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A speeding SUV smashed into an auto-rickshaw and motorbike near Sojitra village in Anand district of Gujarat. According to the police, the incident happened on Thursday, August 11, 2022. Moreover, six people, including three women, died during the collision. The cops also mentioned that the accident occurred on the state highway that connects Anand with […]
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) hosted its 11th Convocation on July 30, 2022, by conferring degrees to 397 students in an on-campus offline ceremony. They awarded degrees to 179 BTech students, 4 Dual Major BTech students, 1 BTech-MTech Dual Degree student, 3 BSc in Engineering students, 43 MTech students, 105 MSc students, 20 MA […]
The court has rejected the bail requests of activist Teesta Setalvad and former top cop RB Sreekumar, facing charges of fabricating evidence during the 2002 Gujarat riots. On Friday, the Ahmedabad City Sessions Court adjourned the hearing on the duo’s bail petitions to Saturday. Following their release from custody, Setalvad and former Gujarat DGP Sreekumar […]
Amid the Latthakand incident of Botad and other parts of dry Gujarat, State Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi gave his condolences to 57 families that lost their loved ones. As many victims of spurious liquor still suffer, the Gujarat government has set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the matter. The Home Minister expressed […]
Bharatsinh Solanki, the veteran Congress leader who took a sabbatical from active politics in early June due to a dispute with his wife, made headlines again. Solanki announced that he would re-enter the political arena soon. Bharatsinh Solanki announced his comeback on Saturday at Borsad on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Madhavsinh Solanki. […]
Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh called out Bhagat Singh Koshyari for his controversial remarks on Maharashtra’s financial status. Ramesh alleged that Koshyari holds the Governor’s office because he is a loyalist of ‘the two.’ He referred to the incumbent Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde and former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis. Bhagat Singh Koshayari, former Vice-President of […]
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the International Financial Services Centre Authority (IFSCA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Supervisory Cooperation, on 29 July 2022, at the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City). The Singapore Exchange (SGX Group) and the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) launched the NSE IFSC-SGX CONNECT (Connect) on […]
Banaskantha: The Botad Latthakand of 2022 brought sorrow and tragedy for the people of Gujarat as more than 47 died after drinking spurious liquor. However, it has also brought other repercussions like resentment, outrage and tensions between people and government officials. Women from Shivnagar, Banaskantha, stood in front of the Tharad Police Station and raised […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the IFSCA Headquarters and launched the NSE-IFSC SGX Connect and the IIBX at GIFT (Gujarat International Finance Tech) City Gandhinagar on July 29, 2022. The Prime Minister, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, and Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel addressed the gathering. Moreover, the Finance Minister and Gujarat CM applauded PM […]
After PM Modi attended the 42nd Convocation of Anna University in Chennai, he landed again in poll-bound Gujarat. Gujarat Governor Acharya Devrat, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, and BJP State President CR Paatil welcomed him at the Sardar Vallabhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the India International Bullion Exchange […]
The Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) invited an RFP (Request for Proposal) for the Surat MMTH Station development. Envisioned as a multi-modal transport hub (MMTH), the station will have an EPC (Engineering Procurement & Construction) model at an indicative cost of ₹813 crores. It also has a total development area of 3,31,491 sqm. In the […]
The Gujarat Prohibition Department, responsible for licensing, supervision, and site visits, remains speechless amid the deaths of 57 people after drinking spurious liquor. There is no information about whether or not the methyl company held a license. It is questionable that bootleggers smuggled around 600 litres of methyl under the Gujarat Prohibition Department’s nose. According […]
Yes, the Gujarat government has not admitted, and sources assertively tell Vibes of India that they will not admit, that spurious chemical-laden alcohol has claimed 58 lives in the State with 88 men still in various hospitals. On the third day of the hooch tragedy, the State government continued with its theory of death due to […]
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel attended a meeting with NITI Aayog CEO Parameswaran Iyer in Gandhinagar. On his one-day visit to Gujarat, Parameswaran Iyer met the CM, who briefed him about the progress of various flagship schemes of many departments, including Agriculture, Education, and Housing. CEO of NITI Aayog closely observed the dashboard activities of Jansamwad […]
The hooch tragedy in a cluster of villages in Botad taluka, which claimed 57 lives at the time of writing, has ripped off the proverbial fig leaf of “dry” Gujarat. Coming as a major embarrassment to the police and the political leadership, the tragedy exposes the hypocrisy of prohibition in the State. Country liquor dens continue to […]
The Governor of Gujarat, Acharya Devrat, cancelled his meeting with Gujarat Congress leader Sukhram Rathwa on July 27. Gujarat Congress President Jagdish Thakor informed the media the Governor nullified their scheduled meeting at 5 PM due to his ill health. Addressing the media further, Jagdish Thakor said they would send a letter to the Governor’s […]
The Education Minister of Gujarat and BJP spokesperson, Jitu Vaghani, informed the media about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to poll-bound Gujarat. In his next two-day visit, PM Modi will inaugurate several projects, including the Sabar dairy plant in Himmatnagar of North Gujarat and the cheese plant under the powder plant worth ₹600 crores. […]
Minister of Western Sydney Stuart Ayres, the Minister of Enterprise, Investment and Trade of New South Wales, paid a visit to Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel in Gandhinagar on July 27, 2022. During the visit, he expressed his contentment with the recent agreement between Gujarat and New South Wales in 2018. He mentioned that the […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered his guidance to Surat Mayor Hemali Boghawala ahead of her visit to the Biennial Singapore Smart Cities Workshop & World Cities Summit 2022 at the financial capital of Asia. The World Cities Summit 2022, from July 31 to August 4, has invited Boghawala to attend an event on August 2. […]
Amid the increasing crime rate in Gujarat, another case has come to light in the Chunarwad of Akhbarpur in Khambat of Anand district. On Tuesday, the Khambhat police station lodged a complaint against two men and two women for torturing a woman by tying her to a tree. A video of this heinous act has […]
