Portal:Current events/India/2006 October 18


 * Ratan Tata's Tata Steel bids to purchase London-based Corus Group Plc, for US $7.6 billion, to become the sixth largest steel producer in the world. Tata Steel is currently in 56th place. (Bloomberg)
 * 2006 ICC Champions Trophy: West Indies beats Australia by 10 runs in the fourth cricket match at Mumbai. (CricInfo.com)
 * Lashkar-e-Taiba founder and leader of Jamaat-ud-daawa (JuD) Hafiz Saeed, who was released early after 71 days in detention, proclaims India as Pakistan's "eternal enemy". (The Hindu)
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