Cruise ship drug case: NCB arrests 1 more drug peddler

The Narcotics Control Bureau has arrested one more drug peddler in connection with the seizure of banned drugs from a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast, an NCB official said on Wednesday. IMAGE:......

Drugs case has become like Sherlock Holmes novel: NCB to court

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), probing the seizure of banned drugs from a cruise ship off the Mumbai coast, on Tuesday told a court in Mumbai that the matter has become like the novels of......

On board the world's most luxurious train

If “luxury on wheels” were an official title, it would go to the Venice Simplon-Orient Express. The private luxury train service from London to Venice and other European cities has......

The Sasikala factor: Why OPS is doubtful about AIADMK merger

The OPS camp believes Sasikala's family still calls the shot in the EPS camp.Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar reports from Chennai. IMAGE: Former Tamil Nadu chief minister O Panneerselvam with his......

Who killed Air India? An insider reveals the facts

Former Executive Director of Air India, Jitender Bhargava presents an insider's view of the fall of this storied airline in this exclusive book excerpt. In Agatha Christie's detective novel Murder......

The fall guy or a bright spot that turned black?

Is Anjani Sinha of National Spot Exchange being made the fall guy? Anjani Sinha, below, left, is a voracious reader. He reads while he travels. He likes to read about stock market crashes,......

Mystery of the missing train

When trains and stations become desirable again, we might have a murder mystery with the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train as a setting, says Bibek Debroy. Image: The origin of railways in India is......

10 markets transformed by the Internet

Online, every click is a commercial transaction. Somebody, somewhere, is making money every time a Web site gets visited. Everything is easier to sell online. Everyone is easier to sell online.......

Murder Mubarak Review: Poor Man's Agatha Christie

Despite director Homi Adajania’s ease around quirky ensembles and macabre touches, Murder Mubarak fails to draw the viewer into its shallow world of the vain and wealthy, feels......

Charlie Chopra and the Mystery of Solang Valley Review: Agatha Christie Redux

Charlie Chopra and the Mystery of Solang Valley is fun in parts, discovers Deepa Gahlot. There have been unofficial Hindi film adaptations of Agatha Christie's novels, like Gumnaam and Dhund, but......

Kareena Waited 23 Years To Play THIS Role

Photograph: Kind courtesy Kareena Kapoor Khan/Instagram After playing a character who murders her husband in Jaane Jaan, Kareena Kapoor crosses over to the other side, to play a detective in The......

What YOU Can Watch On OTT This Week?

It's an action-packed menu on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma gives us her recommendations.   King of KothaWhere to watch? Disney+HotstarLanguage: Malayalam (with subtitles) Dulquer Salmaan goes......

When A Queen Came To Watch Tennis

Wimbledon attracts celebrities the way the US Open, the French Open and the Australian Open can't. Look who turned up to watch the matches at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on......

Whodunnit? Row between wives of Rooney and Vardy goes viral

IMAGE: Wayne Rooney with wife Coleen. Photograph: Coleen Rooney/Instagram A row between the wives of two top English soccer players has gone viral after one accused the other of leaking stories......

Ferrari blame Mosley for F1 exodus

Ferrari have compared the disappearance of leading manufacturers from Formula One to an Agatha Christie murder mystery, with the finger of guilt pointed at former FIA president Max Mosley. Toyota......

'Somdev needs to use the forehand more'

He was promising as a junior. A title win at the 2001 Australian Open (boys' singles) was followed by the No 2 ranking the same year. The transition to the senior level has been anything but......