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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 ...

  • BJP meet to discuss strategy against UPA regime Naqvi

    The first meeting of the BJP's reconstituted national executive next month will work out strategy for an effective campaign against the UPA government in its last year in office and discuss preparations for the forthcoming assembly polls, party vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said here Friday. Naqvi said the two-day meeting in Goa starting June 8 will discuss "strategy and effective ...

  • Another mobile phone recovered from Sreesanths female friend

    Tainted cricketer S. Sreesanth's interrogation led Delhi Police to another mobile phone which he had gifted to a female friend from the money he earned from spot fixing in this season's Indian Premier League (IPL) matches, said a police official Friday. A Blackberry Bold mobile phone worth Rs.9,000 was recovered Friday from the woman's house in Jaipur, police said. Sreesanth came in contact ...

  • FICCI for regulating betting in sports

    FICCI Friday called for regulating sports betting in India in the wake of the cricketing spot fixing scandal. Despite several attempts to ban it, betting is continuing in an underground way, the business lobby said in a statement. The middle way out "is it should be regulated in a way" to reduce this to an acceptable level, it said. "Hence, the government should think of legalizing and ...

  • IOC sets deadlines for suspended IOA

    The International Olympic Committee (IOC) Friday asked the suspended Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to amends its constitution by July 15 and hold fresh elections no later than Sep 1 for getting back to the Olympic fold. The IOC had suspended IOA Dec 4 for not complying with the Olympic charter. IOC director general Christopher de Kepper, in a letter addressed to Sports Minister Jitendra ...

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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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  • India-China border issue a colonial heritage Russian envoy

    The border problem between India and China is a colonial heritage and Russia is glad that both countries could diplomatically resolve it, Russian Ambassador to India Alexander Kadakin said Saturday. Kadakin was speaking to reporters after inaugurating the Russian consul office in Panaji. "The border problem was not created by India. It is a heritage of colonial times when borders were not ...

  • Heat wave unabated in Punjab Haryana

    The heat wave prevailing over the plains of Punjab and Haryana remained unabated Friday with temperatures at most places in the two states remaining over 46 degrees. The Sikh holy city of Amritsar, which had Thursday recorded its highest ever temperature of 48 degrees, saw another hot day with the mercury touching 47.7 degrees. The temperature was nine degrees above the average, Met officials ...

  • Searing heat continues in Delhi no respite Saturday

    It was another day Friday when the capital reeled under the scorching temperature, which shot up to five notches above average at 45 degrees Celsius. There will be no let up in the heat Saturday. The heat wave added to the discomfort of people who have experienced searing heat for the past few days. While the minimum temperature settled three notches above average at 25.5 degrees Celsius, the ...

  • Kerala governor turns commoner at airport

    Kerala Governor Nikhil Kumar turned a commoner after flying in from New Delhi when Air India failed to open the VIP exit door for him, airport sources said Friday. The incident took place almost a week ago. Kumar arrived by Air India close to 11 p.m. As per protocol, the governor is entitled to board his car on the tarmac. While senior officials of the airport, Air India and the Central ...

  • US decision will not hit capital inflows to India Montek

    India does not depend on short-term borrowings from the US and if the US withdraws its stimulus packages, it will not impact capital inflows in India, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said here Friday. "I think if they (US) do that...I don't think that the expected changes in quantitative easing (QE) will make a difference to the kind of inflows that we are talking ...

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