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Billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X has filed a lawsuit against the Central government. The lawsuit challenges the government’s use of Section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology Act, 2000, to issue inflammatory content blocking orders. X claims this practice leads to the creation of a parallel and unlawful content censorship regime. The episode is a fallout of […]
The Supreme Court Collegium, led by Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, has recommended the appointment of eight judicial officers as judges of the Gujarat High Court. The decision was made during a meeting held on March 19. The Collegium also comprised Justices B R Gavai and Surya Kant, alongside the Chief Justice. In a […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday addressed the Bharwad community at Bavaliyali Dham in Dholera taluka of Ahmedabad through a virtual message, urging them to adopt natural farming and participate in the “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam” campaign by planting trees. He called on the community, traditionally engaged in cattle rearing, to contribute towards making […]
Gujarat police are intensifying efforts to tackle anti-social elements across the state, following directives from Director General of Police (DGP) Vikas Sahay. Police stations have been given a 100-hour deadline (until Wednesday) to compile lists of local ‘goondas’ to initiate coordinated action. This crackdown, triggered by violent incidents in Ahmedabad and Morbi, involves property demolitions, […]
Challenging conventional narratives, Elon Musk’s Grok AI is quietly making a name for itself by providing surprisingly candid insights into various public figures and institutions. Developed by xAI, Grok is a highly developed conversational AI chatbot powered by a sophisticated large language model (LLM) architecture. xAI, which announced its launch in November 2023, said the AI chatbot was designed […]
A 21-year-old student of Gujarat National Law University (GNLU), Vansh Gaint, was declared dead on Monday night, with authorities treating it as a case of suicide. His post-mortem report, issued on Wednesday, stated the cause of death as “asphyxiation as a result of hanging.” Vansh, a resident of Patiala and a third-year student of the […]
The Ahmedabad Crime Branch has arrested a domestic help accused of stealing valuables worth Rs 93.08 lakh from a residence in the Paldi area. The arrest followed an intensive investigation that combined technical surveillance and human intelligence inputs. The theft took place on February 22 at House No 04 in Saritakunj Society. The accused, employed […]
The Ministry of Finance informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered cases against 193 political leaders, including Members of Parliament (MPs) and Members of Legislative Assemblies (MLAs), in the past 10 years. However, only two convictions have been secured during this period. The statement was made in response to […]
A 21-year-old student at Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) in Gandhinagar died by suicide in his dormitory room on Monday night. Vansh Gaint, a third-year student from Patiala, Punjab, was found unresponsive by fellow students, who broke down the door around midnight after he failed to respond to repeated knocks. Notably, this is not the […]
The Adani Group is set to enter Indian professional golf with the launch of the Adani Invitational Golf Championship 2025 in partnership with the Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI), the official sanctioning body of men’s professional golf in India. The tournament will take place at the Jaypee Greens Golf & Spa Resort in Greater […]
The Gujarat High Court has served a notice to a cooperative bank in Rajkot and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) after a man discovered his CIBIL score had taken a nosedive, all because of a case of mistaken identity. The culprit? The bank had been sending him notices meant for someone else with the […]
The Vadodara police is preparing to send a special team to the hometown of Rakshit Chaurasia in Uttar Pradesh for a detailed investigation. Chaurasia, a law student at MS University, crashed a Volkswagen Virtus into eight people in the Karelibaug area of Vadodara on the night of March 13, resulting in one death. In a […]
Residents of NASA astronaut Sunita Williams’ ancestral village in Gujarat’s Mehsana district celebrated on Wednesday morning as a SpaceX capsule carrying her and her colleague, Butch Wilmore, landed in the sea off the Florida coast. Villagers in Jhulasan gathered at a local temple to watch the event live on a television screen. As soon as […]
Indian-origin NASA astronaut Sunita Williams has safely returned home after spending 286 days in space, marked by 4,577 orbits around the planet and travelling a distance of 195.2 million kilometres. What began as an eight-day mission alongside fellow astronaut Butch Wilmore turned into a nine-month journey owing to technical issues with the Starliner spacecraft. As […]
In a joint operation, the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized over 99.5 kg of gold worth an estimated Rs 88 crore from a residential flat in the Paldi area of Ahmedabad. The agencies also recovered approximately Rs 70 lakh in cash during the raid. At least 35 kg […]
Residents of NASA astronaut Sunita Williams’ ancestral village in Gujarat’s Mehsana district are preparing for Diwali-like celebrations on Wednesday morning to mark her scheduled return to Earth after a nine-month stay at the International Space Station. Jhulasan village, the ancestral home of Williams’ father, Deepak Pandya, is filled with anticipation. Villagers have been offering prayers […]
At least 413 Palestinians, including women and children, were killed after the Israeli military launched extensive strikes on Hamas, ending a weeks-long deadlock over extending the ceasefire that had paused fighting in January. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the strikes following Hamas’s refusal to alter the ceasefire agreement. Netanyahu’s office said in a statement, […]
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday said the violence in Nagpur appeared to be premeditated, with the mob targeting specific houses. He attributed the heightened emotions to the film Chhaava, which he said reignited public anger against Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. The Vicky Kaushal-starrer depicts the life of Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharaj, who was tortured and […]
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Hemant Khava was evicted from the Gujarat Legislative Assembly on Tuesday after raising concerns over faulty land surveys while wearing a T-shirt with the slogan ‘Cancel Incorrect Land Surveys’. Khava, representing Jamjodhpur, alleged that farmers in the state have been facing difficulties for the last 10 years due to errors […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has extended an invitation to NASA astronaut Sunita Williams to visit India after her scheduled return to Earth on Wednesday, following a nine-month stay at the International Space Station (ISS). The invitation was conveyed in a letter dated March 1, delivered through former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino. Union Science and Technology […]
