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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will open the Sohna-Dausa stretch of the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway today in Dausa, Rajasthan. People travelling from Delhi to Jaipur (the capital of Rajasthan) will profit from the 246-kilometre stretch because they will now have a more direct route that will cut their journey time from five hours to roughly three and a half hours. Additionally, the […]
Two mild tremors of magnitudes 3.7 and 3.8 struck Kutch and Surat districts of Gujarat, respectively, on Saturday. No damage or casualties have been reported, officials said. The first tremor of 3.8 intensity had its epicentre 27 km west-southwest of Surat in the Arabian Sea. It occurred at 12:52am at a depth of 5.2 km, […]
Gopal Das, the accused in Naba Das murder case underwent Narco test in Gandhinagar today. Truth serum test was performed at the Directorate of Forensic Science Lab (DFSL). Gopal’s vitals were checked and blood pressure, sugar were monitored before taking him for the Narco test, according to reports. During the Narco Test, a chemical ‘Truth […]
What happens when you return to your university campus after being expelled from it? We would expect Kundan Kumar Mahato to be elated as he arrived at the premises of the Faculty of Fine Arts (FFA) of the MS University of Vadodara, nine months after being debarred over “objectionable artworks”. His classmates reportedly showered him […]
Four directors of AMUL from Central Gujarat joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in presence of State BJP chief CR Patil in Shri Kalaman Gandhinagar today. The four Amul directors belonging from Anand and Kheda district, Gautam Chauhan (Mehmedabad), Sita Chandu Parmar (Tarapur), Sharda Hari Patel (Kapadvanj) and Ghela Mansinh Zala (Kathlal). The Congress […]
During Nagpur Test against Australia Indian cricketer Ravindra Jadeja has been docked 25 per cent of his match fee and handed a demerit point for breaching Article 2.20 of ICC’s code of conduct for players. The clause relates to displaying conduct that is contrary to the spirit of the game. The incident was related to […]
The now infamously famous proceedings of Indian Parliament during the first week of Budget Session 2023 will go down in History for several reasons. To begin with, the budget, without speaking on pressing issues such as inflation and unemployment, harped on India as a growing regional power. Then, came the President’s address and what followed […]
A designated court sentenced three policemen convicted of taking Rs 6,000 bribe to three years rigorous imprisonment in Rajkot. However, the trio were granted instant bail by the court to allow them to appeal against the verdict. Babu Vasava, Kishan Gamit and Anesh Chaudhary were assistant sub-inspector (ASI), armed head constable and armed constable respectively […]
Days after the Gujarat government doubled the jantri rates for properties in the state, standing committee of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), on Friday, announced in its budget that it would charge property tax as per the old stamp duty rates for a period of three years. The annual 5 per cent hike in property […]
Even as Karaikal Port has admitted to insolvency, the Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ) is awaiting approval from a bankruptcy court in Chennai to buy the company mired in debt. APSEZ CEO Karan Adani confirmed that the group was taking over Karaikal Port at a capex of Rs 1,500 crore. APSEZ has […]
Police constable Sagarkumar Devayat of Morbi Town Police had never been accused of dereliction of duty. Perhaps, his habit of constantly chewing on paan, too went unnoticed. However, vigilant officials monitoring the police bandobast during the G-20 meet in Dhordo (Bhuj), spotted the constable in the line-up on February 8. Devayat was reprimanded and shunted. […]
MICA Ahmedabad, India’s premier B-school for Strategic Marketing and Communications is going to host its 13th edition of TEDx talk on the theme ‘Strikethrough’ on February 12. The independently organized event, licensed by TED, will host eight speakers who will share their experiences of making a breakthrough instead of erasing their errors. The speakers include […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate the first completed stretch of the ambitious Delhi-Mumbai Expressway to the nation in Rajasthan on Sunday, February 12. The 246 km Delhi-Dausa-Lalsot section of the Expressway has been developed at a cost of more than Rs 12,150 crore, and will reduce travel time from Delhi to Jaipur from 5 hours […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said he sees himself as a family member of the Dawoodi Bohras and lauded the strides the community has made in the fields of education, business and entrepreneurship. “When I am among you, I am neither chief minister nor Prime Minister. I am your family,” Modi said, after inaugurating […]
Online dating and romance scam victims report a loss of Rs 7,966 on an average in India and two-thirds of Indian adults (66 per cent) have fallen victim to an online dating/romance scam, a report showed on Thursday. The Norton study was conducted online in partnership with The Harris Poll and involved 1,000 Indian adults. […]
Investigation Officers (IO) or policemen who are witnesses in a case not remaining present in the court delays the process of delivery of justice. To avoid this, Gandhinagar police have written to all district officers in the Gandhinagar Range jurisdiction directing IOs of cases, pre and post their postings in Gandhinagar, to remain present in […]
This time it is not human encroachment but the threat from overpowering packs of stray dogs that threaten wild asses in their sanctuary in Little Rann Of Kutch (LRK). Despite their formidable speed, upto 80 km per hour, wild asses are being increasingly preyed upon by the pack of strays. Officials report that in January, […]
Business acumen in Gujaratis is well known and vouched for. The dhandho streak seems encoded in the gene pool as is now verified and established by recent archaeological finds. Latest unearthings have stumbled on a series of shell and semi-precious stone goods, some evidently used as jewellery while some a decoratives. The discoveries corroborate with […]
The state’s superintendent of stamps has started conducting surprise checks at the offices of sub-registrars across the state to ensure proper implementation of the new jantri rates. The superintendent of stamps ordered random checks on sub-registrars’ offices across the state including 14 offices located in Ahmedabad district. “This is to check whether the implementation of […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reply, Thursday, to the Motion of Thanks on the President’s address was full of jibes hurled at the Opposition, particularly at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi who earlier launched a scathing attack on the government in Lok Sabha over the Adani crisis. Responding to Rahul Gandhi’s suggestion of a study on the […]
