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Betting mafia continues to have a vice-like grip on cricket. Now, astonishingly, some senior Gujarat police officials have been linked to cricket betting syndicates. The disclosures are likely to abort the careers of these senior cops. First, let’s get the details out of the way. The State Monitoring Cell (SMC) arrested someone named Jignesh Soni last […]
Six years after selling their Havmor brand to Lotte of South Korea for Rs 1,020 crore, the Chona family has returned to the ice cream business, investing over Rs 100 crore in a new manufacturing plant in Bavla. The plant has the capacity to churn out 50,000 litres of ice cream daily, which will be […]
Responding to the fatal dog attack on Parag Desai, 50, executive director of Wagh Bakri Group, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s (AMC) Cattle Control and Nuisance Department (CCND), is stepping up its stray dog sterilisation campaign. Desai attempted to fend off street dogs when he was fatally injured close to his Bopal home. About 200 stray […]
New Delhi: Justice Biren Vaishnav of the Gujarat High Court apologised to his puisne judge, Justice Mauna Bhatt in open court on Wednesday (October 25), days after he had an outburst in open court and walked out. “What happened on Monday, shouldn’t have happened. I was wrong. I am sorry for that. We begin a new […]
The actions of several businessmen, including Vijay Mallya, who have left the country after acquiring massive loans from banks, are well documented. A recent case has emerged in Surat, where businessman Vijay Shah and his wife, alleged to have fled to the United States, are accused of embezzling crores of rupees from the Bank of […]
Stray dog menace in our cities is a growing problem that poses danger to lives. It portends difficult times ahead as the man-animal conflict is only going to rise with rising human and stary populations. Recently Wagh Bakri scion Parag Desai died following a fall while trying to escape stray dogs near his house in […]
At least seven IPS officers of Gujarat cadre have been sought by the government for central deputation. This has caused quite a flutter among the state officials and especially those whose names have been proposed. The IPS officers on the list include Surat Range IGP V Chandrashekar, Mehsana SP Achal Tyagi, Anand SP Praveen Meena, […]
In the last 24 hours, a total of 16 individuals lost their lives while participating in Garba festivities during Navratri in Gujarat. The victims, spanning various age groups, included a 13-year-old boy from Dabhoi, Baroda, making the incident all the more heart-wrenching. On a recent Friday, a 24-year-old man from Ahmedabad suddenly collapsed and passed […]
A 52-year-old in-charge principal of a government school in Junagadh took his own life, with allegations of caste-based harassment being the apparent catalyst for his suicide. Kanti Chauhan, a Dalit, tragically consumed poison during school hours on a fateful Friday, which led to his hospitalisation. Despite medical intervention, he eventually succumbed to the poisoning at […]
In the digital age, cybercriminals have increasingly targeted Gujarat, as confirmed by the Future Crime Research Foundation (FCRF), an organization led by IIT Kanpur. According to an FCRF white paper, Ahmedabad and Surat are emerging as the nation’s latest cybercrime hubs. The comprehensive report meticulously examined cybercrime incidents reported nationwide from January 2020 to June […]
Gujarat lost one of its most dynamic young business leaders on Sunday, with the tragic death of 50-year-old Parag Desai, scion of the Wagh Bakri Group. Mr Desai, who was the executive director of the Wagh Bakri Group, had suffered a brain haemorrhage from a fall outside his house last Sunday. He was in the […]
Paintings of moustachioed, dhoti-clad Bengali gentlemen cavorting with sex workers. Postcard-sized watercolours of Hindu deities that European missionaries bought to take back home with them as souvenirs. An oil painting of a six-year-old Sita at her Swayamvara, with the thirteen-year-old Ram. A reverse-glass painting of a dark-complexioned Durga slaying Mahisasur, made in Canton (present-day Guangzhou) […]
With the election season nearing, hundreds of young individuals from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are joining the Congress party in Gujarat that has sparked a significant political debate. In a gathering at the Pradesh Congress Bhavan in Ahmedabad, Gujarat State President of the Congress, Shaktisinh Gohil presided over an […]
Anjali Yadav, a US university student researching on the treatment of glioblastoma, an aggressive and malignant brain tumor, was elected vice chairperson of the student wing of American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS). Originally a native of Bhavnagar in Gujarat, Anjali Anilbhai Yadav has secured the position for the 2023-24 term. A PhD holder in […]
Teenagers taking to social media is a common phenomenon around us. Most youngsters these days are trapped in the lure of instant fame through reels and videos. As a result, they are losing their focus on studies as well as their mental and physical health. Though it is said that lack of parental engagement is […]
Holding four policemen guilty in the Kheda public flogging case, the Gujarat High Court on Thursday sentenced them to 14 days of imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 2,000. However, the court stayed the order for three months following a request from the accused, so as to appeal against the verdict. The verdict came […]
A garba event in Ahmedabad getting cancelled at the last moment has left enthusiasts angry and frustrated. Many of them had reached the venue at SP Ring Road when they learnt about the cancellation. Passes for the ‘Rame Ahmedabad’ event, hosted near the Science City crossroad, were sold for Rs 500 each and for many […]
The Centre has approved bonuses ahead of Diwali for Group C and non-gazetted Group B rank officials, including paramilitary forces. The finance ministry has fixed the ceiling for computing non-productivity linked bonuses (ad-hoc bonuses) for central government employees at ₹7,000 for 2022-23. The Department of Expenditure under the finance ministry said a non-productivity linked bonus […]
With 80 reported custodial deaths in Gujarat in the last five years, the functioning of the state police administration under the BJP-led government has come under the scanner. In 2022 alone, Gujarat reported the highest number of custodial deaths, with 24 such tragic incidents, a sharp rise from 12 such loss of lives in 2019-20 […]
Gujarat has a bad history of fakes and impersonation. After the infamous Kiran Patel case, where an Ahmedabad resident was caught while he continued to pose as Additional Director (strategy and campaigns ) associated with the Prime Minister’s Office; one more fake PMO official has now been booked by the CBI. This man, identified as […]
