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When Nitish Kumar Took On Bihar Dons

Nitish thought that his stakes as chief minister were far greater than his stakes in protecting one of his party MLAs. He could not allow his rule-of-law train to be derailed by a small rock on the......

Kolkata gangrape: Accused, aides boozed, dined after crime, say police

Monojit Mishra, prime accused in the gangrape of a student at South Calcutta Law College, along with his accomplices spent considerable time drinking liquor inside the institute's guard room after......

Post-graduate steals auto-rickshaws for booze money

The police have arrested a former data entry operator at an IT company who allegedly stole several auto-rickshaws in Maharashtra's Thane city to fund his liquor addiction, an official said on......

Quality booze at low prices: TDP's poll promise

'We will reduce prices of commodities,' may be the standard refrain of every political party fighting an election. IMAGE: TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu consistently emphasises the issue during......

Non-veg, booze at British PM's Diwali reception, Hindus object

Some British Hindus have taken to social media to voice their objections over a lack of proper consultation ahead of a Diwali reception hosted by Prime Minister Keir Stramer at 10 Downing Street in......

Cost cutting: Booz Allen may help Air India

The Air India board is likely to give its approval to the appointment of global consultancy firm, Booz Allen and Company, for its cost restructuring plan, sources said. "The board will be held in......

Coronavirus impacts booze biz

Diageo, the largest alcoholic beverage company in the world, estimates that the loss ending June 2020 will be between $300 million and $420 million.Alok Chandra reports. Photograph: Kind courtesy......

Diageo's India-born CEO Ivan Menezes passes away

Ivan Manuel Menezes, the India-born CEO of the world's biggest spirits company Diageo, died on Wednesday, days after being hospitalised for treatment of stomach ulcer. Photograph: Reuters Menezes,......

Booze: Biggest source to Kerala tax kitty

Kerala registered a 14.1 per cent increase in commercial tax collection for the year 2009-10 with total receipts rising to Rs 13,194 crore (Rs 131.94 billion) as against Rs 11,564 crore (Rs 115.64......

Boozing in Gujarat? Sweep the floor!

Gandhians may recoil at the thought, but bootleggers and their dipsomaniac patrons in Gujarat, the only state where prohibition is in force, may soon be sweeping the floor at the Gandhi Ashram in......

Do You Wanna Partner Review: Charming

Do You Wanna Partner is frothy and funny without being loud or crude, which is something so many Indian comedies cannot manage, observes Deepa Gahlot. Two attractive women go on pub crawls in......

'Behind The Laughter, I Sensed Something Heavier'

IMAGE: Mukul Dev. Photograph: Kind courtesy Hansal Mehta/Instagram Hansal Mehta paid rich tribute to his friend Mukul Dev, who shockingly passed into the ages on May 23. He was 54. 'As the weight......

Kaalidhar Laapata Review: Worth A Watch

Watch Kaalidhar Laapata because clean family-viewing films are getting scarcer by the week, recommends Deepa Gahlot. The 2019 Tamil film KD was a delightful story of an unlikely bond between an......

Azaad Review: The Horse Is The Star

When Ajay Devgn and the horse are off the screen, Azaad loses the little spark it has, observes Deepa Gahlot. The problem with making a film to launch industry kids is that more often than not,......

Black Warrant Review: Excellent!

Vikramaditya Motwane and Satyanshu Singh have created an excellent but grim series, applauds Deepa Gahlot. A fresh faced law graduate takes the job of a jailer in Delhi's hellhole, Tihar Jail,......

Saudi open to LGBTQ fans but no booze a 2034 WC

IMAGE: In September, Hammad Albalawi, the head of Saudi Arabia's World Cup bid unit, also assured that LGBTQ fans would be welcome and their privacy respected. Photograph: Bernadette......

No booze? No problem for some fans at Qatar World Cup

IMAGE: While beer is available at designated World Cup fan zones and in some hotels, the hassle and cost of finding alcohol are simply too much for many supporters. Photograph: Claudio Villa/Getty......

Ashes tour was like a 'booze cruise' says Flintoff

Andrew Flintoff has described the 2006/07 Ashes tour of Australia, when England were thrashed 5-0, as being like a "booze cruise." The all-rounder, who retired from Test cricket following this......

Tokyo 2020 bans booze, high-fives and autograph hunting for fans

IMAGE: A family walks past an advertisement for Tokyo 2020 Olympic. Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters Alcohol, high-fives and talking loudly will be banned for the reduced numbers of Olympic ticket......

Booze and football present tricky choices for Qatar

'I think they have to be a little bit more open. You are going to have teams coming from England, Germany, France, South America - guess what? They have to be a little bit open.' IMAGE: Flamengo......