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The Gujarat government has demanded the Morbi municipality to submit a fresh reply to a show-cause notice as to why it should not be dissolved for failing to discharge its duties before the collapse of a suspension bridge in the Morbi that killed 135 persons last year. In a letter to the chief, the Urban […]
The Gehlot Government in Rajasthan transferred up to 75 officers of the Indian Police Service (IPS) ahead of the assembly elections later this year, including eight additional directors general (ADGs), two range inspectors-general (IGs), and 22 superintendents of police (SPs). According to a list released by the Department of Personnel, range IGs from Jodhpur and […]
The Closing Ceremony of the All India Sports Meet 2022-23 of the Central Revenue Sports and Cultural Board (CRSCB) organized by the Income Tax Department Gujarat was held on 13th February 2023 at Sports Authority of India, Gandhinagar. More than 900 athletes across 17 sporting disciplines participated in the event and represented the Income Tax, […]
Billionaire Gautam Adani-led group’s flagship firm Adani Enterprises Ltd on Tuesday reported a swing to profit in the quarter ending December 2022 from a loss a year before, and promised to lower leverage in an attempt to regain investor confidence that has been lowered by a US short seller report. The companies have lost over […]
BBC is the ‘most corrupt’ corporation in the world; its propaganda and Congress’ agenda go together, the BJP says at a press meet. Supreme Court a couple of days back refused to ban on exhibition of BBC Documentary. The BJP said that the Congress should remember former prime minister Indira Gandhi had banned BBC saying […]
Zia Mohyeddin, legendary thespian, director, TV host and the first Pakistani ever to work in Hollywood, passed away on Monday morning after a brief illness. He was 91. The veteran actor was admitted to a hospital in Karachi, where he was based, after complaining of abdominal pain and fever. He was later put on life […]
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation in collaboration with banks and Traffic Police organised a Lok Darbar to grant a loan of Rs 10,000 each to registered street vendors, at Gomtipur police headquarters in Ahmedabad, Monday. The darbar was attended by as many as 300 street vendors from nearby areas. Over a lakh vendors have been registered […]
The death of a popular doctor in Veraval of Gir-Somnath district has created a controversy after a purported suicide note recovered from the incident spot. The Gir-Somnath police is investigating the matter and has sent the note to FSL for analysing the handwriting. Dr Atul Chag owned a multi-storey MDA hospital at Veraval’s Tower Chowk […]
Reacting sharply to allegations of wiping out the history of Mughals and changing the names of cities associated with them, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that the BJP state governments have taken “well-thought decisions” which are within their statutory rights. Shah, however, said that the BJP does not want to remove anybody’s contribution […]
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) was given 81 government-owned lakes in the city to boost the groundwater level and develop new areas for recreation in August 2022. However, it still remains among the biggest lawbreakers as it draws more than 110 million litres of groundwater “illegally” every day from 598 unregistered borewells in the city. […]
The cybercell of the city police nabbed a person in connection with misuse of a government email id to get access to personal data. An FIR for the same was registered on February 10. The accused is identified as Sagar Lakhar, 22, a resident of Pindwada, Rajasthan. He was apprehended on Sunday. According to a […]
Additional sessions judge HA Trivedi refused to grant legal protection against possible arrest to two brothers who are involved in moneylending and have been accused of driving a youth to suicide by pressuring him for payment. According to case details, Tejas and Pratik Vanol, residents of Satellite, lent Rs 5.40 lakh to Jigar Parmar at […]
The Income Tax Department on Tuesday conducted survey action on premises linked to the United Kingdom’s national broadcaster BBC’s offices in New Delhi and Mumbai. The survey action has been undertaken to carry out verification of certain documents, the department said. The BBC recently aired a documentary about the 2022 Gujarat violence in which Indian […]
A larger bench of the Gujarat high court held that the state government can levy stamp duty in the event of amalgamation or reconstruction of unlisted companies based on their market capitalization, and the premium paid for issuance of shares cannot be treated as its face value. A three-judge bench gave various references regarding computation […]
When Ramesh Chaudhary, 36, stood on the podium after bagging gold in mixed doubles at ITTF Egypt Para Open last year with his wife Sonal Patel, 35, it was a moment in the making for a decade – Chaudhary who started playing para table tennis after getting coaching from Sonal had sacrificed his chances at […]
Even though the numbers appear vastly minimised, figures uploaded on the Baal Swaraj portal state that Gujarat has the second highest number of children who live on the streets. Maharashtra with 5,153 children tops the list, followed by Gujarat’s count at 1,990, as on March 24, 2022. However, child rights activists and personnel working the […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday paid tribute to the personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) who had lost their lives in the Pulwama attack on this day four years ago. PM Modi said their courage motivated him “to build a strong and developed India”. “Remembering our valorous heroes who we lost on this […]
The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad has arrested five persons for allegedly hatching a conspiracy to extort Rs 8 crore from a retired Indian Police Service officer by preparing and circulating a false affidavit to claim he had raped a woman, an official said on Monday. GK Prajapati is identified as the mastermind of the case, turned […]
With the opposition targeting the BJP-led government over the Hindenburg-Adani row, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said that it will not be appropriate for him to comment as the Supreme Court has taken cognizance of the matter but there is nothing “for the BJP to hide or be afraid of”. The Hindenburg-Adani row has […]
The rupee fell 15 paise to close at 82.73 (provisional) against the US dollar on Monday, weighed down by dollar gains in overseas markets and a flat trend in domestic equities. Firm crude oil prices further dented investor sentiments, forex traders said. At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 82.68 against the […]
