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Mumbai, Aug 16 : "Chennai Express" is doing brisk business not only in North India, but at the southern box office and in international markets as well. The romantic comedy's lead actor Shah Rukh Khan feels it's a good sign for the Indian film market.

"It's a good sign not only for us, but for the films that came and that will come in the next five-six months... the market of Indian films is so big," Shah Rukh told reporters Thursday at the INOX theatre, where he came with the film's director Rohit Shetty and interacted with media and fans.

Mumbai, Aug 16 : Actress Kajol enjoys the fact that the audiences still remember her epic film "Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge" (DDLJ) with Shah Rukh Khan and that the romantic saga lives again in the current lot of films.

If in the recently released "Chennai Express", SRK's last dialogue was "dilwale dulhania le jayenge", upcoming Ranbir Kapoor-starrer "Besharam" too has a mention of it.

The Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) may push the government to ban foreign direct investment (FDI) in India's rare & critical domestic drug manufacturing facilities, according to a government source.

A source privy to the proposal revealed that DIPP wants the government put a ban on future takeovers of rare & critical drug manufacturing facilities like oncology and injectables by foreign companies.

According to the latest data released, employers in the US state of Minnesota added a total of 4,300 jobs during the month of July.

Jobs growth in education, health care and finance was enough to overcome the fall in construction and manufacturing sectors. The unemployment rate for the state remained unchanged at 5.2 per cent, but remains significantly below the national average of 7.4 per cent, according to the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development.

According to the latest figures released, the total number of new claims for jobless benefits in the US fell to its lowest level in 6 years.

The data from the Labor Department showed that first-time applications for state unemployment benefits fell 15,000 to a seasonally adjusted 320,000 during the previous week, which is its lowest level in since October 2007. Economists were expecting initial claims to be around 335,000 during the previous week.

New Delhi, Aug 16 : After staying away from the arclights for some time, actress Zari