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My daughters named after Agatha Christie: Sangma

Opposition Presidential candidate P A Sangma on Sunday said his two daughters, Christie and Agatha, were named after prominent British novelist Agatha Christie, whose book was presented to him by......

Manmohan is just another politician

It was a character in an Agatha Christie mystery who referred to murder being most difficult the first time, being driven by necessity on the second occasion, and becoming a habit subsequently.......

The truth behind the tales

I love reading. I always have, and used to read extensively in high school. Unfortunately I got so caught up in college life this last year, it took me almost all year to finish just one book.......

Enemies of the mandate

As Agatha Christie might have said, a government is announced. The prelude to it could not, however, have been messier, and the omens do not look altogether propitious.To take the episode of the......

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:......

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,......

Want a job as a mystery shopper?

'A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.' Yes, Churchill said that about Russia, but it's a good enough definition of a whole new career option that's only now entering India.Mystery......

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......

Biocon chief: Sebi's insider trading laws need an overhaul

Corporate leaders said since the law and evidence gathering is vague, it’s time for the government to set up a quasi-judicial body to adjudicate on all these cases before any Sebi......

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......

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......

Kaantha Review: Dulquer Salman Is Riveting

Kaantha is a peculiar love letter to cinema that tries to integrate various genres and craft a riveting central dilemma with great eloquence and clarity, observes Arjun Menon. Films about films......

Detective Sherdil Trailer: A Diljit Dosanjh Comedy Show

It looks like Diljit Dosanjh is having a field day with this one, one hopes his joy rubs off on viewers as well, notes Mayur Sanap. In my book, there’s no such thing as a bad Dilijit Dosanjh......

Chhal Kapat Review: Wobbly Whodunnit

Chhal Kapat is a bland whodunnit, which does not have the necessary skills and smarts to pull it off, notes Mayur Sanap. There's a real disappointment you feel when a show has an interesting......

He Spreads Fragrance At Wankhede

What Subhash Harchekar does is make friends through flowers. IMAGE: Subhash Harchekar spreads the fragrance of love and affection. Photographs: K R Nayar Journalists are meant to share......

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......

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......

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......