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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday, August 14, attached assets worth Rs 134.38 crores of an Ahmedabad-based firm Aatash Norcontrol Limited (ANL). This was done under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in connection with the Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) scam. The attached assets are in the form of the plant, machinery, […]
Image courtesy: Mihir Dhamecha Four more Indian sites – two each from Gujarat and Haryana – were added to the Ramsar Convention list on August 14. Thol Lake Wildlife Sanctuary and Wadhwana Wetland from Gujarat and Sultanpur National Park in Gurgaon and Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary in Jhajjar are wetlands from Haryana, that were added to […]
The ED has raided the well-known Dharmadev Infrastructure in Ahmedabad. The reason for the raid may be the issue of non-payment of repayment after taking a large loan. It is likely that the company took loans from subsidiaries for the cancelled project. More than Rs 1,000 crore loan has been taken from DHFL by Chairman […]
In Gujarat, the police do not seem to be looking back in prosecuting tribals. They have lodged 951 FIRs against tribals in the state. Charge sheets have been filed against 2,399 people and only 12 have been convicted, so far. Numerous complaints have also been registered in police stations on issues like murder and rioting […]
Due to the ever-increasing heat, 12 coastal cities of India are likely to be submerged in three feet of water as the ice accumulated at the poles melt by the year 2100. The list includes three cities in Gujarat with the longest coastline in the country, including Bhavnagar, Kandla and Okha. This data is provided […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat to inaugurate the School of Excellence project. The School of Excellence project will be inaugurated from the Mahatma Mandir. PM Modi will gift School of Excellence to Gujarat on Teacher’s Day on September 5. According to sources, Modi might also visit the Command and Control Department of the […]
Former Gujarat Chief Minister Shankersinh Vaghela ‘Bapu’s presence with senior Congress leader Bharatsinh Solanki has once again fuelled the rumours of Bapu’s re-entry into Congress. Sources claim that except for Bharatsinh, no one in the Party appears inclined to have Bapu back in the party fold. The Congress High Command staunchly believes that Vaghela breathed […]
A group of over 100 people comprising historians, filmmakers, former bureaucrats, human rights activists, academicians have come together and joined hands opposing the Central government’s proposed reclamation plans of the historic Gandhi Ashram also known as the Sabarmati Ashram. The letter is considered to be an open letter opposing the Rs 1200 crore reclamation plan. […]
The Covid-19 pandemic pushed schools across the globe to shut offline practices and get technologically advanced to impart education through the virtual world. As cases started to drop, the state government decided to commence offline classes in a phased manner. However, Gajera International School in Surat decided to break the government guidelines and put at […]
Investigation wing of the Gujarat Goods and Services Tax (State GST) department have arrested mastermind and one more person in connection with last month’s bogus billing and illegal input tax credit (ITC) scam that has its roots in Bhavnagar. With these two, the total number of persons arrested in the case stands at nine. As […]
Many people associated with the diamond industry consider the number 13 as ominous, and the Diamond Bourse Project in Surat is no different. The project being built at Khajod Dream City in Surat will have the 14th floor directly after the 12th floor. That is, the 13th floor will be considered as 14th floor. Managers […]
Hariprasad Swami, Founder of Haridham Sokhada died at 87 years and his last rites are held today at Shri Hari Ashram, Pokhara. Watch it live here:
VoI Impact: After Vibes of India (VoI) paid a visit on Wednesday to The Toy Blocks Preschool which was operating offline, the school has shut down its offline operations until further notice. Parents have been asked not to bring their children to school until further notification. It is not advisable for children under four years […]
Though Gujarat and its booming pharma companies made a kill, literally in the Covid times with manufacturing and selling of several medicines and injections including Remdesivir, Fabiflu, Virafin and others, they have lost the top slot. For the first time ever, Gujarat based digital companies have overtaken the pharma sector when it comes to paying […]
On July 16, 2021, PM Narendra Modi will be virtually inaugurating several key projects of the Railways in Gujarat along with an Aquatics and Robotics gallery, and Nature Park in Gujarat Science City, Ahmedabad. The Railway projects include the newly redeveloped Gandhinagar Capital Railway station, gauge converted-cum-electrified Mehesana – Varetha line, and the newly electrified […]
The Forest Department takes action against three poachers who came there to hunt peafowl in a small village named Wahiyal of Dharampur, Valsad.One of the hunters pointed a gun at the Forest Department employee who fired a gun in the air in order to defend himself. The hunted peahen in their possession was found dead. […]
It was a 20-second video, but it was long enough to inject doubts about the Covid-19 vaccine. It was a forward that Sharda Parmar, a resident of Juhapura in the South-West zone of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, received on her phone. “The video talked about how anyone who takes the Covid-19 vaccine will suffer a paralytic or epileptic attack, […]
Some unidentified persons broke into Congress MLA Baldevji Thakor’s house on Friday night, at his Kalol house in Gandhinagar. The thieves swept the house clean and escaped with valuables worth Rs 8.51 lakh. The burglary took place when nobody was at home, said the police. The police official further added that the thieves took away […]
The Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) on Thursday announced an agreement with Aramex India to support exporters from Micro, Small and Medium (MSME) segments in the country, an official statement said. The FIEO is the apex body of India’s export promotion organisations set up under the ministry of commerce. It serves an estimated two […]
In dry State Gujarat, where alcohol consumption is a crime liable for prison, the Aam Aadmi Party and BJP is entangled in a dirty politics over booze. BJP Municipal councilor of Surat Vrajesh Unadkat posted a photograph on social media, that soon went viral in Gujarat. It shows an AAP worker sleeping weirdly in AAP’s […]
