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New Delhi: For the first time in an over four years old bribery case involving technology solutions provider Cognizant, names of three Larsen and Toubro (L&T) executives have emerged recently in a filing before a US court. According to the filing at a New Jersey court made earlier this last month by the defence counsel […]
Our filmy heroes have fan followings of varied moods and intensities. However, in a rare case, a woman’s love for Bollywood heartthrob Salman Khan reached such a breaking point that it led to separation from her husband, who growingly turned jealous at his wife’s unflinching obsession for the actor. The woman’s recent departure from the […]
Riding high on surging eye infections, ophthalmic medicines have seen a 26% rise in Gujarat in the month of August. In fact, this happens to be the second consecutive month seeing sales of drugs under the ophthalmological therapy go up at this rate. On an average, July and August 2023 saw drugs worth Rs 37 […]
The Ahmedabad Civil Hospital is now under a burden of financial dues it is hard put to recover from those it had made payments to. The case relates to the Covid-19 pandemic period, when due to exigent needs the hospital had made purchases from various private players and individuals in a short time, paying them […]
Malaria is showing a downward trend this year in Ahmedabad, with fewer numbers and fewer pockets of the city in the grip of the disease. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s (AMC’s) Health Department has recorded 589 cases of common malaria from January to August this year, less than what it was for the same period in 2022 […]
The ticketing experience for the Indo-Pak World Cup match has been no less than sour for most cricket fans in the country so far. After the ticket booking site crashed last time on August 29, another chance on September 8 was also spoiled, as all the open slots for the Ahmedabad clash were booked in a […]
Growing traffic in Ahmedabad and subsequent traffic snarls have made express construction of flyovers in the city an urgent need.But the recent proposal of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) to build a flyover at Panjrapol junction in Ambawadi has come under fire for ignoring the recommendations of the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI). The CRRI […]
It is getting more and more difficult now to get US Green Cards easily for entry to the country and if current pendency rates are anything to go by, at least 4 lakh individuals may never get to see their access pass to America in their lifetime. More than 10 lakh Indians are in the […]
The vibrant diamond cutting and polishing industry of Surat is currently seeing a downturn due to sluggish global demand and other deterrents like the Russia-Ukraine war and slow post-pandemic recovery of the economy. The prices of rough diamonds started falling since the start of 2022 and have seen no signs of a recovery in the […]
The capital is all set to host leaders, presidents and prime ministers from around the world for the annual G20 leaders’ summit from September 9 to 10. For Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it’s yet another chance to position India as a global superpower and himself as a world leader before the general elections next year. […]
Busting an illegal arms racket, Ahmedabad police arrested six persons and seized from them an arms cache of 10 country-made guns and 61 live cartridges, police sources said. The operation that lasted one whole day, found links to one Aftab, a resident of Khargone in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh, who had allegedly sold nine pistols and […]
Mild tremors were felt in areas such as Ghogha, Talaja, Palitana, and Sihore this morning. Saurashtra experienced shifts on earth exactly at 4:12 AM, especially in Bhavnagar district. However, the intensity of the earthquake was mild – no casualties or significant damage was recorded at the time of publishing this article. Residents have been cautioned […]
The biggest problem Indian companies are likely to face in the years ahead is not going to be lack of capital or technology or infrastructure. It is going to be lack of effective business leaders. The signs are all there: a boom in head hunting, with everyone chasing a few, select executives considered to be […]
In a strange display of patriotism, a man from Gujarat wrapped his Jaguar car with India’s G20 Presidency-themed colours and congratulated the people of India for holding the G20 Summit in the country. Not only this, the man Siddharth Doshi, a businessman by profession, along with his friend Maulik Jani, both fans of PM Modi, […]
The Gujarat High Court pulled up an advocate for simply reading out a petition before it and insisting that the court must read the entire petition. A division bench of Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice Aniruddha Mayee said the mere reading of the petition was nothing but a ‘criminal waste of judicial time’ and […]
Samved Patel, a student at CEPT University’s Faculty of Technology, emerged victorious in the UltraTech IndiaNext Build with Speed 05 competition. This competition aimed to tap into the creative ideas and expertise of practicing engineers, architects, and engineering and architecture students. The goal was to collaboratively address some of India’s most pressing infrastructure challenges. Participants […]
Stressing India-ASEAN cooperation in areas like digital transformation, trade and economic engagement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday presented a list of 12 proposals at the 20th ASEAN-India Summit in the Indonesian capital Jakarta. Secretary-General of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Dr Kao Kim Hourn also attended the summit. Two joint statements — one […]
Ahmedabad has become the second city in the country to implement an emission trading scheme (ETS) for particulate pollution, according to the Gujarat government. This achievement will help the city regulate its industrial emissions and thus reduce the state’s pollution levels. An ETS, or “cap-and-trade” system, caps the amount of pollution allowed from regulated industries […]
It is raining goodies for jungle lovers in Gujarat. After a new jungle safari proposed near Kevadiya at Statue of Unity, another Jungle Safari for Asiatic lions is going to come up in Una Taluka in the state. The state government has granted in-principle approval for this Safari, which is currently in the planning stage. […]
Lately, sanatan dharma has become a rallying point for more than one reason. When the national media was busy with the aftershocks of Udhayanidhi Stalin’s statement of eradicating sanatan dharma, another controversy related to sanatan dharma was raging in Gujarat. The core issue was a mural in a Swaminarayan temple at Salangpur in Saurashtra, in which Hanuman was […]
