Indian equities slipped further into the negative terrain on the back of heavy selling witnessed across board.

Realty, metal, banking and consumer goods have suffered sharp losses.

FMCG, oil, telecom, pharma and power stocks also drifted down sharply. IT stocks that were see ruling firm till a little while ago, have ceased most of their gains.

BSE Midcap and Smallcap index fell more than 1% each on heavy selling.

At 2:04 p.m., the 30-share index Sensex stood at 9,656.93, down 182.76 points. It also touched a high of 9,928.60 and a low of 9,559.33.

A large clinical trial has found that calcium and vitamin D supplements don’t help postmenopausal women lower their risk of breast cancer. Dr. Rowan Chlebowski, study author and a medical oncologist at the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles said, "The message is that there's benefit from calcium and vitamin D for fracture risk, but taking those supplements won't be doing much for breast cancer risk. You wouldn't expect that you're doing it to improve breast cancer outcome."

If reports are to be believed then Bollywood beauty Aishwarya Rai Bachchan might be seen in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s next untitled project along with multi-talented actor Hrithik Roshan.

Hrithik and Ash, who already worked in Dhoom-2 and Jodha Akbar, have proved to be a formidable pair on screen.

In fact, Bhansali liked the chemistry between the dashing couple, and thought of taking the duo in his film.

Though Sanjay has worked with ‘Bachchan Bahu’ earlier also, but it would be the director's first film with Hrithik.

The Navy, which has been conducting anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden from October 23, has prevented the hijack of an Indian merchant ship, ‘Jag Arnav’, in the Gulf of Aden - an area is infested by heavily-armed Somalian pirates.

The hijack was attempted when the 38,265-tonne bulk carrier, owned by the Great Eastern Shipping Company, was sailing 60 nautical miles east of Aden. The warship, ‘INS Tabar’, patrolling the area, was then 25 nautical miles away from the spot.