Thirty six years down the line, the restaurant still continues to serve people and is famous as the place where Sobhraj was arrested.
As Kuttey hits the screens this Friday, Sukanya Verma looks at the 10 best ensemble Hindi movies in recent times.
Replacing a coach like Gary Kirsten, who was a massive success with Team India, was never going to be easy for Duncan Fletcher. Rediff.com's Bikash Mohapatra points out that Fletcher doesn't have a report card that makes for great reading but he still enjoys the backing of captain MS Dhoni.
'Why did Jaya Sawant come to the house of horrors? Like so many reality show aspirants she perhaps believed it would be her ticket to immortality, the way it catapulted her daughter to stardom.'
Sidbi acquires Ahmedabad-based start-up at hefty premium; founders deny link to govt.
IPL can be truly said to have come of age. It is now more Indian than ever before. Teams often fielded fewer than the four allowed foreign players. Indian batters and bowlers were simply better in performance, consistency and reliability, points out Shreekant Sambrani.
The all powerful prime minister's office has selected the chief guest who will grace Republic Day 2022.
Marilyn Monroe, Minions, musicals and mean-spirited witches, it's quite a spread on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma offers her picks.
Prabal Gurung chose the old Japanese consulate at New York's United Nations Plaza to be the venue for his Spring/Summer 2023 collection because a United Nations backdrop underlined the message he read out, to his audience and the world at large, via his array of garments.
Political observers feel that Kodnani's arrest will help the Bharatiya Janata Party project a more 'secular and fair' image.
Regular knock out defeats at global events gives rise to serious questions
There is something strange about the Sister Abhaya case. Most officers associated with the case have had a strange turn of events in their lives. The recent ouster of Dr S Malini of the Bangalore Forensic Sciences Laboratory is just another incident.
Jaybharat Textiles & Real Estate, a textile company that forayed into real estate three years back, today has a market capitalisation higher than Grasim Industries or Tata Motors.
Two Delhi High Court judges have ignored statutory regulations and are seeking to mandate a link between drug regulation and patents where none exists in law, says Latha Jishnu.
The signs of discontent are very visible among Congressmen these days.
The news of his passing is sad and sudden but the body of work he leaves behind will neither fade nor be forgotten.
While Reliance/Infotel Broadband stands to gain if Qualcomm is forced out of the BWA race, will the potential Indian consumer of broadband wireless services gain from this unseemly tussle? That is a question that remains unanswered.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched 5G technology services in India and said that technology has become democratic in its truest sense since even the poor of the country have always come forward in adopting new technologies. He said that this is a major step in the vision of Digital India and Aatmanirbhar Bharat. "Talking about Digital India, some people think that this is just a government scheme.
Kenneth Haywood, the US national who gave the Indian police a slip, remains a mystery. Rediff's Matthew Schneeberger investigates.
What happens when the countries most photographed faces show signs of change? Is lip makeover the new wardrobe overhaul?
Spielberg was born with a camera in his eye. And this one movie, he'd been recording all his life, observes Sukanya Verma.
Middle Earth comes to OTT as does a spate of other offerings. Sukanya Verma gives you your OTT menu.
Singh, who had accused the then Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh of corruption, has alleged frame up in criminal cases.
It is clear to any observer that the BJP risks its demolition drive boomeranging on itself. Except for one unpredictable factor in the works -- Rahul Gandhi himself, observes Shyam G Menon.
The arrest of senior reporter Tarakant Dwivedi alias Akela, working with Mumbai-based tabloid MiD DAY, under the draconian Official Secrets Act by the Government Railway Police smacks of vindictiveness at the behest of the Railway Protection Force. What has now emerged is the fact that the arrest under the OSA was the result of overzealousness on the part of the Police Inspector Pandarinath Yeram, the investigating officer attached to GRP.
Join Hitesh Harisinghani, Manu Shankar and Abhishek Mande take a wacky look at the cricketing world and discuss the controversial Umpire Decision Referral System.
'Every time I see Chris Gayle, I expect to see one Chris Gayle, and that's a positive Chris Gayle' 'I think we still have room for improvement'
Corporate earnings have had a dream run over the last four years, and all signs seem to indicate that the run will continue.
Black Adam's true superpower is Dwayne Johnson's likeability. He's good even when he's bad, observes Sukanya Verma. Black Adam Review
Temba Bavuma scored an unbeaten half-century as South Africa reached 233 for four at end of Day 1
The 18-member Sri Lanka Test squad, led by star batter Dimuth Karunaratne and featuring veterans such as Angelo Mathews, Lahiru Thirimanne and Dinesh Chandimal, checked in Dharamsala on Friday.
While it is becoming increasingly apparent that the fortunes of sacked Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal's family members improved dramatically during his tenure in the government, officials on his personal staff were not doing too badly either.
It is not by compulsion that 'Scooter faculty' choose to be a floating workforce, says Apurv Pandit of PagalGuy.com.
'I have no plans of cloning myself in the near future, either.'
The Satyam case is unprecedented in the sense it highlights how a sluggish judicial process has thwarted the efforts of a government authority to attach financial assets of a scam-tainted corporate entity, says Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.
Sukanya Verma raises a toast to the man and his movie magic.
The death of Indian Mujahideen-linked Anwar Beli, a former taxi driver in Dubai hailing from Bhatkal, in an encounter in Afghanistan is a pointer that more Indians are joining outfits like Al Qaeda, ISIS and Taliban, reports Vicky Nanjappa.Sources in the NIA tell Vicky Nanjappa/Rediff.com that for long the Indian Mujahideen has been looking to take the fight to Afghanistan, also informing about outfits like the Ansar ul-Tawhid which is helping terror outfits to recruit Indian youths.
Trekking is a truly transformative experience. Let me tell you why.
Sukanya Verma lists out everything you can catch on OTT this week.
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