'I tell young entrepreneurs if you don't have a great idea, if you don't have a good business model, don't think of a start-up.'
"If there is an image of Lakshmi-Ganesh on our currency (notes), our country will prosper. I will write to (the) prime minister in a day or two on this," he said at a media briefing.
We see Rajini's trademark style in Vettayan, and all we can hear from the audience is 'Thalaiva!', record A Ganesh Nadar.
Two prominent organisations, the Hindu Yuva Sene and the Keshav Smriti Samvardhana Samithi, have a pivotal role in shaping Mangaluru's Ganesh Utsav celebrations.
Devendra Fadnavis, the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, inducted 39 ministers into his cabinet on Sunday. The new cabinet includes members from the BJP, Shiv Sena, and NCP, reflecting the coalition government formed after the recent state elections.
GaneshUtsav has begun and social media is flooded with pictures of celebrities welcoming Lord Ganesha home.
Facebook turns 21 today, February 4. Most early Facebookers have migrated to other social media platforms, but A Ganesh Nadar continues to live on Facebook as he notes 'Real life friends are really not welcome on Facebook as they know that last summer when you said you were in Belgium you were actually in Belgaum'.
Rediff readers tell us how they are celebrating Ganeshotsav this year.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde appears to catch up with old acquaintances and make new friends during Ganesh Utsav.
Rahul Ramagude plays cricket from a wheelchair. Geeta Chauhan is a wheelchair racer with Olympic aspirations. Siddanth uses technology to enhance movement coordination of mentally challenged children. On the International Day of the Disabled, A Ganesh Nadar meets three youngsters making a difference.
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Pankaja Munde of the BJP -- Dhananjay Munde's cousin -- has been made the guardian minister of Jalna district.
The idols of Lord Ganesh, the god of prosperity and wisdom and a slayer of obstacles ('vighna-harta'), will be installed in homes across the state with pomp and gaiety.
Here is a different but classical kind of modak to try this Ganesh Puja season 2022.
Film folk celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi by bringing Lord Ganesha home and making beautiful memories on social media.
Equity mutual funds witnessed a remarkable surge in inflows to nearly Rs 4 lakh crore in 2024, more than double the amount recorded in the preceding year, reflecting strong investor confidence and a continued shift towards long-term investing, particularly through Systematic Investment Plans (SIPs).
The 10-day-long annual Ganesh Chaturthi festival began on a low-key note on Friday with several state governments prohibiting public celebrations due to the Covid pandemic and devotees taking the virtual route to pay obeisance and join the festivities.
Film folk attended the Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations at Nita and Mukesh Ambani's residence, Antilia, in Mumbai.
In a video, Chandrachud and his wife Kalpana Das were seen welcoming Modi at their house.
Travelling from South India to Kashmir in December was magical for Ganesh Nadar as he feasted his eyes on the beauty of the snow-capped Himalayas.
Among other measures, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has set up 188 control rooms in 24 civic wards across the city.
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Film folk celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi with gusto over the weekend, and posted pictures on social media.
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A special court in Thane, India, has acquitted six individuals, including a former corporator, in an extortion case. The court cited "lack of evidence" and "procedural lapses" by the prosecution, as well as "unreliable testimonies" of witnesses, as reasons for granting the accused the benefit of doubt.
Rediff readers tell us how the festival keeps tradition alive and brings their community together.
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Amid chants of vedic hymns, Sriram Sena chief Pramod Muthalik along with his supporters installed the idol of Lord Ganesha and offered prayers on the occasion.
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Like every year, Shilpa Shetty danced to dhol beats and welcomed Lord Ganesha home with gusto on Ganesh Chaturthi.
Two damaged idols were found inside the well of the Bhasma Shankar temple in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, India, which was reopened last week after being shut for 46 years. The temple, which houses an idol of Lord Hanuman and a Shivling, was reopened on December 13 after authorities stumbled upon the covered structure during an anti-encroachment drive. The idols, a Lakshmi idol and a Parvati idol, were found in the well, which authorities had planned to reopen. The district administration has written to the Archaeological Survey of India for carbon dating of the temple, including the well.
Eight years ago, tabla maestro Zakir Hussain had narrated how his father Alla Rakha had welcomed him into this world by putting the musical instrument's rhythms into his ears when asked to recite prayers.
Shiv Sena's Dadaji Bhuse is the new school education minister while Uday Samant continues to be the industries minister.
Rediff readers tell us how they are celebrating the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi in their homes.
The members of the two communities pelted each other with stones after an argument broke out between them over some issue when the Ganesh procession was passing through Panigate Darwaza in the communally sensitive Mandvi locality at around 11.15 pm, a city police official said.
Over the decades, visiting different Lord Ganeshas across the city has become a tradition of sorts for Mumbaikars. Here are some of the much-loved Lord Ganpatis that visit the city annually.
Police said 52 people have been arrested following Wednesday night's incidents and prohibitory orders preventing the assembly of more than four people have been imposed in Nagamangala town in Mandya district till September 14 as a precautionary measure.
At 70 feet, Hyderabad's Khairatabad Ganesha is one of the tallest Lord Ganesha installations this year.
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