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The wedding season has picked up in Gujarat and along with that, the season of grand wedding styles is also here. Every couple wants to do something different at the wedding, everyone makes their own efforts to make this event memorable. A unique wedding of the son of a leader of the Maldhari community of […]
The Income Tax Department in Gujarat does not have the full panel of eight senior Income Tax officers. The position of full-time chief commissioners were vacant since July and additional duties were given to in-charge officers. The Central Board of Direct Taxes has left the post of the Chief Commissioner for Tax Deducted at Source […]
Gujarat High Court has refused plea against Gandhi Ashram Precinct Development Project. The Ashram, set up by Mahatma Gandhi was his and Kasturba’s home for 13 years from 1917 to 1930. Now, despite Gandhians across the State coming together to urge the Government to withdraw the huge infrastructure project–the Ashram will get a facelift at […]
A day after the Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigated the alleged suicide of a 19-year-old girl inside the coach of the Gujarat Queen train, a postmortem report confirmed that she was gangraped about six days before her body was found in the train. Addressing the media on Wednesday, Superintendent of Police, Western Railway, Vadodara, Parikshita […]
Gautam Adani, the richest Asian businessman, knows that to succeed in any business, one must have the blessings of Goddess Lakshmi. But the business tycoon has also stayed faithful to his family deity – Kuvarka maata- a form of Goddess Saraswati. Adani unfailingly pays a family visit to his ancestral deity in Tharad and takes […]
Torrent power, the electricity supplier in Ahmedabad, has started a mega search operation in Dariyapur area of Ahmedabad. As many as twenty officers from the company are leading a team of 150 workers who are employed in this raid. Dariyapur, an area within walled city of Ahmedabad, marked by it’s labyrinth of pols and residential […]
An enchanting Art exhibition of lithographic and chromolithographic portraits and pictures was held at ‘The Gallery’ in Amdavad Ni Gufa at CEPT University on November 23 by a renowned art collector – Anil Relia. Dignitaries including Amit Ambalal ( a renowned artist) and Jatin Das (painter, sculptor and muralist) made their esteemed presence at the […]
Mission Schools of Excellence project seems to have taken off a total of 3,081 government primary and secondary schools from 2,074 clusters across 33 districts. While four municipal corporations have been selected for the first phase of this project. This selected bunch includes a total of 2,575 primaries and 506 secondary government schools in the […]
The case is under investigation with CID Crime and the main conspirator Amol Sheth lodged in Sabarmati jail at Ahmedabad, the pace of inquiry appears to have slowed down for Anil Starch case involving amount close to Rs.100 crores. Scion of a very prominent business family of Ahmedabad, Amol Shripal Sheth is accused of fraudulently […]
Repeal of Farm Laws by the Prime Minister has cheering from an unexpected corner. APMCs in Gujarat where a stronghold of BJP prevails, are feeling relieved from the burden of supporting what was hurting them. In the wake of farm laws by the Centre, the BJP ruled state government also had made an amendment in […]
The Income Tax department raided the office of Manikchand distributor Mustafa Sales Agency and the residence of dealer Mustafa Sheikh on Nov 17. Post raids on 14 premises of the distributor, unaccounted cash of over Rs 7 crores were recovered from the office along with gold and silver jewellery worth Rs 3 crores. A total […]
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) welcomed the new batch of BTech students on November 22 in virtual mode. A total of 249 students from 18 Indian states have joined the batch of 2021-2025, with the highest number of students coming from Maharashtra (62), Rajasthan (49), and Gujarat (38), followed by Andhra Pradesh (17), Telangana […]
Incidents of burglary seem to have become commonplace in Ahmedabad. Burglary of Rs 23.32 lakh was reported in the North park bungalow in Adani’s Shantigram – city’s one of the most posh and equipped with high security areas on November 23. While the insurance agent’s family was resting upstairs in the North park bungalow, the […]
The Income Tax Department has raided two Ahmedabad based companies: Astral Pipes and Ratnamani Metals and Tubes. The I-T department started the search operation on both companies on Tuesday morning. Over 150 I-T officials have been deployed for the operation. The raids are on at over 40 premises of the companies. Sandeep Engineer, 59, founder […]
The first stop in IRS officer Virendra Ojha’s home is an open library and the last is a room that has been converted into a classroom. The 1993 batch Income Tax officer from Ahmedabad is on a mission to train Indian youth for civil services regardless of where they are – even if in a […]
Gujarat is now becoming a destination for cryptocurrencies and the dark web after being a hot spot for drug smuggling. Four persons have been arrested by the Gujarat police over a period of one week wherein dealers from Ahmedabad had imported 100 kilograms of drugs from the US and other parts of the country via […]
Education minister’s decision hits unprepped schools on a Sunday with only a 24-hour notice Gujarat Education Minister Jitu Vaghani announcement on re-opening schools for Grades I-V caught most school authorities by surprise, coming in late in the afternoon on Sunday, November 21. The minister stated that virtual modes of education will be ongoing and it […]
Congress demanded to set up an inquiry commission under a sitting High Court judgement to investigate the ongoing probe of seizure of drugs at various places in Gujarat that includes the seizure of 2,988 kg of heroin at the Mundra port. Led by Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, Paresh Dhanani and Gujarat Congress president […]
A noteworthy fall in Covid-19 cases has encouraged Gujarat government to organise the 10th edition of Vibrant Gujarat Summit – an event to attract investments in January 2022. As per the sources, the newly sworn-in chief minister Bhupendra Patel is all set to organise the event next year. Moreover, he has also given verbal invitations […]
Lieutenant General (retd) Asit Mistry, a resident of Vadodara and retired NDA Commandant – has been awarded with the Distinguished Service Medal (PVSM) on November 22. Lt General Asit Mistry was honored with the medal by President Ramnath Kovind at a function at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. General Rajendrasinhji Jadeja, who had earlier been […]
