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After garnering rave reviews and raking in moolah from all corners of the world, Gadar 2, one of the biggest blockbusters of 2023, has finally made its way to OTT. The Sunny Deol, Ameesha Patel-starrer and Anil Sharma-directed action drama has grossed Rs 690 crore worldwide. Released in cinemas on August 11, Gadar 2 also […]
A grand Indian wedding, promoted by Hindi film actor Ranbir Kapoor, is under scrutiny. The wedding, for which expenditure of around Rs 200 crore was allegedly paid in cash, reportedly took place in Ras Al-Khaimah in the UAE. According to a news report, the actor allegedly did promotional activities for a certain Mahadev betting app, […]
The Gujarat high court framed charges against four police personnel for contempt of court in a case relating to flogging of some persons in public and arresting them for hurling stones at a Navratri function in Kheda district in October 2022. In a video of the incident, the policemen were seen flogging some Muslim men […]
The British government has raised visa fees, making traveling to the UK expensive for people around the world, including Indians. Now under the new regime, a UK visit visa under six months would cost £15 more and student visa, £127 more. The fee hike will raise the price of the visit visa under six months […]
Earthquakes are some of the most dreaded of natural disasters for their speed and scale of destruction and also for their unpredictability. Unfortunately, even as earthquakes are becoming common, and densely populated regions like India are more exposed to major losses to life and property, we don’t have a device yet which could predict the […]
Ordering the immediate release of Bansal brothers in a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the Supreme Court came down heavily on the Enforcement Directorate (ED), asking it not to be vindictive and arbitrary. The apex court also asked the ED to furnish the grounds of arrest to the accused in writing […]
Unlike the announcement of the Booker Prize, which is preceded by a long list and then by a short list, stretching the process to three months, the nominees for the Nobel Prize for Literature are never revealed. Instead, it is left to literature pundits to speculate ahead of the announcement and it quite often happens that […]
‘Raiding’ an entire media organization and snatching the electronic devices of journalists without due process is a bad omen for a free press but a worse signal for the continuation of democracy. The arrest of Newsclick editor Prabir Purkayastha and the head of the portal’s HR department, Amit Chakravarty on terrorism charges has pushed the Modi government’s […]
District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, Dahod, ruled that even if a life insurance policy has been issued erroneously in the name of a wrong person and premium has been charged on it, the insurance company is liable to settle the claim. Hemi Keshabhai Patel, a resident of Fatepura in Dahod district, had approached the commission […]
One year after it was opened, the country’s first international bullion exchange, the India International Bullion Exchange (IIBX) at GIFT-IFSC in Gandhinagar clocked its highest single-month turnover of gold in September, trading 1,230.2 kg of the yellow metal, with a total transaction value of $76.01 million. Since the exchange became operational on July 30 last […]
Dismissing a bunch of petitions by former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Sanjiv Bhatt, an annoyed Supreme Court on Tuesday imposed a fine of Rs 3 lakh on him for filing them. The former cop had alleged bias on the part of the trial judge hearing a case in which he is accused of planting […]
Dholavira, the Indus Valley site on UNESCO World Heritage list, has finally been included in the Kutch Rann Utsav package as a tourist destination. The Kutch Rann Utsav tent city packages will now span four days instead of the previous three. The decision to incorporate Dholavira is part of the government’s efforts to attract foreign […]
With religious intolerance becoming common in our society, Ahmedabad’s Kalorex Future School in Ghatlodia set an example by promoting secularism and tolerance through student engagement. Recently, as a part of Eid celebrations at the school, a Muslim student, wearing a skull cap, was asked to offer Namaz in the morning assembly to share with fellow […]
After court intervention, the Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) announced the formation of a fact-finding committee to probe media reports on the alleged rape and homophobia incidents on the campus of the flagship legal studies institute. In a letter by registrar Dr Jagadeesh Chandra TG to students, the university announced constituting the four-member committee led […]
Death at a young age due to heart failure is becoming commonplace in the last few years. There have been multiple such incidents reported in Gujarat in a short span of time. Five more young people are believed to have succumbed to heart attack in Rajkot, adding to the toll of such cases that’s rising […]
That owners and paying guests can live in harmony is becoming a myth of sorts. In recent times, Indian societies have witnessed several instances of altercation between the two, which usually spiral out of control. The latest in a series of ‘us versus them’ scuffles happened on October 1 when some young women staying as […]
New Delhi: In early morning raids on homes of several journalists and commentators associated with the news outlet Newsclick, Delhi police has started interrogations in matters “related to terror links” in a case involving the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). The Wire has learned that the raids are in connection with FIR number 224/2023. This case was […]
Though the name of Ahmedabad and his Sabarmati Ashram is often associated with the life and work of Mahatma Gandhi, after 1930, the leader hardly visited the Gujarat capital or stayed in the state for long. In the remaining 18 years of his life, Gandhi was to spend just about 301 days in Gujarat. Though […]
There has been much discussed and investigated case of Cognizant Chennai bribery that keeps creating news in India as well as USA. The bribery case was first reported in 2016, with allegations that Cognizant executives had bribed Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) and some other government officials to obtain various permits and approvals for construction […]
A birth anniversary special in which I address misinformation regarding Gandhi. Part 1 of 2. On 11th June, my old school friend HS Prasanna 1, an executive for a global consumer goods company, forwarded me a WhatsApp message. He followed that up with a text in typical WhatsApp lingo: “Is this true fact or another […]
