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U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday formally rolled out his long-discussed “gold card” initiative — a programme that grants legal residency and a pathway to American citizenship in exchange for large investments from individuals and companies. The announcement came as an application website went live, marking the official launch of a plan the administration has […]
India continues to rank among the most unequal countries globally in terms of wealth distribution, with the richest 10 per cent holding nearly two-thirds of the nation’s assets, according to the latest World Inequality Report, released on Wednesday. In contrast, the poorest 50 per cent together own only 6.4 per cent of total wealth — […]
A Jain man approached the family court in Surat with a forceful application. He demanded that the court halt the planned initiation of his seven-year-old daughter into monkhood. The child currently lives with his estranged wife. The man named Samir Shah is a share-market trader. He also sought custody of both his children: the seven-year-old […]
Nearly six months after the Air India 171 crash in Ahmedabad, a US aviation attorney is closely monitoring the investigation. Mike Andrews of Beasley Allen represents families of more than 130 victims. According to a detailed report by a national daily, he has raised serious questions about why flight data was taken to the US […]
Few cities face the ongoing risk of the earth moving beneath them as sharply as Ahmedabad. Ask those who escaped the ravages of the 2001 earthquake here. It’s estimated that the energy released was equivalent to 400 atomic bombs thrown over Nagasaki, exploding 23 km below the earth’s surface. Such was the scale of devastation […]
A tribal resident of Gujarat’s Chhotaudepur district has been arrested for allegedly posting an Instagram reel that glorified senior Naxal commander Madvi Hidma, prompting police to book him for offences linked to threatening the country’s sovereignty and disturbing public harmony. The accused, Paresh Rathwa, 31, hails from Kawant taluka. According to police officials, the reel […]
A major scam under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme has come to light in Gujarat. Opposition Congress revealed that over Rs 70 crore was misappropriated. Following the revelations, the two sons of then Minister of State for Panchayat Bachu Khabad were arrested. They are now out on bail. The scam […]
The occasion was meant to be a tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 150th birth anniversary. But it became a platform of sorts to make a statement. And a strong political one at that. The BJP used the ‘Sardar@150 Rashtriya Ekta Padyatra’, a 152-kilometre march across Gujarat, to criticise the Congress and former Prime […]
In a horrifying incident, a seven-year-old girl was allegedly raped and an iron rod was inserted into her private parts in a village in Rajkot district. The village falls under the jurisdiction of Rajkot Police Station. The accused, Ramsingh, a father of three, has been arrested. He is 35-year-old. According to information, the girl, under […]
Ambuja Cements Limited, part of the Adani Portfolio and the world’s ninth-largest building materials solutions provider, has become the first cement company to receive an Indo-Swedish grant for a pre-pilot Technology Feasibility study for Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and Eco Tech, Sweden. The project emphasises […]
Despite the grand scale and crores spent on organizing Vibrant Gujarat, and the state’s claims of major industrial breakthroughs, the ground reality tells a different story. While the government highlights rising employment opportunities for educated youth, a recent report by the Central Government presents a contrasting picture: over the past five years, nearly 11,000 small […]
A parallel selection system has taken root in Puducherry cricket, where manufactured addresses, backdated educational admissions and paid “local” status have created a pipeline that bypasses the BCCI’s one-year residency rule. An extensive report by a national daily reveals how this network functions around the Cricket Association of Pondicherry (CAP). The investigation examined over 2,000 player […]
A long-running matrimonial dispute rooted in differing dietary practices reached its legal conclusion this week, as the Gujarat High Court rejected a woman’s appeal contesting her divorce and upheld a family court order dissolving the marriage. The unusual case revolved around disagreements over the use of onion and garlic in the household kitchen—ingredients prohibited in […]
Anant Ambani is the youngest and the first Asian to receive this prestigious honour Global Humane Society, the international brand of American Humane Society, the oldest national humane organization in the United States and the largest certifier of animal welfare, presented Anant Ambani, founder of the wildlife conservation center Vantara, with the Global Humanitarian Award […]
In a forceful and expansive address in the Lok Sabha on Monday, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government of deliberately engineering a debate on Vande Mataram to serve political goals, distract from governance failures, and target historical figures of the freedom movement. The speech came hours after the […]
When one company is the be-all and end-all, the humongous cost is borne by everyone else. Monopolies may promise stability, but they often deliver fragility the moment things go wrong. This philosophy has been strongly foregrounded during the IndiGo crisis. A news report has presented some bare facts. IndiGo dominates India’s aviation sector. It carries […]
The Adani Group on Monday underscored its rapidly expanding presence in Telangana, announcing major investments across defense, digital infrastructure, logistics, and cement manufacturing. Speaking at the Telangana Rising Global Summit, Karan Adani, managing director of Adani Ports and SEZ Ltd., outlined the group’s growing partnership with the state. The event was inaugurated by Telangana Governor […]
Five FIRs. A network across at least three states. Agents from Pakistan to China. Over 500 victims trapped in cyber slavery. All in less than two years. Gujarat Police say this is the work of 29-year-old Nilesh Purohit, also called Neel or ‘The Ghost’. Startling details have emerged in a detailed investigative report by a […]
US Vice President J D Vance is facing fierce criticism after claiming that large-scale immigration amounts to “theft of the American Dream,” a remark that opponents have denounced as xenophobic and politically opportunistic. The controversy has only grown as critics highlight Vance’s own family ties to immigration through his wife, Usha, the daughter of Indian […]
The night in Goa was marked for music and dance. How it turned into a tragedy as smoke filled the nightclub. The fire claimed 25 lives. As the shrill of horror replaced the sand dunes of celebrations, media outlets have published fresh details pertaining to the case. The club was reportedly built with flammable materials […]
