Held hostage in Goa row over property, claims French actress

A 75-year-old French actor has alleged she is being held "hostage" in her house at Calangute in North Goa since earlier this week over a property dispute and finds herself in a......

Extraordinary winners of Sony World Photography Awards 2020

From incredible landscapes to touching portraits to memorable wildlife photography, the winners of the Sony World Photography Awards showcase it all! The 2020 competition proved to be the most......

This is middle age

Middle age is the boot stamping on our face, says Shougat Dasgupta.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com We are moving to a new flat. The movers are descending, clearing our detritus -- the......

The forgotten brutality of the 1857 Mutiny

'The summer of 1857 saw violence, perpetrated by the Indians and the Britons, on an unprecedented scale.''Never before and never after in the history of British rule in India was there violence at......

The ancient heritage behind our railway bridges

Of the thousands of railway bridges in India, 36,470 are more than 100 years old, and 6,680 are more than 140 years old! But of these, only 21 rank on the Heritage Directorate of the Indian......

Get set, assassinate, but virtually

  Hitman is sure to keep you engrossed for hours Fictional assassins have always had a special place in people’s hearts. Though they’re carrying out heinous deeds, the way they......

Films, books that inspire corporate head honchos

What do A-listers like to read, watch or listen to? And who are the people they admire? Here is a list -- IMAGE: The poster of the film Taare Zameen Par. The film is one of the favourites of Amit......

From a one-room setup to a $300 mn firm, CarDekho goes global

Backed by veteran industrialist Ratan Tata, auto portal CarDekho.com, has been revving up its operations in regions like South Asia. Image: (From left to right) Amit Jain, CEO & Co-founder, Girnar......

Heart Of Stone Review: Alia Holds Her Own

When she does show up an hour into the movie, Alia's confidence is hard to miss, notes Sukanya Verma. 'It's too dangerous.' Now where have I heard that line, like, only a zillion times before? Tom......

The Gray Man Review

The Gray Man is mindless fun, worth your monthly Netflix subscription, notes Aseem Chhabra. We all know Netflix is in trouble having lost nearly a million subscribers in the last quarter. But the......

'I don't want people to feel sorry for me'

'I don't believe in focusing on the bad things that have happened in my life.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Sunny Leone/Instagram Sunny Leone is all set to play a secret agent in Vikram Bhatt's......

Shruti Haasan goes to Hollywood

Shruti to portray Nira Patel, a young woman in Delhi whose waitress job serves as a cover for a dangerous double life as a trained assassin. Shruti Haasan has joined the cast of USA Network's......

US Open venue to host 350-bed temporary hospital

'New York is our home, we're all in this together.' IMAGE: The conversion of the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center into a 350-bed temporary hospital would begin Tuesday. Photograph: Clive......

Football Extras: Man jailed for 10 years for armed attack on Arsenal players

IMAGE: Arsenal's Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac during training. Photograph: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters A man who tried to rob Arsenal players Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac at knifepoint in a failed......

She is no triple agent, just Johanna Konta...

‘I am a tri-citizen... but I definitely belong to Great Britain’ IMAGE: Great Britain's Johanna Konta plays a forehand. Photograph: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images With not one, or two but......

Spotted: Virender Sehwag in Bangalore

Reader MC Girish sent us this photograph from Bangalore. 'I got an opportunity to help Virender Sehwag with some computer stuff. He is an amazingly humble person,' writes Girish.  'This......