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Gujarat Giants all-rounder Kathryn Bryce has created history for the Manchester Originals at The Hundred competition. Bryce has become the third-ever player to take a hat-trick in The Hundred women’s competition. Bryce, the captain of the Scotland women’s team, completed her hat-trick across two sets in the Originals clash against Northern Superchargers in the […]
Authorities in Ahmedabad have seized 5.67 kg of high-quality hybrid marijuana hidden inside children’s toys and ladies’ footwear at the foreign post office. The estimated value of ganja seized from 7 packets on Saturday night is Rs 1.70 crore, officials said. The cyber crime branch and the Customs Department seized the packets before they could […]
With an increasing number of people complaining about being served insect-infested meals, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is responding by amending the GPMC Act to introduce stringent bylaws designed to whip the city’s food establishments into shape. From humble street carts to ritzy five-star hotels, all are in the AMC’s crosshairs. In fact, the swankier […]
Gujarati acumen for making moolah off the stock market is much acclaimed. It emerges that Gujarat has the highest percentage of active traders among registered investors with 22.57% investors trading at least once, according to the National Stock Exchange (NSE) data for the month of June, 2024. This impressive figure surpasses the share of active […]
In a shocking incident, a Class 12 student has allegedly stabbed his 17-year-old classmate at a school in Nanpura, Surat. The attack reportedly occurred due to a dispute over the victim speaking to the accused’s girlfriend. The victim is currently undergoing treatment at the ICU of a private hospital, said police, which has booked the […]
Surveys after survey have highlighted the deteriorating standard of education in Gujarat. Often, the government and students’ addiction to social media and smartphones is blamed. However, teachers often escape the blame. In a shocking incident that exposes fraud by a teacher and lethargy of action on part of the Gujarat government, a teacher in Banaskantha […]
Days after two tribal men were killed after being assaulted on the suspicion of theft at an under-construction tribal museum near the Statue of Unity (SoU) in Narmada district, the Garudeshwar taluka saw a total shutdown in response to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Chaitar Vasava call for bandh to protest the murders. Traders, shopkeepers […]
Three weeks after a special Protection Of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act court flagged authenticity concerns of a birth certificate produced by lawyers of a rape accused during trial of a case, the registrar of Rajkot district and sessions court has filed a complaint against an unknown person for allegedly tampering with birth and death register […]
A diamond firm in Gujarat has announced a 10-day vacation for its 50,000 employees to control the production due to the fall in the global demand of diamond and growing inventories of domestic players. Kiran Gems, which claims to be the ‘world’s largest natural diamond manufacturer’ and is also among the largest exporters of polished […]
The police have booked Congress Dalit leader Rajesh alias Raju Solanki and four of his family members under the Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime (GUJCTOC) Act, for allegedly running a crime syndicate since 2014. Last month, Raju threatened to convert to Islam if the state government didn’t take action against Gondal BJP MLA Geetaba […]
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Saturday announced an ‘in-principle grant’ of Rs 63 crore for buying fire safety equipment. The amount will be allocated under the Swarnim Jayanti Chief Minister Urban Development Scheme to ensure that the local urban authorities are equipped with the latest fire safety equipment at their disposal to tackle any emergency. […]
Surat Diamond Bourse (SDB), the world’s largest office space, may not have taken off in a big way but the Gujarat government’s dream project, built to make India a global diamond trading hub, is likely to get a different high. On the lines of GIFT City, Gandhinagar, the state government has started an exercise to […]
The Gujarat government has made significant changes to the Prohibition Act by issuing an ordinance that empowers authorities to auction vehicles seized for transporting liquor and other narcotics, even before a final court order is issued in such cases. Earlier this year, during the budget session of the state assembly, the government had introduced a […]
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ) on Thursday reported a 47 per cent increase in consolidated net profit to Rs 3,107 crore for the June quarter, driven by higher income. The company had previously reported a net profit of Rs 2,119 crore in the same period of the previous financial year. Total income […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s go-to man for all his grandiose architectural dreams, Ahmedabad’s Bimal Patel has been strongly instrumental in strengthening his leader’s political soft power that hinges much on spectacles. Be it Ahmedabad’s iconic Sabarmati Riverfront or New Delhi’s new Central Vista for parliamentarians or the Kashi Vishwanath corridor in Varanasi, the 63-year-old architect […]
Gujarat has recorded a spurt of applications by top corporates, including MNCs, for permitting women to work in night shift. Till July this year, the state labour, skill development and employment department has received 79 applications from firms to allow women to work night shifts. “Of these, 27 companies were given approval for employing women to work night shift […]
The fee regulatory committee (FRC) for technical colleges has announced new fee structure for degree and diploma engineering, degree and diploma pharmacy, and Master of Business Administration courses for 2023-24 to 2025-26. For the MBA course, Adani University’s Faculty of Management Sciences has been allowed to charge the highest fee — Rs 1.97 lakh — […]
After achieving a remarkable score of 705 out of 720 in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test Undergraduate (NEET UG), the girl from Gujarat failed her Class XII board exam. Recently, she has failed in the supplementary exams as well. In the board examinations held in March, she did not pass the Chemistry and Physics papers. She […]
Chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in Gujarat and Executive Director of Arvind Limited Kulin Lalbhai on Wednesday said that Gujarat would need to create 7 lakh to 8 lakh of the 150 lakh jobs in the country in a year “to take the economy to the next level.” He raised concerns about […]
In a significant development related to the devastating fire at the TRP gaming zone in Rajkot that claimed at least 30 lives, two former municipal commissioners have been given a clean chit. The Gujarat High Court’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) Committee has cleared Anand Patel and Amit Arora of any involvement in the tragedy. The […]
