News for 'Murder Mystery 2'

Two bodies found in Indian couple's home in US

Two bodies found in Indian couple's home in US

Rediff.com4 Sep 2014

The mysterious death of a 10-year-old Indian-origin boy, whose body was preserved by his mother inside a bathtub, has taken a horrible turn after a man and woman were found dead in the family's house in Texas.

Why do we outrage so much about Padmavati?

Why do we outrage so much about Padmavati?

Rediff.com6 Dec 2017

'The mainstream media is alive with discussion of the rights and wrongs of the situation.' 'Mass immolation is being rediscovered as a worthy goal for young women, and we have also consoled ourselves at length with the reflection that Muslims Are Bad while Rajputs Are Good,' says Mihir S Sharma.

Sheena Bora Trial: What the top cop revealed

Sheena Bora Trial: What the top cop revealed

Rediff.com8 Mar 2019

Indrani exclaimed excitedly, her face lighting up like a little girl's: "I know him soo0o well." Sanjeev Khanna, Accused No 2, jokingly suggested to Badami: "Influencing the witness!" Badami retorted good humouredly: "She can't influence witnesses. She can only influence you and Peter."

Sweden stopped Bofors probe to save Rajiv from embarrassment: CIA files

Sweden stopped Bofors probe to save Rajiv from embarrassment: CIA files

Rediff.com26 Jan 2017

'Sweden claimed inability to track the payments through Swiss bank accounts after making a half-hearted request for Swiss assistance,' it said.

Bureaucrat, wife found dead in Delhi residence

Bureaucrat, wife found dead in Delhi residence

Rediff.com25 Oct 2013

A senior bureaucrat and his wife were found dead under mysterious circumstances at their house in Hazrat Nizamuddin area of south-east Delhi on Friday evening.

'Jollyamma is being made a scapegoat'

'Jollyamma is being made a scapegoat'

Rediff.com18 Oct 2019

'How can the police say that she alone has committed the crime and no other person has done it?'

Sheena Bora trial: Was the driver lying?

Sheena Bora trial: Was the driver lying?

Rediff.com8 Dec 2017

Trepidation made its home firmly on his face on Thursday, announcing its presence with lines of anxiety and the repeated jumpy widening of his eyes.

Pratyusha suicide: SC refuses to quash bail of Rahul Raj

Pratyusha suicide: SC refuses to quash bail of Rahul Raj

Rediff.com30 May 2016

A vacation bench of justices P C Ghose and Amitava Roy refused to entertain the petition of Pratyusha's mother Soma Bannerjee saying there was no strong and compelling ground to cancel the anticipatory bail granted to Singh.

Delhi Police may quiz Pak journo in Sunanda case

Delhi Police may quiz Pak journo in Sunanda case

Rediff.com9 Jan 2015

Delhi Police, which has registered a case of murder in the death of Sunanda Pushkar, is planning to question Mehr Tarar, the Pakistani journalist over whom she fought with her husband Shashi Tharoor before her mysterious death last year.

Sunanda case: Advanced tests to determine cause of injuries

Sunanda case: Advanced tests to determine cause of injuries

Rediff.com24 Jan 2014

The Crime Branch probing the mysterious death of Sunanda Pushkar will go for advanced forensic tests to determine cause of injuries on her body as it tries to unravel whether it was a case of suicide, homicide or accident.

Sunanda Pushkar case transferred to Crime Branch

Sunanda Pushkar case transferred to Crime Branch

Rediff.com23 Jan 2014

The probe into the mysterious death of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Union Minister Shashi Tharoor, was today transferred to the elite Crime Branch of Delhi Police, a week after she was found dead in a luxury hotel in the national capital

Sheena Bora Trial: The man with the pistol

Sheena Bora Trial: The man with the pistol

Rediff.com17 Jun 2019

'He had a carry bag made of plastic. One pistol came out of it. There was also a magazine which had three rounds. And a mobile and a Rs 100 currency note.' No prizes for guessing who that was...

Why Rhea's case should send shivers down our spines

Why Rhea's case should send shivers down our spines

Rediff.com14 Sep 2020

A promising young actor suffering from depression has had his life laid bare for the grubby public to paw through. An ordinary family has been pitched into the middle of a nightmare of an investigation and arrested for no reason discernible at present. And a young actress has had her reputation, and probably career, destroyed so that TRP ratings can soar, notes Sherna Gandhy.

Should Deepika do this role? VOTE!

Should Deepika do this role? VOTE!

Rediff.com31 Jul 2019

For fun's sake, Sukanya Verma puts together an ambitious, star-studded wish list of actors we'd love to see in all the key roles just in case someone decided to do a Hindi version.

Bollywood's history of blackmail

Bollywood's history of blackmail

Rediff.com5 Apr 2018

Bollywood's tryst with blackmail!

Rahul's Savarkar jibe won't impact Uddhav's government

Rahul's Savarkar jibe won't impact Uddhav's government

Rediff.com17 Dec 2019

Rahul Gandhi is neither Congress president, office-bearer nor Congress leader in Parliament. This technical leeway provides adequate cover for Shiv Sena-Congress ties taking a nosedive, says Rasheed Kidwai.

Sunanda case: Cops may seek lie detector test on Tharoor

Sunanda case: Cops may seek lie detector test on Tharoor

Rediff.com1 Jul 2015

Investigators probing the mysterious death of Sunanda Pushkar may move a local court in Delhi seeking lie detector test on her husband and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor.

Review: Mickey Virus could do better with a tighter script

Review: Mickey Virus could do better with a tighter script

Rediff.com25 Oct 2013

Mickey Virus gets better only in the second half, according to Paloma Sharma.

Review: Zid is more idiotic than erotic

Review: Zid is more idiotic than erotic

Rediff.com28 Nov 2014

Almost everything about Zid can be best described as botched, says Nishi Tiwari.

Indrani critical in hospital, doctors say next 48 hours crucial

Indrani critical in hospital, doctors say next 48 hours crucial

Rediff.com3 Oct 2015

"The next 48 hours will be critical for her," J J Hospital Dean Dr T P Lahane told reporters on Saturday when asked if she is out of danger.

Jihadi John fathered a 'secret' son in Syria

Jihadi John fathered a 'secret' son in Syria

Rediff.com15 Nov 2015

Jihadi John, the dreaded Islamic State executioner killed in a US drone strike in Syria last week, reportedly fathered a son who is automatically entitled to British citizenship.

'For every gang, the financier is the kingpin'

'For every gang, the financier is the kingpin'

Rediff.com14 Jul 2020

'In a gang, the person who controls the finances is the most important key person.' 'Cut the finances of a gang and it will vanish.'

Tharoor charged with abetment to suicide in Sunanda Pushkar death

Tharoor charged with abetment to suicide in Sunanda Pushkar death

Rediff.com14 May 2018

Shashi Tharoor called the chargesheet "preposterous" and said he intends to contest it "vigorously".

Andhadhun Review: A delicious masterpiece

Andhadhun Review: A delicious masterpiece

Rediff.com5 Oct 2018

Andhadhun is a stunning, comic, grisly, absurd, intense, cold, crazy and must-watch, raves Sukanya Verma.

What will the baby-faced killer do next?

What will the baby-faced killer do next?

Rediff.com16 Feb 2017

Why did Kim Jong-un order his brother's murder?

Sheena Bora case: Why did her lawyers give Indrani a drubbing?

Sheena Bora case: Why did her lawyers give Indrani a drubbing?

Rediff.com28 Feb 2020

Indrani dressed in a short purple kurta and leggings, with a bandhini green-purple chunni, sindhoor glowing in her mang, was receiving a drubbing from her lawyers for the facts she had revealed before the court on Tuesday while arguing the rejoinder to her bail application. She was insisting: "But he asked me for a motive!"

Review: Fargo will make you revisit your demons

Review: Fargo will make you revisit your demons

Rediff.com10 Aug 2015

Fargo is intense and dark and raises more questions than one would usually be comfortable with.

Pakistani court rejects bail plea of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi chief

Pakistani court rejects bail plea of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi chief

Rediff.com23 Jan 2014

A Pakistani court has rejected the bail application of Malik Ishaq, chief of the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi that has been blamed for a series of attacks on the Shia minority.

Barsaat on my mind

Barsaat on my mind

Rediff.com1 Aug 2016

Sukanya Verma revisits Gulzar's Ghalib and finds Barsaat, and Free Love!

Sheena Bora case: Doctor in trouble?

Sheena Bora case: Doctor in trouble?

Rediff.com17 Jan 2020

Judge Jagdale halted Dr Gupta's testimony several times because he felt it had neither order nor direction. Tightly controlling his irritation, his lips compressed, the judge explained as patiently as he could: "What he has done in this case should come (out in his testimony) in a lucid manner. You eat chapati and then rice. You cannot eat half a chapati and then have rice and then eat half a chapati..." "He is not a witness of facts. He is an expert witness. Either he is not prepared. Or you are not prepared."

Drishyam, Talaash: Bollywood's best investigations?

Drishyam, Talaash: Bollywood's best investigations?

Rediff.com3 Aug 2015

Here looking at 10 of Bollywood's best-known crime movies.

Is Nayattu anti-Dalit? Is Karnan pro-Dalit?

Is Nayattu anti-Dalit? Is Karnan pro-Dalit?

Rediff.com2 Jun 2021

'If questioning and dethroning hierarchies is your primary motive, why not put an end to the practice of announcing your shining star, your box office draw, in big flaming letters and mentioning everyone else's name in small font at the bottom of the screen?' asks Sreehari Nair.

Taliban behind Bhutto's death? Kayani doesn't think so

Taliban behind Bhutto's death? Kayani doesn't think so

Rediff.com20 Aug 2013

Pakistan Army chief General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani had expressed doubts about a claim by the regime of his former boss Pervez Musharraf that Benazir Bhutto was assassinated by the Pakistani Taliban, a United Nations investigator has said.

Walking through Tughlaq's forgotten city

Walking through Tughlaq's forgotten city

Rediff.com1 Dec 2015

Curses, folklore and family feuds swirl around Tughlaqabad Fort

And this is how Sheena's body lay in the bag...

And this is how Sheena's body lay in the bag...

Rediff.com1 Nov 2017

Without a moment of hesitation, Rai jumped up on his rickety wooden stool in the witness box. He then drew his legs close to his body and wrapped his arms around his knees and finally tucked his head into his knees demonstrating the fetal position.

Dadri to Faridabad: Is BJP encouraging India's Ku Klux Klan?

Dadri to Faridabad: Is BJP encouraging India's Ku Klux Klan?

Rediff.com28 Oct 2015

'It would be a folly on our part to believe that the KKK or its Indian version exists only as some dedicated organisation. Rather, the Indian KKK, much like the American counterpart, exists as a fragmented and amorphous collection of independent groups and individuals,' says Shehzad Poonawalla.

Sheena Bora Trial: Indrani's eyes sparkled...

Sheena Bora Trial: Indrani's eyes sparkled...

Rediff.com18 Nov 2017

as the trial proceeds, Peter is beginning to look more and more haggard while Indrani by contrast is blossoming. Khanna appeared exhausted and more down and out than usual at this hearing.

Tour the world's finest museums from the safety of your home

Tour the world's finest museums from the safety of your home

Rediff.com7 Apr 2020

It beats Netflix any day, exclaims Prithvi Singh.

In surprise move, Sunanda Pushkar case transferred back to south district police

In surprise move, Sunanda Pushkar case transferred back to south district police

Rediff.com26 Jan 2014

In a surprise move, the probe into Sunanda Pushkar's mysterious death was transferred back to the South district police from the crime branch, two days after it was moved to the latter.

Review: Gethu is all show and no substance

Review: Gethu is all show and no substance

Rediff.com15 Jan 2016

Gethu is boring and uneventful, warns S Saraswathi.