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Probe report mentions Sameer Wankhede's Rolex watch, properties

A Narcotics Control Bureau special enquiry team set up to probe the role of its former Mumbai zone chief Sameer Wankhede, who initially investigated the controversial drugs-on-cruise case involving......

No handshake, Jaishankar greets Pak, China FMs with namaste

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday greeted his Pakistani counterpart Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, China's Qin Gang and other foreign ministers with a namaste on their arrival at the venue......

Will newspapers survive COVID-19?

'Here is hoping that the entirely unintended and unforeseen victims of the coronavirus, the printed papers, emerge safe and unscathed from the affliction,' says Shreekant Sambrani.Illustration:......

Venezuela: Before the Implosion

As Venezuelans continue to flee the starvation, crime and the horrific inflation that continues to mark the worst crisis it has ever faced, Radha Roy Biswas looks back at a devastated country she......

Pune wall collapse: 2 in police custody till July 2

A Maharashtra court on Sunday remanded two builders, arrested in connection with the wall collapse in Kondhwa area where 15 labourers were killed, in police custody till July 2. Vipul Agarwal and......

Coming soon: India's first branded chocolate chain

Unlike global majors like Lindt and Godiva no standalone Indian chocolate boutiques have expanded into a national chain yet. ITC plans to change that with its luxury chocolate brand Fabelle, says......

Don't the babus need a phoren summer break?

Codgers on holiday in rising India! Growing foreign travel is one sign of the radical change in rising India’s vacation dynamic. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com. As scorching......

MoS Rathore's 8-year struggle to get Gurgaon flat from Parsvnath ends

The Supreme Court on Friday directed Parsvnath developers to hand over possession of a flat in its Gurgaon project to Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore......

Taj Exotica rolls out the red carpet for BRICS summit

Hotel Taj Exotica, which would be hosting heads of countries during the BRICS Summit in Goa this week, has renovated two prime suites where Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President......

Abrupt check-out: Bickson quits as Indian Hotels MD

A year after getting a fresh five-year extension of term, Indian Hotels Managing Director and Chief Executive Raymond Bickson has stepped down. The board, which met on Thursday, accepted his......

90 UNFORGETTABLE Asha Bhosle Songs

Sukanya Verma celebrates the singing legend who turns 90 on September 8. IMAGE: Asha Bhosle in Mumbai, August 9, 2023. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Her voice reminds me of tiramisu.......

Bollywood's Forever Dancing Queen

It wouldn't be wrong to say Katrina Kaif danced her way to the top. One of the best in the business today, the super-toned stunner's career is brimming in chartbuster imagery. No soon the music......

25 BREATHTAKING FRAMES of Asoka

Asoka makes for irresistible viewing, says Sukanya Verma, and tells us why. Seeing is believing, they say. I am convinced of this more and more every time I watch Asoka. Cinematographer and......

Tenet review

Tenet is both incredibly obfuscating and feverishly magnificent, says Sukanya Verma. 'Don't get on the chopper if you can't stop thinking in linear terms,' warns a character in Tenet. This is not......

Remembering Wajid Khan's Top 15 Songs

For over two decades, Wajid Khan, one half of the composer duo Sajid-Wajid and tabla artiste Ustad Sharafat Ali Khan's son, regaled listeners with infectious compositions and eclectic range. Known......

PIX: Saina's beach holiday

IMAGE: Saina Nehwal soaks up the sun on a Maldivian beach. Photographs and Video: Kind courtesy, Saina Nehwal/Instagram Saina Nehwal is enjoying a holidays in the Maldives. The......

Federer clinches first French Open title

Roger Federer ended his French Open jinx when he swept past Swede Robin Soderling 6-1, 7-6, 6-4 in the final to clinch his first Roland Garros title on Sunday. The Swiss equalled Pete Sampras's......

No room for More at team hotel

Selection Committee Chairman Kiran More and his co-selectors V B Chandrasekhar and Bhupinder Singh Sr had to seek alternative accommodation in Margao on Saturday after being turned away from the......

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