Sheena Bora Trial: Like Indrani, Mekhail is a fighter

The ripping off the lid, that Mekhail did, on the chain of episodes that lead up to his sister's murder, while condemning Indrani for her actions, for the first time, paradoxically, allowed a more......

Sheena Bora Trial: The Shrink Testifies

As he was giving evidence, Dr Matcheswalla peremptorily summoned the CBI representative over to the witness box and whispered something.Indrani Mukerjea's advocate Sudeep Pasbola immediately cut......

Sheena Bora Trial: The Mother Who'd Never Been A Mother

One couldn't help feeling a certain melancholy viewing these now vagrant documents and photographs that would never be rightfully cherished.The pictures spoke to you. They offered slices of......

Sheena Bora Trial: Why Indrani Smiled

Mekhail delivered the most deliberate heart-tugging line of the day: "If a son asks his mother for money is wrong, then tell me."At the back Indrani gave one of her most beaming smiles that was......

IT stocks brace for more pain after muted Q1

Investors in India’s information technology (IT) companies are likely in for more pain ahead as muted earnings for the first quarter of 2025-26 (Q1FY26) play spoilsport at the bourses in the......

Buy dips in auto stocks amid Tesla's India debut, Trump tariffs: Analysts

Risks emerging from the US have left automotive investors worried. US President Donald Trump has announced 25 per cent tariffs on automotive imports, while global electric carmaker Tesla has taken......

Will Nifty-IT Outperform Post Elections?

The Nifty IT index, data shows, has outperformed the markets in each of the last four election years post the result. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Usually, general elections cast a......

Can Modi 3.0 Ignite Surge in PSU Stocks?

'Those betting against PSUs will likely be punished in this upswing.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   Shares of public-sector undertakings (PSUs) should be accumulated at lower......

Eknath Shinde Pays Tribute To Sulochana

It was a sad day for Bollywood as cinema's 'evergreen mother' passed into the ages. Sulochana Latkar played cine mother to top stars like Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Rajesh Khanna, Rishi Kapoor,......

Gulzar: 5 Memorable Songs

As Gulzar turns 86 on August 18, Subhash K Jha celebrates the iconic figure by picking his five favourite songs.   Humne Dekhi Hai Un Aankhon Ki Mehakti Khushboo, Khamoshi IMAGE: Snehlata in......

'Being Karan Johar is both an advantage and a disadvantage'

"For me, cinema must be an escape route. I believe the characters in my film must laugh and cry, fall in love, suffer heartbreak, go through an entire gamut of emotions. That's my world, and I......

Rajnigandha actress Vidya Sinha passes away

Vidya Sinha, who lit up so many Basu Chatterjee’s rom-coms in the 1970s and 1980s, is no more. She breathed her last in a hospital in Mumbai on August 15. The last......