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Despite the fact that the ship-breaking yard at Alang was not being used to its full capacity, Union Minister for Ports, Shipping, and Waterways Sarabananda Sonowal stated that the Gujarat government planned to double the ship-breaking capacity at Alang to 10 million metric tonnes per year (MMPTA). This is when more than half of the […]
A 43-year-old man in Ahmedabad registered a complaint with the city crime branch alleging that six people duped him and three others. The man who owns a garage and automobile accessories shop said that by promising Canada work permits, the fraudsters cheated him of Rs 10 lakh. The man, Lalji Patel is a resident of […]
Ahead of the Gujarat assembly elections later this year, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal interacted with the auto-rickshaw drivers, businessmen and attorneys in three separate town hall-sessions on Monday, September 12, 2022 in Ahmedabad city. The national convener of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Kejriwal arrived in the city on Sunday night to participate in […]
In a recent robbery case on September 4, 2022, a 33-year-old man from Ahmedabad’s Motera area was robbed by three motorcycle-borne men at gun-point. These men slashed his knees after robbing him of INR 39,000. The restaurant owner of Karnavati Club and resident of Sangath apartment, Ruchik Dave filed a complaint on Saturday, September 10, […]
Established in 1885, Sabarmati Jail is considered to be the safest and biggest jail in Gujarat. But, it has become a hub of corruption in the last few years. To receive all the basic facilities inside the jail, a prisoner is asked to pay some kind of ‘facilitation fee’, after which, he gets the due facilities. […]
The Aam Aadmi Party, which is fast emerging as a major opposition to the BJP in upcoming the Gujarat Assembly elections, has alleged that the Gujarat Police raided their state office and conducted search. However as the Ahmedabad Police was swift in denying to have conducted any such raid, a controversy has erupted. The incident […]
As many as 54 hotels and restaurants in Ahmedabad have procured licenses from the Municipal corporation despite not being in possession of mandatory BU permission. The information amplifies in its seriousness as it is in direct contravention of the Gujarat High Court directives. Gujarat High Court had ordered that no license to the hotel and […]
Bhagwati Uttamchandani, who lives in Gota’s Bhagwati Apartments, informed Sola police that her nephew Jay Lalwani had disappeared from the hospital and filed a FIR. Jay’s father passed away nine years ago, and his mother died in 2017. He was also seeking support for depression at the time. He used to stay with his aunt. […]
Police Sub Inspector Vasava presently attached with the Okha Marine Police Station of Devbhoomi Dwarka district has been suspended following an inquiry by the District Police Chief Nitesh Pandey. As such, uniformed officers are bound by a layer more than the ordinary bond of discipline. As part of their terms of employment, uniformed officers are […]
Four workers have been killed and 20 others injured after a chemical container burst at a Sachin GIDC based Anupam Rasayan India Limited’s chemical factory in Surat. The dead workers include one from Gujarat, two from Bihar and one from Uttar Pradesh. Serious questions are being raised about fire safety in Gujarat. From hospitals to […]
When a woman in Gujarat called up 181, the State helpline Abhayam, to register a complaint and seek police intervention, the team handling the call was concerned and with their usual tone asked for details to the caller. The caller was an educated young woman from Vadodara. She complained that it was regarding her 87 […]
India’s western state of Gujarat’s Alcohol Prohibition Policy of 1960 has proved a significant loss to industries like Tourism and has kept away most of its tourists from visiting the state. Gujarat is one of the ‘dry’ States where manufacturing and sale of liquor is prohibited. However, in its recent announcement, the state department has […]
The management of St Xavier’s High school suspended the physical training teacher Raviraj Vaghela after three Class 9 girl students complained about the inappropriate messages sent on their Instagram by the accused. An inquiry committee is also set up by the management. The girls accused the 38-year-old teacher of sending them inappropriate and objectionable messages. […]
Let us be clear. The criticism that Gujarat has become the drug hub of India can be contested. Could it be because Gujarat police have caught drugs of over Rs 6500 Crores in the current year? Much of this credit goes to Gujarat State Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi. Now Sanghavi is determined to expand the […]
Union Home Minister Amit Shah is visiting Gujarat today, just ahead of the plans of prime minister Narendra Modi’s visit scheduled on 29-30 September Amit Shah will visit Ahmedabad, Amreli and Somnath to attend several programmes. It is pertinent to note that Gujarat is a poll-bound state with a high political stake for all parties […]
A female doctor working at the Municipal Urban Health Centre (MUHC) was mishandled by a BJP corporator, Vipul Patel alias ‘Somabhai’ in Ahmedabad city of Gujarat. According to the sources, the corporator asked Dr Sonal Pandor to drink dirty water from the bottle by holding it to her mouth. This incident caused resentment among the […]
Ahmedabad Metro project costing almost 12500 crores is coming to completion for the phases undertaken so far. It is likely that the Metro may start rolling in the weeks to come and start serving 32 stations of 40 km route. Ahmedabad Metro will have two routes. Vasna – Motera route 18.89 km 15 stations Vastral-Thaltej […]
Three Class 9 girl students of the prestigious St Xavier’s School, Loyola, Ahmedabad have gathered the courage to come forward and complain about the inappropriate behaviour of their physical education teacher which took place one and a half months ago. The girls have accused the 38-year-old PT teacher of sending them inappropriate and objectionable messages […]
Friday, September 9, was the hottest day in the last four years in Gujarat when the mercury touched 37.6 degrees Celsius. Gujarat is generally a very hot region climatically. Yet, in the last few years, it is getting hotter every year. The maximum temperatures for the hottest month of 2021, 2020 and 2019 were 35.7 […]
Romel Sutariya, a convener of Gujarat-based NGO ‘Ek Awaaz Ek Morcha’ has claimed that a massive chit-fund scam of INR 10,000 crore bigger than the Saradha Group Financial scandal has silently crumbled the state after he mustered all the essential testimonials and documents from the local investors based in different parts of Gujarat. Saradha Group […]
