Thanjavur collector J Radhakrishnan recalls the horrifying tragedy.
'There are around 80 to 100 elephants in zoos around the country.' 'We should not keep them in captivity for our entertainment.'
'Human trafficking from Bangladesh is a regular phenomenon and those people come here to work or in search of greener pastures. They are all over the country. We are giving them legal recognition and making them citizens so that they don't have to live in fear,' says R Nataraj, AIADMK MLA from Tamil Nadu.
One needs patience to watch Once Again, feels A Ganesh Nadar.
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.
It's not every day that you will hear about Mamta Banerjee getting married to Socialism, but that's what happened in Salem on Sunday.
Thulasenthirapuram and Painganadu villages in Tamil Nadu celebrate their daughter's victory.
'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.'
'Border areas should be policed properly. The police at the international border with Pakistan should be well equipped.'
Priyanka Goswami's timing of 1:28:45 broke the national record by over a minute.
Two months and a week later, the New South Wales police is clueless about Prabha Arun Kumar's killer.
'We have instructed all our officials to take complaints of water shortage seriously and attend to it immediately.'
'Modiji and Amit Shahji should see my work.' 'Everybody gives me a lot of respect.' 'National leaders should see that.'
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.
'Dowry is the main reason for female foeticide'
'They are taking the people of the country for granted.'
'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.'
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.
'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.'
Eminent Supreme Court lawyer PP Rao says it's worrying when the apex court's instructions are defied by state governments.
'I am happy that Kosi Ma is alive and now she is looking after us.' 'I am proud of what I did.'
The candidate is from the DMK's ruling family, and the sky is the limit -- for both expenses and expectations.
Mudiyor Kitchen serves food free of cost to the single, widowed and elderly who have no one to cook or care for them.
'Chief Minister Palaniswami is meeting Modi on December, 19, he may mention Tamil refugees when he talks to him.'
'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.
One police officer's initiative has led to reuniting 92 people with their families.
'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.'
Clearly, all of the NEET coaching classes are beyond the capacity of a child from a BPL family.
Brimming with excitement and energy, thousands of people across the country gathered in large numbers at various parks and public squares to mark the third International Day of Yoga.
'What I really liked about her is that she respected our profession. She gave artists their due. She treated us like important people.' Make-up artist Ojas Rajani looks back at his experience with Sridevi.
Thousands throng the narrow mohallas around the Mohideen Aandavar mosque in Rameswaram for A P J Abdul Kalam's Alvida Namaaz. Saisuresh Sivaswamy/Rediff.com reports from Rameswaram.
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.
'I didn't get the ticket because I am a Tamil and this is a Tamil area. I work for all people and that is why the majority voted for me.'
N Kalyanasundaram started saving up last year so that he could feed the hungry during the second COVID lockdown.
'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.'
'I must have done a lot of good deeds because of which I was getting the chance to talk to such a mahapurush.'
'Covid patients have infected lungs and the pollutants will further damage it.'
Mylapore DCP V Balakrishnan's work in replanting uprooted trees has inspired local youth.
S P Udayakumar, who has been accused of 'getting the prime minister's goat', is not one to take things lying down.
