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As per figures for the last fiscal year ended March 31, the rate at which Indians used to save has fallen to the lowest level in the last five years. The chief reason could be that while on one hand Indians bought heavily after the Covid pandemic and on the other hand inflation has affected […]
Garba seems to be losing its flavour as a community celebration in Gujarat. A series of videos showing Bajrang Dal workers assaulting four Muslim youths at a garba venue on Sindhu Bhavan Road went viral on September 28. The city police, though, are yet to register a complaint in the case. This, when the right-wing […]
Adopting a forward-looking approach, the Supreme Court (SC) has said every woman is entitled to choose abortion. Insisting that the law must evolve with the times, the SC has ruled that a woman’s marital status can’t be the ground to deprive her the right to abort an unwanted pregnancy A certain section of the media reported the […]
The US has assured India that it will reduce the backlog of visa applications after foreign minister S Jaishankar raised the matter with US secretary of state, Antony Blinken. “The last thing we want to do is make that any more difficult. On the contrary, we want to facilitate it. So, bear with us,” Blinken […]
Getting a visitor’s visa to the US is turning out to be a mission impossible of sorts. The most affected are families whose children are settled abroad. Raju Gadhvi’s son had travelled to the US for higher studies. After finishing his studies, he landed a job and also bought a house and a car. But […]
District Magistrates (DM) can now issue adoption orders which earlier fell in the domain of the courts till the amended Juvenile Justice Model (Amendment) Rule 2022 came into force on September 1. Addressing parents’ concerns, the ministry of women and child development had written to all states on September 12, directing the authorities to transfer […]
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Tuesday met the Satvara community of Gujarat and spoke about the collective upliftment of all social classes. Patel met the community leaders and members in Gandhinagar and assured them that the Gujarat government is committed to the collective upliftment of all social classes. “Wherever, whenever there is need, the Gujarat […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday laid the foundation stone of projects worth ₹3400 crores in Surat. The PM inaugurated Phase-I of road infrastructure works and the main entrance of Diamond Research and Mercantile (DREAM) City. He also laid the foundation stone of Phase II of the project. Biodiversity Park, which is being built in […]
The Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY), which gives free food to India’s 80 crore poor, has been extended by three months by the government led by the BJP. The move was made because of the high inflation in the country and the upcoming festival season. It also came before the important elections in […]
Arbuda Sena members on Wednesday demanded the release of their leader Vipul Chaudhary. Members Rajan Chaudhary and Rajesh Chaudhary claimed that all allegations against Vipul Chaudhary are “baseless and they aim to malign Vipul Chaudhary”. Former Gujarat Minister Vipul Chaudhary and his Chartered accountant Shailesh Parikh were sent into judicial custody last week after a […]
With Covid-19 infection, there has been a 25-30 percent rise in the frequency of heart attacks and heart failure. Cardiologists say they have seen a significant surge in cases of heart attack and heart failure in the post-Covid period. The incidence has gone up by more than one-fourth in the last year. “After the pandemic, […]
Gujarat’s renowned dandiya nights have returned in their full fervor after two years of restrictions due to Covid-19 induced pandemic. Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport celebrated the Navratri cheer with special decor and fun activities for the passengers. The Airport also wished the people on the auspicious occasion of Navratri, “From delicious feasts after […]
Gandhinagar police have arrested the accused who murdered a temporary peon working with the state home department. Kiranji Makwana was killed by gunshots while going on his bicycle by two men on a bike. Understanding the importance of the crime, in the poll-bound state with opposition, especially AAP making allegations about misgovernance, and the fact […]
The Delhi High Court has granted bail to the former managing director and chief executive officer of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) Chitra Ramkrishna and former group operating officer Anand Subramanian in the extremely controversial co-location scam case being probed by the CBI. A detailed copy of the order is awaited. The FIR was registered […]
In some way or the other, Covid-19 continues to have a stranglehold on our lives. The number of cases may have dropped, but Covid-19 insurance policyholders are having a harrowing time in getting their claims approved. Finally, the consumer court in Vadodara has intervened. The court has recommended that the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority […]
The Gujarat State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission refused to treat a pre-meditated murder as an accidental-murder case. Reversing the Surat district consumer forum’s order, it denied the amount of the accident insurance policy to the deceased’s widow. The case involved Vaishali Gajjar from Surat whose husband Nilesh Gajjar was stabbed to death on September 11, […]
While speaking at the MoU signing ceremony at IIM Ahmedabad (IIM-A) on September 27 where Nykaa and the B-school established ‘Nykaa Chair in Consumer Technology’, Nykaa founder and CEO Falguni Nayar spoke about the ‘Lipstick Effect’. She said that post the second wave of the Covid pandemic, websites like Nykaa registered higher sales of skin […]
A metropolitan court on September 27 dropped charges against six persons including a Jain monk, in connection with accusations of promoting ‘Bal Diksha’. The issue was first raised nine years ago. The accused had forged a government notification to make it seem that the practice of Bal Diksha was legal. In 2013, Rashmin Shah filed […]
It’s raining permissions in Gujarat and that’s not a surprise, considering the elections are round the corner. The state government has brought in major changes in the Gujarat Development Control Regulations (GDCR), thereby paving the way for towers up to 30-storeys to come up in rural areas, and also green-lighting redevelopment of schools and hospitals. […]
Union Minister Amit Shah held a meeting with Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and State BJP Chief CR Paatil on Tuesday. The closed-door meeting was held at BJP headquarters Kamalam, Gandhinagar. Shah was on a two-day visit to Gujarat to inaugurate several programmes related to health infrastructure in the State. Top sources said that Union HM […]
