Sharekhan is one of the oldest brokerage house in India. It is good for those who are new to share market. The brokerage charges is 0.5% or 10paise/ per share, it's one of the reasonable charges. Trading charges is more than as compared to other brokerage houses.
As online account helps me a lot to trade or access my account from anywhere. Its been more than 10years, I have a debt account and never had any problems. I have been updated regularly through mails and text.