Damu Nagar -- a shanty colony built around a hillock in Mumbai's northern suburb of Kandivali, abutting the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, was engulfed in an inferno Monday, December 7, that left more than 2,000 homes gutted and thousands homeless. Residents displayed exemplary courage, camaraderie and chutzpah as they grappled with ways and means to overcome their personal catastrophes when Rediff.com visited them.

Kainchi, near Nainital, attracts devotees from near and far, 42 years after the death of its spiritual leader, Neem Karoli Baba.

For distressed farmers in Mandya district of Karnataka, Madhuchandan is a true saviour.

Schools closed for a day, crops damaged; more downpour on cards

India's good fortune, experts in the US feel, is not the result of a fundamentally strong economy, but because it is the best of a bad set of options.

Reliance Industries was the top Sensex gainer up 5.6% after the company reported better-than-expected net profit growth at 12% in the second-quarter aided hby higher gross refining margins.

'Earlier compensation was less, but we have increased compensation four fold. As a result, farmers want to give up their land.' 'Infrastructure projects will create 50 lakh jobs. If today we are building 14 km of road per day, by next March, we hope to take it up to 30 km. My own hope is we can take it to 100 km per day.' 'The government's ambitious Sagarmala project aims to develop port infrastructure along the country's 7,500 km coastline. The project includes modernisation of our ports and islands, setting up of coastal economic zones, new major ports and fish harbours.'

Roads account for the second largest amount of bad loans.

The cars, some 482,000 Passats, Golfs and Jettas sold in model years 2009 to 2015 in the United States, are peppy and fun to drive, owners say.

The chairman of one of India's biggest industrial groups, Larsen & Toubro Ltd sees little sign of a recovery in Asia's third-largest economy,

Bringing down government stakes would augment their capital.

India'sstartups have a good beginning but will they survive competition is a big questions which needs immediate attention.

Heavy flooding has caused animals at Kaziranga and Pabitora to move to higher land, making them more vulnerable to poaching.

Hardik Patel, the face of Patel quota stir in Gujarat, has announced plans for a nation-wide agitation seeking reservation for nearly "27 crore people" of various communities including Gujjars and Kurmis.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced a 'special package' of Rs 1,25,000 crore for poll-bound Bihar during his address at Ara district, in the state.

Happy End' is a photo-project of 15 airplanes that had forced landings but all on board survived and were rescued.

Companies are still struggling to recover from years of exuberance.

It is a complete mayhem in West Bengal, Manipur and Odisha with more than 60 dead

Rediff.com brings you monsoon images from across the country

Five persons were killed on Tuesday in two separate incidents of landslips triggered by incessant rains in Meghalaya's West Garo Hills district.

The price of wind power may soon compete with conventional fossil fuels, according to researchers in the United States

The railways may offer high-speed train corridors to global players.

Earning numbers of blue-chips, including ITC and SBI, due tomorrow.

The public-private partnership model is a compulsion, says the minister.

The govt has a lot more to do then just open bank accounts for the poor in the Jan Dhan scheme.

US Ambassador Richard Verma's tips to the Indian states.

Decision-making has to be much quicker, the finance minister said.

The real estate Bill will stamp out illegal practices prevalent in the industry.

Some experts believe that building new cities may not be the answer to India's swelling urban population.

The San Francisco-based giant has acquired a Delhi-based company.

The terrorists opened fired and lobbed grenades at the Army camp in Meshwara area of Samba around 5:50 am, security officials said.

Can Jaitley's team hope to garner 17% more on personal income tax?

Government on Tuesday indicated its willingness to incorporate more changes into the land bill in order to address the concerns raised by opposition parties even as it has already agreed to make at least six amendments in its proposal.

'Give time to the 2013 Act to work. I not only think that the 2013 law is workable, I believe that the 2013 law is a compromise, a balanced middle path and protects the interests of land owners and livelihood losers.'

Union Budget 2015 cuold have included few smaller reforms.

Finance minister Arun Jaitley has delivered a Arun Jaitley delivered a bold, far sighted budget

'In North India, brother kills brother for a small piece of land. So if the perception goes that the government has come to snatch away land, then the issue can go to any extent.'

Most expect the Budget to be path-breaking.

Arun Jaitley on Thursday said the previous UPA regime's land law has had "disastrous impact" on India's national security.

'If I am angry, then I do not have the right to be in the Cabinet. Whatever I have done, I have ensured that farmers' interests are protected,' Rural Development Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh, who 'abstained' from a meeting with the President on the ordinance, tells Rashme Sehgal.