A Ganesh Nadar In Mumbai

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No jeans, mobile phones for Brahmin girls: BJP MP

No jeans, mobile phones for Brahmin girls: BJP MP

Rediff.com   12 Jun 2013

'We are under attack from Western culture, our culture doesn't teach us to wear jeans,' says Bharatiya Janata Party MP Raghunandan Sharma.

Why Narendra Modi is Congress's biggest asset

Why Narendra Modi is Congress's biggest asset

Rediff.com   10 Jun 2013

Modi will be the single most significant cause of the Congress's victory in 2014, despite 2G, coalgate, Commonwealth Games, and all the other scams he has forgotten, says A Ganesh Nadar

Madurai collectorate uses social networking to address citizen woes

Madurai collectorate uses social networking to address citizen woes

Rediff.com   6 Jun 2013

To make it simpler for the citizen to file his petition, the Madurai collectorate has started to use social networking in a big way, and has set up a team that scours through the various petitions filed online and take necessary action, reports A Ganesh Nadar

Lesson from a bookie: Only Bhai wins always

Lesson from a bookie: Only Bhai wins always

Rediff.com   29 May 2013

A Ganesh Nadar speaks to a bookie friend to find out all about betting

Will they arrest the whole country for betting?

Will they arrest the whole country for betting?

Rediff.com   25 May 2013

A gambler is not a threat to society or to the country, says A Ganesh Nadar.

Tracking the betting racket: How the Mumbai police does it

Tracking the betting racket: How the Mumbai police does it

Rediff.com   21 May 2013

'If the bookie and the gamblers are sitting in the same room and watching TV we will not be able to catch them. Only when there is some communication on the phone or over the internet will we have a chance to find out what is going on.' A Ganesh Nadar gets a top Mumbai cop to spill the beans on how the betting racket functions

Dear Mr President, can you please pardon Sanjay Dutt?

Dear Mr President, can you please pardon Sanjay Dutt?

Rediff.com   18 May 2013

A Ganesh Nadar writes an open letter to President Pranab Mukherjee requesting him to pardon the Bollywood actor currently in jail for possessing an AK 56 in 1993.

Manmohan Singh is the BJP's biggest asset

Manmohan Singh is the BJP's biggest asset

Rediff.com   14 May 2013

In the present prime minister, the BJP has its weakest possible opponent. Why don't they just let him stay, asks A Ganesh Nadar.

'Jayalalithaa will not win a single Lok Sabha seat'

'Jayalalithaa will not win a single Lok Sabha seat'

Rediff.com   13 May 2013

'...If the power situation does not improve in Tamil Nadu. The Congress will not allow the plant to start.' As the Supreme Court clears the decks for commissioning the controversial Koodankulam nuclear plant, A Ganesh Nadar checks the mood in the villages, the epi-centre of the protests.

Rahman has no problem with Vande Mataram, but this MP does

Rahman has no problem with Vande Mataram, but this MP does

Rediff.com   10 May 2013

'This is not the first time I have refused to stand for this particular song and this will not be the last time,' Lok Sabha MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq tells Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar. 'I have no problems with Jana Gana Mana.'

Shailesh Gandhi and the under-trials in jail

Shailesh Gandhi and the under-trials in jail

Rediff.com   25 Mar 2013

For former central information commissioner Shailesh Gandhi, the RTI Act remains a powerful ally, finds A Ganesh Nadar

Tamil Nadu plays politics with a dead issue

Tamil Nadu plays politics with a dead issue

Rediff.com   19 Mar 2013

After keeping quiet when the Lankan army mowed down Tamil civilians four years ago, M Karunanidhi has no right to shed tears over the community's plight, and certainly not at a time when Tamil Nadu is plagued with problems of its own, says A Ganesh Nadar

Don't lower the age of consent to 16!

Don't lower the age of consent to 16!

Rediff.com   18 Mar 2013

A 16-year-old does not dream of becoming pregnant. She does not dream of becoming a mother. It's not an age when she can rationally decide whether she wants to sleep with any man or boy who asks her, feels A Ganesh Nadar.

Brilliant: Cop who first quizzed Kasab on 26/11 film

Brilliant: Cop who first quizzed Kasab on 26/11 film

Rediff.com   4 Mar 2013

The Maria/Patekar character is shown as the first police officer to interrogate Kasab after his capture. Mahale was not happy with this scene. "I was the first to question Kasab," Mahale said. "I asked him, 'Kitne aadmi the?'"

Mumbai court settles cases through compromise

Mumbai court settles cases through compromise

Rediff.com   4 Mar 2013

A fast track court in Sewri, Mumbai held a Mahadalat on March 3. In a Mahadalat any litigant can go in for a compromise with his opponent on mutually agreeable terms and the judge allows them to withdraw the case.

Hearing in Keenan-Reuben murder case put off to March 5

Hearing in Keenan-Reuben murder case put off to March 5

Rediff.com   1 Mar 2013

Prime eyewitness and complainant in the case Avinash Solanki had moved an application seeking transfer of the case to a female judge as he felt that since a majority of the witnesses listed in the case were women, they would be more comfortable narrating what happened to a female judge

Rediff Impact: Fishermen freed by Iran to return tonight

Rediff Impact: Fishermen freed by Iran to return tonight

Rediff.com   4 Feb 2013

Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar's report on the fishermen arrested by Iran gets government moving, MEA sanctions money for their flight home

'We don't want our salaries, we just want to go home'

'We don't want our salaries, we just want to go home'

Rediff.com   14 Jan 2013

Despite Union Minister for Overseas Indians Vayalar Ravi's intervention, the fate of 29 Indian fishermen, who have been languishing in Iran since October 10 last year, remains uncertain.

Mammootty, the crowd puller at PBD 2013

Mammootty, the crowd puller at PBD 2013

Rediff.com   11 Jan 2013

When Mammootty -- one of the superstars of the Malayalam film industry -- took to the dais to talk about how India could use its soft power to its advantage, a sell-out crowd was a certainty.