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The Surat Municipal Corporation will now allow to access its services to just fully vaccinated people in the city from November 15, Monday. The move by the corporation is intended to aware people take both doses and complete their Covid-19 vaccination. Hence, from Monday onwards, the people who are not fully vaccinated, will not be […]
The move started when the Rajkot municipal corporation on November 9, issued an oral circular to prevent the sale and preparation of non-vegetarian food in the open. The circular was followed by the Vadodara Municipal Corporation and now Junagadh authorities have also issued the same. The Rajkot municipal corporation claimed that these eateries were creating […]
“She was excellent in studies and wanted to be a writer. I remember the last hug she gave before she left for Maroli, never returned.” – these are the words of an 18-year-old resident of Navsari who was raped and was found dead at Valsad railway station. The body of the woman was found hanging […]
Art resides in the land of Kutch. Artists from Kutch have been nationally and internationally recognised time and again which embodies the line that defines Kutch – Khushboo Gujarat Ki. An International Online Watercolor Competition was organized by International Watercolor Society Nepal and Arts Mate International with NB Gurug Art Studio Nepal in Kathmandu Nepal […]
A group of villagers allegedly tonsured a 14-year-old girl, blackened her face and paraded her as a punishment for eloping with a man at a village in Gujarat’s Patan district, police said on Saturday. At least 22 people have been arrested so far for the alleged incident that took place in Harij village on November […]
As the festive season in the city has come to an end with everyone getting back to their routine lives, van drivers who pick and drop students of DAV international school find themselves in a grim spot. DAV International School management made a decision to ban rickshaw and van drivers from bringing children to school. […]
Gandhi Ashram inmates Dhimant Badhiya, Shailesh Rathod and Hemant Chauhan have demanded that strict action be taken against actor Kangana Ranaut for badmouthing the freedom struggle and insulting not only Mahatma Gandhi but all freedom fighters and the entire nation. The trio have submitted a letter in this regard to Ahmedabad Police authorities, Kangana Ranaut […]
Praveen Darji A young woman in Patan district who had allegedly fled her village with her lover fearing backlash, was caught by community members, her head tonsured, face blackened and was made to carry hot coals on her head around the village. Police have detained 35 Vadi community members who tortured the woman. A police […]
On the trail of the Khambhalia drug haul, police have unearthed important links and held 5 persons in this connection. It has come to fore that, brothers arrested in connection with the Khambhalia drug haul case Salim Kara and Ali Kara from Salaya town in Devbhumi Dwarka, had purchased a fishing trawler and sent it […]
A petition has been filed by a Chinese company, Hangzhou Huawang New Materials Technology Company through its advocate Abhishek Mehta in the Gujarat High Court challenging a notification issued by the ministry of commerce and industries last month stipulating four-five times higher anti-dumping duty, making it’s product costlier than the product of other manufacturers. The […]
Children these days have been struggling with a lot of issues — firstly the pandemic which led to secluded online studies and then the dealing with a constantly changing grading system. The latest addition to their woes is the cutting down of their playing spaces. An army of brave kids from Shringar Apartments in the […]
At least 61 per cent of the population of Gujarat, according to government data, eats meat, but the prejudice and humiliation associated with non-vegetarian food refuse to simmer down. In a fresh set of bizarre claims made by our politicians, Gujarat Revenue Minister Rajendra Trivedi on Friday urged roadside vendors serving meat-based dishes to their […]
Praveen Darji Kamla is ashamed of her existence. First, she shouted maaf karo, maaf karo. Forgive me, Forgive me, Then she shouted Bachao, bacaho. Save me, Save me. Later her voice got lost in a din of gleeful men tearing her clothes and slapping her. Of course, Kamla is not her real name. Her community insists that […]
The district having one of the most picturesque sights with 7% of forest coverage, over 2200 species of flowers and more than 400 species of plants – Dangs, a tourism spot of India is to be declared as the first natural district of the country on November 19. President Ramnath Kovind recently hosted the Governors […]
A Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court of Prakashchandra Kala on November 11 has sentenced a 39-year-old man identified as Hanuman Nishad for raping a four-year-old girl in Surat in just 29 days. The accused had picked up and assaulted the child when she was playing outside her home in Sachin GIDC area […]
In the latest hearing of the 2002 Gujarat Riots case, Kapil Sibal representing Zakia Jafri, widow of Late Congress MP Ehsan Jafri told the Supreme Court that the Special Investigation Team should itself be investigated. The SIT gave a clean chit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi regarding the murder of Ehsan Jafri. Senior Counsel Kapil […]
The incident of a 10-month-old toddler abandoned outside a temple in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar last month had awakened the whole of Gujarat. News of the shocking crime of a 10-month-old child and its aftermath began to spread through the airwaves and became a topic of discussion. The child was reportedly left by his father identified as […]
In a refreshingly pleasant news, the Junagadh Municipal Corporation is set to become first civic body in Gujarat to earn from sale of carbon credit. Any government or other regulating body willing to limit the carbon dioxide emissions can issue Carbon Credits. The buying and selling of Carbon Credits is regulated by a legal contract called ERPA […]
Gujarat on Wednesday reported more than double Covid-19 positive cases with 42 positive cases in 24 hours. According to the government bulletin, the state had reported 29 fresh cases on Monday and 20 on Tuesday. State’s cases of Wednesday include 16 cases from Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) – which used to report single-digit cases since […]
Celebrated on the fifth day after Diwali “Gyan Panchami” is also known as ” Laabh paacham”,” is one of the most important of all Jain festivals. Special poojas are performed in homes. It is a day of worship exclusively for honouring knowledge and holy books. Holy books preserved in religious libraries are worshipped. Prayers are […]
