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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat on October 19-20 to inaugurate projects worth Rs 15,670 crore. He will inaugurate the DefExpo22 at Mahatma Mandir Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gandhinagar, launch the Mission Schools of Excellence at Adalaj and will then visit Junagadh. Rajkot is also on PM Modi’s list. Several projects including India Urban […]
Students of MICA Ahmedabad immersed themselves in a unique experience by turning entrepreneurs for a day. Students from all programmes took on the role of entrepreneurs for the day as part of the “Start Your Own Restaurant” event, which was organised by the student-run Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC). Some students managed inventories, while others used […]
There are whispers within the Gujarat Police department that a police inspector from Vadodara’s Manjalpur Police Station, identified as Vijay Desai, was recently transferred to the Special Branch because he stopped an event organised by a local BJP leader. According to reports, BJP corporator Kalpesh Patel alias Jai Ranchhod had organised an event in Manjalpur […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the Gujarat government’s reply to pleas challenging the remission granted to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case was “very bulky” wherein a series of judgments have been quoted, but “factual statements were missing”. The apex court granted time to the petitioners to file their response to […]
Three women from Gujarat, including two from a family in Bhavnagar, are among seven people killed in a helicopter crash near Kedarnath temple on Tuesday. The helicopter was ferrying pilgrims from Kedarnath temple to Guptkashi and crashed into a hill due to poor visibility. The victims from Gujarat have been identified as Kruti Barad, 30, […]
Two labourers lost their lives due to the negligence of the contractor in Surat, two labourers who had fallen into the sewer during the work of giving a sewer connection to the ditch well of the SVNIT campus at Ichhanath in Surat city. While the contractor, who had unloaded the labourers in the sewer without […]
Three women, including two from a family, are among the seven people who died in the helicopter crash on Tuesday morning. The helicopter was bringing pilgrims back from Kedarnath temple when it burst into flames mid-air. Two victims were from Bhavnagar while one was from Sihor. More details to follow. Also Read: Gujarat Polls: Will […]
Six-time Godhra MLA and former Gujarat Cabinet minister Chandrasinh Raulji, popularly known as CK Raulji, was part of the Godhra Jail Advisory Committee (JAC) that granted remission to 11 life-term convicts in the Bilkis Bano case in August. The strongman, who is eyeing a seventh term in the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections, had stirred up […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it will hear on November 29 the pleas challenging the remission of sentence and release of 11 convicts in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gang-rape case and murder of her seven family members during the Gujarat riots. A bench of Justices Ajay Rastogi and C T Ravikumar said that the […]
Addressing a curtain raiser event of DefExpo 2022 in Gandhinagar on Monday, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said, “India, which used to be considered the biggest importer, is today in queue among the top 25 countries exporting defence products.” He said that for the world to gain trust, “we will have to first trust our products”. […]
Established in 1920 by Mahatma Gandhi, Gujarat Vidyapith has stirred up controversy with its decision to give the chancellorship to Governor Acharya Devvrat. On October 11, Devvrat, 63, accepted the offer, becoming the first “non-Gandhian” to be appointed to the position. Talking to The Indian Express, Davvrat said that had Gandhiji been there today, he […]
Bhupendra Patel’s Gujarat government was batting on the front foot on Monday in the Bilkis Bano convicts’ release argument. The Gujarat government told the Supreme Court that petitioners challenging the remission given to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang rape case are nothing but an “interloper” and a “busybody”. It also said that as […]
The Gujarat Vidyapith campus continues to simmer over the proposal to appoint Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat as Chancellor, with nine trustees tendering their resignation on Monday. Feathers have been ruffled at the 102-year-old institute – the Gujarat Vidyapith was founded by Mahatma Gandhi in 1920 – after it was announced that for the first time, […]
The election to decide a non-Gandhi Congress party president after more than 24 years ended on Monday. More than 9,000 Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) delegates from the electoral college voted to elect the new party chief — Mallikarjun Kharge or Shashi Tharoor — in a secret ballot. The winner, who will replace interim president Sonia […]
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh heaped praises on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Gandhinagar on Monday. He said that Modi was the only leader who understood the needs and the aspirations of the common man, something that only Mahatma Gandhi did before him. Rajnath was addressing the gathering at the launch of a book on Modi […]
The Gujarat state Goods and Services Tax (SGST) department on Sunday made a major breakthrough with the arrest of the mastermind in the Rs 739.29 crore bogus billing scam. Mohammad Abbas ShabbirAli Savjani alias MM was arrested from SG Highway, Ahmedabad. A total of ten GST officials were involved in the investigation. As of now, […]
The second convocation ceremony of National Defence University, popularly known as India’s premier National Security and Police University at Arbitration, Gandhinagar, was held today under the chairmanship of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and in the special presence of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. In addition to awarding 319 students of the university, certificates were also awarded […]
Senior Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Shashi Tharoor will face off in an electoral contest on Monday for the post of Congress chief, as the party gets ready to have a non-Gandhi president after 22 years. Over 9,000 Pradesh Congress Committee delegates from the Electoral College to pick the party chief in a secret ballot. […]
Congress MP Francisco Sardinha said that the Congress is the “only party” which can defeat the BJP and hence Rahul Gandhi should now stop the Bharat Jodo Yatra and go to Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat to campaign for the Assembly polls. Congress MP Franciso Sardinha after casting his vote for the next Congress said “ […]
An official of a private hospital on SG Road has filed a complaint with cybercrime police of the Ahmedabad range. He stated in his complaint that somebody created a fake email ID of the hospital to set up an organ donation and transplantation scam. The accused created the email ID to facilitate financial transactions, sources […]
