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The Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIMA) is in no mood to give up on a refund of Rs 2.24 crore in service tax that was denied by the state GST department on the ground of ‘unjust enrichment’. The IIMA has now moved the Gujarat High Court, and a bench of Justice N V Anjaria and […]
The Crime Branch police are investigating a fraud case against alleged conman Kiran Patel. Officers are investigating how he received visiting cards identifying him as a Prime Minister’s Office official and how he was assigned a government mobile phone. In a statement, Ahmedabad Crime Branch(ACB) on Wednesday said Kiran Patel got visiting cards saying he […]
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel met a delegation of United Kingdom MPs belonging to the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) (Trade and Investment) in Gandhinagar on Wednesday. Referring to the Biotechnology University in GIFT City, which is collaborating with the UK’s University of Edinburgh, Patel invited the world’s top UK universities to set up campuses in […]
Fraudster Kiran Patel’s case is getting increasingly intriguing by the day, with astonishing details emerging from investigations. It’s revealed that Patel, who had been impersonating a PMO official in J&K and enjoyed top VIP facilities, wanted to start a software company. Twenty-three years old stamp papers recovered from his residence A/17 Prestige Bungalows in Ghodasar […]
The entry of Gujarat into Karnataka’s regional market is all turning spicy. First, it was Amul Milk that irked the state’s indigenous Nandini-backers by announcing entry into the Bengaluru market. And now, rubbing tempers the wrong way is Gujarat’s chilli “Pushpa” – also known as Lali – which is slowly but steadily making inroads into […]
Choosing to slight the controversy around allegations documented in US short-seller Hindenburg’s report, state-run Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has hiked its stake in billionaire Gautam Adani’s flagship entity Adani Enterprises in the March quarter. Even as the market value of the Nifty stock was reduced to less than half in the quarter, LIC […]
They passed the test. But time failed them any result. In what is likely to become a “matter of interest,” the Gujarat HC last week, opened sealed envelopes that carried within, for 25 years, the outcome of the Gujarat Public Service Commission (GPSC) recruitment process for four public service aspirants. All four are now above […]
Kajal Hindustani, a Gujarat based right wing activist has become Hindutva’s latest icon with her hate speeches being circulated widely amongst hardcore Hindus who perceive her as a strong “nationalistic” voice. Meanwhile, a lower court in Gujarat’s Gir Somnath district on Tuesday reserved its order on a bail plea filed by right-wing activist Kajal Hindustani […]
Nearly five months after a foot bridge in Morbi in Gujarat collapsed killing 135 people, the Gujarat government, here on Tuesday night superseded the entire 52-member Morbi Nagarpalika following Gujarat High Court’s directions. While an additional collector Narendra Mucchal has been given the charge of the Nagarpalika as the Chief Officer, the jailed Oreva Group […]
A leopard never changes its spot, goes an adage. But leopards in Surat are changing their habitat. A study conducted by a forest department and MSU’s zoology department claims that leopards in Surat, which has a high population of leopards, are venturing out to hunt livestock in other villages. According to a national daily, the […]
Parents peeved with the arbitrary 40% hike of annual fees by Nirma Vidyavihar School without consent of the school fees regulatory committee (FRC), recently took up the matter with the Ahmedabad city district education officer (DEO). On Monday, the school found itself at the receiving end of a show-cause notice issued by the DEO. According […]
The mock drills were conducted on Monday in Gujarat to check the preparedness of the health system to deal with a surge in infections. State health minister Rushikesh Patel inspected the mock drill at Gandhinagar civil hospital and determined whether the hospital is prepared for a high influx of patients. Dummy patients were brought to […]
In a crackdown on animal poaching and the illegal ivory trade in Gujarat, four persons have been nabbed in Ahmedabad, on Sunday. An elephant tusk weighing 13.9 kg that they planned to sell for Rs 35 lakhs was recovered from possession. The four were seized based on a tip-off. A dummy customer was sent to […]
The Supreme Court will hear on Monday bail pleas of several convicts serving life imprisonment in the 2002 Godhra train burning case. A bench of Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justices P.S. Narasimha and J.B. Pardiwala is scheduled to hear along with the bail applications, pleas of the convicts challenging their convictions. On March 24, […]
Right-wing activist Kajal Hindustani was arrested on Sunday in Gujarat’s Gir Somnath district for allegedly delivering a “hate speech” on Ram Navami that triggered communal clashes in Una town on April 1. Hindustani surrendered before the police in Una on Sunday morning following which she was arrested and produced before a court which remanded her […]
Gujarat Vidyapith (GV), founded in 1920 in Ahmedabad, is steeped in rich history. Established by Mahatma Gandhi during his stay in Ahmedabad, the university is close to the hallowed Sabarmati Ashram, set up by India’s Father of the Nation over 100 years ago. Now, the varsity may lose some of its historical identity. According to […]
In a setback for Gujarat-based dairy giant Amul, a hotels’ body in Karnataka has decided to use only Nandini milk to “support the state’s (dairy) farmers”. The decision by Bruhat Bengaluru Hotels Association comes on the heels of the ruling BJP and the Opposition Congress and the JD(S) engaging in a war of words over […]
The latest RBI data released by the RBI shows Gujarat is still strongly poised on the top rungs in terms of Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP). It also occupies the numero uno position, for over a decade now, where concerns the compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.2 percent. While the state’s GSDP stood at […]
The Mumbai police’s Special Investigation Team arrested a batchmate of IIT Bombay student Darshan Solanki in connection with the alleged abetment of his suicide, an official said on Sunday. The arrest follows confirmation of handwriting in a suicide note by Solanki. The note was sent to the handwriting analysis department of the Crime Investigation Department […]
Conman Kiran Patel was formally arrested on Saturday by Gujarat Police for impersonating as a senior PMO official to avail of VIP privileges during two recent trips to Jammu and Kashmir. Though arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir Police on March 2, his custody was finally transferred to the Gujarat Police (36 days later) on […]
