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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 ...

  • Two more cricket bookies arrested in Tamil Nadu

    Tamil Nadu Police have arrested two more cricket bookies, taking the total number held so far to nine, police said Friday. The Crime Branch identified the two as Uttam C. Jain alias Kitty and Jasraj Jain alias Raja. They were arrested Thursday. "They are being sent to court today (Friday) and will be taken into police custody in due course," a statement said. According to police, with the ...

  • Paris Hilton flaunts Indian designers creation

    Socialite Paris Hilton wore Indian designer duo Falguni and Shane Peacock's creation at the amFar (The American Foundation for AIDS Research) Cinema Against AIDS Gala in Cannes. Paris was spotted wearing a customised baby pink coloured full-length gown with feather embellishments at the bottom. "Paris has always loved our clothes and we have worked with her in the past. This is one of our ...

  • Yamahas Chennai plant to be operational by 2014

    The production at Yamaha Motor's new manufacturing unit in Chennai will be operational by the second half of 2014, Hiroyuki Suzuki, chief executive and managing director of India Yamaha Motor Pvt. Ltd, said Friday. "We have completed the contract with the Tamil Nadu government and the production will begin by the second half of 2014," Suzuki told reporters at the launch of a scooter model ...

  • Zach Galfianikis gets romantic in Hangover 3

    Actor Zach Galfianikis, who plays Alan in the popular movie franchise "The Hangover", will have a romantic side to his personality in the third and final part of the trilogy. The character is likely to have a few tender moments on screen. Melissa McCarthy, who essays the role of Cassie in the upcoming movie, plays Alan's love interest, said a statement. The length and magnitude of McCarthy's ...

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Courage Under Fire [DVD]

Courage Under Fire [DVD]

The surface story of Courage Under Fire is about an Army colonel investigating the merits of the first woman ever considered for the Medal of Honor for combat. But the underlying and more important story is about that colonel's fight to come to peace with himself. ...

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  • Fast and Furious 6 opens big in Tamil

    The Tamil-dubbed version of the sixth instalment of "Fast and Furious" series released Friday on as many as 80 screens in Tamil Nadu. This is more than the number of screens showing the English version. "The Tamil version, also titled 'Fast and Furious 6', is releasing in about 80 screens all over Tamil Nadu, while its English version will release in about 20 screens," said a ...

  • Tennis TNTA to host ITF Futures events

    The Tamil Nadu Tennis Association (TNTA) will be conducting three ITF Men's Futures Hard Court tennis tournaments in Chennai and Coimbatore. According to a TNTA press release here Friday, the first event, the MPTA ITF Men's Futures Championship sponsored by the Match Point Tennis Academy will be conducted from May 27 to June 1 at the SDAT Tennis Stadium here. The qualifying rounds will be ...

  • Kashmir takes initiative for digitisation of indigenous manuscripts

    In an endeavour to preserve the region's cultural heritage and pass the baton to youth, authorities in Jammu and Kashmir have undertaken a digitisation drive of rare manuscripts The digitisation work had started in Srinagar, where the bulk of manuscripts and calligraphy specimen are stored. Mohammad Ashraf, in charge of the calligraphy wing, said that it would help future generations in ...

  • Fastamp Furious 6 - lost and curious

    Film: "Fast amp; Furious 6"; Cast: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson, Gina Carano, Luke Evans, Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Jordana Brewster, Sung Kang, Ludacris and Gal Gadot; Director: Justin Lin; Rating: 1/2 "Fast amp; Furious 6" evokes diverse reactions. With a wafer-thin plot and a lot of sleek action, "Fast and Furious 6" is definitely a test of patience. Reason? The audience ...

  • Leaders discuss anti-fixing law for sports

    Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Rajeev Shukla, BCCI disciplinary committee head Arun Jaitley and Law Minister Kapil Sibal met here Friday to discuss a new law to check fixing in sporting events. "We need a law so that fixing in all sports could be controlled and eliminated," Shukla told reporters after the meeting. "We want the law to be enacted as early as possible. We went to meet Kapil ...

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