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Youngsters performing daredevil stunts on Ahmedabad city roads have become a headache for Ahmedabad police. Heart-pounding stunts have seen a significant surge in the first quarter of 2024. Now the police are mulling cancelling the driving licence of such violators.Last year, the RTO received a whopping 777 recommendations for licence suspension due to reckless driving […]
Gujarat Police Recruitment Board is in the process of recruiting for Class 3 Cadre posts in the department. Interested and eligible candidates can apply by visiting the official website of the Board. This recruitment drive aims to fill a total of 12,472 posts. The registration process began on April 4 and will conclude on April […]
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat arrived in Vadodara on a three-day visit to Gujarat.Bhagwat is likely to tackle the reported internal frictions between factions of the BJP in the state ahead of the Lok Sabha elections as well as the ongoing Kshatriya agitation against Union Minister Parshottam Rupala. Rupala is BJP’s Lok Sabha […]
Authorities at Gujarat University (GU) have issued official notices to seven students from Afghanistan, instructing them to vacate their hostel rooms on the campus. Five of these students have already complied with the directive, officials confirmed.The move comes in the wake of a controversy that erupted about a month back involving Afghan students who engaged […]
In an interim relief, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed an order of the Gujarat High Court that cancelled the admission of a panipuri seller’s son at a medical college following a dispute over his caste certificate. With the stay, the MBBS student can be readmitted to the course and can continue with his studies for […]
The Gujarat High Court on Friday castigated the state government for lodging an FIR against a contractual sanitation worker for “wilfully” entering a tank despite a prohibition on manual scavenging. The court noted that such a responsibility cannot be put on the worker who is only resorting to such work to feed his family. The […]
A customer has sued a restaurant seeking Rs 30.50 lakh in compensation for serving him non-vegetarian dish. Gaurang Raval, a resident of Shela, went to the Cube Lounge restaurant in Club O7 on March 7 with his sister and brother-in-law. They ordered Veg Makhanwala and other dishes. When the dish was served, it did not […]
An 18-year-old girl, studying in the Pramukh Swami Vocational Training Centre at Dharampur in Valsad district, fell ill after being allegedly locked in the hostel’s washroom. She alleged that she was locked up as she did not attend the prayer meeting on Wednesday evening. The police department on Thursday initiated a probe into an incident […]
Union minister Parshottam Rupala is facing a protracted agitation from the Kshatriya community owing to his remarks about erstwhile princely rulers. He is the BJP candidate for the Rajkot Lok Sabha seat. In what comes as a respite for him, organisations representing the Patidar community to which Rupala belongs, have started rallying around in support. […]
Following a successful trial run, Ahmedabad police have set up AI-based CCTV cameras at 130 of the 737 locations planned in the city to to detect and prevent crime more effectively.These cameras can monitor and analyse video footage to discern traffic patterns and anomalies. They can predict and help prevent traffic congestion. Ajay Choudhari, Joint […]
Intelligence sources say approximately 1,200 Gujaratis, among 4,000 Indians seeking entry into the US via unconventional routes, find themselves in a predicament due to heightened US security measures linked to the election. The attention of both the Homeland Security Investigations agency in the US and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is sharply focused on maintaining […]
With the onset of summer, the number of Swine Flu cases in Gujarat are decreasing. However, even as a decreasing trend has been observed, officials remain wary of declaring an early end to this season’s flu infections. The H1N1 strain has left 16 people dead in the state in the first 3 months of 2024. The […]
A thrilling wildlife spectacle unfolded before tourists at Rajasthan’s Ranthambore National Park recently when a tiger unexpectedly ambushed a cow. The tourists were out on a jungle safari over the weekend, when at one point, a tiger hiding in the bushes suddenly attacked a cow that was observed walking on the path. The cow tried […]
India’s richest man Mukesh Ambani’s daughter Isha Ambani has reportedly sold one of her luxurious mansions in Los Angeles to popular Hollywood duo Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez.Mukesh Ambani lives in the country’s most expensive home Antilia which is believed to be worth over Rs 15,000 crore. Mukesh Ambani and his family members own a […]
Way back in the 1940s, the Maharani of Baroda, Sita Devi took the brave decision to opt for divorce from her husband and the reason was, to unite with her lover. This, at a time when divorce was not an easy thing in Indian society and was often scoffed at as a misdemeanour, especially for […]
Rajeev Khandelwal, may not have made it as a highly successful actor on the big screen, but he was once a heart throb of the small screen, essaying diverse roles in some of the top serials. At the peak of his career, Khandelwal, an alumnus of St Xavier’s College in Ahmedabad, from where he got […]
Blind chess champion Darpan Inani has appealed to the Gujarat High Court to ensure he gets the full Rs 3 crore reward he is entitled to for winning two gold medals at an international championship. He has been given only Rs 40 lakh. His advocate, Keyur Gandhi, emphasised Inani’s eligibility and achievements. Justice V D […]
The state goods and services tax department has registered an average 43% drop in GSTIN applications received monthly since November 2023 when a new layer of authentication was added for the online registration process. From November last year till February this year, the average applications received in a month for GSTIN (Goods and Services Tax […]
Auto drivers performing dangerous stunts on roads, risking their own lives, that of passengers and others, has seen a rise this year. Nine auto drivers have been booked for this offence in just three months of the year. In 2023, 12 auto drivers were held for stunts. This sharp rise is a matter of concern. […]
Better returns on investments have sparked a heightened interest among investors in the stock market. Initial public offers (IPOs) from small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from Gujarat have witnessed significant growth in fiscal year FY 2024, raising Rs 1,609 crore. This amount constitutes 26% of the funds raised by SMEs across India through IPOs during […]
