third practice session of the Monaco F1 Grand Prix" align="left" title="Williams Formula One driver Pastor Maldonado of Venezuela has his car winched away after he crashed it during the third practice session of the Monaco F1 Grand Prix" border="0" /></a>MONACO (Reuters) - Pastor Maldonado created work for his Williams mechanics by crashing in final practice for the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix on Saturday. While long-term Monaco resident Nico Rosberg lapped fastest for Mercedes, ahead of Ferrari&#039;s Felipe Massa and Red Bull&#039;s world champion Sebastian Vettel, the focus was on the Venezuelan. The winner of the Spanish Grand Prix, his team&#039;s first victory in nearly eight years, smashed into the barriers at the top of the hill in Casino Square and ripped off the right rear wheel as well as half the front wing. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://in.news.yahoo.com/maldonado-crashes-final-monaco-practice-115313883--spt.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 17:23:13 +0530Reutersmaldonado-crashes-final-monaco-practice-115313883--spt<p><a href="http://in.news.yahoo.com/maldonado-crashes-final-monaco-practice-115313883--spt.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/JbOzE9uJF063t_KCLB0NkA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-26T115313Z_1_CDEE84P0X0T00_RTROPTP_2_MOTOR-RACING-PRIX.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Williams Formula One driver Pastor Maldonado of Venezuela has his car winched away after he crashed it during the third practice session of the Monaco F1 Grand Prix" align="left" title="Williams Formula One driver Pastor Maldonado of Venezuela has his car winched away after he crashed it during the third practice session of the Monaco F1 Grand Prix" border="0" /></a>MONACO (Reuters) - Pastor Maldonado created work for his Williams mechanics by crashing in final practice for the Monaco Formula One Grand Prix on Saturday. While long-term Monaco resident Nico Rosberg lapped fastest for Mercedes, ahead of Ferrari&#039;s Felipe Massa and Red Bull&#039;s world champion Sebastian Vettel, the focus was on the Venezuelan. The winner of the Spanish Grand Prix, his team&#039;s first victory in nearly eight years, smashed into the barriers at the top of the hill in Casino Square and ripped off the right rear wheel as well as half the front wing. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Guwahati, May 26 (IANS) United Progressive Alliance chairperson and Congress party president Sonia Gandhi Saturday appealed to hardline militant outfits in Assam to respond to the government's peace overtures and join hands in putting the state on a high growth path.http://in.news.yahoo.com/assam-changed-respond-peace-overtures-sonia-militants-114440993.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 17:14:40 +0530IANS India Private Limitedassam-changed-respond-peace-overtures-sonia-militants-114440993Rajouri, May 26 (ANI): The new Beri Pattan bridge, connecting Nowshera and Rajouri, and aimed to facilitate military and civilian movement in areas along the Line of Control (LoC) was completed by the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) and inaugurated on Friday.http://in.news.yahoo.com/bridge-jammu-kashmir-enhance-connectivity-patrolling-113022349.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 17:00:22 +0530ANIbridge-jammu-kashmir-enhance-connectivity-patrolling-113022349Keonjhar (Odisha), May 26 (ANI): Four armed cadres of Communist Party of India- Maoists (CPI-M) carrying cash rewards, surrendered before the local police here on Saturday.http://in.news.yahoo.com/four-maoists-surrender-odisha-111121866.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 16:41:21 +0530ANIfour-maoists-surrender-odisha-111121866<p><a href="http://in.news.yahoo.com/asias-richest-man-sidesteps-possibility-family-feud-111115373--sector.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jyHjKEcjqE7rvoCZOsr6IA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-26T111115Z_1_CDEE84P0V2Y00_RTROPTP_2_HUTCHISON-EARNINGS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Hong Kong tycoon Li attends a news conference announcing the annual results of his company Hutchison Whampoa Ltd, in Hong Kong" align="left" title="Hong Kong tycoon Li attends a news conference announcing the annual results of his company Hutchison Whampoa Ltd, in Hong Kong" border="0" /></a>HONG KONG (Reuters) - Octogenarian Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing mapped out a succession plan for one of Asia&#039;s biggest family empires, ensuring a smoother transition for the Cheung Kong group than that of real estate rival Sun Hung Kai Properties. Li told investors that while he had no plans to retire, elder son Victor would eventually take over at Cheung Kong Holdings and Hutchison Whampoa , the real estate to telecoms empire founded by Asia&#039;s richest man. The 83-year-old, whose personal wealth of $25. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://in.news.yahoo.com/asias-richest-man-sidesteps-possibility-family-feud-111115373--sector.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 16:41:15 +0530Reutersasias-richest-man-sidesteps-possibility-family-feud-111115373--sector<p><a href="http://in.news.yahoo.com/asias-richest-man-sidesteps-possibility-family-feud-111115373--sector.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/jyHjKEcjqE7rvoCZOsr6IA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-05-26T111115Z_1_CDEE84P0V2Y00_RTROPTP_2_HUTCHISON-EARNINGS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Hong Kong tycoon Li attends a news conference announcing the annual results of his company Hutchison Whampoa Ltd, in Hong Kong" align="left" title="Hong Kong tycoon Li attends a news conference announcing the annual results of his company Hutchison Whampoa Ltd, in Hong Kong" border="0" /></a>HONG KONG (Reuters) - Octogenarian Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing mapped out a succession plan for one of Asia&#039;s biggest family empires, ensuring a smoother transition for the Cheung Kong group than that of real estate rival Sun Hung Kai Properties. Li told investors that while he had no plans to retire, elder son Victor would eventually take over at Cheung Kong Holdings and Hutchison Whampoa , the real estate to telecoms empire founded by Asia&#039;s richest man. The 83-year-old, whose personal wealth of $25. ...</p><br clear="all"/>New Delhi/Mumbai, May 26 (IANS) Not just Air India's international operations but even the March's pay of employees have been severely affected due to the ongoing pilots agitation, said an official Saturday.http://in.news.yahoo.com/ai-employees-suffer-strike-continues-19th-day-105000327--finance.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 16:20:00 +0530IANS India Private Limitedai-employees-suffer-strike-continues-19th-day-105000327--financeMumbai, May 6 (ANI): The Centre and the Air India management failed to end the ongoing impasse, leaving the passengers to bear the brunt of official apathy, even as the strike by the national carrier's pilots entered its 19th day.http://in.news.yahoo.com/air-india-strike-enters-19th-day-passengers-left-104724742.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 16:17:24 +0530ANIair-india-strike-enters-19th-day-passengers-left-104724742Islamabad, May 26 (ANI): An editorial in a Pakistan daily has said it is time for Pakistan to decide whether to side with an unreformed jihadist or with India, which is the biggest economic power in the region, claiming that Pakistan has preferred to treat Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed as an asset rather than an enemy of the state.http://in.news.yahoo.com/time-pak-dumped-unreformed-jihadist-hafiz-saeed-foster-104724369.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 16:17:24 +0530ANItime-pak-dumped-unreformed-jihadist-hafiz-saeed-foster-104724369Guwahati, May 26 (IANS) Highlighting the Congress government's peace and development agenda in Assam, United Progressive Alliance chairperson and party president Sonia Gandhi Saturday appealed to militant outfits to join the central government's peace initiative.http://in.news.yahoo.com/sonia-tells-assam-militants-join-peace-initiative-103840271.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 16:08:40 +0530IANS India Private Limitedsonia-tells-assam-militants-join-peace-initiative-103840271Lucknow, May 26 (ANI): The Samajwadi Party (SP) workers on Saturday appeared to be delighted with the party's decision to field Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav's wife, Dimple, for the Kannauj Lok Sabha by-election slated for June 24.http://in.news.yahoo.com/samajwadi-party-elated-over-dimple-contesting-kannauj-election-102735455.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 15:57:35 +0530ANIsamajwadi-party-elated-over-dimple-contesting-kannauj-election-102735455Mumbai, May 26 (IANS) India's foreign exchange reserves fell by $1.80 billion to $290 billion for the week ended May 18, registering a sharp drop for the third week in a row, largely due to suspected sale of dollar by the central bank to defend rupee, the Reserve Bank of India data showed.http://in.news.yahoo.com/indias-forex-reserves-drop-1-80-billion-102609813--finance.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 15:56:09 +0530IANS India Private Limitedindias-forex-reserves-drop-1-80-billion-102609813--financeNew Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Discovery Channel is set to produce a programme on the Indian Army's women's expedition to Mount Everest this summer.http://in.news.yahoo.com/discovery-cover-indian-army-womens-everest-bid-101530158.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 15:45:30 +0530IANS India Private Limiteddiscovery-cover-indian-army-womens-everest-bid-101530158New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) Team Anna Saturday levelled fresh corruption charges against the union cabinet, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, and cited reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) to press their claim.http://in.news.yahoo.com/team-anna-alleges-corruption-cabinet-ministers-094750391.htmlSat, 26 May 2012 15:17:50 +0530IANS India Private Limitedteam-anna-alleges-corruption-cabinet-ministers-094750391