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The Supreme Court’s three-judge bench has disapproved High Court’s urgency in asking Teesta Setalvad to surrender immediately, ending an 11-hour drama in constitutional courts. Setalvad, out on interim bail, is accused of fabricating evidence in connection with the 2002 Gujarat riots. In a judgment running over 100 pages, a single-judge bench of the High Court […]
In an interesting twist, nine MLAs belonging to Sharad Pawar’s NCP walked over to the Shiv Sena faction of Eknath Shinde and pledged alliance to him. Ajit Pawar who led this group has been sworn in as the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra. Interestingly,9 NCP ministers being sworn in the Maharashtra cabinet. Common factor? Almost […]
That Kutch remains a fertile ground for smugglers dealing in contraband arms and ammunition is common knowledge. Apart from being a zone for spy rings, it’s perilously close to Pakistan’s border, making the region a comfortable hub for smuggling activities. Amid roaring seas and gushing winds, intelligence agencies frequently intercept boats carrying drugs. Last year, […]
Brand Narendra Modi may have been further amplified, following the Indian Prime Minister’s recent visit to the US. On the final day of his Washington trip, India’s PM met with eminent US and Indian technology executives, including Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, Google’s Sunder Pichai, and Apple’s Tim Cook Google’s Sunder Pichai among others to keep the […]
Religious freedom is supposed to be one of India’s high post-independence ideals. Schools are expected to have a pivotal role in cultivating inter-religion respect and community harmony among students. Ironically, the very schools that ought to be the fountainhead of secular values are strained by strong religious prejudices. And as a recent episode in Kutch […]
New Delhi: Elon Musk has tweeted about drastically limiting the number of tweets people can read. This update comes as Platformer reports that Twitter has refused to pay its Google Cloud bills, leading to questions on how its trust and safety teams could be compromised. Musk, who is the CTO and owner of Twitter, said on Saturday that the […]
When 14-year-old Dev Shah, won the $50,000 American National Spelling Bee Competition last month, people were once again asking that old question: what makes Indian-Americans so good at the game? It’s a question that social psychologist and author Gurnek Bains has been asked often and his answer is unequivocal: it’s in the Indian DNA. “Indians […]
Gujarat has had a bittersweet tryst with tax sensibilities. In 2011, the BJP asked the Manmohan Singh government why the Income-Tax department had been singling out Gujarat. Back then, the BJP alleged that the Congress-led UPA government was creating hurdles for industrialists to invest in Gujarat. BJP spokesperson SS Ahluwalia, using strong words, whined that […]
A senior citizen was arrested for allegedly planting notes to hail the outlawed Popular Front of India. The Khandeshwar police in Navi Mumbai alleged that Eknath Kawde (68), secretary of Nil Angan Cooperative Housing Society in New Panvel’s Sector 19, planted the notes outside some flats, following a dispute with flat owners. For the unversed, […]
The Meteorological Department in Gujarat has warned of severe rains in the next two days. Following this period, there will be a reduction in the intensity of rainfall, but some areas may still experience heavy rains, according to MET. Saurashtra and North Gujarat are expected to receive heavy rain today, including regions such as Gir […]
A Rajkot youth, Shubham Bagatharia died by suicide today by jumping into the Aji Dam after losing over one lakh rupees in Teen Patti, a popular card game. Prior to the incident, he shared a video on social media, expressing his financial loss in the game as the reason for his death. The police have […]
New Delhi: A 55-year-old truck driver was lynched in Bihar’s Saran district on the suspicions that his freight of cattle bones, used as raw material for making capsules for medicines, was beef because Id ul Zoha was hours away. The deceased was identified as Muhammad Zahiruddin, who was a resident of Majhwalia village in the same district. […]
The Rajasthan government has launched a programme to collaborate with social media influencers who have a minimum of 10,000 followers on platforms like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. These influencers can earn between Rs 10,000 and Rs 5 lakh by publishing government advertisements. In accordance with a notification released on June 26, influencers have the […]
It’s been a week of celebration and triumph by the national gush media here over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s extravagant spectacle of his first state visit to the US. This, irrespective of the fact that the US mainstream media, from major television news networks from CNN, and ABC, to newspapers like the Washington Post, the New York […]
Gujarat indeed is a vibrant State. But slightly over vibrant. Even as the massive corruption of the Hatkeshwar bridge which had to be pulled down because it endangered lives is fresh in memory, another bridge, this time in Surat is in the news. It is not even 40 days since Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel inaugurated […]
New Delhi: After enduring 960 days of incarceration, activist-scholar Atiqur Rahman said that he was targeted for being a Muslim and that his continued imprisonment convinced him that “there is nothing called democracy left in India”. On October 5, 2020, Rahman was arrested along with journalist Siddique Kappan and two others, Masood Ahmad and Mohammed Alam, while on their way […]
Mumbai: Since 2000, at the end of every year, the National Crime Record Bureau or NCRB has published data on deaths that occur in Indian jails. This is the only publicly available data on deaths in jails and gives a general sense of what circumstances lead to these deaths. Classified under “natural” and “unnatural” deaths, for […]
The Ulto (return) Rath Yatra procession of Lord Jagannath took a deadly turn as 10 individuals lost their lives due to electrocution in Tripura and Odisha. The incident occurred on Wednesday when the chariots came into contact with high-tension wires, resulting in a series of unfortunate accidents. The ‘Phera Rath Yatra’ (return car festival) in […]
Adani Infrastructure and Developers Pvt Ltd have secured the bid for the land assets of Anil Ltd. The Adani Group will acquire a substantial 1.45 lakh square meters of land from Anil Ltd for a total amount of Rs 325 crore. Adani Infrastructure has already made an initial payment of Rs 70 crore and is […]
In a significant move towards promoting the welfare and progress of Other Backward Classes (OBCs), Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel presided over the first meeting of the Chhattisgarh Other Backward Classes Advisory Council. The council has been established by the state government to provide crucial guidance on matters concerning the protection and overall well-being of OBC […]
