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Ahead of the hearing in same-sex marriage case in the Supreme Court, the United Hindu Front protested against same-sex marriages outside the gates of the apex court. Homosexuality is against Indian culture and that the Supreme Court should not hear the pleas, the right-wing group demanded. The president of the organisation Jai Bhagwan Goel was […]
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said that Rajasthan is a leading state in the country providing employment to the youth in private and government sectors. The state government is providing more than 3 lakh government jobs. At the same time, in the private sector too, the policies of the state government have created a conducive environment […]
Shankar Mishra, the accused of urinating inflight on an elderly woman has issued a statement through his lawyers and said that the lady in her message has clearly condoned the alleged act and has displayed no intention to lodge a complaint. The lawyers for Shankar Mishra, Ishanee Sharma and Akshat Bajpai, issued a statement. The […]
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said that the state government is continuously organised high level sports competitions for the promotion of sports and sportspersons, which has created a positive atmosphere for sports in the state for the first time since independence and a new sports culture has developed. Gehlot was addressing the inaugural function of the […]
A Jain monk who was on a fast against the Jharkhand government’s decision to declare Shri Sammed Shikharji as a tourist place died in Jaipur, a community leader said on Friday. Samarth Sagar (74) died at around 2 am on Friday after fasting for five days, said Rajasthan Jain Sabha president Subhash Chandra Jain. He […]
A check dam being constructed on the outskirts of Gujarat’s Rajkot city has been named after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s late mother Hiraben, an official said on Friday. President of the trust Dilip Sakhiya said that “The check dam is being built at the cost of Rs 15 lakh by ‘Gir Ganga Parivar Trust on […]
With the appointment of the six working presidents and the replacement of Gopal Italia with Isudan Gadhvi as the state chief, the Aam Aadmi Party’s overhaul of its unit in Gujarat is seen as an element of its efforts to get ready for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The changes come a month after the […]
After a two-year long break due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the International Kite Festival has returned with a bang in Ahmedabad and other cities across Gujarat. The Gujarat Tourism Corporation Ltd will host the International Kite Festival with the theme of G20 in Ahmedabad from January 8th to 14th, 2023. The International Kite Festival in […]
Kewal Kiran Clothing Limited (KKCL), the retail giant which owns brands like Killer, Integriti, Lawmanpg3, Easies and Desi Belle, has signed up as the Indian cricket team’s Official Sponsor. The ‘Killer’ logo will be displayed on the right upper chest of the Team India jersey till May this year. KKCL, a listed entity at NSE […]
The man who allegedly urinated on a Woman co-passenger on an Air India flight in November apologised to her and pleaded with her not to file a complaint, saying he didn’t want the incident to have an impact on his wife and child. The Delhi Police on Wednesday registered an FIR against the accused based on […]
Over 1,800 people registered as members of the renowned AMC-run MJ library, after it became a smart library on June 1, 2021. After it went online, the annual membership of MJ rose from 142 in the financial year 2020-21 to 516 for the year 2021-22. The number of reading members rose from 192 in 2020-21 […]
In what is turning out to be a legal wrangle between the Centre’s Act and a state government’s resolution, this case in Gujarat could well be a milestone to rework rules. Petitioner Niketa Jain was appointed visiting assistant professor in the mechanical engineering department at Institute of Infrastructure Technology, Research and Management (IITRAM) in June […]
The Bombay high court quashed the FIR against an engineering student who, while riding a bike, hit a stray dog killing it. It said a person cannot be booked under IPC sections 279 and 337 for rash driving and negligent acts endangering human life for causing a dog’s death. The court rapped the police for […]
An elected BJP representative from Chikhli taluka panchayat in Navsari was arrested on Thursday in a rape case. Briefing on the case, the police stated that a 34-year-old single mother of two, lodged a complaint with the PS Wednesday evening, alleging that BJP leader Robin Daniel Patel, 32, a tribal Christian, raped her with the […]
The state forest department has set up cages and night vision cameras to monitor movements of leopards along the Sabarmati river. To house leopards that are caught, the department will also set up two new safari parks, near Vadodara and in the Gir East division. Senior forest officials searched all of Sector 20 in Gandhinagar […]
The story dates back to January 2003 when an LIC officer from the Katargam branch reached the house of the “deceased” for some official work. The officer was shocked to see Dr Modi alive. In a case that dragged on for years, the Surat Chief Judicial Magistrate court, Wednesday, finally sentenced Dr Pankaj Modi (65) […]
Taxmen in Gujarat have achieved 70%, or Rs 59,225 crore, of the Rs 84,800 crore direct tax collection target set for 2022-23 in the third quarter ending December 31. The net collection in the first three quarters of this financial year is almost equal to the entire target of the previous year. In 2021-22, Gujarat […]
The body of a 25-year-old female physiotherapist, Hemangi Derik, was recovered from Tapi river on Wednesday under mysterious circumstances. While cops suspect that it may be a case of death by suicide, the fact that she was married just 27 days ago is an angle which the cops are probing. According to the police sources, […]
A day after Ram temple votaries in Ayodhya backed Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, targeting the Congress leader, announced that the Ram temple will be ready on January 1, 2024. Addressing a rally in Sabroom in Tripura where Assembly elections are due in March this year, Shah criticised the Congress […]
It was in August 2018, that GVK EMRI in association with Government of Gujarat launched 181 – Abhayam Women Helpline in the state. The national helpline is a collaboration between the Women and Child Development and Home Departments and seeks to counsel/resuce any victim/ survivor of any form of domestic or otherwise inflicted violence/abuse. However, […]
