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The Congress has fielded five sitting legislators and seven former legislators in Gujarat, where it’s contesting 24 seats, while two seats have been given to its INDIA bloc partner, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). In the wake of a mass exodus of its leaders to the ruling BJP, the Opposition party is relying heavily on […]
After a few relatively cool days, the mercury soared on Wednesday to 42.2 degrees C leading to heat-related incidents. Ahmedabad was the seventh hottest in Gujarat while Amreli was at the top spot at 44 degrees C. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Thursday’s maximum temperature could be around 41 degrees C. However, an […]
Gujarat is facing challenges due to the prolonged closure of Gujarat Agro Limited’s (GAL) Cargo Complex and the Red Sea crisis. Increased logistic hurdles and soaring air cargo tariffs have burdened exporters with a 40% rise in shipment costs.The GAL-run Air Cargo Complex, once a crucial channel for exporting about 1,500 MT of cargo per […]
Indicating a robust trajectory for Gujarat pharmaceutical industry, the state State Food and Drug Control Administration (FDCA) issued 133 approvals – the highest in the country – for allopathic drug manufacturing plants in the state in the 2023-34 financial year.This marks a significant milestone, with record investment commitments exceeding Rs 10,000 crore, as many companies […]
Personally, I have no love lost for Parshottam Rupala, though I have known him ever since I was posted as the ‘Times of India’ representative in Gandhinagar in 1997, from where I was supposed to do political reporting. Rupala has been in the news after he made the statement that ‘maharajas’ succumbed to foreign rulers, […]
Apart from vehicular pollution and induistrial gases, construction sites in Ahmedabad majorly contribute in adding to the pollition levels in the city.Adding 16% of the respirable particulate matter pollution, construction is the third largest source of dust in the city. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) requires all construction sites, small or large, to install dust sensors […]
Vehicles are liable to pay vehicle tax even if they are registered outside municipal limits, according to Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) sources. Now, the new rule that makes Aadhaar a mandatory document for vehicle registration is helping AMC gather data and crack down on owners defaulting on tax. Over the last two years, AMC has identified […]
In a new high, Gujarat saw a record 25 UPSC candidates clearing the central services exam, surpassing the previous record of 22 in 2014. Among them are five women, which too is a first for the state. Out of the 25, three finished in the top 100, while three others carried ranks between 101 and […]
In a joint operation by Mumbai Police Crime Branch and West Kutch Police, two sharpshooters, Vicky Saheb Gupta and Sagar Shrigajendra Pal, were arrested late on Monday night from Kutch in Gujarat. They are involved in the firing outside Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s home on April 14. Following phone network surveillance, their location was traced […]
Acting on a tip-off, Ahmedabad’s Sarkhej police raided the Lounge Casanova near Taj Hotel on Sindhu Bhavan Road and found at least 32 people enjoying hookah shots there.The cops nabbed the manager of the illegal hookah bar along with the owner of the place for allowing the hookah bar to run disguised as a cafe. […]
A wealthy Jain couple from Himmatnagar in Gujarat has donated nearly Rs 200 crore and will take ‘diksha’ or become monks. Bhavesh Bhandari, and his wife, donated all their wealth during a ceremony in February, and will commit to a life of renunciation at an event later this month. Bhandari, who was in the construction […]
The Gujarat government on Sunday promoted and transferred 35 IPS officers on the orders of the State Election Commission amid the code of conduct in force for the Lok Sabha polls. Surat and Vadodara got new police commissioners. While Vadodara police commissioner Anupam Singh Gahlaut was made Surat police commissioner, additional director general of police […]
Congress candidate from Gujarat’s Banaskantha Lok Sabha seat, Geniben Nagaji Thakor, has been seeking monetary support from people in the constituency to fund her poll campaign expenses. Thakor, the sitting Congress MLA from Vav in Banaskantha district, claimed she has received an overwhelming response for crowdfunding her election campaign, including her vehicle fuel expenses and […]
Terming the BJP’s manifesto for the Lok Sabha election as a “jumla patra (rhetoric or empty promises)”, Gujarat Congress president Shaktisinh Gohil said the BJP had not given an account of the promises it made since 2014.Gohil said in 2014, the BJP had said a task force would be created to bring back black money, […]
Thousands of Kshatriyas from across the country gathered at Ratanpar on the outskirts of Rajkot and resolved to intensify their fight demanding that the BJP withdraws Union Minister Parshottam Rupala as the Lok Sabha candidate. No compromise at the cost of self-respect, community leaders asserted one after another at the meeting organised by the Rajput […]
A 20-year-old Gujarati youth, Mit Patel, lost his life in a road accident in Brampton, Canada. Patel, who had arrived in Canada on a student visa, was struck by a pick-up truck on Mississauga Road in Williams Parkway, Brampton, early in the morning. Despite being rushed to the hospital with serious injuries, Patel could not […]
The Gujarat high court has dismissed a habeas corpus petition by Non Resident Indian (NRI) man who sought the custody of his 2-year-old daughter who lives in Germany with her mother. The contention of the father was that the child was born in Ahmedabad through surrogacy. The judges refused to entertain the petition with the […]
Following a spate of deaths of lions on rail tracks over the past six months in Gujarat’s Amreli district, the forest department has installed high mast lights on a portion of the busy track for better visibility that could possibly prevent train-lion collisions. At least seven Asiatic lions have been run over by trains between […]
When students score poorly in board exams, it might not be their fault at times. It might be because of errors by teachers who are grading their papers. In a bid to curb such errors, the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) has come down heavily on teachers. It has fined over 18,000 […]
While beleaguered Union Minister Parshottam Rupala is terming the protests against him as attempts to “vitiate” the atmosphere, Rajkot-based Kshatriya leaders on Thursday submitted a memorandum to the BJP. P T Jadeja, international president of Rajput Yuva Sangh, led a delegation of members of the Shree Rajput Kshatriya Community Coordination Committee (SRKCCC) to meet Rajkot […]
