Memories, wounds trouble 1993 blasts victim

August 10 was an especially busy day for Kirti Ajmera, a distributor for Modicare home products. His cell phone has not stopped buzzing from the morning. He set out from his home in Malad,......

The list of dead and injured

The list of Mumbai blasts patients admitted to various hospitals:Sion Hospital: The list of injuredNumber Name Age 1. Navin Devdiya 36 2. Kalpesh Rauth 30 3. Sudhakar D...

Low risk appetite only sees hunger for hybrids growing

Fund houses are exploring ways to differentiate themselves in the hybrid space. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com A relatively unknown hybrid fund variant, Balanced Hybrid, is about to see its......

Arbitrage funds back in favour as market volatility boosts returns

Arbitrage funds have recorded net inflows for three months straight, after steep outflows for half a year before that. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The trend changed as mutual fund (MF)......

Life insurers' new biz premium down 17% in Feb, LIC collections shrink 32%

Life insurance companies  reported a 17 per cent year-on-year (YoY) drop in new business premium (NBP) in February as state-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India’s premiums......

Insurance companies yet to see fire sale of high-value life policies

Many life insurance companies are yet to see a sharp spike in the sale of high-value policies as was widely expected in the aftermath of the government’s decision to tax income from insurance......

Karishma: My feelings for Upen were real in Bigg Boss

'I will never create a romantic angle to survive on a game show. I do not give a damn what people think of it,' Karishma Tanna tells Rajul Hegde/ Rediff.com Actress Karishma Tanna lost the battle......

Mushtaq Ali: Tare, Bista guide Mumbai to easy win

A round-up of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 matches played on Monday. IMAGE: Aditya Tare in action for Mumbai Indians in the IPL. Photograph: BCCI Domestic giants Mumbai continued its winning......

Mushtaq Ali T20: Mumbai maul Vidarbha; Gujarat derail Railways

IMAGE: Mumbai's medium pacer Tushar Deshpande put in a spirited show to restrict Vidarbha. Photograph: PTI Domestic giants Mumbai defeated Vidarbha by six wickets in their Super League Group......

World Cup buzz? No sign yet in Mumbai or Delhi

Cricket's biggest showpiece, the World Cup final, will be staged in India's financial capital Mumbai in little over six weeks but the sport-crazy citizens and casual visitors were hard-pressed to......

Ritwik storms into final

India No. 1 and top seed Ritwik Bhattacharya announced his arrival in India with a fluent 9-3, 9-0, 9-3 demolition of fourth seed Vikas Jangra to enter the Open final, while women's top seed Joshna......

Paranjpe steals the limelight

Mumbai's Shivangi Paranjpe was the toast of the day as she stormed into the women's and girls' under-15 semi-finals with convincing victories, in the 61st CCI-Western India Open Squash Tournament,......