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The city’s redevelopment initiatives are on the verge of being abandoned as a result of the April 15 projected doubling of jantri (property valuation) rates. By April 15, many redevelopment initiatives won’t be able to pass their plans. Developers are responsible for paying for FSI at the previous jantri rates if plans are authorised prior […]
The Gujarat Assembly passed a resolution on Friday urging the Centre to take strict action against the BBC for harming Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reputation with its documentary on the 2002 Godhra riots. “The documentary was not just against PM Modi but against 135 crore citizens of the country,” said minister Harsh Sanghavi. “PM Modi […]
As Gujarat State Aviation Infrastructure Company Limited’s (GUJSAIL) CEO, Ajay Chauhan had it all until power and pelf pushed him to the brink of destruction. During his 18 years as Gujarat Civil Aviation Director and 13 years as GujSAIL’s CEO, he allegedly abused his position by amassing illegal wealth. Rajasthan-born Chauhan had been in the […]
The current wave of cold-cough-fever might be more than the usual “seasonal viral.” Now that the Central government has confirmed the first two H3N2 fatalities, the caution in masking up is back. A sub-type of the Influenza A virus, the first victim was an 82-year-old man in Karnataka’s Hasan. Hire Gowda was admitted to hospital […]
Oyo Rooms founder Ritesh Agarwal’s father Ramesh Agarwal died after falling from a high-rise in Haryana’s Gurugram Friday afternoon, police said. They received information from DLF security at around 1 pm that a person had fallen from the 20th floor of DLF’s The Crest society in sector 54, Gurugram. “He was taken to Paras Hospital […]
With Indian Meteorological Department having declared February 2023 as the warmest February in 146 years across India, the unstated message was clear. Little wonder then that a heatwave (+5°C above normal) is being warned about in the first half of March. Come this weekend and the weatherman predicts soaring temperatures across Gujarat. According to IMD […]
A day after International Women’s Day comes World Kidney Day on March 9. However, few know about it. Fewer still are aware that of the 388 kidney transplants across India in 2022, 159 or 41% were retrieved from donors in Gujarat. This also makes it the year of the highest rates in Gujarat. To put […]
Ever heard of a surcharge for the fire brigade? Well, here’s a case in point. Despite Ghuma-Bopal borough being included into the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s limit three years ago, officials at the fire brigade services, it seems were not apprised of the same. Ghuma resident Rajendra Nagarchi dialled 101 as an SOS call at 4.37 […]
On lines of the CSM International Mumbai Airport, Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport too is set to usher in a FASTag-enabled car parking system. Insiders briefed that the facility will be introduced later this month. This is do away with the endless wait at the toll points to and out of the parking […]
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday announced an Australia-India “education qualification recognition mechanism” while making it official that Deakin University is the first ever overseas university approved to establish its branch campus in India. The offshore campus will come up in Gandhinagar’s GIFT City. On the first day of his two-day tour of Gujarat, […]
Months after the collapse of the Morbi suspension bridge which killed 135 people, the Gujarat government, Thursday, informed the High Court that it has formulated a uniform policy for bridges in the jurisdictions of municipal corporations and municipalities. The state, in an affidavit submitted before a division bench of Acting Chief Justice AJ Desai and […]
Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia has been arrested by ED, Thursday evening, a day before his bail hearing in the Delhi liquor policy case comes up in a Central Bureau of Investigation court. The Enforcement Directorate arrested the Delhi Deputy Chief Minister after questioning him for two days over alleged money laundering while framing […]
Spotify, a streaming music platform, unveiled new features on Wednesday at its “Stream On” event in Los Angeles, including “Discovery Mode,” which will soon be available in India. The platform will “add that signal to the algorithms that shape personalised listening sessions,” the company said in a statement. Discovery Mode is a tool that artists […]
Eric Garcetti’s appointment as the US ambassador to India was advanced by a key senatorial committee on Wednesday by a vote of 13-8. Former Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti, 52, has been nominated by President Joe Biden for this important diplomatic position, and his candidature has been pending before the US House since July 2021. […]
The Russian-Ukraine conflict has once again reiterated that the world indeed is a global village. Even as the two nations continue to fight each other, clear alliances have been formed between nations: one with Russia and the other backing Ukraine. What no one imagined, however, was the far-reaching consequences of the war on trade and […]
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 […]
