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  • Wockhardt shares plunge 20 pc on USFDA import alert Wockhardt shares plunge 20 pc on USFDA import alert

    MUMBAI - Shares of Wockhardt, one of the leading Indian pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, witnessed a sharp fall of 20% to Rs. 1,315 ($23.61) on the Bombay Stock Exchange(BSE) on Thursday after the US FDA published an import alert on one of its three manufacturing facilities near Aurangabad. The import alert, 'detention without physical examination of drugs from firms which have ...

  • Mumbai Indians pip Royals to reach IPL final

    were the other contributors for Rajasthan. Bowling the last over speedster Lasith Malinga conceded 18 runs including two extremely wide deliveries. Harbhajan 3/23 and Kieron Pollard 2/6 were the most successful bowlers for the Mumbai ...

  • Mumbai in IPL final beat Rajasthan by four wickets

    Mumbai Indians qualified for the final of the Indian Premier League (IPL) with a four-wicket win over Rajasthan Royals in the second qualifier at the Eden Gardens here Friday. Rajasthan, electing to bat, scored a fighting 165 for six. West Indian Dwayne Smith smashed 62 off 44 balls as Mumbai scored 169 for six in 19.5 ...

  • Pressure mounts on Srinivasan to resign Gurunath arrested

    The clamour for Indian cricket board president Narayanswamy Srinivasan's resignation got louder after his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan, Chennai Super Kings chief executive, Friday was interrogated by Mumbai police in the IPL spot fixing scandal and later arrested. Chennai Super Kings, however, sought to distance itself from Meiyappan, whose name cropped up during questioning of Bollywood actor ...

  • Gurunath arrested by Mumbai police

    Mumbai police late Friday night arrested Gurunath Meiyappan, son-in-law of Indian cricket board chief N. Srinivasan, in the IPL spot fixing scam after three hours of intense interrogation, an official said. Questioned at the office of the Crime Branch, Meiyappan was confronted with the evidence against him and arrested around midnight. His name criopped up in the scam during revelations by ...

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The People vs. Larry Flynt

The People vs. Larry Flynt

It's unfortunate that "The People vs Larry Flynt" is so drastically misunderstood by groups like the National Organization for Women. Their constant criticisms and even taking out pages in trade magazines against the film probably cost it several deserved Academy Award nominations. It's a classic example of not being able to see the forest through the trees, or hating the messenger so much you nev ... ...

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  • Himachal courts quashes appointment of 480 teachers

    In a setback to the previous Prem Kumar Dhumal-led BJP government in the state, the Himachal Pradesh High Court Friday quashed appointments of 480 teachers made in 2011 as these were not in accordance with law. Delivering the judgment, Justice Rajiv Sharma said the appointments of postgraduate teachers under the Postgraduate Teacher Class III (non-gazetted) Recruitment and Promotion Rules of ...

  • Court quashes rape FIR against three DJB officials

    The Delhi High Court Friday quashed an FIR and summoning order against three Delhi Jal Board employees, accused of gangraping an executive working in a private company. Justice Suresh Kait allowed the plea of DJB engineers and quashed the trial court order which had summoned the officials to stand trial in the case despite a closure report filed by police which stated that they were falsely ...

  • Mumbai bomb blast inspired me to make D-Day Nikhil Adwani

    Filmmaker Nikhil Adwani, who is gearing up for his film "D-Day" says Mumbai bomb blast "affected" his life and that inspired him to make this film. "It's fictional characters. We have taken events from India's history and used them as triggers. I am particularly obsessed with the fact that I was 21 when the bomb blast happened in Mumbaiit affected my life, quite a lot and I wanted to make a ...

  • Britannia posts 65.7 pc jump in Q4 net profit

    Biscuit and bakery major BritanniaIndustries Friday registered a 65.66 percent jump in its net profit to Rs.87.85 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2013, from Rs. 53.03 crore during the same period last year. The city-based food maker's net sales during the period under review stood at Rs.1,486.63 crore compared to Rs.1,309.57 crore in the same period a year ago, it said in a filing to the ...

  • Rajasthan post a handsome 1656 against Mumbai at Eden

    Keeper-willower Dishant Yagnik played a cameo as Rajasthan Royals rode on a late batting surge to post a decent 165/6 in their Indian Premier League playoff at the Eden Gardens here Friday. The Royals scored 61 runs in the last five overs including 18 of the last after opting to bat first on a slow wicket, with rains delaying the start of the game by an hour. Skipper Rahul Dravid top scored ...

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