The Watchdog That Didn't Bark

In our mystery the watchdog agencies are silent, but it is the market that has barked and has not stopped barking, notes Aakar Patel. Photograph: Shailesh Andrade/Reuters One can refer to the......

Will Partha's arrest in SSC scam impact Mamata?

After the Trinamool’s overwhelming majority in the West Bengal assembly elections last year, the SSC scam has given fresh ammunition to the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Communist Party of......

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......

The watch dogs that didn't bark for IL&FS

Did men and women of redoubtable experience and public service, upholders of the country's steel frame and paragons of corporate governance, never smell a rat? asks Sunil Sethi. Photograph:......

Why blame DeMo and GST? Slowdown was on for over a decade

The watchdogs of the economy have not been barking and it is high time we noticed it, says Shreekant Sambrani. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Even the woman on the street unlearned in......

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......

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......

A Memorable Dinner With Aamir Khan

By refusing to follow the pack and remain politically correct, Aamir Khan has paid a price.A fascinating excerpt from Shobhaa De's new book, Insatiable. IMAGE: Aamir Khan. All photographs: Kind......

OTT: Brahmastra, PS-1, Minions And More!

Magic, mythology, mystery, minions -- it's a fun, Fun, FUN menu on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma lists them out.   Brahmastra: Part One ShivaWhere to watch? Disney+HotstarLanguage: Hindi After......

When Lataji Was Devastated

Biswajit, movie heart-throb of the 1960s, remembers The Legend. IMAGE: Biswajit with Hemant Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar. Photograph: Kind courtesy Biswajit/Instagram Matinee idol of the 1960s,......

'Success hasn't changed Shah Rukh one bit'

'Baazigar was his first Best Actor trophy and Shah Rukh Khan told us he could not go back home without taking our blessings.' As Shah Rukh Khan turns 56 on November 2, the Men In White -- Directors......

When a spring fractured Massa's skull...

Injuries are part and parcel of a sportsman's life. However, in some cases, they occur when the sportsman concerned isn't entirely at fault, but suffers the repurcussions......