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The company will move swiftly to consolidate its recent acquisition of three distilleries and will also take a decision on setting up a Rs 650-crore two-furnace glass plant in Andhra Pradesh, said sources.
Master urban planner and architect Le Corbusier's principles of light, space and greenery are still evident everywhere in Chandigarh. Geetanjali Krishna finds a haven in the city.
Will you have it with bacon. No? What about marigold? Bar chefs are really mixing it up these days.
'Comparing a men-only pilgrimage with past blots like sati or untouchability is propelled by politics, mischief and malevolence,' argues Sudhir Bisht.
United Spirits had earlier forked out a loan of as much as Rs 1,350 crore to UB Holdings.
'The smartest businessmen are shopkeepers as their return on investment is better than anyone else.'
Soon after acquiring strategic management control of Vijay Mallya's crown jewel, United Spirits, Diageo has swung into action, making up for years of lost time in trying to figure out the Indian market.
He was the army commander who planned Operation Bluestar. As army chief he planned Operation Brasstacks which rattled the Pakistan army. General K Sundarji was brilliant, ambitious and controversial, remembers Rahul Bedi.
Mumbai-based designer Nachiket Barve talks about his favourite things.
Urban Indians are developing a taste for freshly brewed and bottled craft beer.
'Dulat's professional successors in the game would now find it that much harder to access/create meaningful sources/assets needed for effective functioning in a place like Kashmir. By blowing their cover the former top spy has undone whatever he might have been able to add to his organisation's resource kitty.'
The offer, open on April 10-26, was meant to acquire close to 38 million shares at Rs 1,440 a piece.
In the upcoming Super Nani, 59-year-old Rekha transforms into a glamorous grand mom.
'Were they two yaars of yesteryears brought together again by fate?' 'Were they two crafty spies hoodwinking each other?' wonders B S Prakash.
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Diageo, which recently coughed up a total of Rs 18,000 crore (Rs 180 billion) to take majority control of USL, seems to have a lot of faith in him.
What makes Badrinath Ki Dulhania work, really, is the intent and the two principal actors, observes Raja Sen.
Manoj Bajpayee gives his character a lot soul and sensitivity in Aligarh, feels Sukanya Verma.
Their warning came on the last official day of campaigning before polling booths open at 7 am local time on Thursday with the final result expected early on Friday.
The apex court also prohibited other states from issuing a notification against the exhibition of the movie.
Employers are laying the welcome mat for Gen Y -- from hiring videos to claims for the coolest interview ever.
What are you doing this Halloween? Here's our list of the top 6 spookiest parties for a 'freaky' good time.
'The first time we actually got to meet a Bollywood star, it was Salman Khan.' 'We met him at his farm house.' 'For Pia, an actor is just an actor. There is no such thing as a star in her world, and that may or may not go down well with some people.'
Prohibition is resulting in prisons getting overcrowded.
What is Christmas without some traditional food?
The Sangh Parivar forgets that not only is there no scriptural prohibition, venerable authorities in India held beef as both a desirable and an essential food, says Sunanda K Datta-Ray
India annually spends Rs 4.5 lakh crore on importing petroleum products, and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari feels methane is a cost-effective import substitution. But is it? Pallava Bagla examines the pros and cons.
An enormous amount of black money flows in and out of the banking system and still remains black.
Indrani kept Peter informed on phone about the selection of spot for disposing her body and recce conducted for the same.
Sukanya Verma shares her exciting filmi week with us.
There's more to this country than just the Northern Lights.
Looking at how the idea of gift giving and taking on Diwali has changed
In this extract from Vikram Seth's latest work, Two Lives, he narrates how his dentist-grand-uncle lost his arm
'On both sides of our cultural divide, it roused strong emotions that had very little to do with the language and its literature.' 'I felt Sanskrit had been removed from the realm of thought, and made an object of politics and piety, of oppression, of reverence and contempt.' 'It was my aim to avoid these things, and go straight to the language which, as an object for the mind, is among the most exquisite ever made.'
A new report has questioned the trial court verdict convicting Shahzad Ahmad in the Batla House encounter case, speaks in length about why the verdict in the Batla House encounter is wrong. The 24-page-report, titled Beyond reasonable doubt? The Conviction of Shahzad Ahmad which has been put out by the Jamia Teachers' Solidarity Association, states that the findings of the court are based on conjectures. Vicky Nanjappa explains.
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