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The much awaited cabinet expansion in Gujarat is over and now it is time for MLAs to move into new flats. The state has an assembly strength of 182. Yes, you heard it right. Union Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to visit Gujarat later this week and the grapevine is that he will inaugurate […]
Last week, when Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel expanded his cabinet, the biggest surprise was the elevation of Harsh Sanghavi from Minister of State for Home to Deputy Chief Minister. While this 40-year-old politician from Surat received a major promotion, there has been buzz in political circles about how original Congressmen who joined the BJP have been sidelined since the expansion. Except […]
In an interesting case that showcases morality, a Patel family in Ahmedabad has received Rs. 98 lakh for cultivable land owned by the forefather. The family was not aware about the land. According to a newspaper report, great grandfather of Harivanshbhai Patel held a piece of cultivable land in Daskroi taluka near Ahmedabad. Since his […]
As Ahmedabad’s temperatures witness a sharp difference of over 14 degrees Celsius during the day time and night time, viral infections are on the rise. The city’s maximum temperature climbed from 33 degrees Celsius on October 9 to 37.1 degrees Celsius on October 17 — a rise of 4.1 degrees in just one week and […]
As dusk falls this Diwali and families gather to light rows of flickering clay lamps, hardly a few would perhaps know that they are taking part in a tradition that is as old as civilisation itself. Long before electric bulbs spread brightness in homes, before streets were strung with LED lights, the humble earthen diya […]
A young Muslim sarpanch who was reportedly harassed and cornered for wrong reasons has found reprieve after the intervention of Gujarat High Court. Some others claim that this young woman has forged her birth certificate and that she was using three different birth dates in her election card, Aadhar card and birth certificate respectively. The […]
Trust Gujarat to become the BJP’s testing ground for electoral strategies. The local body elections are scheduled in next few months and the assembly elections are scheduled in 2027. It has started with the party reorganising its Gujarat cabinet. As many as 19 new ministers have been inducted. Six from the previous cabinet remain. Bhupendra […]
The biggest surprise in the Gujarat Cabinet’s expansion of Friday has been the elevation of minister of state for home Harsh Sanghavi as the deputy chief minister. The 26-member cabinet, including Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, is a mix of seniors and youngsters, whom the party is looking forward to developing as the second rung of […]
Within hours of cabinet expansion in Gujarat on Friday, the ministers have been allocated portfolios. Here is the list: Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel: General Administration, Administrative Reforms and Training, Planning, Non-Resident Gujaratis Division, Revenue and Disaster Management, Roads and Buildings and Capital Projects, Narmada, Kalpasar, Mines and Minerals, Ports, Information and Broadcasting. All policies and […]
The much awaited cabinet expansion of the Bhupendra Patel led BJP Government in Gujarat finally took place on Friday with the induction of 19 new faces. Minister of state for home Harsh Sanghavi has been promoted as the deputy chief minister of the state. The swearing-in ceremony took place in the main hall of the […]
Political activity has gathered pace in Gandhinagar with Gujarat bracing for a major cabinet reshuffle on Friday. This will be the first major cabinet expansion/reshuffle in Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel’s government, currently operating with just 17 ministers. The BJP is preparing to infuse new energy and social balance ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections. The […]
Sex determination is a punishable offence and is prohibited under the PCPNDT Act – usually, this notice is found outside diagnostic centres and gynaecologists’ clinics across the country. Gujarat is no exception. Yet there are numerous instances where raids have been conducted, diagnostic machines have been seized, and clinics sealed for carrying out sex determination […]
After the appointment of Jagdish Vishwakarma as the new Gujarat BJP president earlier this month, now it is time for the much awaited cabinet expansion in the state. The grapevine is that the expansion is likely to happen before Diwali. This follows a nearly five-hour meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Gujarat Chief Minister […]
As silver prices soar to dizzying heights this festive season, reports suggest that many households are finding the white metal increasingly out of reach. Yet, amid this price surge, one of Ahmedabad’s oldest residential societies has drawn attention by gifting each of its 21 members 100 grams of silver for Diwali, a gesture that has […]
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Gujarat is taking its ongoing agitation in support of cotton farmers to the next level with national convenor Arvind Kejriwal scheduled to address a Kisan Mahapanchayat – across 400 APMCs in the state – on October 31. Led by Raju Karpada, its Kisan Cell president in Gujarat, AAP has […]
The unexpected turns and twists of life reflect in experiences and now a London couple’s repeated trips and their sudden death in Gujarat after an embryo was ready to be transferred through IVF is making news. An embryo was ready for transfer, and they boarded AI 17 on June 12 from Ahmedabad, hoping to fulfil […]
A man who was looking forward to his rides has now burnt his Ola scooter in sheer frustration claiming that the scooter gave him just problems, not any rides. According to him, the steering and tyre connection suddenly broke. The incident occurred at Palanpur in Gujarat. He went to the Ola showroom and set his […]
By Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ A few weeks ago, Jesuit Fr. Hedwig Lewis released his latest book ‘Being Extraordinarily Ordinary’ (30 Strategies for Wholesome Living)! This extraordinary book is compact and concise, direct with no frills attached! It makes for compelling reading, challenging one to live a more meaningful life, in practical do-able ways, to […]
The BJP that has always called itself a disciplined party and a party with a difference came in for a shock in Gujarat when treasurer of its Surat unit and a party worker were involved in a physical fight in the party office. According to sources, the incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon. Sources said that […]
A web of deceit and political strife is gripping Gujarat. On one side, a grieving widow was cheated of over Rs 14 lakh by fake Aghoris claiming to lift black magic curses. Aghoris are a sect of ascetic Shaivite sadhus who practice a unique and extreme form of Hinduism. On the other hand, BJP leaders […]
