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A BJP leader’s son and a polling agent were arrested on Wednesday after the former live streamed a video from inside a polling booth in Gujarat’s Dahod on Tuesday, when polling was held for the third phase of Lok Sabha elections. Vijay Bhabhor, BJP leader Ramesh Bhabhor’s son, live streamed the polling on his Instagram […]
The Indian equity benchmark indice, BSE Sensex crashed further in trade today morning, bringing it below 73000 and Nifty50 also went below 22500 at 10.40 AM today. Experts have commented that the market behaviour is outcome of the aggressive selling by FIIs, touching to Rs 15863 crores so far this month. Concerns regarding election results […]
Biopics are not easy to make. Often, they turn into eulogies. But ‘Srikanth’ based on the life of visually impaired industrialist Srikanth Bolla is an exception. It is understated, honest and realistic. Directed by Tushar Hiranandani, the film tells the story of Srikanth Bolla from Machilipatnam. Srikanth (played by Rajkummar Rao) is visually impaired from […]
Kerala’s Radhamani Amma, 71, has defied stereotypes of age and gender to obtain 11 driving licences. Amazingly, she can drive heavy-duty vehicles like JCBs and cranes. Hers has been a determined journey to challenge societal norms. Radhamani lost her husband in 2004. The resilient woman decided to take positive action to face the challenges she […]
Surat residents Chunibhai Gediya, 66, and his wife Mukta, 64, took the extreme step of taking their own lives, feeling abandoned by their Canada-based son Piyush. The elderly couple left an emotional suicide note expressing their anguish, mental trauma and feeling of having failed in life. Chunibhai and Mukta expressed their agony in the letter […]
In Gujarat, it was all about Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his guarantees. It was all about making him the Prime Minister for the third time. It was about ‘asmita’ (pride). In scorching heat, the electorate voted on 25 Lok Sabha seats on Tuesday. The state reported 59.49% voter turnout as against 64.11% in 2019, […]
On a sweltering Tuesday, as lakhs of voters braved the heat to cast their votes, emergency services were in high demand. Ahmedabad, with a scorching temperature of 43.3°C, was among nine locations in the state where the mercury soared above 40 degrees Celsius, posing a significant challenge to voters. Emergency services reported that by 8 […]
Talala, a town in Gujarat’s Gir Somnath district, experienced two seismic tremors on Wednesday afternoon, as reported by the Institute of Seismological Research (ISR). The ISR confirmed that the first tremor, with a magnitude of 3.7, was swiftly followed by a second tremor registering a magnitude of 3.6. The initial 3.7 magnitude tremor was detected […]
Congress leader Sam Pitroda on Wednesday compared Indians from different parts of the nation to Chinese, Arabs, Whites and Africans while talking about diversity and democracy in India during an interview. “We are a shining example of democracy in the world…we could hold country together as diverse as India where people in East look like […]
Gujarat is bracing for unseasonal rainfall due to a cyclonic circulation over the northeast Arabian Sea and the adjoining Gujarat coast, according to the latest forecast from the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD). The cyclonic circulation, which lies between 1.5 km and 5.8 km above mean sea level, is expected to bring rain from May 11th […]
Bollywood’s power couple, Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone, have been in the limelight since they first sparked dating rumours on the sets of ‘Ram Leela’ in 2012. Their fairytale romance led to a dreamy wedding and earlier this year, they announced they were expecting their first child in September. However, Ranveer Singh’s recent social media […]
As summer temperatures soar, a sense of lethargy seems to be taking hold, with many people choosing to stay indoors to escape the scorching heat. This trend was evident in yesterday’s voter turnout, which suggests that the heatwave conditions may have deterred some from exercising their democratic right. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecasted […]
The unopposed election of BJP candidate Mukesh Dalal from the Surat seat may be making headlines in the 2024 Lok Sabha election, yet this is not the first time that such a thing has happened. In India’s maiden general election of 1951, when Gujarat was part of the Bombay State, Rupaji Bhavji Parmar of the […]
Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) filed complaints with the Election Commission citing violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) by BJP polling agents who were allegedly seen using pens with symbols of the ruling party. Congress leaders also alleged BJP workers “threatened” voters while “anti-social” elements tried to stall the voting process in some […]
With the Congress contesting only six seats out of 24 remaining in the last two phases in Maharashtra, party president Mallikarjun Kharge and senior leader Priyanka Gandhi will address public rallies, while Rahul Gandhi will largely keep away from campaigning. In the fourth phase to be held on May 13, Congress is contesting from Pune, […]
The Congress in Gujarat alleged that Muslims in the state’s Limbayat town were taken to a religious tour just ahead of polls, so that they could not cast their vote. Hours before the voting commenced, private buses were arranged in Gujarat’s Limbayat town for a religious tour to Ajmer Sharif in Rajasthan to ensure that […]
The new series ‘Heeramandi’ streaming on Netflix is creating waves of all kinds. The series took 14 years for Sanjay Leela Bhansali to develop. The series explores the historical red-light district of Lahore, Pakistan, known as Heera Mandi or ‘Diamond Market’ in Urdu. Heera Mandi still exists. Described below are some interesting real-life facts. Heera […]
In a new low for the Congress, the party is contesting in less than 400 Lok Sabha seats in a parliamentary election for the first time in its electoral history. It is contesting 328 seats this time, which is 93 lower than the number it contested in 2019. To be more accommodative amid complaints of […]
Eighty Six Air India Express flights were canceled after around 300 senior cabin crew members called in sick at the last minute and switched off their mobile phones. The management of Air India Express is currently trying to reach out to the crew protesting against the Tata Group-owned airline’s new working conditions. It has caused […]
Deeming the Congress still a potent force, with substantial support base for Rahul Gandhi, veteran leader Sharad Pawar suggested that regional parties will move closer or, in some cases, even merge with the grand old party. A former Union minister and ex-Congress man Pawar said, “In the next couple of years, several regional parties will […]
