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Lanka off to solid start

Colombo, Aug. 3: India’s poor luck with the coin continued as did their fortunes on the field. Failure to make the most of overcast conditions and a track with good bounce pushed them into a tight cor

Ashok Leyland July sales up 66%

Hinduja Group’s flagship firm Ashok Leyland on Tuesday reported 65.98 per cent jump in July commercial vehicle sales at 6,747 units compared to the same month last year. The company had sold 4,065 uni

Punjab, Goa cruise into semifinals

Kolkata, Aug. 3: Goa and Punjab blanked their respective opponents at the Salt Lake Stadium here on Tuesday to make it to the Santosh Trophy semifinals.

Although the situation was much more comfortab

Air India set for imagemakeover

AIR INDIA has appointed an international consultancy firm — Cato Purnell Partners — to give it a branding makeover for the forthcoming Common wealth Games at a cost of over $ 1.6 million. “Cato Purnel

IHF agrees to follow guidelines

New Delhi, Aug. 3: A day after the sports ministry issued show cause notices to Hockey India and the Indian Hockey Federation asking the two bodies to clarify their status, IHF head K.P.S. Gill offere

BMW beats forecast, net jumps 10%

BMW, the world’s top maker of luxury cars, reported forecast-beating profit for the second quarter, driven by sales of its popular 5 Series model and rising demand from brand-conscious China. Earnings

Somdev eyes US Open berth

New Delhi, Aug. 3: After becoming only the second Indian to crack the top-100 bracket in the ATP professional tennis rankings on Monday, Somdev Devvarman has now set his sights on a US Open berth.

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Biz Briefs

Drug firm Unichem Laboratories on Tuesday said it has received the US health regulator’s nod to sell its generic Bisoprolol and Hydrochlorothiazide tablets, for treatment of heart disease, in the US.

Ministry to OC: Sack 2 officials

New Delhi, Aug. 3: The Commonwealth Games Organising Committee has been at the centre of a storm with charges of corruption flying thick and fast over the last week. The sports ministry on Tuesday fin

Reddy may dilute stake in Apollo for expansion

Hyderabad, Aug. 3: Apollo Hospitals may see dilution of promoter’s stake as the company seeks investors to fund its growth.

“We need to invest about Rs 3,000 crore during 2012 and 2014 for adding 4,0

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen didn’t make the cut. Neither did Shaji Karun’s Piravi, which bagged 31 international awards.