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In Photos: The Man Who Will Be Crowned King

King Charles III spent 70 long years as the heir to the British throne. In those years as a prince -- a record number among royal families -- he led a colourful and unusual life, indulging so many......

Charles to be proclaimed king on Saturday

After the passing away of Queen Elizabeth on Thursday, King Charles III will be officially proclaimed as Britain's new monarch at a meeting of the Accession Council at St James's Palace on......

Wildlife photographer of the year -- people's choice

A coconut octopus, a burning forest, a rare rhino's last moments and a pair of sleeping squirrels all feature in the shortlist for the Natural History Museum's Wildlife Photographer of the Year......

The best currency note of the year... it's not India's

Prime Minister Narendra Modi may be nudging Indians towards a cashless economy, but everyone knows currency notes are never really going out go out of circulation. Among other aspects, the......

Cameron issues last-minute appeal over Brexit

Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday made a last-minute plea to British voters not to give up the "best of both worlds" by voting to remain in the 28-nation EU, a day before a crucial......

Vijay Mallya gets global acceptance, finally

In an interview to BBC in September 2005, UB Group Chairman Vijay Mallya had said, "I think that the poorest of the poor look up to wealthy and successful Indians with some degree of respect."......

Mallya buys Whyte & Mackay for 595 million pounds

Liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya-promoted United Spirits on Wednesday said it had acquired Scottish whiskey maker Whyte & Mackay for pound 595 million (nearly Rs 4,819 crore). The company informed the......

Scotch inventory to aid W&M sale

In a unique leveraged buyout, the Vijay Mallya-owned UB Group is mobilising more than half the acquisition cost of Whyte & Mackay against the Glasgow-based firm's huge inventory that consists of......

UB to buy Whyte & Mackay for Rs 4,350 cr

The Vijay Mallya-controlled United Breweries group is close to acquiring Glasgow-based distillers Whyte & Mackay for nearly 500 million (Rs 4,350 crore) by the end of this month. This will be the......

UB eyes Rs 4,000 cr Scotch co

United Breweries Group Chairman Vijay Mallyasaid on Friday his group was eyeing acquisition of a large Scottish whiskey company, with an enterprise value of about Rs 4,000 crore (Rs 40 billion). "I......

The Crown Has Lost Its Way

Was descending into the telling of only Diana's tale in four long, slightly-draggy soap-opera-ish episodes of the last season the original premise of The Crown? asks Vaihayasi Pande Daniel. IMAGE:......

Review: Brave doesn't live up to Pixar magic

Brave is not the annual Pixar event that enthralls us, and as an adult who takes great joy in being predictably overwhelmed by the tablelamp-hopping wizards each summer, it's a crushing......

Review: Deiva Thirumagan music is touching

Pavithra Srinivasan reviews the Tamil album, Deiva Thirumagan. Post YOUR reviews here! Mohan Natarajan's Deiva Thirumagan (The Son of God), directed by A L Vijay, stars Vikram, Anushka Shetty and......

Guru's soundtrack is typical Rahman

In this reviewer's humble opinion, there is a fine line between having your own sound and being repetitive. A R Rahman is one of the few music directors in Bollywood-- or for that matter......

Is Sean Connery retiring?

Sir Sean Connery has pulled out of his current project, Josiah's Canon, scheduled to begin filming in February. The actor gave up a $17.5 million fee from Fox to focus full-time on writing his......

Rory McIlroy to take a break from golf

IMAGE: Rory McIlroy was in position to end a decade-long hunt for his fifth major at the US Open on Sunday but threw it away with three bogeys in his final four holes to lose by one shot.......

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