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The Gujarat government informed the Supreme Court on Monday that it would pursue the death of 11 convicts whose sentences in the 2002 Godhra train burning case were commuted to life imprisonment by the state’s high court. A bench made up of Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, Justices P.S. Narasimha and J.B. Pardiwala also set a […]
Two days after it carried out three raids on liquor dens in Surat, the State Monitoring Cell (SMC) swooped down on Sunday in Ahmedabad. Two of the three raids on Sunday were on liquor dens while one was on a gambling den. The SMC intercepted a mini truck near Nana Chiloda in Naroda on the […]
No longer does the parched Earth soak up all the water. And this even after the scorching heat of Ahmedabad summers. As seen last year, despite the dry, arid land region in record-breaking heat, monsoon came with its usual woes. The ground refused to sponge in rain excesses and water-logging continued across the city. However, […]
Trailing the case of a missing child led Valsad police to Nepali national Lekhe Khamal. The 35-year-old, was living in Vapi (Valsad district) as Ramesh Nepali. According to Dungara (Madhya Pradesh) PS Inspector, V.G. Bharva, one Mahesh Garasiya lodged a complaint, alleging that Ramesh Nepali, a watchman working at Saiveer Industrial Park, had kidnapped his […]
The Morbi tragedy SIT (Special Investigation Team) report, tabled Sunday, has pinned the blame on glaring lapses by the Oreva Group and the Morbi Municipality. The Morbi bridge collapse on October 30 last year, left more than 135 dead and several hundred others injured. More than 400 people were believed to be on and around […]
Campus placements are as much a defining moment for aspiring white collar job seekers as much a matter of prestige for brand names. Who pays the highest and who recruits the most are among competitive yardsticks for firms that come looking for young recruits. The IIM-A final placements (Cluster 2) for PGP 2022, held on […]
When the dead don’t get the dignity of a few feet of land to rest, you know that the city’s governance is in complete disarray. Believe it or not, a community crematorium at Makarba doesn’t find itself in the civic body’s town planning scheme. According to a report, a plot reserved for the crematorium has […]
In a significant ruling, a sessions court in Ahmedabad on Saturday, held that under the Domestic Violence Act, a married woman in a live-in relationship with another man does not stand to benefit from the relief guaranteed by the same. The sessions court at Mirzapur rural court quashed summons issued to the man and his […]
It is in times of uncertainty that gold is doubly touted as a “safe haven” for those looking for shelter from the more traditionally volatile investments, like stocks. Compared to such an investment, where even the biggest blue-chip companies can (and have) failed, an investment in gold often seems less risky. Confirming that “old indeed […]
Jayshree Lalbhai is planning to rev up the Kasturbhai Lalbhai Museum (KLM) this year, with a series of contemporary shows that promise to invigorate Ahmedabad’s cultural life. Chatting with VOI! at the inauguration of the exhibition “Paper: A Cross Cultural Voice,” Ms Lalbhai said the Arvind Indigo exhibition, which occupies one whole building and has been on […]
A day after students gathered at the main administrative building of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, seeking to submit a letter containing their demands to the director, the IIT on Saturday issued a statement providing information on the internal committee set up to investigate the alleged suicide of 18-year-old student Darshan Solanki. This […]
If there was a milestone that the BJP was eyeing in Gujarat after winning the state Assembly polls with a record margin of 156 seats in December last year, it was to be at the helm of the coveted milk cooperative, Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Limited, popularly called Amul Dairy — the first […]
Villagers in Kaniyel, Daskroi taluka of Ahmedabad, were taken aback when they stumbled upon an ancient step-well and idols, earlier last week. The unearthing, at nearly 30 feet into the ground, was made while digging to lay the foundation of a temple on private land. “The step-well was found after two days of digging at […]
The Ahmedabad unit of the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, along with veteran journalist Sheela Bhatt, will dedicate to the public the Kanti Bhatt Memorial and Reading Room at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Khanpur premises on Tuesday, February 21. Sheela Bhatt, wife of the late Kanti Bhatt who is one of the most prolific and well-known Gujarati […]
After the BJP landslide victory in the Gujarat Assembly polls, the Aam Aadmi party failed to secure its place in the business advisory committee for the first budget session of Gujarat. The 10-member committee is set up by assembly speaker Shankar Chaudhary, including Amit Chavda, the only member from the opposition. In the assembly elections […]
The Gujarat city of Dharampur has constructed a gigantic (31.5 ft) Shivling built of 31 million “Rudrakshas” to celebrate the auspicious occasion of Maha Shivratri. People travelled from all across the state to Dharampur to witness the unveiling of the enormous Shivling on February 17. Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, and Nitin […]
According to the Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (Credai), demand for properties in residential and commercial segments has increased after the state government deferred the jantri hike to April 15. Inquiries had increased by 30 percent in the past week, and higher conversions will be seen before Holashtak, an inauspicious period before […]
Two persons – one each from Gandhinagar and Kheda – were apprehended by the Chaklasi police in Kheda district in connection with allegedly defamatory posts on social media about a woman. According to the woman’s complaint, her photograph was circulated on social media with posts about a concocted ‘honeytrap’ case involving multiple IPS officers of […]
The Gujarat high court permitted a 16-year-old rape victim to undergo termination of pregnancy at her own risk and made it clear that the doctors who have put their opinions on record will have immunity in case any litigation arises in the future.The rape victim and her father, residents of Banaskantha district, had approached the […]
Taking cognizance of the news report on the Sabarmati being the second most polluted river in India according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the Gujarat high court on Friday directed the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) to place before it the CPCB report. The bench of Chief Justice Sonia Gokani and Justice Vaibhavi […]
