SC to examine if Bohra's excommunication custom has constitutional cover

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will hear on October 11 a petition which has raised the issue of the practice of excommunication in the Dawoodi Bohra community. A five-judge constitution bench......

Sheena Bora Trial: 'I suspected murder'

Many pictures showed The Skeleton Named Sheena.For the purpose of the photographs, the skeleton had been re-assembled and looked straight at the camera.Vaihayasi Pande Daniel reports from the......

Sheena Bora Murder Case: Game of Cat & Mouse

Will there be answers?Will we ever know the truth about who murdered Sheena Bora? Savera R Someshwar reports from the Sheena Border murder trial.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com It's the......

And Indrani wants to speak to Peter...

As Peter sits outside the court with his sister, Indrani walks in with a request. It has been three months since Peter has started speaking to Indrani again, after a long silence of two......

'I am the godfather of disco'

'You make a hit, everything is fit.' IMAGE: Bappi Lahiri at home. Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com Singer-composer Bappi Lahiri, who popularised disco music in India in the 1980s and......

Why Naseeruddin Shah is WRONG about Dilip Kumar

Dilip Kumar remained in demand all through his career because he kept reinventing himself in keeping with the changing times in Indian cinema, argues Mohammad Asim Siddiqui. IMAGE: Dilip Kumar and......

What went wrong in Guru Dutt's marriage?

'He began to find her boring.''She felt lonely and unwanted.' Yasser Usman holds the rare distinction of writing four film biographies. After producing books on Rajesh Khanna, Rekha and Sanjay......

When Rekha wanted to marry me

'Yes, seriously.''This was the time she was going through a bad phase; her personal life was a mess after her alleged affair with Amitabh Bachchan ended and her career was going nowhere.'A gripping......