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With Canada introducing a new rule to restrict the number of students staying back in the country for work after their studies, thousands of students from Gujarat planning for the same will be affected.From May 15 this year, international graduates of Canadian college programmes delivered through a public-private curriculum licensing arrangement will no longer qualify […]
Principal Opposition party Congress in Gujarat received a major jolt after the nomination of party candidate from Surat Lok Sabha seat Nilesh Kumbhani was rejected by the district returning officer, following alleged signature discrepancies of the proposers.The party was in for a double whammy when the nomination form of Suresh Padsala, the substitute candidate from […]
Several pre-schools across Gujarat are facing the prospect of closure due to the lack of a registered rental agreement. The Education Board has made it mandatory for pre-schools to register themselves for which they have to submit a registered rental agreement. The objective is to ensure that they will be better regulated. Many pre-schools operate […]
The Gujarat High Court has issued a show cause notice to Oreva Group asking why contempt proceedings should not be initiated against it. The division bench of Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Anirudhha Mayee was left fuming on Friday while hearing the suo motu PIL pertaining to the bridge collapse after senior advocate Jal Unwalla, […]
Inspired by their children, three Jain couples will embrace monkhood in Gujarat on Monday. They will take the diksha at the Sabarmati Riverfront under the guidance of Acharya Yogtilaksuri. The event will be one of the biggest diksha ceremonies to be held in recent times. Bhavesh and Jinal Bhandari from Ahmedabad, Jaswant and Dipika […]
The Kshatriya ire against Union Fisheries Minister Parshottam Rupala is unlikely to die down any time soon even as Friday marked the last day of filing nominations. Rupala is the BJP’s candidate from Rajkot. Rupala, a Kadva Patel, invited the wrath of the Kshatriyas following his address at a programme organised by the Valmiki community […]
The special judge for Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) cases, Gandhinagar, on Thursday sentenced accused Preeti Vijay Sahjwani, then senior manager, Indian Overseas Bank (IOB), Vastrapur branch, Ahmedabad to seven years imprisonment and a fine of Rs 15,06,50,000. The order was in a case related to offences of criminal breach of trust and forgery causing […]
The Congress has fielded five sitting legislators and seven former legislators in Gujarat, where it’s contesting 24 seats, while two seats have been given to its INDIA bloc partner, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). In the wake of a mass exodus of its leaders to the ruling BJP, the Opposition party is relying heavily on […]
After a few relatively cool days, the mercury soared on Wednesday to 42.2 degrees C leading to heat-related incidents. Ahmedabad was the seventh hottest in Gujarat while Amreli was at the top spot at 44 degrees C. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Thursday’s maximum temperature could be around 41 degrees C. However, an […]
Gujarat is facing challenges due to the prolonged closure of Gujarat Agro Limited’s (GAL) Cargo Complex and the Red Sea crisis. Increased logistic hurdles and soaring air cargo tariffs have burdened exporters with a 40% rise in shipment costs.The GAL-run Air Cargo Complex, once a crucial channel for exporting about 1,500 MT of cargo per […]
Indicating a robust trajectory for Gujarat pharmaceutical industry, the state State Food and Drug Control Administration (FDCA) issued 133 approvals – the highest in the country – for allopathic drug manufacturing plants in the state in the 2023-34 financial year.This marks a significant milestone, with record investment commitments exceeding Rs 10,000 crore, as many companies […]
Personally, I have no love lost for Parshottam Rupala, though I have known him ever since I was posted as the ‘Times of India’ representative in Gandhinagar in 1997, from where I was supposed to do political reporting. Rupala has been in the news after he made the statement that ‘maharajas’ succumbed to foreign rulers, […]
Apart from vehicular pollution and induistrial gases, construction sites in Ahmedabad majorly contribute in adding to the pollition levels in the city.Adding 16% of the respirable particulate matter pollution, construction is the third largest source of dust in the city. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) requires all construction sites, small or large, to install dust sensors […]
Vehicles are liable to pay vehicle tax even if they are registered outside municipal limits, according to Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) sources. Now, the new rule that makes Aadhaar a mandatory document for vehicle registration is helping AMC gather data and crack down on owners defaulting on tax. Over the last two years, AMC has identified […]
In a new high, Gujarat saw a record 25 UPSC candidates clearing the central services exam, surpassing the previous record of 22 in 2014. Among them are five women, which too is a first for the state. Out of the 25, three finished in the top 100, while three others carried ranks between 101 and […]
In a joint operation by Mumbai Police Crime Branch and West Kutch Police, two sharpshooters, Vicky Saheb Gupta and Sagar Shrigajendra Pal, were arrested late on Monday night from Kutch in Gujarat. They are involved in the firing outside Bollywood actor Salman Khan’s home on April 14. Following phone network surveillance, their location was traced […]
Acting on a tip-off, Ahmedabad’s Sarkhej police raided the Lounge Casanova near Taj Hotel on Sindhu Bhavan Road and found at least 32 people enjoying hookah shots there.The cops nabbed the manager of the illegal hookah bar along with the owner of the place for allowing the hookah bar to run disguised as a cafe. […]
A wealthy Jain couple from Himmatnagar in Gujarat has donated nearly Rs 200 crore and will take ‘diksha’ or become monks. Bhavesh Bhandari, and his wife, donated all their wealth during a ceremony in February, and will commit to a life of renunciation at an event later this month. Bhandari, who was in the construction […]
The Gujarat government on Sunday promoted and transferred 35 IPS officers on the orders of the State Election Commission amid the code of conduct in force for the Lok Sabha polls. Surat and Vadodara got new police commissioners. While Vadodara police commissioner Anupam Singh Gahlaut was made Surat police commissioner, additional director general of police […]
Congress candidate from Gujarat’s Banaskantha Lok Sabha seat, Geniben Nagaji Thakor, has been seeking monetary support from people in the constituency to fund her poll campaign expenses. Thakor, the sitting Congress MLA from Vav in Banaskantha district, claimed she has received an overwhelming response for crowdfunding her election campaign, including her vehicle fuel expenses and […]
