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......

On board the world's most luxurious train

If “luxury on wheels” were an official title, it would go to the Venice Simplon-Orient Express. The private luxury train service from London to Venice and other European cities has......

He Makes History Speak

'We like to tell the rest of the world that we did it better, that we were stronger, that we had larger cities, that we taught them science,' Naman Ahuja tells Anjali Puri. 'This exhibition is an......

The Sasikala factor: Why OPS is doubtful about AIADMK merger

The OPS camp believes Sasikala's family still calls the shot in the EPS camp.Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar reports from Chennai. IMAGE: Former Tamil Nadu chief minister O Panneerselvam with his......

'Recovery could be a couple of quarters away'

'There are a lot of positive things these reforms are bringing about and it is only a matter of some quarters before the growth rate picks up momentum.''Until then we need to be a little bit......

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......

This investment banker has Mumbai bhel for lunch

  Over bhel puri and chilli paneer, Gaurav Deepak tells Abhineet Kumar how Avendus Capital became the most sought after bank for start-ups and how he learnt about the 30 shades of pink. As I......

200 amazing years of rail transport

First electric locomotive. Photograph: Siemens Two hundred years after George Stephenson built the steam-powered Blucher, Open Knowledge pays tribute to 200 years of rail transport. ......

Jawan, Sushmita And A Baby On OTT

It's an action packed menu on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma gives us her recommendations.   Jawan: Extended CutWhere to watch? NetflixLanguage: Hindi In Shah Rukh Khan's second mammoth hit of......

Kareena Waited 23 Years To Play THIS Role

Photograph: Kind courtesy Kareena Kapoor Khan/Instagram After playing a character who murders her husband in Jaane Jaan, Kareena Kapoor crosses over to the other side, to play a detective in The......

What YOU Can Watch On OTT This Week?

It's an action-packed menu on OTT this week. Sukanya Verma gives us her recommendations.   King of KothaWhere to watch? Disney+HotstarLanguage: Malayalam (with subtitles) Dulquer Salmaan goes......

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......

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......

'Somdev needs to use the forehand more'

He was promising as a junior. A title win at the 2001 Australian Open (boys' singles) was followed by the No 2 ranking the same year. The transition to the senior level has been anything but......

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......