Priyanka Goswami's timing of 1:28:45 broke the national record by over a minute.
'Dowry is the main reason for female foeticide'
A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com spends a day at the Manapaddu beach in Tuticorin where nearly 100 whales were mysteriously beached and many died despite the best efforts of the fishermen and authorities.
'Last year, Diwali came in November when winter had set in, when there was high humidity and fog in the air.' 'But this year Diwali has come in October and there is no high humidity in the air.'
'They attack standing crops and vegetables.' 'They don't attack people.' 'People are just panicking.'
'Working from home is stressful as there is a blur between personal and professional space.' 'We should not overdo the follow up and checking.'
'Hopefully, by May 1, we can start construction. The land has already been identified.'
One needs patience to watch Once Again, feels A Ganesh Nadar.
'He never used the party's cars and always was chauffeured in a private car.' On May 17, a day after his historic victory, Narendra Modi returned triumphantly to his old home at Ashoka Road where he lived as the party general secretary in the late 1990s. A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com meets folks who worked with him in the capital at that time. A rare glimpse of our next prime minister.
'I must have done a lot of good deeds because of which I was getting the chance to talk to such a mahapurush.'
Thanjavur collector J Radhakrishnan recalls the horrifying tragedy.
Biju Ramesh's campaign may be different from what voters in Kerala are used to. But he is determined to do things his way... or rather, Amma's way.
'We have instructed all our officials to take complaints of water shortage seriously and attend to it immediately.'
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/Rediff.com meets the families of those killed in the police firing on Sterlite protestors in Thoothukudi, and finds a similar tale running through their lives.
'There are plenty of videos of boys drinking on social media; I have not heard of any boys being dismissed from college because of this.' 'They have been dismissed just because they are girls.'
Despite severe restrictions imposed on the number of bulls, bull-tamers and spectators thanks to the pandemic, Jallikattu organisers are hopeful of the show going on this Pongal.
'Border areas should be policed properly. The police at the international border with Pakistan should be well equipped.'
Two months and a week later, the New South Wales police is clueless about Prabha Arun Kumar's killer.
'The capacity of the M A Chidambaram stadium is 36,000 spectators.' 'We are hoping to get permission for seating 20-30 per cent of this capacity.'
N Kalyanasundaram started saving up last year so that he could feed the hungry during the second COVID lockdown.
'If I had earned money as an MLA, I would have been sad to lose my seat.' 'But I have not earned money. Instead, I have earned respect.'
'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.'
'Chief Minister Palaniswami is meeting Modi on December, 19, he may mention Tamil refugees when he talks to him.'
'The government is not ready to talk to us. They have their own agenda.'
'They might not have liked his judgments on IT rules, the Election Commission and Pondicherry.'
'Covid patients have infected lungs and the pollutants will further damage it.'
'The people who stay with us were not born orphans; they have been abandoned.'
The candidate is from the DMK's ruling family, and the sky is the limit -- for both expenses and expectations.
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.
Mudiyor Kitchen serves food free of cost to the single, widowed and elderly who have no one to cook or care for them.
'We are looking for ability to work in a global matrix organisation -- the ability to deal with ambiguity, flexibility to work in a changing environment, willingness to learn and be curious.'
Clearly, all of the NEET coaching classes are beyond the capacity of a child from a BPL family.
'I was invited to join the BJP, and I felt respected when they called me.'
Eminent Supreme Court lawyer PP Rao says it's worrying when the apex court's instructions are defied by state governments.
Javed Khan has been operating an auto ambulance in Madhya Pradesh's capital city since a month.
Soorarai Pottru HELD A Ganesh Nadar'S attention till the last frame.
One police officer's initiative has led to reuniting 92 people with their families.
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