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As Gujarat prepares for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections on May 7, Congress turncoats gear up to contest the simultaneous Assembly bypolls as BJP candidates. In 2019, the BJP had fielded three turncoat MLAs in the bypolls and “rewarded” them with ministerial berths in the Vijay Rupani Cabinet while a couple more were elevated days […]
In news that will delight Indian cricket fans, a play staged in Gujarat’s cultural capital Vadodara is to be archived at the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the owner of the famous Lord’s Ground in London. MCC has approached Triveni Theatre Group based in Vadodara. The club’s librarian has contacted the theatre group to share the […]
Ahmedabad’s Gujarat Vidyapith management has scrapped eight positions from its governing body, reducing the number of members from 23 to just 15. These positions were held by teachers’ representatives on an annual rotation basis. The decision was taken during the governing body’s meeting in June 2023 and the teachers’ representatives whose terms are ending on […]
The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) is expected to declare the results of its Class 10 and 12 board exams about a month earlier than usual this year. This will give students more time to evaluate their options for further study. It will also help those who clear the supplementary examination to […]
Cadila Pharmaceuticals is once more in hot waters. A 40-year-old employee has lodged a complaint with the Mahila Crime police alleging that an executive of the company harassed her sexually. Incidentally, this executive was earlier named as an abettor in an alleged rape case filed by a Bulgarian woman against the company’s CMD, Rajiv Modi […]
In a serious lapse, the body of a youth brought from Australia to Ahmedabad on an Air India flight was handed over to the claimant of another piece of cargo at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) airport. The family of the youth was enraged on learning about the mistake, sources said. The youth, from Surendranagar, […]
A rare red-coloured fish, identified as ‘Snyderina guentheri’, was found by a fisherman off the coast of Veraval in Gujarat. Also known as waspfish, this fish was last seen in Visakhapatnam in 2017. The fisherman, Ashwin Solanki, made this discovery when he was sorting his catch last week. This particular species is rarely found in […]
Kutch Copper, a subsidiary of Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL), commissioned the first unit of its greenfield copper refinery project at Mundra on Thursday, dispatching the maiden batch of cathodes to customers. This marks the Adani Portfolio’s debut in the metal industry. AEL is investing nearly $ 1.2 billion to set up a copper smelter with […]
The Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPIA) in Ahmedabad crossed a significant milestone on Wednesday in serving passengers. In 2019-20 Ahmedabad Airport served the highest number of 1,15,63,887 passengers with 87,634 Aircraft Traffic Movements (ATMs). The airport’s diverse offerings for both leisure and business travellers, have significantly boosted air traffic in the past few months. […]
In a significant development, a district court in Palanpur, Banaskantha, declared on Wednesday that former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt was guilty in a 1996 narcotics case. Earlier this month, the Gujarat High Court had confirmed a life sentence for Bhatt in a separate case of alleged custodial torture. The details of the narcotics case are […]
In a tragic incident, a second-year BTech student at Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU) jumped to her death from the terrace of her hostel building on Monday morning. The student, Payal Gupte, 20, was taken to a private hospital in Gandhinagar where she was declared dead. Infocity police station officials have registered a case of […]
Amid Dhuleti festivities in Gujarat, 20 revellers lost their lives due to drowning in the state on Monday. In a series of tragic incidents, 12 drowned in the Narmada canal and Sabarmati river in Gandhinagar. This was the highest single-day toll in drowning incidents in the district in recent times, according to Gandhinagar Fire and […]
Parshottam Rupala, Union minister for fisheries, animal husbandry and dairying on Sunday clarified his recent statement on erstwhile royal families. The statement was made at a function organised by the Valmiki Samaj. Rupala, who has been nominated to contest the Lok Sabha election from Rajkot, had said that the British oppressed Indians before Independence. “Erstwhile […]
The Supreme Court has granted bail to Oreva Group Managing Director Jaysukh Patel and nine other accused the Morbi bridge collapse incident that had killed 135 people.The bail plea of one of the accused, Devangbhai Parmar of Devprakash Solutions, is pending before the Gujarat High Court. Jaysukh Patel’s release comes after nearly 15 months since […]
Vadodara-based Parul University has committed “grave illegality” by granting admission to 38 students who are ineligible, the Gujarat High Court stated on Thursday. The court has directed the university to refund the entire fee, along with interest and damages, amounting to Rs 10 lakh to each of the 38 students in two weeks. It observed […]
In a crackdown on ragging, the Gujarat govt will take strict action against educational institutions, perpetrators of ragging as well as victims and witnesses, if they fail to report the incidents to the authorities. A government resolution (GR) was issued to this effect on Tuesday. This was brought to the notice of the Gujarat High […]
With increasing incidents of people being attacked by aggressive dogs, especially strays, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has swung into action. Keeping in mind its target to make Ahmedabad a rabies-free city by 2030, it has decided to launch an innovative initiative to tame aggressive stray dogs. The dogs will stay for 15-30 days at a […]
Following the attack on international students at the Gujarat University hostel compound, police in their probe are suspecting a complex web of factors that may have triggered the violence. Investigators received information that the intolerance over their food habits, the alleged ‘love affair’ of a foreign student with a local woman and offering namaz outside […]
Only 136 ships arrived for recycling in Alang between January and December 2023 as compared to the 141 in 2022. This shows that the world’s largest ship recycling yard in Alang is facing the severe slowdown in nearly a decade. There is a sharp decline in ship arrivals due to the Red Sea crisis and […]
The annual fair at Gujarat’s Saraswa village is a gala affair of song and dance. Tribals from Rajasthan and Gujarat visit the fair every year. Shops are decked up with musical instruments as they are widely used in the region during Holi festival. The fair, held on the ‘ekadashi’ ahead of Holi, is strongly related […]
