Taliban violence and religious extremism grew in Pakistan in 2010, with the government doing little to improve the situation and often making things worse, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday.

Sterlite Industries (India) has decalred its third quarter results. The company's Q3 consolidated net profit was down at Rs 1,101 crore versus Rs 1,008, quarter-on-quarter, QoQ.

Mobile software developers remain fixated on Apple and on Google's Android as the prime targets of their toil, but Microsoft and Research In Motion are making inroads as tablet offerings multiply.

J Kumar Infraprojects has bagged order worth Rs 49 crore, reports CNBC-TV18. It touched an intraday high of Rs 151 and an intraday low of Rs 145. At 15:00 hrs the share was quoting at Rs 145.30, down Rs 3.65, or 2.45%.

Alstom Project has declared its third quarter results. The company's Q3 net profit wasdown at Rs 16 crore versus Rs 34 crore, year-on-year, YoY.

Prabhudas Lilladher is bullish on Union Bank of India and has recommended buy rating on the stock with a target of Rs 425 in its January 25, 2011 research report.

GHCL has declared its third quarter results. The company's Q3 net profit was up at Rs 25.1 crore versus Rs 22.4 crore.

Media firm Deccan Chronicle Holdings (DCHL) is merging two of its subsidiaries including the owner of its Indian Premier League cricket club Deccan Chargers Sporting Ventures Ltd and specialised retail venture Odyssey India.

Mahindra Ugine has declared its third quarter results. The company's Q3 net loss was at Rs 5.1 crore versus profit of Rs 2.1 crore.

LKP has maintained hold rating on M&M Financial in its January 24, 2011 research report.

GVK Power & Infrastructure is going to set up 2 greenfield airports in Indonesia, quoting NewsWire18, reports CNBC-TV18. It touched an intraday high of Rs 35 and an intraday low of Rs 34.60. At 14:38 hrs the share was quoting at Rs 34.75, up Rs 0.05, or 0.14%.

The benchmark Nifty has tested the 5700-level amid a choppy trade at 14:15 hours, led by fall in financial, technology, FMCG, healthcare and Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group companies' shares. Index heavyweights Reliance Industries and ONGC too were on sellers' radar.

Deepak Fertiliser has declared its third quarter results. The company's Q3 net profit was down at Rs 40.3 crore versus Rs 52.9 crore.

Karvy Stock Broking has maintained an outperformer rating on Punjab National Bank (PNB) with a target of Rs 1380 in its January 24, 2011 research report.

Jamna Auto Industries has its Board of Directors meeting on February 03, 2011 to consider interim dividend.

Rico Auto touched an intraday high of Rs 21.10 and an intraday low of Rs 19.50. At 14:21 hrs the share was quoting at Rs 20.20, up Rs 1.10, or 5.76%.

Ipca Laboratories at its meeting held on January 25, 2010 has declared 2nd interim dividend at Re 1 per share (50%) for the financial year 2010-11.

Hyderabad Industries at its meeting held on January 25, 2011 has declared interim dividend at Rs 6 per share i:e 60% for the financial year 2010-11.

Northeast Asia's booming economy and its largely untapped youth market are the cornerstone of South Korea's 2018 bid to host the first Winter Olympics in the region for 20 years, its bid chief said.

President Dmitry Medvedev placed the blame on Tuesday on a lapse in security for allowing a suspected suicide bomber to kill at least 35 people and wound scores at Russia's busiest airport.

Bob Benmosche will remain as chief executive of bailed-out insurer American International Group Inc for at least another year, having responded "very well" to treatment for cancer, the company said on Monday.

A 99-year-old woman writing about love, dreams and hanging on to hope has touched the hearts of Japanese worn out by years of a lagging economy, propelling her self-published poetry book onto bestseller lists.

A slew of small security software developers are helping Apple's iPhone gain a foothold within corporations that were once the exclusive domain of Research In Motion's BlackBerry.

Intel Corp boosted its share buyback plan by USD 10 billion, seeking to revitalize its flagging stock amid criticism it is getting left behind by rivals like Nvidia in a red-hot, fast-moving mobile market.

St Lucia poet Derek Walcott, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992, scooped the TS Eliot Prize for Poetry on Monday for his 2010 collection "White Egrets".