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New Delhi: Union minister for parliamentary affairs Pralhad Joshi has announced on Thursday (August 31) that a special session of parliament will be held next month from September 18 to 22. In a statement on X (formerly Twitter), Joshi said that the special session will include five days. “Special Session of Parliament (13th Session of 17th […]
The Gujarat police have finally made a breakthrough in the missing answer sheets of 14 fourth-year BSc Nursing students that have been missing since July. However, the hunt for the principal suspects continues, as law enforcement agencies strive to bring closure to this complex case. Newspaper reports confirmed that the Gujarat University police, aided by […]
At least 73 people were charred to death and another 52 injured when a major fire broke out in a five-storey building in the South African city of Johannesburg, officials said Thursday. Authorities said it was unclear what sparked the blaze at the building located in the city centre. City of Johannesburg emergency services spokesperson […]
The Gujarat University administration has woken up to the unnecessary association of the varsity with at least seven firms, technically called autonomous bodies, and has now planned to cut them off from the system for not only their insignificance but also for their poor financial probity. The seven bodies were set up under Section-8 of […]
Leaders of the Opposition bloc INDIA have reached Mumbai to meet at a two-day conclave starting today. The Maha Vikas Aghadi comprising the Shiv Sena (UBT), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress has formed several committees to plan various aspects of the meeting of the opposition grouping. NCP chief Sharad Pawar said as many as […]
Seeking more maneuvering space for better management and financial independence, at least five colleges in Ahmedabad have either applied or are in the process of applying for autonomous status under the University Grants Commission (UGC) provision. Gujarat University affiliated HL College of Commerce (HLCC) and MG Science College, both grant-in-aid colleges under the Ahmedabad Education […]
The woes of Ahmedabad airport don’t seem to end. First it was the recent flooding of the airport area that made news headlines for the wrong reason. Of late there have been reports of petty thefts at the airport, bringing bad name to it. Now in another blot on the airport management and security, it […]
Even as the hype and hoopla surrounding the much-anticipated Indo-Pak World Cup match in Ahmedabad has gripped cricket fans across the country, demand for tickets to the match venue has also soared. However, those buying tickets online from the designated BookMyShow app were left disappointed when the server of the app buckled under pressure of […]
A report by a reputed newspaper says that the Modi government at the Centre is spying on its citizens by buying powerful surveillance tools from Israeli tech companies — Cognyte and Septier. According to the report, the surveillance system is installed on subsea cable landing stations, which allows India’s security agencies to snoop on the […]
Days after Chandrayaan-3’s historic success, which landed on the Moon’s south pole last Wednesday, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)’s first-ever solar mission Aditya L1 is set to be launched from Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota on September 2 at 11.50 am. ISRO aims to place the craft in a “halo orbit around the Lagrange point 1 (L1) […]
The Sabarmati, declared the second-most polluted river in India, is in the news again, with the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s (AMC) recently issuing notices to over 5,000 organisations for failing to meet pollution-control levels and pumping large amounts of polluted effluent into it. Meanwhile, as per the media report, the importance of the AMC and Gujarat […]
Police have detained a man found roaming suspiciously near the India-Pakistan border in Gujarat’s Kutch district, an official said on Wednesday. Identified as Dinesh Laxmanan Thevar, a resident of Theni district in Tamil Nadu, the man was found to be carrying a hand-drawn map of the border area, a passport, some tools and an international […]
In a strange yet poignant tale of love and bonding, a ‘sister’ from Ahmedabad sent a ‘rakhi’ to someone in Rajasthan who she considers her brother, for her own brother’s hands are now his. Jagdev Singh, 23, a resident of Sriganganagar in Rajasthan, was working at a farm tubewell in 2019 when the motor malfunctioned. […]
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to get the Census conducted while setting a separate column for Other Backward Classes (OBCs). Baghel urged in the letter he sent to the PM on Tuesday that necessary initiatives and decisions should be taken at the earliest on the “important and sensitive” issue […]
The lure of getting a Canadian visa did them in. Two men from Naroda lost Rs 48 lakh to three travel agents who promised to get them Canadian work visas. Victims Viral and Darshan Patel paid the amount to the accused travel agents Parth Jani, Prakash Patel and Anshuman Negi in instalments, between March and […]
The Gujarat government has increased the reservations for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the state’s panchayats and urban local bodies from 10% to 27%. This decision was made based on recommendations of the K.S. Jhaveri Commission, which was formed based on a 2022 Supreme Court order on deciding the level of OBC quotas in Gujarat. […]
The court of chief judicial magistrate, Srinagar, has granted bail to alleged Gujarat conman Kiran Patel, who was arrested for impersonating as a top official in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and duping people of lakhs. “The court granted bail to Patel on a personal bond of ₹1 lakh and two local sureties of the […]
In a strategic move to upgrade their arsenal, Gujarat police have acquired at least 200 non-lethal taser guns. The new acquisitions will help the police handle potentially violent crowds during rallies, protests, or instances of civil unrest with relative efficiency. The decision to adopt these guns follows a successful trial period involving 25 units, which […]
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has requested governor Biswabhusan Harichandan to give time to meet a delegation of state’s OBC Mahasabha and state backward classes welfare association. The associations have sought to meet the governor via CM. In a letter written to the governor, he has mentioned that during the OBC Mahasammelan organised in Raipur […]
In another welfare measure in election year, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot approved a hike of Rs 26 per day in minimum wages for labourers in the state, which would be effective from January 1, 2023. After the approval of the revised pay, an unskilled labourer will get Rs 285 per day (Rs 8,550 per […]
