We had asked our readers to mail us photos of their Ganesha. We received many entries, some of which are being showcased here.
Home Minister P Chidambaram's reference to rise of "saffron terrorism" created uproar in the Lok Sabha on Thursday with the Shiv Sena and Bharatiya Janata Party members demanding that he withdraw the statement allegedly projecting Hindus in poor light.
'How can you have massages on trains in the presence of other lady passengers?'
Thirteen years after a barbaric acid attack on her face, Shirin Juwaley has pulled herself from the brink of trauma to help other victims like her.
Will he leave the party? Will he float a new one? Or join an existing one? As speculation is rife over Jyotiraditya Scindia's next move, the Madhya Pradesh Congress unit appears to be divided on the rift between him and Chief Minister Kamal Nath, reports Sandeep Kumar.
Bombay Stock Exchange-listed Zensar grew 23 per cent sequentially last quarter. Natarajan says a lot of growth will come from the increasing use of IT within Indian companies.
'All I want the government to do is to make sure that the children whose parents are seriously ill don't lose their jobs for looking after their parents.'
A Ganesh Nadar analyses the 12 reasons that made the DMK bite the dust in the state elections
A pandal, just outside the local church, that once had thousands of protesters flocking there and shouting slogans, is strangely silent.
Director Siva's Vedalam is an action packed potboiler revolving around one man's mission to take down an international flesh trade racket.
'It has everything to do with TRPs.' 'It is a potboiler as Bollywood stars are involved.'
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
'We first need to acknowledge the truth.' 'We are trying to diminish the problem and say, everything is okay and green shoots are emerging.' 'Imagine you are a doctor and not getting accurate medical reports, how do you diagnose and treat the illness?' 'We are not dealing with a terminal illness here, we are dealing with BP and cholesterol, which are imminently curable.'
'In spite of her superstar status, she was always polite and soft spoken.'
One is a singer, one works at a farm, another sells milk -- meet India's Blind World Cup winning team
'Loss of property can be compensated but loss of lives cannot be,' says the well known restaurateur.
Kamakshi Paatti, a sprightly nonagenarian, has the Chennai civic corporation on its toes.
At President Kalam's Rameswaram home, his family hold a prayer ceremony of the eve of his first death anniversary.
Curator Daljit Singh has retired a happy man after 22 years of service to Indian cricket. The groundstaff are no longer seen as gardeners and are getting due respect, a change that pleases him the most.
After 10 days of joy and celebrations, amidst much security Mumbaikars said goodbye to its favourite Lord Ganesha.
Jillu Yadav, a police constable attached to the Railway Protection Force, was among the 26/11 heroes and survivors invited to meet President Obama at the Taj Mahal hotel.
Anil Rego, CEO, Right Horizons, answers your personal income tax queries.
Ganesh Acharya's Angel is one more love story which will fade into oblivion.
'The real reason is early marriage, which is prevalent in many parts of Tamil Nadu.' 'These girls are married off at 15 and by the age of 19 they have three children.' 'By the age of 21 they are separated and the children are abandoned.'
Suniel Shetty's friends came down to pay their last respects.
The body of Aarushi Talwar, daughter of Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, both dentists, was found in the bedroom of their house on Friday morning and immediately police suspected the hand of Hemraj, their domestic help, in the murder. A day later the body of Hemraj was found on the terrace of the house. While no one has been arrested, the suspects include Vishnu, the former help who had introduced murdered Hemraj to the family.
Ganesh Chaturthi no longer has the power that Lokmanya Tilak had seen in it way back in 1893 -- the power of bringing people together. This, say 83-year-old Vinaysheela Govilkar and 19-year-old Arnav Thakker, is the festival's biggest tragedy.
'People thought the cyclone would miss their area as a short while before it struck, the sun was shining.' 'Some people had not evacuated, but stayed at home. They died when the walls collapsed.'
Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar visits Pallikaranai, once a marshland and now a bustling neighbourhood. The effect of Cyclone Verdah is startling on an area that was once a water body and now has been built over.
'The government is not doing anything for the people. They don't know that people foremost need jobs. Where there are no jobs available, you see the youth turning to crime,' says Chennai autorickshaw driver, singer and composer Parthasarathy.
While current coach Anil Kumble is an automatic entry into the process, the others in the fray are Australian Tom Moody and Englishman Richard Pybus.
Warning that the terrorists are educated and sophisticated, Mumbai Police Commissioner D Sivanandan said the city police have many quick-response teams ready to thwart another 26/11-style terror attack.
'All we are asking is that the Forest Rights Act be fully implemented. It is there in the Constitution of India. For this we have been regularly called anti-national,' says Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai, who was debarred from flying overseas on Sunday.
10-year-old Praggnanandha is the world's youngest chess International Master. His sister Vaishali is a Woman's International Master.
'Tamil Nadu is a state of temples, it's a holy land. People don't seem to realise that.'
Kanyakumari has the highest per capita income in Tamil Nadu and the second highest literacy rate. There are 23 candidates the fray.
Doctors examined the house-owner's 45-year-old son and sole living family member Partho De, who had been living with the skeleton of his sister and those of two dogs for the past six months.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday accused the Maharashtra government of adopting an apathetic attitude to the desecration of Ganesh idols and other cases which led to communal violence in the state and said strong and timely action could have prevented the situation from deteriorating.
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