I thought it was a movie shoot: Bizman on Sobhraj's arrest from Goa in 1986

Armando Gonsalves still remembers the evening of April 6, 1986 when the then Mumbai Crime Branch inspector Madhukar Zende brandished a gun to nab serial killer Charles Shobhraj, who was sitting on......

'Rishi you are going to be something one day'

'Rishi is brought up with Indian values -- respect our parents, respect our uncles, -- but he is more British.' IMAGE: Britain's first Prime Minister of Asian origin Rishi Sunak delivers his first......

Big screens in parks, cinema chains across UK to show Queen's funeral

Large screens across the parks of the UK and many cinema chains are being prepared to screen the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II from Westminster Abbey in London on Monday morning, the UK......

Goodbye, Mr Gorbachev

Mikhail Gorbachev died in a Moscow hospital on Tuesday, August 30, 2022 after a long and prolonged illness. The former president and general secretary of the Communist party of the then Union of......

'India can market itself better'

'India is still hierarchical, but not as much as Japan and people appreciate a flat working culture,' Charles Frump, managing director, Volvo Cars India, tells Pavan Lall. Illustration: Dominic......

How Myntra plans to run India's biggest fashion sale

The 12th edition of EORS will be held from June 19-22. There will be a dedicated central virtual war-room for tactical problem solving across all phases of the event. Shoppers across the country......

From social media influencers to #metoo, 2018 was a 'brand' new year

What sets 2018 apart from previous years is the magnitude of the shocks that hit our brand ecosystem, says Bharat Bambawale. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com We've had an exceptionally busy......

KLM has really BIG plans for India

Together with Jet Airways we will have 61 flights to Amsterdam and Paris during the winter season. That also makes us the second largest airline group after Lufthansa, which has 67 weekly flights,......

Sara's travelling... this time, with someone special!

It's a small world and Bollywood knows that only too well. That's why they're always on the move! Photograph: Kind courtesy Sara Ali Khan/Instagram Just a week after returning home from a......

The Serpent: Don't miss the Charles Sobhraj series!

Every week OTT platforms inundate us with variety of entertainment. Here's all that caught Sukanya Verma's eye this time:   The SerpentWhere to watch? NetflixLanguage: English An eight-part......

16 shows to watch during the lockdown

Nikita Puri lists the best shows and films to watch online as you ace social distancing. Be it videos of penguins being taken for walks around the zoo or cats playing games with their humans, the......

When movie theatres no longer exist...

Aseem Chhabra imagines a time, 20 years from now, when movie-watching in theatres will be long gone, thanks to the coronavirus, and pens a letter to his grandchild, explaining the magic of the......

All Squads: Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup

The FIFA 2022 World Cup will kick-off in Qatar on Sunday, November 20. Here is a list of the 26-man squads playing in the quadrennial global football extravaganza.      ARGENTINA......

Maradona's life, in pictures

IMAGE: Diego Maradona holds aloft the World Cup after Argentina's 3-2 victory over West Germany in ther 1986 final. Photograph: Juha Tamminen/Reuters   Diego Armando Maradona, who died on......

SEE: Ferrari's Leclerc reports back to work in grand style

IMAGE: Charles Leclerc is the first driver of the modern era to have driven an F1 car through Ferrari's home town in Northern Italy. Photograph: Charles Leclerc/Instagram Charles Leclerc drove his......

Rajneesh's Believe It Or Not in Cricket!

Rajneesh Gupta lists some more amazing coincidences in cricket -- a feature guaranteed to amuse you in these anxious times. IMAGE: The Lord's cricket ground, owned by the Marylebone Cricket Club,......

A cricket feature to make you smile

Rajneesh Gupta lists some amazing coincidences in cricket -- a feature guaranteed to amuse you in these anxious times. IMAGE: Indian cricket fans celebrate. Photograph: Cameron Spencer/Getty......