The increase in the number of lady students is the result of the hard work by a team of ITI teachers who went from village to village, visiting every school and encouraging students to join the institute.
A Ganesh Nadar shares interesting vignettes that usually get lost in the heat-and-dust of election coverage.
'They are going to be clubbed with the Lok Sabha elections which are six months away.' 'These people who are ruling Tamil Nadu know very well that they cannot win another election.'
Kamakshi Paatti, a sprightly nonagenarian, has the Chennai civic corporation on its toes.
How did an Independent candidate win a seat in the face of the NaMo wave in UP?
There is only word to describe Ashok Munne's journey -- 'incredible', says A Ganesh Nadar.
'Sasikala went to jail in a 19-year-old case.' 'Dinakaran went to jail in a case of attempting to bribe the Election Commission.' 'How can you link the BJP to these two cases?'
'The media hype that the Gir lion species is in danger is totally wrong.'
Varun Gandhi explains why he has moved a private member's bill in Parliament enabling voters to recall their representatives.
P Rafeeq's comment on the burkha led to his studio being razed.
'They have been imposing Hindi on Tamil Nadu,' says DMK spokesperson Saravanan Annadurai.
A Ganesh Nadar reports from the much-anticipated press conference of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi following the Congress's dismal performance at the elections.
'Tamil Nadu is a state of temples, it's a holy land. People don't seem to realise that.'
'It is easier to make friends with strangers as they are non-judgmental.'
'When you enter our secretariat, you are insulting us.' 'It is the seat of government of the state of Tamil Nadu,'
'I am fighting for my country's land and I am fighting for my people.' 'I am fighting for my country, not against it.'
A Ganesh Nadar watches the fourth day of protests dawn on Chennai's Marina beach.
The date had been fixed, as was the venue. But what this young couple from Dehradun didn't plan for was the lockdown that prevented them from going back home to get married. Not to worry, the Pune police went out of their way to arrange for a venue, pandit, even for someone to do the kanyadan.
'Business will be 20% of what it was before the lockdown.'
An angry Satyanarayana Shimoga questions why he has been denied the Dronacharya award.
'They are taking the people of the country for granted.'
The NIA detained 31-year-old H Subuhani from Kadayanallur in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district for plotting terror activities.
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I became his fan when I played with him years ago. I was in college and a member of Goregaon Sports Club, Mumbai. We had gone to ShivajiPark for a match with another club, but our match was postponed.
'How can you say such things? Just because he takes care of cows...'
On May 22 and 23, the Tamil Nadu police shot dead 13 persons in Tuticorin after the months-long anti-Sterlite protests turned violent. A month later, when A Ganesh Nadar visited the homes of a few victims, he found the families and friends still cowering under fear of the police.
'Parents always remember what their child was last wearing, so it helps in both verifying what they say as well in identifying the child correctly even after many years have gone by,' says the head of a crack Delhi police team which has traced 54 missing children in the last one year.
'Democracy and dissent are being strangulated. It is not good for the country.'
Country boat-owners in coastal Tamil Nadu are immensely upset over their non-representation in the talks over fishing with the Sri Lankan government, reports A Ganesh Nadar.
'They might not have liked his judgments on IT rules, the Election Commission and Pondicherry.'
'All this for only one reason -- that I oppose the government's nuclear power policy.' 'They will not break my resolve.' 'I will stand by my principle, which is to point out that nuclear energy is not safe.'
Political skirmishes erupt over Chhattisgarh's decision to permit babus to attend RSS camps.
'DMK is taking a wrong image of BJP to the people.'
NGK -- Nandha Gopalan Kumaran is only meant for Suriya fans, feels A Ganesh Nadar.
Coffee is a very small part of the magic that envelopes this beautiful land.
Balavidyalaya in Chennai is probably India's only school for the deaf that trains the child and (one) parent for free.
'We want to celebrate my brother's return in a big way, says Father Kumar's brother.
Police in southern Tamil Nadu are facing grave charges of falsely implicating members of a nomadic tribe and torturing them into admitting to crimes they did not commit. A Ganesh Nadar reports from Kanyakumari.
Four fishermen who traveled to the Middle East, dreaming of earning more money, instead ended in an Iranian jail.
'There have been many cases where clients have indicated that they feel suicidal as they feel they have no other options to deal with their financial hardship.'
