When the results for the Rae Bareli assembly seat came in on March 11, Aditi Singh (Congress) had won 128,319 votes, Mohammad Shabaz Khan of the BSP had won 39,156 votes and the BJP's Anit Srivastava had won 28,821 votes. It was a stunning victory for the US-educated rookie Congress candidate.

'I am happy with my life. It's not about falling or failing in life. It's about falling and then getting up and carrying on. I am happy with whatever I have done and achieved.' Radhika Sarathkumar tells A Ganesh Nadar what keeps her going.

Varun Gandhi explains why he has moved a private member's bill in Parliament enabling voters to recall their representatives.

'The trust vote would have been closer had the DMK not been expelled,' O Panneerselvam tells A Ganesh Nadar at the launch of an e-learning portal in Jayalalithaa's name.

'More than 90 per cent of the party cadres are with OPS.'

A day before the crucial trust vote in the Tamil Nadu assembly, Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar checks out the mood in the AIADMK hq.

O Panneerselvam may have a trick or two to spring a surprise.

Senthil Kumar on why he has filed a plea in the Supreme Court against V K Sasikala becoming Tamil Nadu chief minister.

The AIADMK MP from Thoothukudi explains why he is backing O Panneerselvam as Tamil Nadu chief minister.

'Jayalalithaa could not do what MGR did, and Sasikala will not be able to do what Jayalalithaa did.'

10-year-old Praggnanandha is the world's youngest chess International Master. His sister Vaishali is a Woman's International Master.

While in the AIADMK office you could feel the vibes of victory, at OPS' house you could feel the struggle.

'I am not on OPS's side or anyone else's side.' 'I am on the side of truth. And the truth shall set us free,' says former MP P Kannan, who quit the AIADMK on Sunday.

On Tuesday night, the Tamil Nadu chief minister decides that enough is enough, and throws a challenge to Chinnamma.

'I can only say that I will put my best foot forward,' Deepa Jayakumar tells Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar.

On a day when her companion of close to a quarter century was anointed her successor, Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar visits J Jayalalithaa's memorial on Marina Beach two months after her death.

Nine hundred and forty-seven people are said to have died in grief after J Jayalalithaa's demise on December 5. But how true is this claim?

The Ice House police station, near Marina beach, is up in flames. The protestors I met the other day would certainly not have done any such thing. Hoodlums and thugs appear to have infiltrated their ranks, determined to provoke trouble.

A Ganesh Nadar watches the fourth day of protests dawn on Chennai's Marina beach.

Banks Board Bureau chief Vinod Rai has proposed performance-linked incentives for bank employees, but the staff unions are dead against the idea.