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Spin legend Ravichandran Ashwin has announced his retirement from all formats of cricket following the drawn third Test against Australia in Brisbane on Wednesday. At the time of his retirement, the 38-year-old ranks fifth among bowlers and third among all-rounders in the ICC Test rankings. Ashwin ended a 14-year career in which he played 106 […]
Katra town will go into complete shutdown on December 18 in protest against the proposed Rs 250-crore ropeway connecting Tarakote Marg to Sanji Chhat, which leads to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine. The decision was made following a meeting of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Sangharsh Samiti, which includes shopkeepers, pony wallahs and porters. Markets, […]
The Gujarat government has announced that it has suspended two hospitals and imposed penalties on two others for irregularities under Prime Minister Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY). The PM-JAY’s State Anti-Fraud Unit (SAFU) and a team of experienced medical professionals visited dubious facilities that were engaged in misconduct under the scheme. Four hospitals in various regions […]
Jeet Adani, Director of Adani Airport Holdings Ltd, emphasised that India cannot afford to remain on the sidelines in the global technological race and must develop the capabilities needed to maintain its leadership while staying vigilant against the misuse of technology. Speaking at IIT Bombay’s Techfest 2024, Adani said that the future of technology is […]
The Ahmedabad Crime Branch has arrested six individuals, uncovering a large-scale fraud involving the illegal creation of Ayushman Bharat health cards by exploiting weaknesses in government portals. The arrests are part of the ongoing investigation into the deaths of two beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) at Khyati Multispeciality Hospital. The accused […]
Gujarat AAP working president and Dediapada MLA Chaitar Vasava was detained on Tuesday at Navagam in Narmada district, just a few kilometres from the Bharuch district border. Vasava, accompanied by his supporters, was on his way to surrender at a police station in Bharuch as part of the Jail Bharo Andolan, a protest sparked by […]
Shashikumar Mohta, a 66-year-old stock market professional from Gujarat, has triumphed over a 24-year legal battle to secure admission into Gujarat University’s DT Law College for the LLB course. The journey began in 2000 when Mohta applied for the three-year LLB programme at DT Law College but was denied admission. The college cited Gujarat University’s […]
Indian security forces have seized Starlink satellite internet devices allegedly used by the militant group People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in Keirao Khunao, Manipur. This marks the second instance in two months where Starlink devices were found being utilized by inimical elements. Indian forces had been carrying out numerous search operations across Manipur. In a series […]
Bollywood actress Sonakshi Sinha hit back at Mukesh Khanna, who had criticised her for failing to answer a question about the Ramayana correctly on Amitabh Bachchan’s Kaun Banega Crorepati 11 in 2019. On Tuesday, Sonakshi posted a lengthy message on Instagram stories, rebutting the veteran actor’s allegation directed at her father. She also explained that […]
A Pakistani teenage boy has been reunited with his parents after spending two and a half years in Indian custody. The minor was apprehended on January 12, 2022, off the Porbandar coast along with several other Pakistani fishermen aboard a Pakistani fishing boat. He was charged with coastal border violation and sent to judicial custody […]
Uddhav Thackeray met Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in Nagpur on Tuesday for the first time after the polls and congratulated him, despite his party’s constant criticism of EVMs after its crushing defeat in last month’s Assembly elections. Aaditya Thackeray, son of Uddhav Thackeray and a prominent leader of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray), […]
Stock markets slumped in early trading on Tuesday, with the benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty falling by approximately 1% for a second consecutive session. The downturn occurred as investors remained cautious ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s meeting set for December 18. The NSE Nifty50 lost 274 points to its lowest point of the day […]
The BJP has dominated Gujarat for over three decades and for party members, it is a prestige issue to hold some posts. Apparently, the urge to hold a post has led Rajkot’s Bakshi Panch Morcha, Vipul Makhela to allegedly tamper with his birth certificate and Aadhar Card to be eligible to become Rajkot Ward President. […]
A 48-year-old man of Indian origin has been convicted of murdering his 76-year-old mother at their family home in Leicester, UK. Sandeep Singh fatally attacked his mother following a row over the family property, which he believed had been bequeathed to him by his late father. On December 16, Singh was sentenced to life imprisonment […]
An Indian woman, who had been living in Pakistan for the past 22 years after being deceitfully brought there by a travel agent, returned to her homeland through the Wagah Border in Lahore on Monday. Mumbai native Hamida Bano moved to Hyderabad, Pakistan, in 2002. She claims that an agent tricked her into going to […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated his call for a nationwide Uniform Civil Code (UCC) on Saturday (December 14) citing the perspectives of veteran leaders Dr BR Ambedkar and KM Munshi on the matter. Modi said that the Constituent Assembly had a lengthy and comprehensive discussion on the UCC during a Lok Sabha debate on the […]
Lehigh University, a prominent US institution ranked among the top 50 national universities by US News and World Report, is reviewing its admissions processes after an Indian student, Aryan Anand, fabricated documents to secure admission and a full scholarship. The controversy has prompted the university to review the credentials of other international students on campus […]
Gujarat added one tonne of plastic waste every two minutes in 2022-23, according to data recently tabled in the Lok Sabha. This translates to 31 tonnes per hour, amounting to a staggering 2.71 lakh tonnes annually, placing Gujarat in the sixth spot among Indian states for plastic waste generation. Tamil Nadu topped the list with […]
Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Tuesday tabled The Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill, 2024. The Bill is also called the ‘One Nation, One Election’ Bill. The purpose of the Bill is to allow for simultaneous elections to state and Union Territory assemblies as well as the Lok Sabha. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Union Cabinet […]
BJP MLA Bhupendrasinh Chudasama on Monday performed a ‘shanti puja’ at Lothal, Gujarat, at the excavation site, for a 26-year-old PhD scholar from IIT-Delhi who died nearly three weeks ago Surabhi Verma, who was pursuing her PhD at IIT Delhi’s Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, died on November 27 when a trench near the Harappan-era archaeological […]
