(NEW DELHI) Reliance Industries Ltd, owner of the world's largest oil-refining complex, made a cash offer on Saturday to buy a controlling stake in closely held LyondellBasell Industries AF, the bankrupt chemicals and fuels maker.

(NEW DELHI) The routine reopening of India's parliament has suddenly emerged as an awkward test for the Congress-led government's ability to push reforms such as price deregulation in the face of opposition from its rural base.