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With Gujarat leading the country in its renewable energy goals with a 100GW capacity target by 2030, it is also paving the way of it being the one of the largest generators of solar waste in India. According to a recent study commissioned by the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE), the state is […]
Gujarat police arrested 24 more accused in the alleged stock market investment fraud of over Rs 32 crore involving scores of gullible investors, taking the total arrests in such cases to 29. A special investigation team (SIT) of Gujarat Police arrested the 24 accused. Total 29 people, who have been caught so far, reportedly cheated […]
A court in Gujarat’s Dahod extended the police custody of the school principal accused of killing a six-year-old student of the school, till Monday, The police informed the court on Friday that the accused, identified as Govind Nat, principal of a primary school in Singvad taluka of Dahod district, had been ‘uncooperative’ during the investigation. […]
Ahmedabad police has issued a notification instructing citizens not to turn up in ‘see-through’ or ‘indecent attire’ at garba venues in the city. The notification has come from police commissioner GS Malik, just ahead of Navratri, when garba events are organised on a large scale across the state. However, what constitutes indecent clothing remains unclear […]
The naming of the newly constructed Hirasar Airport in Rajkot has again taken centre stage, with Rajya Sabha MP and Director of Corporate Affairs at Reliance Industries Limited Parimal Nathwani weighing in on the matter. In a recent social media post, Nathwani proposed that the airport be named after former Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel, a […]
The Gujarat government on Thursday issued a new order amending the regulations governing gaming operations and issuing licenses based on the previous GDCR requirements, providing relief to owners of gaming zones. In the announcement, Prakash Dutta, Joint Secretary of the state urban development department, stated, “The government has decided to exempt certain existing gaming establishments […]
A second-year PGP student from the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) was found dead in his hostel room at the B-school’s new campus in Vastrapur area on Thursday. Akshith Bhukya, 24, a native of Warangal, Telangana, was found hanging in his hostel room around 10.45 a.m., according to Vastrapur police. Police officials suspect that stress […]
As the coveted Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) is implementing reservations in PhD admissions from the new academic session, there is a story of a three-year long legal battle behind this. It must be recalled that IIM-A was the only institute among the 20 premier Indian management institutes in the country that did not […]
A 21-year-old woman from Gujarat was coerced into slashing her wrists by an online ‘friend’ she had befriended on a popular social media platform. An Instagram ‘friend’ exerted influence on the woman from Shela and allegedly forced her into recording herself naked on video and cutting her wrists. Accused Sahil Satarkar, a resident of Pune, […]
Gujarat boy Drona Desai, all of 18, has scripted history by amassing a whopping 498 runs in an Under-19 inter school match in Gandhinagar. Desai, who played for his school St Xaviers (Loyola), in the Diwan Ballubhai Cup Under-19 multi-day tournament, took only 320 balls to reach the incredible score that included seven towering sixes […]
Starting academic year 2025, IIM Ahmedabad will have reservation of seats for its PhD programme. According to the PhD Admission 2025 information brochure, this year’s intake will follow the government’s reservation guidelines. The premier B-school will now reserve seats for candidates from Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC), and persons with […]
A foreign student studying in Ahmedabad has accused the international director of a private university in Shilaj of molesting her. City’s Bopal police lodged an FIR and arrested the 52-year-old accused identified as Mrudang Dave, a native of Vadodara. According to the complaint, the 21-year-old student joined the university in June 2023 from some Pacific […]
Gujarat’s Rhea Singha has been adjudged Miss Universe India 2024 at a gala event in Jaipur. Rhea beat 51 other competitors at the top beauty pageant contest to win the crown. She will now represent India at Miss Universe 2024 which will take place in Mexico. “I am so thankful. I have done so much […]
A Gujarat couple was caught at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport with forged Canadian visa stamps just before they were to board a flight to Toronto on Sep 15. According to a complaint filed at IGI Airport police station on Sep 15, Ashishsinh Chavda, 22, and wife Priyanka, 20, from Kada in Visnagar, were […]
The withdrawal of the South West Monsoon in Gujarat is expected to begin today, ten days later than usual. However, as a parting shot, there will be a last bout of monsoon showers in several regions of the state from September 25 to 27, according to the MeT department. The districts of South Gujarat, including […]
Dahod police claimed to have arrested the principal accused of killing a girl of his school when she reportedly resisted an assault bid by him. The body of the six-year-old Class 1 girl was found in the backyard of a government primary school in Singvad taluka of Gujarat’s Dahod district on Thursday last (Sept 19). […]
A case of honour killing has surfaced following the arrest of a man and three of his relatives for the alleged murder of his 19-year-old daughter, just 17 km from Ahmedabad. The young girl, named Mansi, is believed to have been killed for expressing a desire to marry a man from the same clan. The […]
Ronak Rathi’s entry into the IIM hall of fame is a dream walk for him that others can only dream of. A tea-seller’s son from Palanpur in north Gujarat, the 22-year-old is one of the few from the state to make it to IIM this year. His mother stitches clothes to make ends meet, while […]
The Gujarat state finance department has made a recommendation to the government to expedite the final closure of seven PSUs (public sector undertakings) under liquidation. Agencies like the Comptroller and Auditor General of India and the Public Accounts Committee of the Gujarat assembly have also recently made similar recommendations to the state govt, asserting that […]
In another instance of selective leniency by the law enforcing bodies, a minor son of a builder in Ahmedabad, detained in connection with a hit-and-run accident in the city’s Bopal area on Saturday, was let off by the Juvenile Justice Board for allowing him to take his BBA exam. A manhunt has been launched to […]
