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Surat, Gujarat: The glimmer of diamonds has dimmed in Surat, the once-proud diamond capital, as another artisan succumbs to the weight of financial despair. Mehul Babubhai Chauhan, 41, a resident of Adajan, ended his life on Sunday by hanging himself, adding to the chilling tally of suicides in the city’s struggling diamond industry. Mehul, who […]
Taylor Swift Smashes Album of the Year Record at Grammys 2024. It was a night to remember for Taylor Swift and her fans, as she took home the most prestigious award of the 66th Grammy Awards: Album of the Year. Her latest masterpiece, Midnights, earned her the honor for the fourth time in her career, […]
Debarata Chattopadhyay, a professor of English Literature from Chakdah, West Bengal, is a passionate bibliophile who has a massive collection of books worth more than Rs 1 crore. He recently made news when he purchased books worth Rs 3.36 lakh from the International Kolkata Book Fair, where he visited eight times with his students. He […]
The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its order on a plea filed by RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav seeking transfer of the criminal defamation complaint pending against him in a Ahmedabad court over his alleged “only Gujaratis can be thugs” remark to a place outside the state, preferably Delhi. A bench of Justices AS Oka and […]
Now, human smugglers in India are using advanced techniques such as forging passports with stolen visa stickers to facilitate illegal immigration to the US. Sources in Gujarat Police and in immigration services said that earlier, the trend of ‘hamshakal’ (lookalike) passports was quite prevalent for illegal immigration. Operators along the network patch up all the […]
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is facing a grave shortage of manpower, including on the posts of Special Director, Joint Directors and DIGs. In 2022-23, at least 1,025 cases – 943 registered cases and 82 preliminary enquiries – were pending with the country’s top probe agency. “Till December 31, 2022, the total sanctioned strength […]
The 170-year-old building of Alfred High School, the alma mater of Mahatma Gandhi, is a landmark in Rajkot’s Jawahar Road. But for various reasons, the school campus is not a tourist hotspot as it should be. The state government shut down the historic school in 2017 and converted it into the Mahatma Gandhi Museum (MGM) […]
Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirtha Kshetra treasurer Govind Dev Giri Maharaj said the Hindu community will not seek other mosques if Kashi and Mathura are freed peacefully. He said that there were 3,500 Hindu temples demolished in foreign attacks. Addressing a press conference in Alandi on the outskirts of Pune where various religious programmes are being […]
The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Gujarat police detained Vikhroli resident Mufti Salman Azhari from his home in Mumbai for making alleged inflammatory remarks during a speech in Gujarat on January 31. Hundreds of people including some politicians gathered outside the Ghatkopar police station, where he was taken for completing legal formalities before being taken to […]
Rajkot: Five more individuals, including a pharmacy graduate running online coaching classes and his engineer friend, were arrested in a racket involving the sale of pre-activated SIM cards to cybercriminals and online fraud through fake religious websites. The arrests were made by the Devbhumi Dwarka’s cyber crime unit, which identified the accused as Monark Patel […]
Ahmedabad, India: The highly anticipated Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project has encountered a roadblock, jeopardizing its progress. The National High-Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRCL) and Western Railway (WR) are locked in a standoff, halting construction on the Ahmedabad section since October 2023. The crux of the issue lies in WR’s refusal to grant permission for building a […]
Bickram Ghosh, a renowned tabla player and composer, has expressed his joy and pride over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Grammy 2024 nomination for Abundance in Millets, a musical album that promotes the cultivation and consumption of millets. Ghosh, who is the son of the legendary Pandit Shankar Ghosh, has a stellar career in the world […]
The Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service (AMTS) has announced its budget for the next fiscal year, which includes several initiatives to improve public transportation in and around the city. The budget, which was presented by AMTS chairman Dharamsingh Desai on Saturday, has been increased from Rs 641.5 crore to Rs 673.5 crore. One of the main […]
The textile production in south Gujarat has been affected by the new payment time limit under the amended Income Tax Act. The new rules, which came into effect from FY 2023-24, require the buyers to pay the MSMEs within 45 days of purchase. Otherwise, the unpaid amount will be counted as the buyer’s profit. This […]
The Gir Somnath police arrested a man from Ahmedabad for cheating 34 investors of Rs 3 crore by using a fake name. The man, who called himself Kevin Bhatt, and his wife Rupa, who lived in Shahibaug, promised high returns in share markets to the investors. The complaint was lodged by Jaydeepgiri Gowsawami at Una […]
Surat, the city that was recently declared the cleanest in India, is facing a major problem of waste being dumped in the Tapi river, its only source of water. The accumulated waste has deteriorated the water quality and created water supply issues for the city’s seven million residents. The waste includes construction debris and untreated […]
Hemal and Kashyap Dalal, a couple from Usmanpura, shared a passion for food and life. But their world turned upside down when Kashyap, an interior designer and decorator, was diagnosed with mouth cancer in 2014. He had to undergo several surgeries, including the removal of his lower jaw, which affected his ability to eat normally. […]
During a high-profile visit to Abu Dhabi and Dubai on February 13–14, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will sign a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) with President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, bringing India and the UAE’s economies closer. For the uninitiated, UAE is India’s seventh-largest trade partner of India and third-largest FDI source. The Hindustan Times […]
Former South Africa captain AB de Villiers disclosed the reason behind Virat Kohli’s absence from the first two Test matches against England. During a Q&A session on his YouTube channel, De Villiers shared that Kohli and his wife Anushka Sharma are expecting their second child. Initially named in the squad for the opening two Tests, […]
Google has announced that it is discontinuing the ‘cached’ web page feature, which was meant to help users access pages when loading was slow. The company said that the feature is no longer needed, as loading speeds have improved significantly. The feature allowed users to see a webpage as Google indexed it, which was useful […]
