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A surprise raid was conducted inside the cell of Sukesh Chandrasekhar based on inputs that the conman was living a “luxurious” life inside the Mandoli Jail in Delhi. Jail officials recovered cash, jeans worth Rs 80,000, and Gucci footwear worth lakhs from Sukesh’s cell. Leaked CCTV footage from the jail shows jail officials conducting a […]
The debate over whether judges should be addressed with the deferential British-era “My Lord” or “Your Honour” was briefly resurrected in the Gujarat high court Thursday and settled by a woman Chief Justice with a verdict in favour of “sir” as a “gender-neutral” alternative. The genesis of the issue was a lawyer repeatedly addressing the […]
Despite the 4% hike in Dearness Allowance sanctioned in August 2022 by the Central government, state employees in Gujarat remain bereft of the privilege. Finally, with the patient wait having borne no result, the Gujarat State Employees Mahamandal recently dispatched a letter to the state finance minister Kanu Desai, seeking implementation of the same with […]
Bollywood star Akshay Kumar, who has often faced criticism over his Canadian citizenship, says India is everything to him and he has already applied for a change of passport. Akshay said in an interview in the first episode of the new season of Seedhi Baat on Aajtak that “he feels bad when people say things […]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit India next week to attend the meeting of G20 foreign ministers and meet senior Indian officials to reaffirm America’s strong partnership with the country. India has taken over the Presidency of the G20 on December 1, last year. State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said on Thursday said […]
Ahmedabad International Airport continues to provide better infrastructure and surprise passengers by rapidly expanding existing infrastructure. While passenger traffic is rapidly increasing, several infrastructure developments are kept open for passengers to ensure a better passenger experience, and many are still ongoing. On Thursday, the Ahmedabad airport opened a new Security Hold Area (SHA) for the […]
A police case was registered against senior Congress leader Pawan Khera in the Dima Hasao district of Assam for his alleged remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and a team has already been sent to New Delhi for a probe, a senior officer said on Thursday. The Congress leader was on Thursday arrested by the […]
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Amit Thaker who represents the Vejalpur constituency in Ahmedabad made an environmentally conscious entrance to the Gujarat state assembly by riding on an electric two-wheeler from his government quarters in Gandhinagar on the first day of the state budget. Amit Thakar shared the video on his facebook account , […]
Following his deplaning from a flight to Raipur, where he was scheduled to attend the party’s plenary session, Congress leader Pawan Khera was detained by Assam Police on Thursday in connection with an FIR (First Information Report) about alleged statements against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In response to numerous FIRs filed against him in Assam […]
Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday inaugurated a private hospital and expressed displeasure at the ongoing protests by private hospital owners against the Right to Health Bill in Jodhpur. Gehlot said the medical profession is a service and not a means of making money. “But since they are making money, they do not want this […]
The Rajasthan University (RU) partners with Ek Pahal India Sansthan and the National Students Union of India (NSUI) and will start giving free coaching to students across the state for competitive examinations like IAS, RAS through online mode. On Wednesday, vice chancellor Rajeev Jain said, “A hall in the university premises has been given to […]
Junagadh District Collector Rachit Raj has ordered an inquiry into the issuance of fake Covid vaccine certificates in the names of actors and cricketers to meet targets. A five-member committee headed by the Deputy Development Officer will submit its report within a fortnight and recommend action. The Collector said that he came to know that […]
A six-year-old boy raised by his kidnapper is now supposed to love his biological parents whom he has never seen. Keeping with the court’s directions, Nayna Oad brings Aamir (name changed) to his biological mother Sufiya Mansuri’s house so that he gets acquainted with her. On some days, Sufiya visits Nayna to play with Aamir […]
With about a year to go for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, BJP MP from Junagadh, Rajesh Chudasama, seems to be caught at the centre of a storm amid growing demands for lodging an FIR against him in the alleged suicide of a prominent physician in Veraval. In his purported “suicide note”, Dr Atul Chag […]
The Integrated Online Revenue Applications (IORA) portal was set up by the revenue department to ease the taxpayer’s processes of filing due returns. This was especially meant for those applying for various certifications such as non-agricultural (NA) permission, paying premiums, getting farmer verification certificates or filing other applications. Based on the many complaints the portal […]
On January 7, 17-year-old Pranjal Jirawala was killed in a fire in her family’s seventh-floor apartment at Orchid Green Society in Shahibaug. One major factor behind her death was the Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Services (AFES), as the fire ladder deployed was unable to reach the seventh floor, at a height of 21 metres. AFES […]
Two weeks after the Rs 4,120 crore fake billing scam was busted by the state goods and services tax (SGST) department, officials on Monday raided another Aadhaar centre, this time in Bhavnagar. Top officials of the department said mobile numbers linked to at least 1,200 Aadhaar cards were found to have been modified at this […]
A land sold by its rightful owner to a recognised buyer in 2021. A deal convened within the laws of the land. And that should have been the end. But the story did not end there. The land was sold again. The owner was someone else. And so was the buyer. Sensing something was wrong, […]
State-run Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC) will invest Rs 300 crore to maximize power generation at its 250MW Akrimota (Kutch) power plant. GMDC is one of the cheapest power suppliers to GUVNL, and with the plant reaching at least 200MW of power generation, GUVNL will get more electricity at cheaper prices. The Akrimota power plant […]
Congress leader Pawan Khera was reportedly denied permission to fly from Delhi to Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh, this morning. The Congress alleged an attempt to detain Pawan Khera at the Delhi airport and protested on the tarmac. According to IndiGo Airlines, it has been ordered not to fly Pawan Khera to Raipur. Khera’s arrest […]
