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Citing the situation of COVID-19 in the state, the Gujarat government permitted to organise Garba in residential places with a limit of 400 people. Along with this, it disallowed commercial Garba venues including party plots, clubs or any other open places for the celebration of Navratri this year. Although, a café in Ahmedabad was caught […]
Pandit Deendayal Energy University stands 68th in the Engineering category in the recent National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings for 2021. A segment of senior academicians who have investigated NIRF entries by key colleges has red-hailed that, PDEU doubled up the number of administrative staff members as assistant professors. “Analysis of the details uploaded by […]
Many Pakistani Hindus have been at the receiving end of the conflicts that have surged in Pakistan. Meanwhile, 868 people have been granted Indian citizenship by the Ahmedabad District Collectorate. Citizenship letters were awarded to 11 Pakistani Hindus by Ahmedabad District Collector, Sandeep Sagle. The application form for citizenship of 9 new Pakistani Hindus was […]
The Gujarat government has decided to give a special financial aid to the state’s tribals for a trip to Ramjanmabhoomi in Ayodhya. Every tribal person in Gujarat can claim Rs 5,000 for the trip to Ayodhya. Of course, evidence of Ram Lalla darshan will be mandatory. The scheme being launched in Gujarat could be replicated […]
With the conclusion of Navratri on Thursday and Diwali knocking doors being just 15 days far, Gujarat on Saturday recorded a total of 22 fresh COVID-19 cases in the 11th instance of 20 plus COVID-19 cases in October so far. Out of total cases, 45% of the cases were recorded in cities. The fresh […]
Gujarat Minister of State for home affairs Harsh Sanghvi once again set an example of compassion and sensitivity by halting his official convoy to save a drowning woman. When Harsh Sanghvi saw a woman jumping into the Tapi river from Sardar bridge, Surat, he stopped his convoy on the bridge and called the fire department. […]
As the festive season of Diwali approaches, bootleggers continue to find new ways to sneak booze into the state to increase liquor sales. Gandhinagar Local Crime Branch has arrested one such bootlegger who tried new alchemy to slyly sneak in alcohol to Gujarat. The accused had used a tactic to evade the police by hiding […]
Though private-sector jobs have increased in the last few decades, the craze for government jobs still prevails. Several Central Universities including the Central University of Gujarat and other higher educational institutions have come up with a huge opportunity for young people who dream of government jobs in esteemed educational institutions. The universities are outsourcing the […]
Ahmedabad-based IRS officer Vijay Kumar Singh has successfully finished the world’s oldest annual marathon and road racing event – Boston Marathon by clocking 3.14.30 hours. By running at a dizzying 14kmph speed for 185 mins, Singh not only becomes the first Indian but also the first person to do so from Gujarat. Ritesh Misra, an […]
While the world-renowned Gandhi Ashram has been marked as a ‘silent zone’ by the authorities and more importantly when the suitable ranges of noise as per Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) are 45 to 55 decibels (dB), the noise on the stretch between Gandhi Ashram and Vadaj is measured between 77 and 83 dB. When […]
Gir National Besides Africa, Gir is the only place in the world where one can spot lions roaming freely in the wild. Closed from 16th June to 15th Oct every year, Gir Jungle Safari is opening after a prolonged time as Covid-19 had hit the previous months and the bookings indicate that there is a […]
A tribal girl was killed after being attacked by an Asiatic lion on an agricultural field at Goradka village of Savarkundla taluka of Amreli in Gir (east) wildlife division on Friday. The incident took place during the early hours of the day, forest official Dr Anshuman Sharma said. According to Dr Anshuman Sharma, she was sleeping […]
Jivuben Rabari is enjoying her first motherhood experience at 70. She is married to Valbhai Rabari for 45 years. The only thing that bothered the otherwise happy couple was their unfulfilled desire to experience parenthood. The couple based in Rapar Taluka of Kutch had tried several means to conceive but it all went in vain. […]
Air India came back home just before its 89th birthday. The announcement that Tata Group won the bid to purchase national carrier Air India came as a pleasant surprise. Bhuj airport witnessed history on 15th October, the birthday of Air India, then called Tata Air Mail. Aarohi Pandit, the world’s first woman pilot to cross […]
With the arrest of Amol Sheth, promoter of Ahmedabad’s once reputed firm Anil Starch, Ahmedabad Crime Branch has finally cracked a two-year-old Rs 1,500 crore scam in fleecing people by luring them with huge returns on their investments. Police sources claim Sheth has been evading arrest so far using his political connections but now that he has […]
In third of fatal accidents in a span of one months, Saurashtra Chemicals plant of Nirma Group in Porbandar where two persons died, Police has booked the safety in charge, production head and four engineers of the plant under IPC Sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 287 (negligent conduct with respect to machinery) […]
Results of election of board of director of Gondal APMC was announced yesterday, polling of which was done on Wednesday. 10 seat win of farmers’ constituency has ensured clean sweep by BJP-backed panel fo all the 16 seats of the APMC. The panel had already won four seats of trader’s constituency and two of the […]
Mahatma Gandhi didn’t mind if Indians die but Britishers shouldn’t die; that’s what Mahatma and Nehru believed. Mahatma was sad about the Chauri Chaura massacre in Gorakhpur as Britishers had died. Dono ki mili bhagat, a Social Studies teacher has been recorded making a series of comments on Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru–which clearly were […]
In an announcement which will delight hundreds of fliers from Ahmedabad, Municipal commissioner Mukesh Kuma has said that shuttle bus service from SG Highway to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) airport is set to resume operations within a week. The decision was taken after a meeting held between officials of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and […]
The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday granted interim relief to a Muslim man (21) – accused under the state’s first anti-love jihad case – following a petition jointly moved by him and the Hindu woman (25) he had married in 2019. The complainant woman had filed an FIR against her husband Sameer Qureshi and in-laws […]
