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Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a virtual event today celebrating the completion of 20 years of the State Wide Attention on Grievances by Application of Technology (SWAGAT) initiative in Gujarat. The Gujarat government is observing SWAGAT Saptah on this occasion. In his address, PM Modi expressed his satisfaction with the success of the initiative, which […]
Truck owners in Jamnagar staged a protest against Tata Motors after their new trucks broke down just months after purchase. Ranjit Roadlines, a company that purchased 19 cargo trucks from Tata Motors, found that the trucks had malfunctioning silencers that caused them to suddenly stop or break down in the middle of the road. After […]
The Gujarati Mata Ni Pachedi literally translates to “behind the Mother Goddess.” In Gujarat, Pachedi also refers to a textile folk art featuring Mother Goddess at the centre, with her stories and legends painted or woven around. Much like the Madhubani art from Bihar which celebrates the stories of Krishna in stoles and sarees, Pachedi […]
Two of Ahmedabad’s top hospitals have involved themselves in a public interest litigation (PIL) on fire safety norms in buildings, including hospitals, prompting the Gujarat High Court to create a special bench to hear the matter. The matter relates to the pleas by Zydus Hospital and Apex Heart Institute – both super specialty hospitals – […]
Reams are being written on India facing a grave threat to democracy. The recent cold-blooded shooting down of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf in public view has sparked outrage. India finds itself in the throes of a crisis of faith. Now, it’s widely held that a system of top-down kleptocracy has replaced the […]
At a time when premiere institute IIT has been rocked by a recent spate of suicides, a student at Ahmedabad’s CEPT University’s death by suicide on Wednesday, points at deeper problems plaguing the competitive Indian set up. According to Gujarat University police, Shiv Mistry, 23, a final semester Architecture student and native of Vadodara, jumped […]
The villagers took to savage behaviour to sort out the primal instincts that led two pets, belonging to different owners, to mating. The violent clash was disengaged only when the police stepped in. Two groups from a village in Gandhinagar took to fists and blows to vent their anger when one villager’s pet dog was […]
The Supreme Court of India has overturned a Gujarat high court ruling which held that ayurveda practitioners working in government hospitals should receive equal pay to allopathy doctors. The SC was hearing a batch of appeals against the 2012 Gujarat high court decision, which stated that ayurveda practitioners should be treated on a par with […]
While former MP and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was asked to vacate the official bungalow (12 Tughlaq Road in Delhi) he occupied since 12 years with “bullet train speed” as seasoned Congressman Shashi Tharoor put it, in Gujarat, Purnesh Modi allegedly continues to occupy his ministerial bungalow. Claiming the gross anomaly, Gujarat Congress spokesperson Hemang […]
After the 2024 Lok Sabha election, the Election Commission of India will undertake the task of creating new constituencies for the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies. This process, which began in 2020 by the ECI for the latest delimitation, will increase the number of Lok Sabha members from Gujarat to around 42, up from […]
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG)’s Sea Rescue Sub Centre on Wednesday stated that it received a call about a medical emergency involving a patient on board the commercial vessel– Helen. On its way from Sikka to Durban, South Africa, the Panamanian-flagged ship was about 200 kilometres from Porbandar, when the officer in-charge sought the evacuation […]
In a clear-cut case of murder, a 24-year-old woman’s body was found dead at Hotel Krishna Place in Thaltej on SG Road, Monday morning. The victim has been identified as Rebecca Lalawmpuii, a native of Aizawl in Mizoram. She worked at Millennium Spa near Swastik Crossroads and lived with other women from Mizoram at the […]
National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU), formerly Gujarat Forensic Science University (GFSU), an international university in Gandhinagar is solely dedicated to forensic and investigative science. With cyber security and investigative sciences in high demand among airlines, software services, multinationals, pharma concerns and banks among others, the job placement rate at NFSU has surged to over 90% […]
Of the 27 councillors elected to Surat Municipal Corporation from AAP in 2021, the party is now left with 14. This after another AAP councillor was suspended over “anti-party activities,” the third in last week. In response to the suspension, Rajesh Moradiya on Monday said: “I am innocent. The party will realise its mistake.” Reportedly […]
Atiq Ahmed is no more but his infamously famous stories continue to abound. Ever since the crucial point in his life, undoubtedly the 2004 killing of BSP MLA Raju Pal, life took a series of not-so-favourable turns. The grisly saga saw him in and out of prison on several occasions, till Ahmed was shifted from […]
Call it the Kiran Patel effect or an increased vigilance on behalf of the security agencies, but nobody wants to take a chance with the VVIP security. Vibes Of India has learnt that the Ahmedabad Police asked the city Urban Development Authority (AUDA) to install view-cutters at Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s residence in Ahmedabad’s […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually attend an event marking the 20th anniversary of a citizens’ grievance redressal project in Gujarat that he inaugurated as the state’s chief minister in 2003. The SWAGAT events will be held at the village, taluka, and district levels between April 24th and 26th, with the state-level program to follow […]
The Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) will challenge before the Gujarat High Court the recent acquittal of all 67 accused in the 2002 Naroda Gam riot case by a special court. On April 20, the Ahmedabad-based court of S K Baxi, a special judge for SIT cases, acquitted all 67 accused, including former Gujarat […]
Settling down in the US is a prospect that continues to lure families from Gujarat. The desire to earn and spend in the greenback spurs even families of moderate means to risking their life to give it a try. The most recent case being that of the Chaudhury family from Mehsana. Nearly a month after […]
Two sanitation workers, identified as Gopal Padhar (24) and Bijal Padhar (32), died of asphyxiation while cleaning a sewage line in Dholka town, Ahmedabad district, on Saturday evening. The police reported the incident on Sunday. According to the authorities, the workers fell unconscious after entering the sewage line to clean it. They were rushed to […]
