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The greatest calamities in life often happen without alarm bells. Vibes of India, during a series of health-related features, has quizzed medical practitioners and doctors about the ailments that end human life so abruptly. While the degenerative effects of diabetes, the Silent Killer, are felt over time, heart attacks and brain strokes are often sudden. The […]
A day after her husband died due to a severe heart attack on May 12, a 21-year-old woman hanged herself to death in the Liliya taluka of Amreli, Gujarat. According to the officials, Princi Rathod hanged herself at her residence because she couldn’t handle the pain of losing her husband, Dhaval Rathod (25). The pair […]
Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah will be on a two-day visit to his home state Gujarat from Saturday. He will attend events in Devbhumi Dwarka, Ahmedabad, and Gandhinagar as well as inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of a number of projects. Shah will lay the foundation stone for the National Academy of […]
His drawing powers make headlines and so does the way he courts controversies. He’s perceived as a self-styled Godman, who calls himself Bageshwar Dham chief and is essentially known for his preaching of Shiva Purana and Ramcharitmanas. Gujarat should know more about this man, Dhirendra Krishna Shastri, during his visits to the state at the […]
Of all the tourist destinations in Gujarat, Devgadh Baria features among the top in one’s travel list. Located in the foothills of east Gujarat and on the bank of the Panam River, its picturesque appeal makes it a must-visit spot. The presence of sloth bears, jackals, hyenas, foxes, and panthers further adds to its allure. […]
Are women less vulnerable to diabetes than men? While studies claim that the global prevalence of diabetes is higher in men, women can’t be complacent about the silent killer. Certainly, women from Gujarati families need to monitor their food, lifestyle, and do some energy-packed exercises to avoid consuming pills to control sugar, recent research has […]
The servers of a private multi-speciality hospital in Ahmedabad have fallen victim to a ransomware attack, as revealed by local authorities. The hackers responsible for the attack are demanding a ransom of $70,000 in Bitcoin to restore the hospital’s encrypted data. The incident came to light when K D Hospital, located on the outskirts of […]
The Gujarat government has given the green light to a road development project worth Rs 2,213.60 crore. This ambitious initiative aims to enhance connectivity across the state by constructing a 919-kilometre-long road, covering 94 stretches that connect small villages to bustling metro cities. Under the guidance of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, a total of 94 […]
Three police constables in Gujarat’s Botad district have been charged with murder after a 28-year-old man tragically lost his life due to an alleged custodial assault. The incident was reported by a police official on Tuesday. According to a police official, the incident took place on April 14 when Padharshi was picked up by the […]
Gujarat Board Class 10 students are eagerly waiting to check their exam results. The Class 10 exams were conducted between March 14, 2023, and March 28, 2023. The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSEB) has confirmed that the Class 10 results are likely to be announced in the first week of June. The […]
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea filed by several Gujarat judicial officers whose promotions were recently stayed by the court. The decision came after a bench, led by retired Justice MR Shah, had halted the promotion of 68 lower judicial officers from Gujarat, including Surat Chief Judicial Magistrate Harish Hasmukh Varma, who […]
Ahmedabad Municipal Commissioner M Thennarasan had conducted a surprise inspection to a water pumping station, near Bodakdev ward, in November last year. During the inspection, it was discovered that there was not enough staff present in the pumping station to conduct surveillance checks, as per the specifications of the tender. This raised concerns about the […]
Ayush Ramesh Dakhra, a 23-year-old student from Sidsar village, Bhavnagar who was pursuing his studies in Canada. The news was confirmed after Ayush had been missing for over a week, prompting a search by local authorities in Toronto. This is the second such incident in a month in which a Gujarati student in Toronto went […]
Several environmental activists, social workers and academics, most of them belonging to the arid Kutch district of Gujarat, have sought Gujarat authorities’ urgent intervention to “notify, protect, restore and rejuvenate” lakes of the historic Bhuj city, threatening legal action in case they fail to do it. Those who have signed a letter, which has been shot to […]
The top court on Friday stayed the promotion of 68 judicial officers in Gujarat, including that of Surat Chief Judicial Magistrate Harish Hasmukh Varma, who had convicted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case and sentenced him to two years imprisonment. The promotions have been stayed due to the violation of the “merit-cum-seniority principle”. […]
Last year, new Ahmedabad municipal commissioner M Thennarasan visited a water pumping station at Helmet Crossroads as part of a surprise check. But what he found may not have been a surprise. The staff were fewer than what the contractor agreed to in the tender, claimed a national newspaper. As a follow-up action, the commissioner […]
While on the one hand there are people from Gujarat who don’t think twice before paying lakhs of rupees to unscrupulous human smugglers to fulfil their American dream, there is a growing number of Gujaratis who have sought asylum in the US citing political and community-based persecution. According to a report in The Times Of […]
A police complaint has been lodged against the Second Additional Senior Civil Judge and Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate SC Patel for consuming alcohol while performing his duty as a Magistrate in the Modasa Court as well as misbehaving with the employees working in the Court and the Court’s building premises. The Modasa Town police took […]
In 2016, two years before the hit Akshay Kumar starrer Padman brought menstrual hygiene into the mainstream, a young academic was busy doing a baseline research study on the subject in Ahmedabad. Arpan Yagnik, a graduate of MICA, was then a doctoral student in the area of development communication at Bowling Green State University, Ohio, and his […]
In a money laundering case connected to an alleged betting ring in the Indian Premier League (IPL) T-20 cricket tournament in 2015, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches against suspected bookie Anil Jaisinghani today, official sources said. The Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s wife Amruta Fadnavis was the target of a plot by Anil […]
