A gambler is not a threat to society or to the country, says A Ganesh Nadar.
If you are proud of your birthplace you will be happy, says Vijay Papparao, in a conversation with A Ganesh Nadar
Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar's report secures the release of 29 Indian fishermen from an Iranian prison.
At Idinthakarai -- the epicenter of protests against the nuclear plant -- Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar encounters a hostile crowd that is angry with the heavy police presence outside their village.
'The BJP plans to win 10 (Lok Sabha) seats (in Tamil Nadu) and the alliance (with the AIADMK) 20 seats in 2024.'
'Corruption eats the vitals of our bureaucracy, our army, our government. It is a bigger threat than terrorism. The terrorists are four steps ahead of us.'
As Saudi Arabia imposes its 10 percent reservations of jobs for locals stringently, there is a fear psychosis in the kingdom. "They would have arrested us if we had stayed back," says one Indian who returned. "I am not going back. I will find some work here."
A Facebook post resulted in the arrest of two young girls. Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar met them and others present there to find out what actually happened.
A Ganesh Nadar visits one of Chennai's state-sponsored breakfast centres that serve piping hot food at dirt cheap prices and comes away impressed. Could the way to a voter's heart be through his stomach?
Tamil Nadu's decades-old noon meal scheme is a resounding success because it puts health and nutrition in the forefront of its effort, reports A Ganesh Nadar after visiting three schools in Tirunelveli district
Justice P Sathasivam, who will take over as the Chief Justice of India on Friday, started his academic life in a Tamil medium school. Coming from a family of farmers, his rise to the top judicial job in the country has been inspiring, reports A Ganesh Nadar from the judge's village
Ilavarasan's tragic end was the result of the most flammable mixture in India -- caste and politics. Ganesh Nadar reports
'The very police who are supposed to protect us, gun down our children as if they were from an enemy country,' Gopinatha Pillai, father of Javed Ghulam Sheikh who was killed in the Ishrat Jahan case, tells A Ganesh Nadar
Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar hopped on to a fishing boat at Kudankulam amid the anti-nuclear power protests at sea.
'He should not have said that he will contest irrespective of his health four weeks ago.'
Kidnapped Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon's friend and collector of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh, Ponnusamy Anbalagan, speaks to A Ganesh Nadar
Kidnapped Sukma collector Alex Paul Menon's friend and collector of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh, Ponnusamy Anbalagan, speaks to A Ganesh Nadar
A Ganesh Nadar visits Tirunelveli where there's unrest following Saturday's Maoist abduction of Alex Paul Menon, the collector of Sukma district in Chhattisgarh, who belongs to this district.
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
'Twelve people have been rehabilitated since we opened this home. We did not give them any medicine nor were they treated by any psychiatrist. All I did was sit down with them and listen. Once they poured out all the angst in their hearts they became normal,, Narayan Krishnan, the Mother Teresa of Madurai, tells A Ganesh Nadar
A Ganesh Nadar speaks to a bookie friend to find out all about betting
In the present prime minister, the BJP has its weakest possible opponent. Why don't they just let him stay, asks A Ganesh Nadar.
A Ganesh Nadar reports on the bye-elections in Sankarankovil in Thirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu, the first test of strength since last year's assembly elections, in which friends-turned-foes Jayalalithaa and Vijayakanth face off against each other
'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.'
Penned by lyricist Sameer, the tribute song in honour of the martyrs of the Kargil War features Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Kangana Ranaut among others.
Visible symbols of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam have undergone a dramatic change and on Thursday, the most dramatic of them all was seen when V K Sasikala was made the face of the party on the posters, replacing late J Jayalalithaa.
Kia Scherr, who lost her husband and daughter in the 26/11 attacks, and calls Mumbai her second home, paid tribute to the victims, a day ahead of the fourth anniversary. A Ganesh Nadar reports from the Gateway of India.
The horrific attack on CST on November 26, 2008 has forced RPF personnel to be more vigilant and prepared for known and unknown threats, Inspector General of Police Anil Sharma says.
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
From being open minded to having a better understanding of the suffering of the masses to shedding the secrecy over the Vatican's activities... the expectations from the next Pope reflect the times we live in, discovers A Ganesh Nadar
The badminton ace speaks about her preparations for the upcoming London Olympics, where she will be participating in the doubles and mixed doubles.
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?'"
Manisha Malhotra, CEO, Mittal Champions Trust, is determined that the Indian athletes her organisation sponsors bring gold for India. She shares her plans with Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar.
A Ganesh Nadar visits the site of the firecracker tragedy in Tamil Nadu and finds that little has changed despite such tragedies happening regularly
India's largest garment hub Tirupur continues to reel from the effects of the pandemic, with almost 10 per cent of its orders for the upcoming season getting diverted to Bangladesh, Vietnam, Cambodia and China. The sector had seen a drop of about 9 per cent in exports during the first wave, but the impact is likely to be more this time, according to industry experts. Being one of the epicentres of Covid cases in the state, a majority of manufacturing units in the textile belt were closed for almost six weeks during the second wave.
Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar's report on the fishermen arrested by Iran gets government moving, MEA sanctions money for their flight home
There has to be an enquiry to find out why a fisherman was shot dead 45 kms from the site of the Kudankulam agitation, and also why has the shooter policeman not been suspended yet. A Ganesh Nadar reports.
There has to be an enquiry to find out why a fisherman was shot dead 45 kms from the site of the Kudankulam agitation, and also why has the shooter policeman not been suspended yet. A Ganesh Nadar reports.
Protestors of Koodankulam nuclear plant are evoking memories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Chernobyl disaster and the recent Fukushima tsunami to warn people, reports A Ganesh Nadar