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Visually impaired voters will receive braille voter slips during the Gujarat assembly elections. Braille is a tactile writing system used by the visually impaired or those with low vision who can’t access print materials. The Gujarat government has instructed the Blind People’s Association (BPA) to create voters slip in braille. The Election Commission of India’s […]
When Bharatsinh Solanki, a resident of Shahpur village in Gandhinagar, got a court notice about the sale of his 30-bigha ancestral plot, he was shocked. He had never signed any such deal. He approached the police, and the investigation revealed that the papers for the land deal had been forged. What is more surprising is […]
Former deputy Prime Minister and BJP patriarch LK Advani’s three-decade bond as a voter in the Jamalpur-Khadia constituency has come to an end. He will not vote in Ahmedabad in the upcoming Gujarat election. Advani’s official address on the electoral rolls is now shown as Atal Adarsh Vidyalaya, New Delhi. Earlier, Advani was registered as […]
Silicon Valley companies have laid off 20,000 workers in the last week, accelerating the job cuts and hiring freezes that have been sweeping the tech industry for months. Over the past week, Silicon Valley firms have implemented massive job cuts and hiring freezes that have been ricocheting through the tech industry for months. An insightful […]
Gujarat bootleggers get inspired from the popular Telugu Pushpa film to smuggle liquor in the State. Recently, bootleggers brought liquor filled in Amul Tankers. Ahmedabad city Zone-5 DCP Baldev Desai seized 218 cartons of liquor filled in milk cartons. Police also seized goods of a total Rs 20.50 lakh. The case is still investigated by […]
A senior Aam Aadmi Party leader has been accussed of sexual exploitation by a woman in Gujarat who has openly come out with her story which she says is to “make people of Gujarat aware of the third rated leader”. The woman from Surat has claimed that senior AAP leader and Gujarat Incharge Gulabsingh Yadav […]
Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections, Isudan Gadhvi, will contest from the Khambhalia constituency. The AAP’s supremo, Arvind Kejriwal, took to Twitter to make the announcement and stated, “Isudan Gadhvi, who raised his voice for years for farmers, unemployed youth, women, businessmen, will contest from Jam Khambhalia! Gujarat […]
Former Minister of State for Home Affairs late Haren Pandya’s wife Jagrutiben Pandya has written to BJP demanding strict action against Ellisbridge MLA Rakesh Shah. Shah compared Pandya’s vote share with his current vote share. In the letter to the BJP state president CR Patil and party in-charge city president Paresh Lakhani, Jagruti Pandya demanded […]
Purushottam Solanki (61), former fisheries minister and strongman leader of the Koli community, and his brother Heera (58) will contest their sixth straight assembly elections together. The BJP has given tickets to both from Bhavnagar Rural and Rajula constituencies respectively. Rajula has 65,000 Koli votes, while Bhavnagar Rural has 85,000 votes. In 2017, the senior […]
Ostensibly targeting the TRS ( now renamed BRS) and it’s leader Chandrasekhar Rao, Narendra Modi placed himself into the victim’s box by saying that he is being abused daily. While speaking to the BJP workers at Hyderabad, the prime Minister said he is made to consume “do kilo, dhai kilo, teen kilo gaali” (two, two-and-a-half, […]
In Gujarat, political equations are changing day by day. Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Kesarisinh Solanki left the party two days ago as BJP did not give him a ticket. Yesterday he joined the Aam Aadmi party, as AAP gave him a ticket. Today the MLA is back again with Bharatiya Janata Party. It is worth […]
When my fishmonger, Samuel Babu, changed his WhatsApp DP to the Aam Admi Party (AAP) logo six months ago, I sent him a congratulatory message. I’m always impressed by friends who enter the rough and tumble of electoral politics. When he changed this DP again earlier this month, this time to feature a photo of […]
The Congress on Saturday released its election manifesto for the Gujarat Assembly elections. The manifesto was released by Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. “The Congress will stop indiscriminate privatization of healthcare and education,” the party manifesto said. “ The ‘Jan Manifesto’ released by the Rajasthan CM will put eight promises of Congress MP Rahul Gandhi […]
In the run-up to the upcoming assembly elections, all three major political parties in the fray have announced the lists of candidates for most of the seats. Normally a two-party contest between Congress and BJP, but this time around the election battle will see the third entrant in AAP. While going through the lists of […]
Twitter has suspended the recently started $ 8 subscription scheme. The scheme had been announced days after Elon Musk took up reigns at the Twitter head office. But the subscription program has been suspended due to bogus accounts opened in the name of some big brands. However, existing subscribers will be able to access their […]
The Gujarat High Court rejected a PIL submitted by Surat activist Sanjeev Ezava seeking a magisterial inquiry by disbanding the existing special investigation team (SIT) into the Morbi suspension bridge collapse incident. The bridge collapsed on October 30 claiming 135 lives. The PIL sought to involve the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and also sought compensation […]
Recently, in our school, a career fair was organized in which various institutes were displaying their courses and talking about the campus of their institutes. This fair was organized for the students from classes 8 to 12 and parents could also avail the opportunity. Here is my experience regarding the career fair. Before starting things […]
Gujarat Income Tax department on Friday conducted search and seizure operation on more than 30 locations of Khavda Group of Companies. Offices and residences of directors in Gandhidham, Anjar and Bhuj are under the radar of the investigation wing of the I-T department. More than 200 officials are carrying out the operation spearheaded by the […]
Local MLAs in the Gujarat Pradesh Congress protested at the Gujarat Pradesh Congress headquarters, demanding that Thakor Samaj be given seats in the Viramgam assembly. The BJP gave a ticket to Hardik Patel from Viramgam, while Lakha Bharwad is currently the Congress MLA. 63-year-old Lakha Bharwad defeated BJP candidate Tejshree Patel by 6,500 votes in […]
