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The Election Commission on Monday announced that India set a world record with 642 million registered voters in this polling season. A record-breaking 312 million women participated in the voting process in the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections 2024. CEC Rajiv Kumar said, the process of vote counting on June 4 will begin with postal ballots […]
In the recently concluded financial year 2023-24, the Adani Group of companies performed its best, delivering a record overall EBITDA growth of 45 per cent. “Sustained growth in EBITDA is due to a high contribution of the core infra and utility platform, which offers a high level of predictability, stability, and visibility,” the conglomerate said […]
In India’s electoral history, a party has crossed the ‘400 paar’ only once, when the Congress won 414 seats in the Lok Sabha elections that followed Indira Gandhi’s assassination. Even in the initial years following Independence, when the Congress was the predominant party, its numbers were more modest – between 1951-52 and until 1977, the […]
Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has upgraded Adani Green Energy Limited’s (AGEL) Long-Term Issuer Rating to ‘IND AA-’ from ‘IND A+’. The outlook is stable. Ind-Ra continues to fully consolidate AGEL and its subsidiaries to arrive at the ratings and has analysed the cash flow upstreaming available to AGEL from its subsidiaries. As per various bond […]
After three days of the Rajkot game zone fire tragedy that killed 27, the chief of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Wednesday said that they have been given the go-ahead to question even senior IAS and IPS officials if the probe warranted. The Rajkot collector said that the DNA samples of all the victims […]
The top leaders of the opposition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) are expected to meet on June 1 to review their performance in the Lok Sabha elections and plan their course of action before the results are announced. As the final phase of voting will soon begin, sources stated that the scheduled meeting will […]
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday released the absolute number of votes cast in the initial five phases of the elections for the Lok Sabha constituencies. The poll panel released the absolute number of voters voluntarily the day after the Supreme Court refused to issue directions to it on an NGO’s plea to […]
A non-resident Gujarati (NRG) is being deemed as the mastermind behind the killing of a 75-year-old man in Detroj taluka of Ahmedabad district. Identified as Ravi Patel, a resident of Chicago in the US, he has been accused of plotting the thrashing of the victim through contract killers, which eventually led to his death. Ravi’s […]
Residents of Vadodara and elsewhere are protesting against the newly installed Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited’s (GUVNL’s) pre-paid smart electricity meters. Protests began in Vadodara on May 14, with people claiming that they had been “overcharged” on a daily basis, since the installation of smart meters. Several residents also complained of frequent disruptions in power […]
Extreme heat has caused the deaths of 15 people in the state. In Surat alone, ten people died after manifesting symptoms of suffocation, epileptic convulsion, dysentery, and heatstroke, related to the heatwave. Four people died of a similar cause in Vadodara. The heatwave also took the life of a four-year-old child in Vadgam. This summer, […]
Ahmedabad, along with several parts of Gujarat is experiencing a severe heatwave. Heat is not only uncomfortable and exhausting, high temperatures can also lead to fatalities. This is highlighted in a study carried out by international researchers, including those from Indian Institute of Public Health (IIPH), Gandhinagar. According to the study, when Ahmedabad experienced sustained […]
Gujarat is reeling under an intense heatwave and people have been advised to avoid stepping out in the heat unless absolutely necessary. Imagine the plight of factory workers in steel mills and foundries! There are over 65,000 small-scale factories, employing over 2.5 lakh workers, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. Ceramics and steel are just two […]
The Income Tax Department has undertaken a mega operation on the premises of the Madhav group of Industries in Ahmedabad and Baroda. The group is in the business of real estate and government contracts. Transactions of the partners, including Ashok Khurana, Vikram Khurana, Ashish Khurana, and Sudhir Khurana are under scanner. A total of 27 […]
Isha M Ambani, Director, Reliance Industries Limited has pitched for greater participation of women workforce in the field of science and technology. Speaking at the Girls in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Day India 2024 in New Delhi, Isha Ambani said, “We are living in times of exponential changes. The world is changing, the world […]
The Congress’ first family may have abandoned Amethi and the BJP’s win may be a given, but the fate of Amethi’s people and its landscape remains the same over the years, no matter which party is at the helm. The constituency had been a Congress home turf for decades and then BJP’s iron lady Smriti […]
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday confirmed that an aide of Arvind Kejriwal had misbehaved with a party MP in the Delhi chief minister’s residence on Monday. “Yesterday morning Swati Maliwal had gone to Arvind Kejriwal’s residence to meet him. While she was waiting in the drawing room, Bibhav Kumar came there and misbehaved […]
On the eve of the Lok Sabha elections held on May 7, at least 36 Ahmedabad-based schools received threatening emails about the blast, causing widespread fear among the populace. The police have traced these emails back to Pakistan and labelled them as an attempt to spread fear ahead of polling. The Lok Sabha elections for […]
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 […]
In Gujarat, it is not the BJP that wins. It is Prime Minister Narendra Modi. So confident is the BJP that it began its experiment of dropping sitting MPs by droves and giving a chance to new faces, many times political novices who went to win with handsome margins. In 2014 when Narendra Modi then […]
The Gujarat High Court has overturned the conviction of former BJP MP Dinu Solanki and six others in the murder case of RTI activist Amit Jethwa. The court quashed the CBI court’s order that had sentenced them to life imprisonment. The division bench, comprising Justices AS Supehia and Vimal K Vyas, gave the verdict on […]
