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Even as the viral video of the May 4 incident of two naked women being paraded and later reportedly gang raped in Manipur has sparked a nationwide outrage, the state Chief Minister N Biren Singh fuelled fresh controversy with his remark, “Hundreds of such cases similar to the incident have took place. Hence, we had […]
New Delhi/Imphal: Both the women in the video showing two women from Manipur’s Kuki community being paraded naked and sexually assaulted – the subsequent FIR says one of them was gang-raped – have told The Wire that Manipur Police had been present at the scene of the crime but did not help them. The harrowing incident took place on May 4 […]
Tathya Patel, son of bulider Pragnesh Patel, rammed his jaugar into crowd, killing at least nine people and injuring 13 in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad city on Thursday. Accused was taken to the police station from the hospital after getting treatment on being attacked by the locals last night following the accident. People had gathered at an […]
The police have revealed the identity of an ‘agent’ reportedly involved in the missing answer sheets scam at Gujarat University. Identified as Sunny Chaudhary, a former member of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), who is assumed to be the person facilitating the filling of answer sheets before submission to the examiner, is presently absconding. The […]
After having the world’s tallest statue in the ‘Statue of Unity’, Gujarat now has another feather of grandeur in its cap. A building in Surat has now become the world’s largest office building, beating the Pentagon – the headquarters of the US Department of Defense – which held the distinction for the last 80 years. […]
The two-term Amul director, Juvansinh Chauhan officially joined the Congress party today along with his supporters. Chauhan quit the BJP after saying that political interference of BJP is finishing off the co-operative sector in Gujarat. Expressing his frustration Chauhan stated that “I was fed up with the BJP’s interference and politicking within AMUL Dairy, which […]
In a major setback for about 42,000 Indian students studying in Britain, an ongoing four-month-long strike across 145 universities has left them grappling with the difficult decision of whether to return to their home country. The strike, which has impacted the evaluation process, is jeopardising the completion of graduation and post-graduation degrees, essential for these […]
Business tycoon Gautam Adani on Tuesday again slammed US short-seller Hindenburg for what he called a ‘malicious’ attempt to damage the reputation of his conglomerate. He used the same language as he had used in the annual reports of his group’s listed firms last month, to hit back at Hindenburg Research’s ‘malicious’ allegations and ‘false […]
A sessions court in Ahmedabad awarded life term to three men for spying and leaking confidential information about India’s military bases to Pakistan’s spy agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Though the prosecution had sought death for the three, the court of the additional sessions judge, Ambalal Patel rejected the same saying the crime doesn’t fall […]
In a shocking expose, it has been revealed that 84 lakh farmers of Gujarat purchased insurance of over Rs 53,000 crores in four years but only 24 lakh of them could claim some insurance. Out of the Rs 53,000 crore insurance money, only Rs 5000 crore were paid out as claims. Gujarat farmers have blamed […]
The spate of students collapsing and dying in schools in Rajkot district sees no end. Days after a Class 10 student Devansh Bhayani died in a school near Gondal town of the district, a Class 12 student collapsed and died in a school in Rajkot city on Monday. Both the students had reportedly no medical […]
Ahmedabad mostly strikes as a typically upmarket urban agglomeration with a bustling mix of modernity and heritage. A flagship city of India, which houses over 80 million people, it has its roads packed to the brim with an eclectic mix of people and their myriad professional activities, 24×7. Ironically, these very roads of fame and […]
A fraudulent network sending people abroad was busted on Tuesday by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch (ACB) and three people were arrested in the matter. At least 28 people, trying to migrate to Canada for better prospects, were duped by this network. The arrested include two employees – Sohil Diwan and Melvyn Christi – of VFS […]
If Novak Djokovic, the greatest grass-court player ever, can be defeated, then Narendra Modi, too, can be vanquished in next year’s court of the people. And, though the opposition political landscape remains extremely untidy, it still has a Carlos Alcaraz up its sleeve. His name is Mallikarjun Kharge. If the opposition leaders play the game […]
A private video allegedly showing senior BJP leader Kirit Somaiya in a compromising position has gone viral, causing a furore in India’s political circles. Somaiya, according to a report published by the Free Press Journal, has cited political conspiracy and an attempt by individuals, whom he had taken head-on, to tarnish his image. “I am innocent,” […]
The Supreme Court has fixed August 7 for final disposal of pleas challenging remission granted last year to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano’s gang rape case and murder of her family members during the 2002 Gujarat riots. A division Bench consisting of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan heard the plea of Bilkis Bano […]
The south-west monsoon is wreaking havoc across the country and the number of rain-related deaths, particularly in the north and west of India, is on the rise. A Home Ministry data says, since June this year, 624 people have reportedly died due to incidents related to rain fury. Surprisingly Gujarat leads the fatality list with […]
New Delhi: A recent survey report suggests that nearly two out of three people in Gujarat are reluctant to express their political and social opinion online. This fear, the survey report prepared by NGO Common Cause and Lokniti, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) suggests, is out of fear of legal action. According to […]
Call it a cultural norm, gesture of respect or love, Gujarati names are seldom ever complete without the suffixes, ben or bhai. But now, many Gujaratis have been approaching the Passport Seva Kendra (PSK) in Ahmedabad, Vadodara and Rajkot to have these suffixes removed. Passport officials have told a national daily that they have received […]
New Delhi: Mizoram Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vice-president, R. Vanramchhuanga, has tendered his resignation, accusing Union and Manipur governments of supporting the burning down of churches in Manipur. According to Vanramchhuanga, a total of 357 churches, pastors’ quarters, and office buildings of different churches have so far been “burned into ashes by Meitei militants”. “To protest […]
