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The Gujarat High Court has delivered a scathing verdict, upholding the dismissal of nine Government Railway Police personnel who abandoned their duty on one of the most critical days in recent Indian history. These officers were assigned to protect the Sabarmati Express on February 27, 2002—the day it was engulfed in flames by a violent […]
The melancholic voice of the Harini boat tragedy still echoes across Gujarat. Sarla Shinde is among the many parents who feel the pang of the accident that claimed 14 lives, including 12 children and two teachers, on January 18, 2024. Her daughter, Roshni, was one of the victims. The overcrowded boat capsized during a school […]
Ahmedabad Crime Branch on Friday arrested Lalla Pathan alias Bihari, the mastermind behind illegal Bangladeshi settlements near Chandola lake. He was arrested from Rajasthan. After the demolition drive by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation in which more than 2,000 homes were razed to the ground, the police had detained his son Fateh Mohammad on April 29. […]
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the deportation of an Accenture employee from Bengaluru and his family as ordered by the government. The government is cancelling visas and sending back Pakistan nationals as part of a series of diplomatic restrictions after the Pahalgam terror attack. Ahmed Tariq Butt had approached the court claiming that six members of his family and he had […]
Thunderstorms swept through Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) this morning, but while it relieved the capital from the unyielding heatwave, the rain and gusty winds left behind a trail of tragedy. The storm claimed the lives of a 26-year-old woman and her three young children when a tree crushed their house. The woman’s […]
The skies above South Asia have turned into a new arena of geopolitical strife—one where steel wings are grounded, and national economies feel the turbulence. Air India, India’s national carrier, has issued a dire forecast: if Pakistan’s airspace remains closed to Indian airlines for a full year, the financial damage could rise to a jaw-dropping […]
Akshaya Tritiya, usually a golden ticket day for jewellers, lost its shine in Ahmedabad this year. With gold prices shooting up like rockets and temperatures matching their ambition, buyers chose to stay cool — and away. Sales dropped to almost 60% compared to last year, Jewellers’ Association of Ahmedabad (JAA) told a national newspaper. Jewellers reported […]
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited (APSEZ), India’s largest ports and logistics company, has reported its highest ever net profit (PAT) of Rs 11,061 crore in Financial Year 2024-25 (FY25), up by 37 percent over the previous year. This achievement is a result of the strong performance of the company’s ports, logistics and marine […]
A pivotal moment beckons India in its sociopolitical landscape, with the government deciding to conduct a caste census alongside the upcoming national Census. This historic step, long demanded by various political groups, is set to reshape critical areas such as political representation, reservations, and the categorization of castes, particularly within the Other Backward Classes (OBCs). […]
The Police have invoked Protection of Children From Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) against a 23-year-old female teacher from Surat. The teacher was allegedly engaged in a physical relationship with her 13-year-old student. They were missing since April 25 and were caught near the Gujarat-Rajasthan border in the wee hours on Wednesday. The missing complaint was […]
Following the terror attacks in Pahalgam, which were reportedly linked to elements within Pakistan, a sequence of retaliatory actions from India was only expected. And now, in a NOTAM (Notice to Airmen), India has restricted its airspace to all aircraft registered, operated, or leased by Pakistan, including commercial airlines and military flights, a decision that further […]
The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Government of India to respond to the unethical and illegal clinical trials that took place in Ahmedabad. It was hearing a Public Interest litigation petition filed by the Swasthya Adhikar Manch. The petition highlights how the multinational drug companies were conducting clinical trials in the country by treating […]
Adani Power Limited (APL), country’s largest private thermal power producer, has announced excellent results for the financial year 2024-25 (FY25). The company has recorded a profit before tax (PBT) of Rs 13,926 crore from current operations, up 21.4 percent. This has been achieved due to high power demand, increased capacity and decline in fuel costs. […]
In an unexpected move, the Centre on Wednesday said that the caste census will be part of the next national census exercise. Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union Railways Minister, said that the decision was taken at the cabinet committee on Political Affairs meeting. “Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs has decided to include caste enumeration in forthcoming census […]
The Supreme Court has rejected a bail plea of former Gujarat IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt for bail and suspension of the sentence in connection with a custodial death case of 1990. Bhatt is serving life imprisonment. On Tuesday while hearing the plea, a division bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta directed that the […]
Dr. Hemang Joshi, BJP MP from Vadodara, has demanded Chandola Lake like demolition drive in the cultural capital of the state. Even as the drive was on at the Chandola Lake on Tuesday to bring down over 2,000 structures of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, Dr. Joshi took to X and said, “Justice Served. Vadodara too has […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given the Indian Armed Forces full operational freedom to strike back against Pakistan in response to the terror attack in Pahalgam, which claimed 26 civilian lives. According to reports, the directive came during a 90-minute high-level meeting at the Prime Minister’s residence on Tuesday, attended by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, […]
Mark Carney’s ascent as Canada’s Prime Minister has set in motion a potential realignment of the country’s foreign policy, with early overtures to both Washington and New Delhi. On his first full day in office, Carney spoke with US President Donald Trump and spoke of the need to rebuild ties with India — a relationship […]
A critical public interest petition highlighting illegal clinical trials conducted in Gujarat is scheduled to be heard in the Supreme Court today. The case has gained renewed urgency following revelations of unethical drug testing on patients at a government-run hospital in Ahmedabad. The focus is on Sheth Vadilal Sarabhai (VS) Hospital, where 58 domestic and […]
Nature has endowed this boy with plump, cherubic cheeks that still retain their baby fat at 14. It has also gifted him a swing as elegant as it is destructive. The wrist cocks near the ear before the bat sweeps through a full arc, delivering the ball an almighty thwack. These visuals are not fleeting—they […]
