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Hundreds of villagers, who have been severely affected by solid waste piling up at Nakravadi village near Rajkot, will finally get a total of Rs 25 lakh compensation that was ordered by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in 2013. Hanjer Biotech Energies (HBE), which was given the contract to treat and dispose of municipal solid […]
A music teacher at the Balachadi Sainik school near Jamnagar was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting two 12-year-old male students. The arrest was made after the school principal filed a complaint with the Jodiya police station. The 39-year-old teacher, a native of Jodhpur, was hired by the school on an outsourced basis as a band […]
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has directed acting chief secretary Sunaina Tomar to swiftly evaluate the impact of Monday evening’s rain and wind throughout the state. Tomar organised a video conference with the collectors from the affected districts, gathering essential details about the rainfall, wind, and lightning situations within their areas. She also instructed district […]
The announcement of the Class 12 exam results by the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) on May 9 showed a remarkable achievement: nine prisoners serving life sentences in Lajpore Central Jail of Surat successfully cleared the examinations. Netizens reacted to the news on social media platform X with a mix of responses. […]
The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board, GSHSEB, will release the Gujarat SSC Result 2024 on May 11, 2024 at 8 am. Candidates who have appeared for the Class 10 board examination can check the results on the GSEB website at gseb.org once released, according to a press release. Once the results are declared, […]
‘Ambaji White Marble’ (AWM), famous for its use in constructing religious buildings since long, has got GI (Geographical Indications) tag from the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and TradeMarks (CGPDTM). The marble has been used in the construction of the famous Ambaji Temple. This marble, mined since the early medieval period from […]
A racket to ‘help’ NEET aspirants in the exam was busted in Godhra town hours before the students were to take the all-India test on May 5. This was after a tip-off was received by the Panchamahal district collector. On Thursday, Vadodara special operations group (SOG) detained a Vadodara-based visa and foreign education consultancy owner, […]
A man named Pravin Mishra has been arrested in Bharuch for allegedly spying for Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the police said on Thursday. He is accused of gathering highly confidential information about the Indian armed forces and defence-related research and development (R&D) firms and passing it on to Pakistan. He has allegedly shared sensitive information […]
A BJP leader’s son and a polling agent were arrested on Wednesday after the former live streamed a video from inside a polling booth in Gujarat’s Dahod on Tuesday, when polling was held for the third phase of Lok Sabha elections. Repoll has been ordered in the booth on May 11. Vijay Bhabhor, BJP leader […]
In Gujarat, it was all about Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his guarantees. It was all about making him the Prime Minister for the third time. It was about ‘asmita’ (pride). In scorching heat, the electorate voted on 25 Lok Sabha seats on Tuesday. The state reported 60.13% voter turnout as against 64.11% in 2019, […]
Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) filed complaints with the Election Commission citing violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) by BJP polling agents who were allegedly seen using pens with symbols of the ruling party. Congress leaders also alleged BJP workers “threatened” voters while “anti-social” elements tried to stall the voting process in some […]
The Congress in Gujarat alleged that Muslims in the state’s Limbayat town were taken to a religious tour just ahead of polls, so that they could not cast their vote. Hours before the voting commenced, private buses were arranged in Gujarat’s Limbayat town for a religious tour to Ajmer Sharif in Rajasthan to ensure that […]
In a remote area in Gir forest, a priest’s solitary vote achieved a 100% turnout at the Banej polling station during the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections held on May 7. The country’s commitment to democracy led polling officials to set up a booth for one resident in spite of challenges. The Election […]
Social activist and human rights campaigner, Shabnam Hashmi, has alleged in a post on X that goons snatched away voters’ lists and polling booth agents’ forms of 84 polling booths in Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency. Speaking exclusively to ‘Vibes of India’, Hashmi said: “This happened on Monday and the Congress […]
It’s a special day for the Shah family of Vadodara as four generations of the family vote together in the 2024 Lok Sabha election. Savita Mangaldas Shah (Savita Ba), who is 102 years old, cast her vote with family early in the morning on Tuesday. To make the moment more special, her great-grandson Mishit Shah […]
Around 500 non-resident Gujaratis (NRGs) hailing from the US, UK, Australia, and a few from Europe, are set to cast their votes on Tuesday. Most of them have been actively involved in the electoral process. While BJP supporters embarked on a rally from Ahmedabad to Surat, a group of NRG youths campaigned for Congress candidate […]
Close on the heels of a bomb hoax in Delhi-NCR schools, several schools in Ahmedabad received emails threatening to blow up these institutions. Police said, the bomb threat emails were sent from a Russian domain ‘mail.ru’, the same source of the threat mails received by more than 150 schools in Delhi-NCR last week. Among the […]
Days after the death of his wife Pragya Balasara due to cancer on April 27, deputy collector Vivek Tank was back at work. He cast his vote through postal ballot and is busy working out the finer details as Gujarat votes on Tuesday. He could have easily handed over his charge of deputy district election […]
For the first time in Gujarat, the Election Commission has set up polling booths within residential societies in Ahmedabad. The objective is to overcome urban apathy. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Gujarat witnessed a voter turnout of 64.5% – lower than the national average of 67.4 per cent. The voter turnout data of the […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday morning cast his vote at Nishan School in Ahmedabad. The Prime Minister voted in the Gandhinagar constituency from where Union Home Minister Amit Shah is contesting on the BJP ticket. Shah is facing Sonal Patel of the Congress. Shah also cast his vote in another polling booth. He was […]
