Evening News Round-up 30-Jun:

*Clarity on GST likely in Budget; bullish on banks: Nomura

*Budget may disappoint; Nifty to drift lower: Elara Capital

*UPA should be credited for successful PSLV C23 launch: Manish Tewari

*Mamata flays Centre over food security act

*Modi govt’s political management of tough economic decisions

*Sushma meets French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius

*MP Assembly pays tributes to Munde, others

*BSE moves 300 stocks to trade-to-trade segment

*Sun Pharma at record high as Taro gains 17% post price hike

*Thomas Cook up 4%, arm buys Hofincons Infotech & Industrial

*Union Bank surges 6%, shareholders’ approval for QIP

*Torrent up 2% on buy JP Morgan OW

*Dr Reddy’s, Cipla up on buy plan

*Kirloskar Brothers soars 18% on promoter stake buy

*Hind Zinc eyes 36% output increase in next 4-5 years

*Gold to slip below 25K only on drastic revision in import duty: Naveen Mathur

*Crisil amongst early beneficiaries of capex revival

*Private power producers pitch for gas price pooling

*Teesta III hydropower project to go on stream in early 2015

*Rupee falls on RBI intervention – dealers

*India to auction unused govt debt limit to foreign investors

*Need for annual 10% urea price hike for 5 years: Tata Chem

*Madras Fertilizers plans Rs 4,500-cr urea plant

*NBFCs should not be seen as shadow banking: Muthoot

*ISRO’s PSLV C-23 launched with 5 foreign satellites

*Cipla to buy Yemeni pharma company for $ 21mn

*Tribunal upholds insider-trading penalty on RIL unit

*Sensex jumps 314 pts, Nifty ends above 7600; Sun Pharma, Tata Power gain 4%

*Oil Min keen for $60-65/bbl fixed realisation for ONGC, OIL

*Global M&A at seven-year high as big corporate deals return