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Former Ranji-level cricketer Dilipsinh Hadiyol was arrested for allegedly running a gambling hub at a sports club located near the police headquarters in Banaskantha’s Palanpur. Hadiyol is a resident of Palanpur and former cricketer who was part of the Gujarat team in the Ranji Cricket tournaments. He was arrested along with 39 others from King […]
The State Goods and Services Tax (SGST) Department recently issued notices to 7,000 to 8,000 taxpayers in the city for the year 2017-18, seeking 17 types of details. The taxpayer will have to provide all these details in person. When GST was introduced, the government announced that all procedures and taxpayers records will be kept […]
One of the youngest cricketers of India, Shreyas Iyer celebrates his birthday today. This young batsman is known for his strike-rate. Some even drew comparisons to legendary Indian batsman Virender Sehwag for Iyer’s fearless and dominating stroke-play, and more specifically, his hand-eye coordination, even against abrupt lateral movement. He hails from Mumbai and recently made […]
Veer Savarkar had a multidimensional personality and was an apt combination of Shaastra (शास्त्र, Hindu religious treatises) and Shastra(शस्त्र, weapons), Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel said while launching Veer Savarkar: The Man Who Could Have Prevented Partition written by Central Information Commissioner, senior journalist and author Uday Mahurkar. The book is co-authored by Vadodara-based MS […]
The Gujarat state government recently released figures showing that they sent fewer samples for genome sequencing than required by central government guidelines. The government released an official figure of 5,81,539 crore cases across the state in the 11 months from January 2021 to December 3, 2021. According to ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research) guidelines, […]
A pioneer in broadcast journalism, Vinod Dua breathed his last on Saturday. He died due to complications post Covid. He was hospitalised with Covid earlier this year, he lost his wife, radiologist Padmavati ‘Chinna’ Dua, to the virus in June. Dua has worked with NDTV and Doordarshan and carved his niche in Hindi journalism. Mallika […]
The first case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 was recorded in Gujarat on December 4, with a state resident testing positive for the virus in Jamnagar, Saurashtra. It seems like a déjà vu moment for the COVID-19 situation in Gujarat. The very first COVID case in the state was registered in Rajkot, Saurashtra on March […]
If you are planning an international holiday to celebrate the new year, then here is a cautionary note: with the latest travel restrictions, you might not just miss out on the travel but the refund too. As the discovery of a new Covid variant has forced governments around the world back in a huddle, Vibes […]
Less than 24 hours after Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel inaugurated the RTI portal as a mandate by the Gujarat High Court, it was down and not functioning. Vibes of India checked the portal at least four times during the day and found that the site was down. (screenshots below). The Right to Information Act […]
Ahmedabad-based Madhish Parikh is awarded for his work for the communities in Gujarat during Covid-19. The boy who was once mocked for aspiring to pursue community services, is now invited to Russia to participate in the International Forum of Civil Participation. He led one of the state’s largest volunteer programs – ‘Ahmedabad Fights Corona’ and […]
The Income Tax (I-T) department on Tuesday searched around 40 locations belonging to Astral Limited and Ratnamani Metals and Tubes Ltd across the country, including in Gujarat, for unaccounted income. A total of Rs 250 crores of unaccounted income is recovered from Ratnamani’s premises. It includes 1 Crore in cash, Rs 1 crore jewellery and […]
The Income Tax Department in Gujarat, which is one of the top six states in India in terms of direct tax collection in the country, currently has five vacancies in senior management positions in Rajkot. The posts of Chief Commissioner of Income Tax (CCIT), three posts for Chief Commissioner Appeals and one post of Income […]
The Income Tax department raided the office of Manikchand distributor Mustafa Sales Agency and the residence of dealer Mustafa Sheikh on Nov 17. Post raids on 14 premises of the distributor, unaccounted cash of over Rs 7 crores were recovered from the office along with gold and silver jewellery worth Rs 3 crores. A total […]
The Income Tax Department has raided two Ahmedabad based companies: Astral Pipes and Ratnamani Metals and Tubes. The I-T department started the search operation on both companies on Tuesday morning. Over 150 I-T officials have been deployed for the operation. The raids are on at over 40 premises of the companies. Sandeep Engineer, 59, founder […]
The first stop in IRS officer Virendra Ojha’s home is an open library and the last is a room that has been converted into a classroom. The 1993 batch Income Tax officer from Ahmedabad is on a mission to train Indian youth for civil services regardless of where they are – even if in a […]
The idea of Big fat Indian wedding is getting a makeover. Now, the groom arriving in a luxury car seems like a thing from a bygone era. Couples in Gujarat are increasingly hiring helicopters to make their wedding filmy. Recently, the villagers from Hadiyana village, Jamnagar district were amazed at the arrival of the groom […]
People spend their whole life not knowing what they want, says IRS Vijay Kumar Singh as he adds that he is lucky he isn’t one of them. “I know what I want and I will always follow my heart.” The Indian Revenue Service officer of the 2004 batch considers running his first love. What started […]
‘Amara haath ma have kai nathi aavtu (Now we hardly get any returns),’ laments Rohit Vavadia, a bullion trader on CG Road, Ahmedabad. He has been in the business since 2018 but ever since the implementation of Tax Collected at Source (TCS) on gold bullion, his business has lost its sheen. On October 1 last […]
Hailing from a small town in Patna, Bihar, Communication and Social Media Strategist Kumar Manish cannot emphasise enough the need for youth mentorship — something he never got – and something he says will help New India mould and exemplify the vast untapped youth potential in the country. Growing up away from a big city, […]
Start ups and Shaival Desai seem to be synonyms in Gujarat. He is a co-founder at Petpooja , the highly successful online restaurant billing platform. Petpooja essentially focuses on increasing productivity in the restaurant ecosystem by digitally managing backend services. It also provides a complete solution to manage entire outlets or even a chain of […]
