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Gujarat’s Illegal Migration Web Exposed: Mehsana Family Kidnapped in Libya While Chasing Europe Dream The kidnapping of a Mehsana couple and their three-year-old daughter in Libya has laid bare the dangerous and largely unregulated illegal migration networks operating out of Gujarat, a state otherwise projected as prosperous, progressive and economically secure. The family is being […]
In a strict order that can lay a precedent in Gujarat, an Ahmedabad court has ordered seven individuals operating news channels and platforms on social media to remove defamatory content against Rajya Sabha MP and Reliance Industries Director of Corporate Affairs Parimal Nathwani, granting an ad-interim ex-parte injunction in a defamation suit filed by him. […]
The impeachment motion against Justice GR Swaminathan has sparked a rare and volatile confrontation between India’s political class and the judiciary. It has raised serious questions about constitutional morality. It has also exposed deep ideological tensions in Tamil Nadu. Political observers are concerned whether impeachment is being reshaped into a tool of political retaliation. What […]
As many as 165 public interest projects have not moved owing to delays in land-related approvals. The projects worth Rs 43,000 crore are held up – and it has slowed the growth of critical sectors such as irrigation, roads, education, health, and industrial development. Departments have been instructed to show some urgency, remove bottlenecks, and […]
If two T20 internationals are enough to put Shubman Gill on trial, then the problem isn’t Gill’s form — it’s our impatience. That, in essence, was Ashish Nehra’s message as he dismantled the latest round of hand-wringing around India’s vice-captain and Gujarat Titans skipper. Gill’s recent numbers — 181 runs in 10 T20Is at a […]
For a 60-year-old man from Valad, Gujarat, it all began with a promise of easy profits. A seemingly harmless message on investment landed on his WhatsApp. Trust grew and the numbers on the screen soared. It was too fast, too good, too perfect. Then the calls went silent, the app vanished, and the shocking truth […]
A new chapter in high-stakes immigration has arrived, and it reportedly comes with a glittering price tag. The Donald Trump Gold Card promises a golden ticket to life in America. The website shouts: “Unlock life in America. Apply now.” But for Indians eyeing permanent residency, the sheen of gold quickly fades: “apply now” does not […]
A major controversy has erupted in Gujarat after the state government’s education department–run Vidya Samiksha Kendra (VSK), the Command and Control Centre for school monitoring, awarded contracts worth Rs. 968 crore, over a period of four years, to ArMee Infotech, a company in which retired IAS officer Sujit Gulatiis a director. Gulati is a 1985-batch IAS officer. He […]
Fugitive entrepreneurs Nitin and Chetan Sandesara have deposited Rs. 5,100 crore with the Supreme Court registry, meeting the Apex Court’s key requirement for dropping the criminal proceedings pending against them. According to their spokesperson, this payment satisfies the deadline set by the court and significantly boosts the total recovery linked to the brothers’ alleged loan […]
The sky that day seemingly carried the promise of a fresh start. Instead, it delivered a tragedy that Gujarat will never recover from. Many families are still not unable to reconcile themselves with the loss of their dear ones who succumbed to the AI 171 plane crash. Six months have passed, but the scale of […]
It’s been six months since the ill-fated AI171 plane crashed. As families continue to live with a silence filled by unanswered questions, investigators are looking into possible electrical issues. But six months on, a clear picture continues to elude them, revealed findings by a national newspaper. A father of a newly married traveller told the newspaper that […]
In the wake of escalating criticism over the Gujarat Common Admission System (GCAS), the state education department has set up an expanded advisory committee tasked with reassessing how the centralised admission process is being managed. The move comes even as pressure from students, teachers, college administrators, and several university heads to dismantle the GCAS continues […]
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday formally rolled out his long-discussed “gold card” initiative — a programme that grants legal residency and a pathway to American citizenship in exchange for large investments from individuals and companies. The announcement came as an application website went live, marking the official launch of a plan the administration has […]
India continues to rank among the most unequal countries globally in terms of wealth distribution, with the richest 10 per cent holding nearly two-thirds of the nation’s assets, according to the latest World Inequality Report, released on Wednesday. In contrast, the poorest 50 per cent together own only 6.4 per cent of total wealth — […]
A Jain man approached the family court in Surat with a forceful application. He demanded that the court halt the planned initiation of his seven-year-old daughter into monkhood. The child currently lives with his estranged wife. The man named Samir Shah is a share-market trader. He also sought custody of both his children: the seven-year-old […]
Nearly six months after the Air India 171 crash in Ahmedabad, a US aviation attorney is closely monitoring the investigation. Mike Andrews of Beasley Allen represents families of more than 130 victims. According to a detailed report by a national daily, he has raised serious questions about why flight data was taken to the US […]
Few cities face the ongoing risk of the earth moving beneath them as sharply as Ahmedabad. Ask those who escaped the ravages of the 2001 earthquake here. It’s estimated that the energy released was equivalent to 400 atomic bombs thrown over Nagasaki, exploding 23 km below the earth’s surface. Such was the scale of devastation […]
A tribal resident of Gujarat’s Chhotaudepur district has been arrested for allegedly posting an Instagram reel that glorified senior Naxal commander Madvi Hidma, prompting police to book him for offences linked to threatening the country’s sovereignty and disturbing public harmony. The accused, Paresh Rathwa, 31, hails from Kawant taluka. According to police officials, the reel […]
A major scam under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme has come to light in Gujarat. Opposition Congress revealed that over Rs 70 crore was misappropriated. Following the revelations, the two sons of then Minister of State for Panchayat Bachu Khabad were arrested. They are now out on bail. The scam […]
The occasion was meant to be a tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 150th birth anniversary. But it became a platform of sorts to make a statement. And a strong political one at that. The BJP used the ‘Sardar@150 Rashtriya Ekta Padyatra’, a 152-kilometre march across Gujarat, to criticise the Congress and former Prime […]
