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With the election season nearing, hundreds of young individuals from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are joining the Congress party in Gujarat that has sparked a significant political debate. In a gathering at the Pradesh Congress Bhavan in Ahmedabad, Gujarat State President of the Congress, Shaktisinh Gohil presided over an […]
Despite stringent animal protection laws, canines remain under perpetual threat. In a horrific incident in Bhopal, employees at a dog training centre ruthlessly killed a canine by hanging it from an iron grill gate using a leash and ropes. Employees at the centre deleted the CCTV footage of the episode to conceal the crime, according […]
Dabur India is under the scanner as three of its foreign subsidiaries are facing lawsuits in federal and state courts in the US and Canada. According to reports, it’s alleged that the company’s hair-relaxer products have led to ovarian cancer, and uterine cancer, besides causing other health-related issues. Namaste Laboratories LLC, Dermoviva Skin Essentials Inc. […]
Anjali Yadav, a US university student researching on the treatment of glioblastoma, an aggressive and malignant brain tumor, was elected vice chairperson of the student wing of American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS). Originally a native of Bhavnagar in Gujarat, Anjali Anilbhai Yadav has secured the position for the 2023-24 term. A PhD holder in […]
Teenagers taking to social media is a common phenomenon around us. Most youngsters these days are trapped in the lure of instant fame through reels and videos. As a result, they are losing their focus on studies as well as their mental and physical health. Though it is said that lack of parental engagement is […]
Holding four policemen guilty in the Kheda public flogging case, the Gujarat High Court on Thursday sentenced them to 14 days of imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 2,000. However, the court stayed the order for three months following a request from the accused, so as to appeal against the verdict. The verdict came […]
A garba event in Ahmedabad getting cancelled at the last moment has left enthusiasts angry and frustrated. Many of them had reached the venue at SP Ring Road when they learnt about the cancellation. Passes for the ‘Rame Ahmedabad’ event, hosted near the Science City crossroad, were sold for Rs 500 each and for many […]
A petition for the recognition of Hinduphobia in Canada that was presented to the House of Commons a few months back has now received more than 25,000 signatures, surpassing the required 500 for it to be referred to the government for a response. Launched on July 19, the petition seeks to define Hinduphobia and include […]
The Centre has approved bonuses ahead of Diwali for Group C and non-gazetted Group B rank officials, including paramilitary forces. The finance ministry has fixed the ceiling for computing non-productivity linked bonuses (ad-hoc bonuses) for central government employees at ₹7,000 for 2022-23. The Department of Expenditure under the finance ministry said a non-productivity linked bonus […]
Shares of Orient Cement climbed 8 per cent on Wednesday amid a media report suggesting promoter CK Birla has approached Gautam Adani to sell his stake in the listed cement company. It suggested that the industrialist had rejected initial offers from peers for failing to meet his valuation demand. As per the report, the senior […]
The Supreme Court has set October 30 deadline for Maharashtra assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar to furnish a time schedule for concluding the proceedings on cross petitions by rival Shiv Sena factions and the NCP-Sharad Pawar group seeking disqualification of over 80 MLAs and warned that the court would frame the schedule, if he failed to […]
The verdict of the Supreme Court to hand over the decision of whether or not to allow same-sex marriage to the government has come as a jolt to thousands of LGBT members and activists fighting for years to get legal validation to conjugal union. Though ‘deeply disappointed’ , prime petitioner Supriyo Chakraborty is unwilling to […]
In a major embarrassment for India’s leading private sector bank ICICI Bank, the RBI has imposed a record penalty of nearly Rs 12.2 crore on it for violation of lending rules and delays in reporting fraud. RBI inspected the books of ICICI Bank in 2020 and 2021 to evaluate its financial status, during which it […]
In yet another big upset of the ICC World Cup 2023, The Netherlands literally trounced high flying South Africa in a one-sided clash in Dharamsala on October 17. The share of the credit for the turn around is being attributed no less to team coach Ryan Cook. After the initial turbulence led by losses, […]
After the X (formerly Twitter) account of Hindus for Human Rights was withheld in India, the nonprofit organisation said that the Narendra Modi government was “scared of a movement of progressive Hindus and their supporters speaking up to save Indian democracy”. The X account of Hindus for Human Rights and its partner, the Indian American […]
American millionaire Neville Roy Singham, named as an accused in the NewsClick case, has rejected the allegations by New York Times that he is running a funding network affiliated to spread China’s propaganda around the world through NewsClick. In a four-page rebuttal, Singham called the New York Times article “misleading”, and described it as an […]
With 80 reported custodial deaths in Gujarat in the last five years, the functioning of the state police administration under the BJP-led government has come under the scanner. In 2022 alone, Gujarat reported the highest number of custodial deaths, with 24 such tragic incidents, a sharp rise from 12 such loss of lives in 2019-20 […]
Drawing attention to the recent ‘bribe-for-questions’ allegation against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra, the Adani Group has said that some groups are making a concerted effort to malign the group’s reputation. In a statement, the Adani Group said, “…some groups and individuals have been working overtime to harm our name, goodwill and market standing”. An […]
Gujarat has a bad history of fakes and impersonation. After the infamous Kiran Patel case, where an Ahmedabad resident was caught while he continued to pose as Additional Director (strategy and campaigns ) associated with the Prime Minister’s Office; one more fake PMO official has now been booked by the CBI. This man, identified as […]
The second-largest government-owned lender, Bank of Baroda (BoB), has allegedly been involved in unauthorised linking of mobile numbers to bank accounts of customers to show higher registrations on its mobile banking application. It was two years ago in November that the bank announced a new app with the jargon, “Save, Invest, Borrow, and Shop.” They […]
