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Delhi BJP members are unhappy with the party’s decision to suspend spokespersons Nupur Sharma and Naveen Kumar Jindal. The two have faced doldrums in the BJP for derogatory comments against the Prophet and the Muslim community. Sharma made arguments during a television debate on the Gyanvapi Masjid controversy. While, the party excluded Jindal, the head […]
Born in Tanzania but with roots in Saurashtra, British businessman Ashok Jivraj Rabheru was knighted by the Queen, Monday. The 70-year-old’s paternal side hails from Keshod while his maternal links go back to Bilkha in Junagadh district. The family still owns residential property in Junagadh. This knighthood is part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations to […]
According to media reports, billionaire Gautam Adani and Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd, India’s largest hospital operator, are evaluating bids to acquire a majority stake in Metropolis Healthcare Ltd. Given the market capitalisation of the diagnostic chain and its operations, Adani and Apollo’s deal with Metropolis could be worth at least $1 billion or Rs 7,765 […]
While microbial contamination is a major cause for making food unsafe, there are other factors at play as well Aruna Raghuram The recent incident of a customer finding a lizard floating in his cold drink at a McDonald’s outlet in Sola, Ahmedabad, has sent shock waves through the community. While the outlet has been sealed, […]
While BTS will release their much-awaited anthology “Proof” on June 10, the septet turns nine on June 13. And guess what? To usher in their new year, a special recording has been scheduled on the day at Jangchoong Stadium. About 4,000 lucky soldiers of the ARMY will stand a chance to make it the special […]
On Monday, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) fined a McDonald’s in Ahmedabad’s Sola neighbourhood Rs 1 lakh, two weeks after images of a dead lizard in a cold drink given by them went popular on social media. Surprising checks will be conducted at the eatery for the next three months, according to the city body. […]
A court in Ghaziabad, that convicted Waliullah Khan on Saturday in 2006 Varanasi serial blasts case, yesterday sentenced him to death. The death penalty is now awaiting confirmation from Allahabad High Court. Khan, who was brought to the district court from Dasna Jail, has also been slapped with life imprisonment and fines for an attempt to murder charge. His commute […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a new batch of coins on Monday that are ‘visually challenged friendly.’ The Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM) design will appear on coins in the denominations of Re 1, Rs 2, 5, 10, and 20. These coins are not commemorative and will be circulated. “These new series of coins will […]
The Gujarat Anti-Terrorists Squad (ATS) arrested three men from a flat in the city’s Vastrapur neighbourhood on Monday for allegedly trafficking drugs and psychotropic substances for over a year through an e-commerce website. To avoid getting discovered, the accused would ship the narcotics in boxes used by a major e-commerce company and communicate through VoIP […]
An analysis of Class 10 Gujarat Board results for the 12 years from 2011 to 2022 has revealed that out of a total of 1.13 crore students, who appeared for the Std 10 board exams, 64.68 lakh students passed with an average of 57.9 per cent and around 47.32 lakh students failed during these 12 […]
Ahmedabad on Monday was reported to be the hottest place in Gujarat with a maximum temperature of 42.6 Degrees Celsius. The maximum temperature was reported to be 1.9 degrees more than the normal maximum temperature while the minimum temperature was almost similar to the normal temperature at 27.9 Degrees Celsius on Monday. According to the […]
As announced by the Central Government last year, the Gujarat Government will implement the ban on single-use plastic from July 1. According to the Centre’s draft gazette notification that announced the ban, the items to be banned include earbuds with plastic sticks, plastic sticks for balloons, plastic flags, candy sticks, ice-cream sticks, polystyrene (thermocol) for decoration, plastic […]
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Monday entered the ruling BJP’s strongest Mehsana fort in North Gujarat with his Tiranga Yatra, his own blend of nationalism and regional issues, to claim the people of Gujarat wanted change. On his fourth visit to Gujarat after his party’s Punjab triumph and first to this region, Kejriwal’s procession […]
The IPL is the most splendid T20 league of all time. IPL 2022 was full of ups and downs with two new teams: Gujarat Titans, the ₹5625 crores CVC owned team, and Lucknow SuperGiants, the ₹7090 crores Sanjeev Goenka team. Cricket is a religion in India. Even though it has its roots in England, it […]
Even as protests from the Patidar community against him are brewing across Gujarat, the newly ordained BJP lad on Monday abruptly retracted his claim of receiving threats and quickly deleted his WhatApp messages about this within minutes of putting them up. His comrades of the Patidar movement as well as youth especially in north Gujarat, […]
John Green, a well-known writer of Young Adult Fiction, is the author of Fault in Our Stars. The book tells us the tale of Hazel, who can’t recall a time when she was healthy and cancer-less. While Hazel was about to give up all her hope, she met Augustus Waters, another cancer survivor. Waters read […]
On Monday, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Minister for Railways, Communications, Electronics, and Information Technology said that India is expected to have its first-ever high-speed bullet train operating between Surat and Bilimora in Gujarat by 2026. Bilimora is a town in the Navsari district of south Gujarat. The project aims at forming a route between Ahmedabad and […]
Major, a biographical action drama, did well at the box office during its opening weekend, grossing Rs. 27 crores. The film, which was shot in Telugu and Hindi, is based on the life of Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, a victim of the 2008 Mumbai attacks. The film did the majority of its business in Telugu states, […]
As the world will celebrate the Anti-Child Labour Day on 12th June, here’s a reminder: Children belong in schools, not workplaces. Child labour deprives the kids of their right to education. It imposes the undesirable never-ending cycles of poverty. Child labour is a minor that does monetary work in exchange for mental and physical effort. […]
Airbnb stands for “Air Bed and Breakfast,” a name that reflects the company’s early origins—its co-founders invited paying guests to sleep on an air mattress in their living room to help cover the rent. To make a booking, you generally need to take log in to the Airbnb website. If you have the pocket to […]
