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Two business contractors from Gujarat landed in trouble for making a jest that they were carrying a nuclear bomb. The duo, hailing from Rajkot, were apprehended on this when they made this remark to a security personnel while boarding a flight at Delhi airport. The incident prompted a complaint from an airline security supervisor. The […]
It is almost a month after the mob violence on foreign students on Gujarat University campus and the police are even yet to identify the 15 accused, let alone arresting them. The foreign students were attacked for offering namaz within the Gujarat University hostel compound during Ramzan that had left many of them injured. The […]
Keeping the interests of the children in mind in a marital dispute, a city sessions court has ordered a mother to meet her children only via video calls. The court’s decision aims to prevent fights between the couple over meetings with the kids. The couple got married in 2013 and have two kids, aged nine […]
Gujarat government’s ‘twin-adventure’ safari proposal that allows visitors to see two majestic wild cats — lions and tigers — up close in Kevadia is now with the Central Zoo Authority of India (CZAI) for approval. Senior officials said the plan includes creating two separate yet linked safari parks for lions and tigers near the Statue […]
Buddhism is a separate religion and Hindus need permission to convert to Buddhism, said a Gujarat government circular citing the provisions of the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act, 2003. The home department clarified that any conversions from Hinduism to Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism would require prior approval of the district magistrate concerned. This comes following […]
The Gujarat high court has slammed the forest department and railways for not doing anything on their own, without the court’s intervention, to inquire into the deaths of Asiatic lions on railway tracks.The authorities told the court about the new standard operating procedure (SOP) to be adopted with the lowering of train speed — 30 […]
Following jantri hike in Gujarat, coupled with robust registrations of property documents in recent months, the state’s income from stamp duty and registration fee surged 60% in 2023-24 compared to last year.The government earned a revenue of Rs 13,731.63 crore in the form of stamp duty and registration fees, even as the number of property […]
Ahmedabad’s business hub SG Road is on the radar of several central probe agencies but for a very different reason from what these are usually associated with.Over the past few years, enquiries have stacked at the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) from central agencies looking for AMC plots to set up their hubs. A plot worth […]
The second-floor offices at the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s headquarters in Danapith are caught in a state of constant change. This is because as deputy municipal commissioners (DyMCs) change, so do their offices. This has been costing the taxpayers, said sources. When a newly appointed DyMC demands a larger office space, the civic body spends around […]
The University Grants Commission (UGC) on March 5 permitted private universities across the country to set up off-campus centres. However, the Gujarat law does not have provisions for this expansion. Unless the Gujarat Private Universities Act of 2009 is amended, this will not be possible in the state, say experts. The state Act lacks provisions […]
Congress leader Paresh Dhanani is all set to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2024 against BJP leader Parshottam Rupala from the Rajkot seat. The Kshatriya-Rajput community has expressed strong opposition against BJP candidate Parshottam Rupala from the Rajkot seat for the elections. The community has threatened to vote against the BJP if Rupala is […]
A division bench of the Gujarat High Court on Monday disposed of a suo motu public interest litigation (PIL) about ragging incidents in colleges. This decision was taken after the Gujarat government submitted that it had notified a government resolution (GR) mandating compliance with the existing rules and regulations. The Gujarat government, in a GR […]
A division bench of the Gujarat High Court on Monday dismissed an appeal by two former residents of the Sabarmati Gandhi Ashram complex. The petitioners were not satisfied with the compensation offered to them to vacate their houses for the redevelopment project. The bench thus upheld an earlier order of a single judge. The petitioners […]
In October 2023, electoral bonds worth over Rs 11 crore were purchased in the name of six members of a Dalit family from Anjar, a small uneventful city in Gujarat’s Kutch district. As per SBI data released by the Election Commission of India, of these, bonds worth Rs 10 crore were encashed by the Bharatiya […]
Denying that slapping a student by the teacher was abetment to suicide, Gujarat High Court quashed criminal charges against the trustee of Surat’s Samarpan School and a teacher of the school accused of slapping and humiliating an 18-year-old student, allegedly driving him to suicide. Justice Divyesh Joshi found that there was no material on record […]
Less than a month after several foreign students were injured in a clash with a local mob of intruders over namaz offering on Gujarat University campus in Ahmedabad, four overseas students have been asked to vacate the hostel this week. Officials said the visa of these students had expired.The number of international students asked to […]
With the objective of checking crime and making Ahmedabad a safer city, the city police are using artificial intelligence to predict crimes and the locations where the crimes would take place. The aim is to identify crime hotspots and intensify patrolling or increase technical surveillance in those areas. ‘Predictive policing’ involves analysing data on past […]
The Kshatriya leaders of the BJP have been summoned to Delhi by the Party High Command to discuss the Parshottam Rupala controversy. BJP’s senior leaders held a meeting at Gandhinagar to review the situation on Sunday afternoon. The meeting was held at the residence of minister of state for home Harsh Sanghavi. Senior Kshatriya leaders […]
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the maximum temperature may rise to 40 degrees C on Monday in Ahmedabad. IMD has given heatwave warnings in various cities. Heat and humidity will make people in coastal areas experience discomfort. Temperature continued to rise in the city and the state, with the maximum on Sunday in […]
Members of the Kshatriya community stirred controversy by threatening to perform ‘jauhar’ (self-immolation) outside the BJP headquarters in Gandhinagar, demanding the withdrawal of Parshottam Rupala’s candidature over alleged anti-Rajput remarks. Police detained five women along with Shree Rashtriya Karni Sena president Mahipal Singh Makrana before they could carry out their plans.Simultaneously, protests erupted in various […]
