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The Gujarat high court agreed to the Oreva Group’s offer on Wednesday to pay compensation to the victims of the Morbi bridge collapse that left 135 dead and several injured but said it will “not absolve it of any liability’. Oreva Group (Ajanta Manufacturing Limited) was responsible for the operation and maintenance of the British-era […]
Three masked men shot and killed a 52-year-old Indian-American man in his driveway in Georgia, inflicting injuries on his wife and daughter in what authorities described as the country’s second such incident involving Indians in a week. The event happened on Thoroughbred Lane close to Hartley Bridge Road in Georgia on January 20. Pinal Patel […]
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla launched Jio True 5G services in Kota on Tuesday. Kota has become the sixth city in the state (after Nathdwara, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur, and Bikaner) to receive Jio True 5G services. The benefits of high-speed, low-latency, stand-alone technology The city’s residents and businesses will be able to access true 5G […]
Following the Left-affiliated Students’ Federation of India (SFI) announcement intended to broadcast a controversial BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Jamia Millia Islamia campus, the Delhi Police said on Wednesday that they have detained four students. The screening will not be permitted, according to the university administration, and they are taking all […]
Chief Secretary Pankaj Kumar will step down on January 31. Raj Kumar has since been chosen to serve as the new Chief Secretary of State (Govt of Gujarat). Rajkumar formerly held the position of Additional Chief Secretary. Raj Kumar was named as the new Chief Secretary today by Administrative Chief Secretary of the State Government […]
To make Kota Division a cutting-edge and dominant force in the field of agriculture and rural development, the Government of India’s Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare organised a two-day Agriculture Festival-Exhibition and Training at Dussehra Ground in Kota, Rajasthan on January 24–25, 2023. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Union Minister of State for […]
Amid much excitement, it was the Adani Group that won the Ahmedabad franchise for the upcoming Women’s IPL for a whopping Rs 1289 Cr bid on Wednesday. While Adani bagged the Ahmedabad franchise, Reliance lapped up the Mumbai franchise. Diageo won the Bangalore franchise and Lucknow went to Capri Global. Ahmedabad — Adani Mumbai — […]
Shah Rukh Khan is back on the big screen after a four-year hiatus, doing what he does best: charm the hell out of you and remind us why he belongs to a dying breed—the real superstars. Pathaan is a continuation of the director Siddharth Anand’s unique style, which is most known for glamorising his stars […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday presented a ‘chadar’ which will be offered on the 811th Urs of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti at the Ajmer Sharif Dargah. On Twitter, Prime Minister Modi posted a photo of himself presenting the “chadar” alongside Union Minister Smriti Irani and BJP Minority Wing President Jamal Sidiqque. He said, […]
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), in a letter written to all the Commissioners of Food Safety and the Regional Directors of FSSAI on 23 January 2023, has said that certain food business operators (FBOs) are selling non-dairy products by using dairy terms such as “vegan ghee” and “vegan butter” in violation of […]
Indian gold hit a fresh all-time high on Tuesday, tracking gains in overseas markets and a depreciation in the rupee currency, but the surge dampened demand in the world’s second biggest consumer of the precious metal, dealers said. Domestic gold futures rose to Rs 57,099 ($699.19) per 10 grams, up nearly 4% so far in […]
Days after Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said that his country has learnt its lesson from three wars and wants to live in peace with India, New Delhi reached out to Islamabad with an invitation to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) foreign ministers’ meeting in Goa. The invitation from External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar […]
Redbricks School In Ashoknagar finds itself in the centre of controversy after primary section kids were heard openly discussing body parts on the school bus following a “sexuality education” lesson in school. However, principal Sutapa Mishra has stuck to her guns, stating that prudery needs to make way for a scientific familiarisation with sexuality and […]
Anil K Antonysun, the son of Congress veteran AK Antony, has left the party after criticising the divisive BBC documentary ‘India: The Modi Question’, citing “intolerant calls to withdraw a tweet.” “I have resigned from my roles in the Congress. Intolerant calls to retract a tweet, by those fighting for free speech. I refused. @facebook […]
On the one hand, Gujarat is being celebrated as the forerunner among Indian states where it comes to achieving PM Modi’s five-trillion-dollar economy and on the other, the very same Gujarat is pock-marked with stories of poverty and debt-ridden people, who are ready to risk their lives to immigrate to the US. The American Dream […]
A group of students who gathered at the JNU Students’ Union office on Tuesday, to watch a controversial BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed the university administration cut off power and internet access to prevent the event. They then allegedly staged a protest after being attacked with stones. They stated that they were […]
For allegedly “defacing” a poster of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a campaign to take down hoardings and banners from public spaces, a sector officer of the Sabroom assembly seat in election-bound Tripura has been suspended, an official said. The move was made a day after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is in power, […]
Ashish Mishra, the son of Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra, was granted an eight-week interim bail by the Supreme Court on Wednesday in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence of 2021, which claimed the lives of eight people. Ashish was ordered to leave Delhi and Uttar Pradesh during the interim bail period by a bench […]
Two of Gujarat’s four Ramsar wetlands, Nalsarovar and Wadhwana, are likely losing favour with many migrating bird species as a result of the floods of sweet Narmada water, according to scientists. Aquatic weeds that sprout above the surface of the water are creating an alarming reduction in the open water surface at Nalsarovar. The lake, […]
In a drowning incident on Piha Beach in New Zealand, two Indians died. Saurin Nayankumar Patel and Anshul Shah, the victims, were both non-swimmers and natives of Gujarat. Both fatalities, who were from Ahmedabad, travelled to Piha Beach on Saturday, one of the riskiest places to visit, where they died. Their relatives said that they were incapable of […]
