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Several low lying areas of New York City got inundated after heavy torrential rains pounded the metropolitan area on Friday and Saturday. Officials issued advisories to residents to park their vehicles on higher ground even as several subway (metro rail) lines were shut following the flooding. Many arterial streets also saw flooding that led to […]
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel threw open the historic Uparkot fort in Junagadh after the Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Limited (TCGL) completed its Rs 74-crore restoration work. He also inaugurated Mahabat Maqbara and Wazir Bahauddin Maqbaras restored at a cost of Rs 7.12 crore. In a documentary, TCGL said 25 sections of the 2000-year-old fort […]
You’re retired a content person. As a teacher, you didn’t neglect your education – you completed your graduation, masters, and whatever was necessary to advance your career. In an ideal world — which does not exist anyway — you should be entitled to post-retirement monetary benefits. Your degree shouldn’t be an impediment to avail of […]
The minor grandson of an elderly person has been accused of siphoning off Rs 13 lakh from his account in a case of online banking fraud. The incident has come to the fore in Gujarat’s Dahod where the grandson has been found to have spent the money on online gaming and buying high-end mobile phones. […]
The Sardar Vallabhbhai PateI International (SVPI) airport in Ahmedabad is bracing for an anticipated 30% increase in non-scheduled charter aircraft movements during October in the backdrop of the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup matches in the city. October is set to host two major ICC Cricket World Cup matches in Gujarat – the opening clash […]
The Ahmedabad Cyber Crime and Customs Department have cracked down on an international racket involved in drug trafficking in India. According to a report, this racket was masterminded in Canada. Those involved in the racket have been supplying drugs using social media. The report added that customs officials seized drugs worth roughly Rs 50 lakh […]
Abhivyakti – The City Arts Project is an initiative of the UNM Foundation of the Mehta family of the Torrent Group. After completing four successful editions in Ahmedabad, Abhivyakti will organise its first performance at Alembic Art District, in Vadodara on September 30 and October 1, 2023. Till date the festival has witnessed participation from […]
Gujarat’s International Finance Tec-City (Gift City) has become a project of great national importance, given its industrial-friendly policies and pro-business atmosphere that are drawing entrepreneurs from all over the world. As it’s said, the Gift City is a launch pad for organisations aspiring to expand operations across the Indian subcontinent. Now, another development has added […]
Union home minister and Gandhinagar MP Amit Shah will be in Ahmedabad on Saturday to inaugurate a number of projects in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. According to the itinerary of the programme, the home minister will attend seven programs in his Lok Sabha constituency Gandhinagar. He will inaugurate the newly constructed building of the National Institute […]
Ahmedabad Police have registered an FIR against Gurpatwant Singh Pannu, founder of the banned outfit “Sikh for Justice”, after he issued a threat to the ICC Cricket World Cup, especially for the tournament opener to be held at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on October 5. The FIR has been registered against Pannu under […]
The Congress has questioned the excess water from the Sardar Sarovar dam that was released into the Narmada River on September 17 instead of doing it in phases. The party, calling it a man-made disaster, demanded that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe the flood-like situation in three districts in Gujarat. The BJP has countered […]
In a major haul, Kutch police in Gujarat seized 80 kg of cocaine, worth Rs 800 crore in the market, which was abandoned near the Gandhidham coast. The Kutch (east) police were patrolling the coast in Mithi Rohar village, some 30km from the port town Gandhidham, when they noticed several suspicious-looking packets on the shore […]
After the death of nine cheetahs brought from Namibia and South Africa, India will now explore the possibility of importing the feline from northern Africa instead. Officials said one of the biggest challenges they faced in the first year of managing cheetahs from the two countries was the “unexpected” development of winter coats by some […]
Shah Rukh Khan’s latest film Jawan is breaking all records at the global box office. This action-packed movie has become the first Bollywood film to cross $1 million in Bangladesh. Jawan is also the highest grossing Indian movie in Gulf, Australia and Singapore. Jawan has surpassed the record set by Shah Rukh’s previous film Pathaan. […]
Every word has a nuance. Every phrase enunciates something deep, even though it’s not always obvious. What then is Vibrant Gujarat? A verbal jingle? Or a brand mantra? Prime Minister Narendra Modi says it’s anything but these. At an event that marked 20 years of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit in Science City, Ahmedabad, PM […]
Ahmedabad police have booked a man for reportedly assaulting a woman in a posh neighbourhood of the city over some business deal. A viral video of the incident prompted the police to register a case of sexual harassment and voluntarily causing hurt against the man, identified as one Mohsin. Police have reached out to the […]
Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan (MS Swaminathan), legendary agriculture scientist and father of India’s ‘Green Revolution,’ has died at the age of 98 in Chennai. He was born on August 7, 1925 in Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavur district. He started his career in 1949 researching the genetics of potato, wheat, rice and jute. When India was on the […]
The proposed entry of Tesla to India and its setting up a plant in Gujarat is being tracked by the state government, a senior state government official said, adding Gujarat will approach the company at an appropriate time to ensure the state has a significant role in the future plans. The Centre is in touch […]
Ashwin Dani, non-executive director of Asian Paints and a second-generation scion of the family that co-founded the flagship paint company, passed away on September 28 at the age 79. Dani’s contribution was instrumental to the company’s growth as the largest paint maker in the country with a group turnover of Rs 21,700 crore. Born on […]
In the Sanjay Dutt classic Naam, the protagonist Vicky, enacted by Dutt, goes to Dubai to prove his worth to his mother. Reality sinks in when a famished Dutt, jobless despite days of dripping sweat, collapses on the street, disenchanted and emptied out of hope. He is granted shelter by the head of a mafia […]
