We won't see the likes of Vinod Mehta again

'Mr Mehta's jousts with owners and politicians taught many in the trade that editorial freedom is not given, it has to be fought for daily, and seized, especially in these times when the borders......

A salute to the Mumbaikar spirit

Readers tell us how they coped on Terrible Tuesday.Thanks for coming up so fast with a help line and rising to the occasion. Most of the people have returned home and at some places things are as......

Rahejas, Satyam in naxalites' 'land grabbers' list

The Communist Party of India-Maoist and Janashakti naxalites have demanded the distribution of 27,000 acres of prime land in and around Hyderabad "encroached upon or occupied" by business houses,......

Realty firms hope for revival in housing sales after rate cut

Realty sector is facing a huge slowdown for last 3-4 years, leading to a significant delays in possession of flats to customers.     Interest on home loans is expected to come down......

25 companies call-off IPOs due to sluggish market

Owing to a sluggish trend in the stock market, at least 25 companies have called off their Initial Public Offer plans so far in 2011, a report has said.Mostly from the real estate and power......

Big developers mull pulling out of SEZ projects

As many as 15 developers, including Essar, Bengal Shapoorji, K Raheja Universal and Satyam Computer Services may pull out of their SEZ projects, following withdrawal of tax exemptions, an industry......

Debt trap! Why builders are in a state of panic

The struggle by property developers to repay the debt load they'd taken in brighter times continues. Unlisted property developers are likely to have a problem, even as big listed ones are selling......

The BEST of Hrishikesh Mukherjee

On Hrishikesh Mukherjee's 91st birth anniversary on September 30, we bring back a Rediff Special done on the brilliant filmmaker's Best Films on August 2006. Read on:Hrishikesh Mukherjee was a......

Parveen Babi: A bohemian rhapsody

Dinesh Raheja Parveen Babi, one of the most popular actresses of the 1970s and 1980s, passed away in January 2005. Her memory, however, lives on; she is an unforgettable icon in Bollywood's......

Raj Kapoor: Bollywood's original showman

Ruddy-cheeked and light-eyed, Raj Kapoor was unmistakably Destiny's blue-eyed boy. It got him many film roles and the talented Kapoor made surehe left a mark in each of them.This boy wonder started......

Khushboo: Gulzar's unforgettable magic

Dinesh RahejaShe may have never heard of feminism, but there is something very appealing and affirmative about the female protagonist of Gulzar's Khushboo. A product of her times, this rural woman......

Batra continues attack on IHF

Senior vice-president of the Indian Hockey Federation Narinder Batra has expressed surprise about the passing of IHF's balance sheet in the just-concluded Annual General Meeting, saying the......