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The Gujarat High Court has stayed a criminal complaint lodged by a former woman cricketer against her husband and in-laws. The woman had accused them of harassment and dowry demands when she was living in the UK with her husband. The matter is listed for further hearing on July 3. The woman, who was part […]
The Gujarat high court once again insisted that the state government introduce provisions for penal action against schools to make them teach the Gujarati language in primary sections and to think of enacting a law for this similar to what other states have done for compulsory teaching of local languages in schools. During the hearing […]
It took 12 instances of question papers leaked before government service recruitment exams for the Bhupendra Sarkar-led Gujarat cabinet to sit up and take note. In the latest update to dealing with the menace, a stringent law was passed in the new session of the State Assembly, Thursday. The ruling, a copy of which is […]
Justice Sonia Gokani is officially appointed as the Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court on Thursday. Governor Acharya Devvrat administered the oath of office to Justice Gokani at Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar, Justice Gokani became the first woman judge to be appointed to the post at the high court, just a few days before […]
The Institute for Social and Behavior Change Ahmedabad (ISBCA) of Gujarat University and UNICEF hosted an academic roundtable on building a transdisciplinary learning and research ecosystem for behavioural insights and public policy. Vijay Shankar Kanthan, social behaviour expert, at UNICEF India, addressing the roundtable talked about the journey of how Gujarat University got associated with […]
Ruling in favour of the wronged woman, the Gujarat HC, Wednesday, dissolved a five-year marriage between a teacher and his wife, “forced” into the wedlock by the professor, despite the presence of his first wife. The story dates back to 2018, when, according to the woman’s counsel, she was student at the Polytechnic College. The […]
Mushrooms growing in India’s largest district Kutch can potentially provide the key chemical element for an emerging radiation therapy given to cancer patients. Scientists at Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology (GUIDE) and Kutch University have successfully extracted astatine, the rarest naturally occurring element on the earth, from edible mushrooms. Astatine, which is not just rare […]
As the Gujarat government gets ready to implement revised jantri rates from April 15, it is actively considering a proposal to reduce stamp duty and registration fee on purchase of properties. A finance bill listing out revised stamp duty and registration fee rates is expected to be introduced in the budget session of the Gujarat […]
The state goods and services tax (SGST) department unearthed yet another fake billing scam, worth Rs 4,120 crore and involving 74 bogus firms. These firms – all based in Surat and Ahmedabad – were involved in evading taxes to the tune of Rs 137 crore by obtaining input tax credit illicitly. The scam came to […]
Indian students will no longer have to spend additional money due to the conversion of the rupee to the dollar. They can soon avail of foreign currency-denominated education loans from the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) at GIFT City. IFSC Authority has permitted an education loan company – Avanse – to start operations and provide […]
The paper published in the Indian Academy of Sciences peer-reviewed journal Current Science last month stated that the meteorite that struck Gujarat’s Banaskantha area on August 17 of last year was a rare specimen of an aubrite spotted in India for the first time since 1852. The aubrite, according to a group of scientists at […]
Even as Ahmedabad continues being labelled a “safe city,” the city police have identified at least 70 hotspots where criminal activity is said to be higher than average. Briefing on the undesirable trait, joint commissioner Ajay Chaudhary listed the culprits encountered could range from thugs, thieves, pickpockets to even gangsters. “The most notorious areas include […]
In a scam that is waiting to be unearthed, officials from Gujarat Income Tax Department have stumbled upon racketeers who trap illiterate and needy on false assurances of government aid. Once forms are filled and details obtained, the Aadhar card number is used to procure GST registrations for fake companies through which bogus billing and […]
In Gujarat, six people including four women were killed and eight injured after a jeep rammed into a stationary truck from behind in Patan district today afternoon, police said. Deputy Superintendent of Police K K Pandya said that the incident occurred near Radhanpur when the Mahindra Jeep tyre burst, the driver lost control which was […]
The Gujarat government is set on an early date for the annual “Sujalam Sufalam Water Conservation Drive.” This year, it will be on from February 17 to June 15. The drive is usually held onwards mid-March and culminates close to May 1, observed as the State Formation Day. Briefing media on the revised dates Tuesday, […]
Vastrapur police registered a case against a man based on a complaint filed by his wife, alleging he cheated her of Rs 2.54 crore by borrowing money from various institutions and making her the guarantor for them without her knowledge. Vastrapur police registered a case on Monday under Indian Penal Code Sections 420 (cheating), 406 […]
A review petition calling for the recall of a decision approving the sale of a shop in a mostly Hindu neighbourhood of Vadodara to a Muslim man was denied by the Gujarat high court. Approximately 10 petitioners who were witnesses to the sale transaction were also fined with Rs 25,000 by the court, which rejected […]
Ahmedabad’s Kamala Nehru Zoological Garden, near Kankaria lake, will be home to two more tigresses from Aurangabad. Two 26-month-old tigresses, Pratibha and Ranjana, born in Aurangabad’s Siddharth Zoo are being transferred to the Kankaria zoo on February 19. The tigresses will be kept in quarantine for 15 days before being shifted to the zoo enclosures. […]
On Valentine’s day members of Bajrang Dal on Tuesday entered a prominent garden in Gujarat’s capital Gandhinagar to register their protest against celebrations and drove away couples sitting inside the park. The Gandhinagar police came into action and summoned Bajrang Dal activists involved in the protest against Valentine’s Day, celebrated worldwide on February 14 as […]
The Gujarat government has demanded the Morbi municipality to submit a fresh reply to a show-cause notice as to why it should not be dissolved for failing to discharge its duties before the collapse of a suspension bridge in the Morbi that killed 135 persons last year. In a letter to the chief, the Urban […]
