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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 ...

  • Demolish all structures in Yamuna flood-plains Tribunal

    Agra/Mathura May 24 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal has authorised demolition of all structures and unauthorised buildings in the flood-plains of the Yamuna river. The May 20 order cleared the way for demolition of all structures all the way from Delhi to Agra in the Yamuna's flood-plains. "If the order is implemented, thousands of buildings will be bulldozed," said environmentalist Shravan ...

  • India US in talks to prepare for PM visit

    India and the US are in discussions to plan for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to America in the "near future". This was revealed by US Undersecretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman and Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai at separate briefings. Mathai and Sherman met earlier in the day to prepare for US Secretary of State John Kerry's June 24 visit to India for the bilateral ...

  • Haryana man gets 10 years jail for raping university student

    A court in Harayana's Sonipat town Friday sentenced a man to 10 years rigorous imprisonment for the rape of a first-year law student of Haryana's all-women university, Bhagat Phool Singh Women's University. The court order came just over a year after the victim alleged that she was abducted and gang-raped by four youths May 18 last year. However, the court of Additional District and Sessions ...

  • NCP talks in two voices on BCCI chiefs resignation

    Hours after its spokesperson demanded resignation of Indian cricket board chief N. Srinivasan over his son-in-law's name figuring in the investigations into the IPL spot fixing scandal, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Friday sought to distance itself from the demand. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) spokesperson D.P. Tripathi Friday told reporters that Srinivasan should resign as chief of ...

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The Kids Are All Right

The Kids Are All Right

Lisa Cholodenkos The Kids Are All Right is a conventional dramedy about an unconventional family. Annette Bening and Julianne Moore star as Nic and Jules, a long-term lesbian couple with a pair of teenage children, 18-year-old Joni (Mia Wasikowska) and 15-year-old L ... ...

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  • Deepika finds current IPL theme song most catchy

    Actor Deepika Padukone finds 'Dil Jumping Zapak' - the peppy theme song of the sixth season of Indian Premier League - "most catchy" of all the IPL tunes. "Of all the IPL tunes, this is the most catchy," she told a TV channel as she jived to the song with "Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani" co-star Ranbir Kapoor Friday. Deepika, who was seen supporting superstar Shah Rukh Khan's team Kolkata Knight ...

  • Kerala party leaders capable of resolving issues Antony

    Defence Minister A.K. Antony Friday expressed confidence that leaders of the Congress' Kerala unit would themselves resolve any issue facing them. "You (the media) think that there are issues that cannot be resolved in the state unit of the party. I know my colleagues here for several decades and at the appropriate time all will cooperate. My feeling is that the issues can be resolved here ...

  • Top banking honchos to attend leadership meet

    Thirty top executive directors and CEOs of leading nationalised banks in the country will attend a classroom training at IIM Kozhikode for three days starting Monday. The workshop will be led by Debashis Chatterjee, director, IIM Kozhikode, and his colleagues. "The workshop assumes immense significance in view of the crisis faced by the banking industry in India and the rest of the world. Our ...

  • Asias biggest cruise liner docks in Goa

    One of the world's biggest cruise liners, Royal Caribbean International's Mariner of the Seas, Friday arrived at Mormugao port in Goa, which has plans of promoting the state as a destination for lucrative ocean cruise market. En route from Dubai, the vessel was received by Deputy Chief Minister Francisco D'Souza at Goa's only major port. Speaking to the media here, Captain Rajesh Saigal, ...

  • Russia opens consulate in Goa

    A slew of illegal land deals involving its nationals was one of the reasons why Russia decided to start a consular office in Goa, which hosted 1.5 lakh Russian tourists this season, Ambassador Alexander Kadakin said Friday. The ambassador also expressed distaste at the manner in which the word "mafia" was being liberally used when it came to rare cases involving Russians nationals. "Illegal ...

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