The first in a tongue-in-cheek series devoted to Bollywood ka beautiful people. Readers are advised to view it with the proverbial grain of salt.
This is a tongue-in-cheek series devoted to Bollywood ke beautiful people. Readers are advised to view it with the proverbial grain of salt.
England batsman Jonathan Trott, currently fourth in the world Test rankings, has said a drink problem once threatened his career.
Popularity of the sport in India keeps the multi-year outlook positive, but an intra-day swing forecast was like an astro forecast for me.
'The new order cometh, sweeping out the old,' notes Ambassador B S Prakash.
Australia named an unchanged 12-man squad for the fourth Test in Melbourne following the team's dominant 267-run win over England in Perth on Sunday.
The "Super Tuesday", or March 3 presidential primaries, were held in as many as 15 states including Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont and Virginia. Biden, 77, registered impressive victories in the states of Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Minnesota, Massachusetts and Arkansas, propelling him as the frontrunner in the primaries. However, Sanders, 78, by winning big in the State of California -- which sends 415 pledge delegates -- reflected the fight to win Democratic nomination to challenge Republican incumbent Donald Trump was not over yet.
According to International Wine and Spirits Research, India's whisky consumption doubled between 2007 and 2012 to about 1.4 billion litres.
A spectator was ejected from the ground on Friday after India pace bowler S Sreesanth complained to the umpires about verbal abuse on the second day of the first Test against South Africa at the SuperSport Park in Centurion.
This is a tongue-in-cheek series devoted to Bollywood ke beautiful people. Readers are advised to view it with the proverbial grain of salt.
This is a tongue-in-cheek series devoted to Bollywood ke beautiful people. Readers are advised to view it with the proverbial grain of salt.
United Spirits Limited clocked sales volume of 100 million cases for the fiscal ended March 31, 2010, becoming the world's second largest spirit company by volumes, UB group chairman Dr Vijay Mallya,announced on Wednesday.
While Maharashtra has increased the minimum age for consuming alcohol to 25 from 21, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Delhi and West Bengal allow their denizens to consume and buy alcohol after they turn 21 and Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Uttar Pradesh let their denizens consume alcohol after turning just 18, the age at which they are eligible to vote as well as get a driving license. Is the Maharashtra government right in increasing the minimum age limit t0 25? Tell us!
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Chelsea is currently at the fourth place in the Premier League standings with 63 points from 37 matches.
The explorations by the world's biggest diamond producer De Beers and the country's largest iron ore miner NMDC have found traces of kimberlite and lamproite in Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, indicating possible diamond deposits there.
A 16-year-old boy was allegedly thrashed by a group of boys, stripped naked and subjected to unnatural sex in southwest Delhi's Inderpuri area. The incident took place on Monday, but it was reported to the police yesterday, following which four persons have been arrested, a police official said.
The alcohol market in India might be a bastion of wines and beers, but the lesser known alcoholic beverage 'liqueur' is slowly carving a niche among consumers with its unique aroma and lower alcoholic content.
A direction by Chief Justice of India S A Bobde, Justice B R Gavai, and Justice Surya Kant to the Karnataka high court asked the latter to expeditiously settle the matter of assets deposited before it by Mallya for liquidation, and thereby payment to creditors 'preferably not later than three months'. It will be interesting to see the view of the London high court, if the settlement of his dues to Indian creditors is imminent, reports Ashis Ray.
Usman Khawaja is not comfortable at being called the first Muslim to play Test cricket for Australia but has no issues if he is known as the first Pakistani-born player to wear the baggy green cap.
Pacer Vernon Philander claimed six for 21 as South Africa thrashed Australia by a huge margin of 492 runs to claim the four-match series 3-1, in Johannesburg, on Tuesday.
'The recalculated ranking showed India should have had a higher ranking earlier (113 in 2012 instead of 132) and lower ranking later (114 in 2018 instead of 100).' 'This would mean that there has been no change in India's climate of doing business across two regimes.' 'This is exactly consistent with the reality on the ground,' observes Debashis Basu.
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A match at the historic Eden Gardens in Kolkata made Mickey Arthur realise the transition he has gone through in his life from being a provincial coach to the head of the South Africa national cricket team.
After repeatedly drawing the ire of Sri Lankan-musician MIA, along with several other stars, now Gaga's upset the top comedian.
South Africa off-spinner Dane Piedt says it took a lot out of him to play cricket again after suffering a career-threatening shoulder dislocation last year.
The attendee had to call into the conference call and say a few initial pleasantries to establish his/her presence, but could then leave the app to handle the rest once the Senior Company Bore began his monologue... A rib-tickling excerpt from Sanjeev Sanyal's Life Over Two Beers.
'And I'm back at work, where it's quieter than home is likely to be for a while', says Kishore Singh.
More than a thousand Juventus soccer fans watching the Champions League final on screens in one of Turin's main squares late on Saturday were injured when loud bangs created panic and mayhem.
Hitler was imprisoned after the Nazi's abortive bid to seize power in 1923 in the notorious 'beer hall putsch' coup attempt in Munich. From there, he wrote to Jakob Ferlin, owner of a Mercedes-Benz dealership in Munich, asking for loan.
The most commonly asked questions relate to symptoms and prevention -- 'Will summer kill the coronavirus?', 'Should outside food and non-veg food be avoided?', 'Does smoking affect chances of recovery?', 'Are face masks useful?', 'Are hand sanitisers better than soap?', 'Are elders in my family more susceptible?'
'Brazil has always been the favourite team for Indians for decades. 43 per cent of Indians regard Brazil as their favourite,' says B S Prakash.
A convent school in Shillong filed an FIR against a Delhi-based publisher for publishing a picture of Jesus Christ holding a cigarette in one hand and a beer can on the other in its cursive writing textbook.
UB's beer brand will take on Bacardi's Breezer in the flavoured alcoholic beverage market.
Recently, there's been a groundswell of upscale airport bars offering wines with charcuterie, microbrews and even exquisite bourbon.
'To take an old-fashioned summer holiday by switching off the computer, mobile phone and iPod.' '(Unfortunately, my wife has threatened to also switch off the fridge and TV, putting a new spin to the phrase old-fashioned.)'
Fans from across the globe rather than FIFA officials will determine the man-of-the-match awards at this year's World Cup in South Africa.
David Baddiel's movie about a British Muslim who finds out he is actually Jewish, has been compared to Homer Simpson.
A phased roll-out of prohibition will hit revenues of companies, which get 5% of their volume sales from the state
