'My friend scored higher than me in the 12th exam, but he could not clear NEET because his parents could not pay the fees for private coaching.'
Ganesh Natarajan answered many IT-related questions during an hour-long rediff chat on Tuesday.
Hundreds of devotees danced to devotional music and beating of drums and playing of nagaswaram as Lord Ganesh's idol was taken in a procession in Flushing in northern Queens, a suburb of New York City.
'Our objective is to reach a localisation rate of 50% in the span of five years.'
Legendary painter Ganesh Pyne died early on Tuesday at a city hospital where he was admitted after he suffered a heart attack.
Earlier on Wednesday, the district court ruled that a priest can perform prayers before the idols in a cellar of the Gyanvapi Masjid, a significant development in the legal battle over the mosque adjacent to the Kashi Vishwanath temple.
Cheteshwar Pujara's presence did not help Saurashtra as a gritty Tripura humbled the defending champions
The expectant mother and their family members have made the requests to the doctors even if their delivery dates are a few days before or after January 22, considering it an 'auspicious' day.
Kerala-based Federal Bank on Monday said it was in race to acquire ailing Ganesh Bank of Kurundwad in Maharashtra and has submitted its expression of interest to the Reserve Bank of India.
The actor is ready with the Kannada film which also stars Anjana Sukhani and Yuvika Choudhary.
The activist claimed that state minister Uday Samant phoned him in the morning to assure that the chief minister and the deputy CMs were committed to granting reservation.
North India is convulsed with spiritual excitement over the pran pratishta at the Ram temple. But what do folks in Tamil Nadu think about the events in Ayodhya?
Veteran actor Sameer Khakhar, best known for his roles in television shows such as Nukkad, Circus and Shrimaan Shrimati passed away at a Mumbai hospital on Wednesday morning due to multiple organ failure
Kareena Kapoor seeks blessings from Lord Ganesha for her forthcoming film Heroine.
Ganesh Chaturthi to be celebrated in London
The Gujarat government told the Supreme Court on Thursday that the petitioners who have sought a probe into the alleged fake encounters in the state from 2002 to 2006 need to explain the reasons for their "selective public interest" in raising the issue.
Lal Salaam is not a movie A Ganesh Nadar would recommend.
It is only after the government's nod that a particular design change come into effect.
Maduve Mane would have made for an ideal family entertainer if the concept had been more novel.
Readers' Pix: Lord Ganesh with a modern twist!
Several Bollywood stars turned up at the actor's residence to celebrate with the Khan family.
The S&P BSE Midcap and the S&P BSE Smallcap indices have managed to stay afloat in a volatile January that saw the frontline indices hit their respective 52-week high levels and then slip. While the S&P BSE Sensex has lost over 2 per cent thus far in January, the S&P BSE Midcap and the S&P BSE Smallcap indices have gained nearly 2.5 per cent and 4 per cent, respectively during this period.
This quick tutorial will help you create eye-catching rangolis.
*Everyone* turned up when Nita and Mukesh Ambani invited them to their home Antilia in south Mumbai for Ganesh Chaturthi.
'There were many experts around me,' A Ganesh Nadar discovers at the India-Pakistan hockey game. 'One of them was explaining to his neighbour, that fellow is a good dragger and flicker, that fellow is a penalty corner specialist, that fellow is a penalty specialist, that fellow is a very good defender, etc, freely dispensing with his expert knowledge.'
The 69th Filmfare Awards, held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat on Sunday, saw cute moments on stage and on the red carpet.
The BJP has been talking about Ram Rajya for years now. I have asked many a right winger what that means, but they cannot say beyond good government, notes A Ganesh Nadar.
'Rakesh's life is hard, but he knows how to find joy.' 'He doesn't think his life's value comes from money. He sees no shame in his poverty.'
As Mumbaities bids adieu to Lord Ganesha on the final day of the festival, Rediff's Hitesh Harisinghani and Satish Bordes speak to lifeguards of city's beaches.
In view of strong intelligence inputs of possible terror strikes, Mumbai police have drawn a "foolproof" security plan to maintain a hawk-eyed vigil for the widely celebrated Ganesh festival in Mumbai next month.
On Govinda's 60th birthday on December 21, Subhash K Jha looks back at his top 10 songs.
The first time I saw the idol, I was thrilled and tears started rolling down my face. I cannot explain the feeling I experienced then
Negating all the apprehensions of trouble and tension, the centralised Ganesh immersion procession in Hyderabad, one of the biggest in India, was on Wednesday held in a relaxed atmosphere with lakhs of people converging on the route as well at the Hussain Sagar lake in the heart of the city.
'But he was very quick and did a very stylish adab.' 'Of course, I didn't expect him to hug.'
In the appeal filed before the high court, it has been pleaded that the Hindu side's suit itself is barred by order 7 rule 11 of the Civil Procedure Code, Naqvi said.
The ace choreogrpher returns to TV with Jhalak.
According to party sources, Ganesh's entry was cleared after he met Gowda at his residence along with former Indian skipper Mohammad Azharuddin on Monday.
Prayers were performed in a cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi on Wednesday night following court orders allowing the resumption of a practice said to have been discontinued three decades back, Kashi Vishwanath temple trust president said.
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