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Bilkis Bano’s hometown, Randhikpur, in Gujarat’s Dahod district is in news again. And not for the right reason. The village hit headlines when, in 2002, Bano was gang-raped and members of her family killed in front of her. The area had seen a semblance of normality over the years with violence-affected people having returned to […]
Gujarat IAS officer Nitin Sangwan was allegedly held hostage and thrashed by a group of men associated with fishing activity during his visit to a village near the Dharoi dam in Sabarkantha district, said police on Wednesday. It is suspected that detection of alleged irregularities in a fisheries project led to the incident. Sangwan, who […]
As many as 560 fishermen from Gujarat are languishing in Pakistani jails after they were apprehended by authorities of that country in the Arabian sea, the Gujarat government told the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday. Replying to a starred question in the House, state fisheries minister Raghavji Patel said, as on December 31, 2022, 560 fishermen […]
Actor and filmmaker Satish Kaushik died at the age of 66 on Wednesday in Delhi. The news of his death left the Hindi film industry in shock with many condoling the sudden demise. Satish was in Delhi when he suffered a heart attack while travelling in a car. His body will be brought to Mumbai […]
Even as the debate rages on Test cricket’s dying popularity, the scenes at the Narendra Modi Stadium will cast a long, dark shadow on the sport’s most revered format. Fans eagerly waiting to throng the stadium on the first day of the fourth Test between India and Australia were left in the cold. The BJP […]
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese landed in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on Wednesday afternoon. Till March 11, Albanese will be in India on a state visit. During his four-day tour, Albanese is scheduled to meet with PM Narendra Modi to finalise the India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) deal. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced […]
Two men who were recently detained for breaking into Bollywood celebrity Shah Rukh Khan’s bungalow in Mumbai spent over eight hours hiding inside before being found, according to the police. Security personnel apprehended and turned over to police the duo known as Pathan Sahil Salim Khan and Ram Saraf Kushwaha, who claimed to have travelled […]
She bears and cares. Lending weight to this oft-heard saying on Women’s Day, comes facts and figures from 22 sub-registrar offices in Ahmedabad district. Believe it or not, but in Ahmedabad, women far outnumber men in showing large-heartedness to give up their share in ancestral or paternal property. Women accounted for 70% of the 9,326 […]
From societal restrictions and conditioned environment to institutional expectations, it is not easy being a woman in India. Women from every class and caste in India face challenges that are gender exclusive. March 8 is the International Day for Women. Virago Media Private Limited and Vibes of India are committed to the cause of women and their empowerment. The United Nations’ […]
On International Women’s Day this year, Nita M Ambani, Founder-Chairperson of Reliance Foundation, launched “The Her Circle EveryBODY Project” to celebrate body positivity and encourage acceptance of all, irrespective of size, age, colour, religion, neurodiversity, or physicality. The movement aims to create a circle of kindness and non-judgemental acceptance. Her Circle was founded and launched […]
On International Women’s Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the contribution of women to India’s development and pledged that his administration would continue to fight to further women’s empowerment. “On International Women’s Day, a tribute to the achievements of our Nari Shakti. We greatly cherish the role of women in India’s progress,” Modi said in […]
An official reported that on Wednesday, a three-person Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) of the Indian Navy made an emergency landing off the coast of Mumbai while on a routine exercise. According to the official, a naval patrol aircraft rescued the crew. On a routine mission off Mumbai, an Indian Navy ALH ditched not far from […]
Ahmedabad and flyover malfunctions/mishaps are getting increasingly common. Pre-empting an accident waiting to happen perhaps, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation is contemplating demolition of the Hatkeshwar Flyover, barely five years after its inauguration in 2017. Why? Well, the flyover started developing cracks and serious breaches in 2021. At least four concrete testing laboratories — March 2021 […]
In the wake of a fall in prices in turn triggered by a bumper output, the Centre has directed the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (Nafed) to procure Kharif onion in Gujarat. The intervention is aimed at giving “immediate relief” to the farmers and providing “stability to the onion market” in the […]
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Vipul Patel is all set to move a resolution in the Gujarat Assembly demanding “strict action” against the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for running a “fabricated” documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots. Patel, an MLA from the Sojitra Assembly constituency in Anand district, is expected to move a “private member’s […]
A court on Tuesday rejected jailed Oreva Group managing director Jaysukh Patel’s plea for interim bail. According to his counsel, the bail was being sought to complete formalities to pay compensation to the victims of last year’s collapse of a suspension bridge in Gujarat’s Morbi town, in which 135 people were killed. The court of […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese will be on a two-day visit to Gujarat from Wednesday, during which they will watch the first day of the Fourth Test match between the two countries at the Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad on March 9, officials stated. While PM Modi will arrive late […]
Scores of people on social media slammed Swiggy for “Hindu-phobic” billboards on Holi, following which the food delivery platform took down those ads.” Though there is no official statement from Swiggy on the matter, a source said: “The billboard ads were only in Delhi-NCR and have been taken down now.” A number of people tweeted […]
Actress Sushmita Sen made a startling admission on Instagram last week that she suffered a heart attack, had undergone an angioplasty and received a stent. Sen joins the list of celebrities who experienced serious medical problems like heart attacks and cardiac arrest. Actor Sidharth Shukla, comedian Raju Srivastava and singer KK all succumbed to heart […]
The fact that the report was tabled in August 2022 but not made public, was indicator of the truth to come. However, with the facts out on Monday, details have damned state authorities for the collapse of the Mumatpura flyover deck near South Bopal on SP Ring Road in December 2021. The report attributes the […]
