Dhirubhai was an outstanding industrialist
Dhirubhai Ambani had an ambitious plan of converting the deserts of Rajasthan into fertile lands.
I believe he had God's gift: Goenka
Industrialist R P Goenka says, generations to come will find it difficult to believe that so much could be achieved by one man in one life.
'The shareholder was his chief deity'
In his tribute to Dhirubhai, Congress leader Murli Deora says Ambani converted the stock market into an investment opportunity.
RIL: A smooth succession ensured
IThe visionary that he was, it was only natural that Dhirubhai Ambani planned out the succession in his group companies well in advance.
COLUMN
Superman named Ambani
'After bombarding me with statistics, Dhirubhai would pause. Then he would add, "And I did it all single-handed!" And then he would guffaw. Because he lost use of his right hand after his first stroke in 1986; for 16 years he was literally single-handed. It was his way of mocking that cliche about rags-to-riches entrepreneurs doing everything single-handed,' says T V R Shenoy.
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MARKET REPORT
Sensex ends with gains of 27 points
Investors make purchases in both old and new economy stocks on hopes of better Q1 results.
BUSINESS
DuPont mulls large investment in India
The company had invested $80 million last year in India and set up manufacturing facilities for crop protection products, seeds and engineering polymers.
BUSINESS INTERVIEW
'Innovation is not always mean profitability'
Semiconductors is an out-of-favour sector now, but it will soon come roaring back, predicts Guy Kawasaki, Apple evangelist and founder, Garage Technology Ventures.
SPECIAL
'What use will that be to India?'
In everything that he does, A P J Abdul Kalam puts India first. An unlikely witness to this fact is the probable future President's research student, Father George.
INTERVIEW
'NDA agenda is our main agenda'
'How the Cabinet is to function and who are the persons to be utilised is the sole prerogative of the prime minister.' BJP spokesman Arun Jaitley on the Cabinet reshuffle and other matters.
COLUMN
The UCC and Muslims
'You can throw into jail the entire Sangh Parivar for Gujarat. But what next? Can you arrest every Hindu who resents the inequality in laws and vents his ire in his own devious ways...?' says Varsha Bhosle.
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OTHER REPORTS
US Lab to Help Set Up Project to Curb Infiltration
A team of technical experts from Indian agencies, mostly the army, will visit Sandia National Laboratories in the next couple of months to select sensors for the project.
SC transfers petitions against NHRC
The Court transferred the two petitions to itself to decide on the issue of the jurisdiction of the National Human Rights Commission.
People's War bandh call for July 11 and 12
Earlier, on July 6, two PW representatives - revolutionary writer Varavara Rao and balladeer Gadar - had announced their withdrawal from the group's peace talks with the government.
Congress rejects alliance with Paswan in Bihar
Bihar Congress president Dr Shakeel Ahmed rejected an offer of alliance from Ram Vilas Paswan's Lok Jan Shakti Party saying it might disturb his party's alliance with the Rashtriya Janata Dal.
Flood: 20 die in Bihar, army on alert in Assam
In Bihar major rivers like Punpun, Bagmati and Budhi Gandak are flowing above the danger level.
Slain Afghan V-P got daughter beheaded
One Kabul insider told rediff.com: 'It was because of these kinds of feuds that Qadir was murdered. Please don't make angels out of our thugs.'
MOVIES
Controversy mars natl film awards jury
K S Sethumadhavan stepped in after Amol Palekar resigned citing conflict of interest.
Black is back
MIB--II reels in the greenbacks at the US Box Office
SPORTS
Bhupathi says he's playing better without Paes
The Indian tennis ace, who won the mixed doubles crown at Wimbledon on Sunday, said he has no immediate plans of reuniting with his former partner.
Mahesh-Elena bag mixed doubles title
The Indo-Russian pair beat Kevin Ullyett of Zimbabwe and Daniela Hanutuchova of Slovakia 6-2, 1-6, 6-1.
Williams sisters dominate in doubles
Venus and Serena Williams added the women's doubles crown to their bulging trophy cabinet.
CRICKET COLUMN
The secret weapon
Wisden 20:20 - How Michael Vaughan strangled Sri Lanka's middle order.
NET GUIDE
Green light for animal-to-human transplants
An Australian health department advisory group has recommended that experimental transplantation of animal tissues and organs into humans should be allowed to proceed cautiously.
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