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After many marriages were either cancelled or put on hold due to Covid, in 2022 Ahmedabad saw 39,989 marriages recorded with the district registrar, the highest number of weddings solemnised and formally registered in the past five years. In Covid years of 2020 and 2021, 27,159 and 33,436 marriages were registered respectively with the district […]
At least 68 of the 72 people aboard were killed when a plane conducting a 27-minute journey to a vacation destination in Nepal crashed into a gorge on Sunday while attempting to land at a recently opened airport. The country’s deadliest airplane crash in three decades was witnessed by at least one eyewitness who heard […]
Two agents were arrested for facilitating illegal immigration almost a year after four members of a family from Gujarat froze to death near the Canada-US border while trying to cross into the US. Ahmedabad crime branch officials arrested the agents from Kalol in Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad, and declared two others from Canada and the US […]
Dr Rajendra Khimani resigned as the Vice Chancellor to the Chancellor of Gujarat Vidyapith in Ahmedabad Sunday. Khimani submitted his resignation to Governor Acharya Devvrat, the Chancellor of the university, who has accepted the same. Prof Bharat Joshi (61) has been notified to replace the outgoing VC and take charge with immediate effect Monday. A […]
Sunday marked the conclusion of the month-long centennial festivities for Pramukh Swami Maharaj held in Ahmedabad, during which a few devotees expressed their memories of the spiritual leader and how they would never be able to forget him. During the closing event, guest testimonials from Pramukh Swami Maharaj Nagar were displayed. Brahmaviharidas Swami, the project […]
From a first-time MLA when he was catapulted into the CM’s chair in the state last time, Bhupendra Patel is now a confident second term leader. He set a “100-days target” at the first Cabinet briefing on December 22, barely 10 days after the BJP’s historic win in the Gujarat Assembly elections were announced on […]
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the result of the recently-concluded Gujarat Assembly elections is important not just for the state but for the entire country as it has sent a message that Narendra Modi will be re-elected as the prime minister in 2024. “This (Gujarat Assembly election) result is important not for Gujarat alone. […]
For many areas of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Gujarat, the first week of January continued to be the coldest. Rajasthan experienced a minimum temperature below zero degrees. Beginning on January 9, the temperature in every state begins to rise, ending the cold wave. A looming disturbance in the west prevented the cold north winds […]
Even though the report on violation of nature and an impending ecological disturbance in Joshimath was tabled in 1976, few took heed till the pilgrimage town nestled in the Himalayas started sinking about five weeks ago.Seems Ahmedabad is headed the same route. In fact, in its report on Gujarat tabled in 2021, ISRO used high-definition […]
Nizam Mir Barkat Ali Khan Siddiqi Mukarram Jah, Asaf Jah VIII, the grandson of Hyderabad’s last Nizam, Osman Ali Khan, passed away late Saturday night at 10:30 pm in Istanbul, Turkey. As per his desire of being laid to rest in his homeland, his children are scheduled to travel to Hyderabad with the mortal remains […]
The Aam Aadmi Party has set its sights on Haryana and Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat-like campaigns are on the cards. While MP goes to polls in 2023, Assembly elections in Haryana will take place only in October 2024. Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, Nagaland, Telangana, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan are expected to […]
The Indian Coast Guard has deployed its boats and aircraft to provide security in the ongoing Gangasagar Mela at the Sagar Island of South 24 Parganas in West Bengal. Meanwhile, devotees took a holy dip in the Ganges at Gangasgar for the second straight day Sunday, marking Makar Sankranti. One of the most auspicious times […]
An ATR 72 aircraft of the Yeti Airlines crashed in Pokhara in Nepal. According to the initial reports, the aircraft flew from Kathmandu to Pokhara (205 kms) on Sunday morning and the accident took place while landing at the Pokhara airport, around 11: 10 am IST. There were a total of 68 passengers and four […]
Around 125 flyers from several countries participated in the International Kite Festival based on the G-20 theme “One Earth, One Family, One Future.” The week-long festival began on January 8 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. There was a great deal of excitement given that the festival was being organised after a gap of two years. The previous […]
A Madurai-Delhi IndiGo flight was diverted to the Indore airport, late Saturday evening, after a 60-year-old passenger started bleeding mid-air, but doctors declared him brought dead at a local hospital. After the flight landed at the Devi Ahilyabai Holkar International airport, the passenger was taken to a hospital near the airport where doctors declared him […]
In 1823, Robert Bruce discovered wild tea plants growing wild in the upper Brahmaputra Valley. Subsequently, a tea garden was started by the government in 1833 in the erstwhile Lakhimpur district. Cut to today, Assam now produces nearly 700 million kg of tea annually and accounts for around half of India’s overall tea production. The […]
Reliance Jio expanded its True 5G services to three more states – Chhattisgarh, Bihar, and Jharkhand – on the occasion of Makar Sankranti. In Chhattisgarh, the Jio True 5G services started in capital city Raipur and the industrial agglomerate Durg and Bhilai. Bihar also joined the map of Jio True 5G map with the launch […]
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal met Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday and discussed the proposed meeting of G-20 group of commerce and investment ministers to be held in the capital city in August. During the meeting, Chief Minister Gehlot said that the meeting of the G-20 Commerce and Investment Ministers Group […]
Several north Indian states continue to reel under the impact of cold waves and dense fog. The cold wave is likely to continue till January 18 with dense fog covering parts of Delhi, Punjab and Haryana till Monday, disrupting flight and railway services due to low visibility, according to the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD). According […]
