Justice will be done after convicts are hanged: 7/11 blast victims' kin

Families of the victims of the 2006 serial train blasts in Mumbai that killed 189 people hailed as a “correct punishment” the death penalty awarded to five of the 12 convicts and life......

Yakub Memon to hang for 1993 Mumbai blasts case

The Supreme Court rejected the convict’s curative petition making him the first to be executed in the deadly terror attack Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, the lone death row convict in the 1993......

From Rediff Archives: The strange case of Yakub Memon

1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon is set to be hanged after his final petition was rejected by the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Back in 2007, Rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt had profiled Yakub after he......

From Rediff Archives: The strange case of Yakub Memon

Reports suggest that the 1993 Mumbai blasts accused Yakub Abdul Razak Memon, the sole death row convict in the serial blasts case in which around 257 people lost their lives, may be hanged on July......

The visionary who made Indian IT industry global

One should appreciate the sagacity and audacity of JRD and Nani Palkhivala in founding TCS on April 1, 1968.At that time there was no Microsoft or Intel, SAP or Accenture, much less Google.They......

Taxpayers, here's some good news for you

You need not worry even if there is a mismatch between your income and deduction in Form 16/16A and Form 26AS, says Ashley Coutinho. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In a major relief to......

Demonetisation has hit at the heart of businesses

From farmers to cement, steel, logistics, transportation and automobiles, the back-end is struggling to get going due to the liquidity crisis.  Viveat Pinto & Aditi Divekar, Chandan Kishore......

Managers can't be workmen, law must change: HC

Managers cannot be termed workmen, the Bombay high court has held, in a significant verdict that throws light on a vexed issue on who constitutes a workman in the post-liberalisation era.......