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The Ahmedabad city Cyber Crime Branch unit on Saturday arrested a heart specialist who created a fake Facebook page with a post that the UN Mehta Heart Hospital is about to close. The Hospital is located in the Civil Hospital Campus in Asarwa. The doctor, Rounak Shah, was arrested from his clinic in Himmatnagar. The […]
With Vapi becoming a hub for chemical industries, the Gujarat Finance Minister, Kanu Desai informed that the government is planning to elevate Vapi to a municipal corporation. He said that Vapi is an industrial city and houses 2200 industrial unit. “Could be the biggest industrial cluster in Asia,” said Desai. Desai participated in an event […]
A family from Vadodara filed a complaint against the SSG Hospital claiming that they had swapped their child with someone else’s after the woman gave birth on Saturday afternoon. After delivering the baby, the doctors informed her that it was a boy. However, when the nurse brought the baby, it was a girl and informed […]
A division bench of the Gujarat High Court headed by Justice JB Pardiwala on Friday sought details of coal consumption in Gujarat and the number of industries that use only coal as a medium of fuelin order to assess as to what extent “the possibility of providing infrastructure or a network to all these industries […]
Indian railways recently received a complaint regarding the on-going construction at the Anand Railway station in Gujarat. The person who goes by the name Tejas Bamania took to Twitter to inform the Indian railways about his experience. In his tweet, he said that the lift at the station is not working. and the stairs are […]
Appearing before the Supreme Court, Zakia Jafri’s lawyer Kapil Sibal has been arguing that the special investigation team’s closure report into whether certain prominent persons can be held responsible for the 2002 communal violence in Gujarat was not justified. Zakia’s husband and Congress MP Ehsan Jafri was one of 68 people killed during the Gulberg […]
The Gujarat Government on Friday issued a notification restricting the timing for bursting crackers during upcoming festivals. The state home department in the notification allowed the burning of crackers in a two-hour window during Diwali. The release has also allotted the timings for Christmas and New Year festivals. The release stated, “In Diwali, the firecrackers […]
A Rambhakt Dalit family was assaulted because they entered a Ram Mandir at Ner village in Kutch district of Gujarat. “Dalits do not deserve to enter our Ramji’s mandir. Ram does not need Dalits”, the family was clearly told when they were assaulted by Upper caste and Hindus belonging to OBC category. The family was […]
The seven children who broke out of the Gandhinagar Child protection home on Monday, October 25, visited Somnath via bus and then returned to Gandhinagar. The seven children were found by the police on Thursday, October 28, in an abandoned government house at Sector 21. The seven kids had fled from the Home on Monday, 25 […]
The Bank of Baroda has filed a case against a private company based at Nadiad, Gujarat of cheating the bank of Rs 114.06 crores (approximately) between the period 2010 to 2015. The case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) includes the directors Jayesh Tribhovandas Ganatra and Bipin Tribhovandas Ganatra, unknown public servants and […]
As a surprising move, as many as 10 IAS officers have been transferred in Gujarat. These officers have been replaced after the new cabinet took charge. Sr. chartered officers Manoj Das and Ashwini Kumar have been given postings. Manoj Das is in charge of the regular port. In addition, J P Gupta has become the […]
The former Congress President, Rahul Gandhi will appear before the Surat district court on October 29 regarding a defamation complaint filed by a BJP MLA, Purnesh Modi. This is will be the third time Gandhi will appear before the court. Gandhi’s assertion will be taken before the judge regarding the claims evened out against him. […]
Unscrupulous elements are continuously finding novel ways to profit from the lucrative illegal trade of alcohol in dry Gujarat. In one such case, Vadodara native Shankar More , 40, has been held by the police along with his associates when police seized the liquor worth Rs.27 lacs hidden inside containers of chemicals at Mahidharpura , […]
The bronze statue of Dr Sarabhai sitting on a desk and writing in a notebook on a table, was vandalised by unknown miscreants between 11 pm on October 26 to 11 am on October 27. Miscreants after vandalising the statue took away the table, book, and pen attached to the statue. The statue was unveiled […]
All seven children who broke out of the Gandhinagar Children Protection Home on Monday were found by the police in the afternoon of October 28, Thursday, at an abandoned government house in Sector 21. The seven kids had fled from the Home on Monday morning. A complaint was filed by the Protection Home Superintendent at […]
With the festive season approaching, Gujarat Government has made a few announcements that are in favour of people this time. Keeping in mind the rejoice and festivity of Diwali, here are the announcements made by the government. The timing of night curfew in the state to be from 12 midnight- 6 am to 1 am-5 […]
The Gujarat government has formed a five-member committee to consider the issue after the agitation over grade pay of Gujarat Police became fierce. The government hopes that the movement will now calm down and the grade pay issue will be resolved. It was announced by Gujarat DGP Ashish Bhatia at a press conference on Thursday […]
With Gujarat assembly elections due next year, Congress’ former national president Rahul Gandhi will be visiting the state from November 10 to November 13. He will visit Ahmedabad to participate in the three-day Chintan Shibir which is aimed to draw plans for state assembly elections. Last week the top leaders of Gujarat Congress had a […]
Challenging the proposal of the redevelopment of Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad, Mahatma Gandhi’s great-grandson, Tushar Gandhi has knocked the doors of Gujarat High Court and has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on Wednesday. Tushar Gandhi, in his PIL, has claimed the proposed redevelopment project of Sabarmati Ashram to be “diametrically opposed” to the personal […]
Central Government has identified Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar, Rajkot and Vadodara airports to be developed by 2022-23 on hub and spoke model cargo stations under newly announced Krishi Udaan Scheme aimed at facilitating and incentivizing movement of agri-produce by air transportation. The hub and spoke is a distribution model that resembles shape of a bicycle wheel. In […]
