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An experienced French journalist said there is a need for someone who can bring Ukraine and Russia to the negotiating table and that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi can be crucial in enabling the discussions between the two warring neighbours. Due to Ukraine’s refusal to engage in negotiations and desire for Russian President Vladimir Putin […]
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday issued the notification for the 13th assembly election to 60 constituencies in Tripura, an official said. Candidates can now submit nomination papers until January 30. Additional Chief Electoral Officer (ACEO) Subhasish Bandopadhyay said that The scrutiny will be done on January 31 and the last date for […]
These details were revealed by the National Investigation Agency in a charge sheet submitted on Friday to a Bengaluru special court regarding the murder of Praveen Nettaru, a member of the Yuva Morcha district committee for the Bharatiya Janata Party, on July 26, 2017, in Bellare village of Sullia Taluk in Karnataka’s Dakshina Kannada district. […]
Education Minister Chris Hipkins is set to become New Zealand’s next prime minister. He was the only candidate to enter the contest Saturday to replace Jacinda Ardern. Hipkins, 44, must still garner an endorsement from his Labour Party colleagues, but that is just a formality now. Ardern shocked the nation of 5 million people on Thursday […]
The Gujarat Congress suspended 33 persons — including a former MLA and two district presidents — for allegedly engaging in anti-party activities during the recently concluded Assembly elections. Former MLA PD Vasava, Surendranagar district president Raiya Rathod and Narmada district president Harendra Valand are among those suspended for a period of six years. Vasava, from […]
Marred by liquidity crunch, muted demand and skyrocketing raw material prices, stocks of major chemical companies in Gujarat have eroded by up to 19 percent in the first 20 days of January. Companies such as Kiri Industries, GSFC, Meghmani Finechem, Atul Limited, GSFC and Gujarat Fluorochemicals among others have seen at least 10 percent erosion […]
The Ahmedabad firefighting team that had been dispatched to put out a fire discovered a woman dead in a pool of blood inside the home, while her husband was discovered lying on the floor suffering from stab wounds on Friday morning. Anita Baghel and her husband Anil Baghel allegedly got into an argument, and two […]
The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) Friday released the first part of the Monograph series, Not Yet 25—a nostalgia piece on the concept, design and construction of the institute built by architect Louis Kahn, through the photographs taken by legendary photographer late Pranlal Patel, who was a frequent visitor to the campus in its […]
Gujarat is a “dry” state, but some state police officers very definitely aren’t. Action is pending against four police officers who participated in the smuggling of alcohol. On suspicion of spying on the technical surveillance team of the state’s monitoring cell set up to take action against the bootleggers, two police officers in Bharuch were […]
People in Uttar Pradesh were ready to give lakhs in bribes to get a job as a clerk or even a sweeper but would not use the same money to open a paan or sweet shop, said Urban Development and Energy Minister in the Yogi Adityanath administration AK Sharma, in Ahmedabad. Marketing itself as the […]
A Goa-bound chartered flight from Russian capital Moscow with 240 passengers on board was diverted to Uzbekistan in the wee hours of Saturday following a bomb threat. The flight (AZV2463) operated by Azur Air was diverted before it entered the Indian air space. The flight was scheduled to land at the Dabolim airport in South […]
Stating that challenges for the law enforcement have undergone a substantial evolution from being ‘geographical to ‘thematic’, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday asked policing forces to focus on urban policing, capacity building, police technology, critical infrastructure security and securing digital goods. The minister who chaired the inaugural session of the 3-day Annual Conference […]
The new moon will be closest to Earth on Saturday since the year 992, and the next day, there will be a naked-eye conjunction of Venus and Saturn near the moon. When the sun and moon are in a position known as a conjunction, which is when they have the same celestial longitude, a new […]
The first joint exercise between the special forces of the Indian and the Egyptian Army, ‘Exercise Cyclone – I’ started on 14 January at Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, said the Ministry of Defence. ‘Cyclone – I’ is the first exercise of its kind bringing the special forces of both the nations on a common platform. The exercise […]
Reed Hastings, who co-founded Netflix and has served as its CEO for more than 20 years, is stepping down and appointing Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters to take over. The company’s public face in Hollywood is Sarandos, who was already co-CEO, while Peters, who was formerly chief operating officer, has been in charge of its […]
Ankit Rawal, who worked for a private company in Gujarat, was hit and killed by a speeding truck in the early hours of Friday near Asola Phata at Dewulgaon Raja in Buldhana district. According to the police, Rawal and 10 to 12 other passengers on an Aurangabad-bound private luxury tours bus were able to escape […]
An official reported on Friday that police in Mumbai busted an illegal call centre by detaining 11 people who had been defrauding American citizens by promising them lucrative returns on their investments. The unnamed contact centre operating out of Wadala (East) was known to defraud customers by requesting that they deposit $500 to $1,000 into […]
After receiving assurances from the government that their complaints would be addressed, the disgruntled wrestlers ended their protest late on Friday night. The first step in this process was the resignation of Wrestling Federation of India Chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who had come under fire. After a breakthrough was made during a second round […]
Reliance Industries Ltd on Friday reported a 15 per cent drop in its net profit to Rs 15,792 crore for the third quarter, according to a company’s stock exchange filing. The net profit of Rs 15,792 crore in October-December 2022 compares to Rs 18,549 crore a year back. Revenue from operations rose to Rs 2,20,592 […]
Highlighting the security forces’ framework of neutralising terror activities in Kashmir valley, former Chinar Corps commander Lt Gen Anil Bhatt (Retd) said the troops eliminated three nephews of Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed’s chief Masood Azhar within a few days of entering India. Lt Gen Bhatt (Retd) was Chinar Corps commander in 2018, when the Indian […]
