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It has been five years since the district court vacated Vadodara’s iconic landmark, Nyaymandir, to shift to the new court building in Diwalipura in March 2018. This piece of Byzantine architecture served as Vadodara district’s “temple of justice” for 126 years. The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) finally received physical possession of the property earlier this […]
For the Women’s IPL, Viacom18 has earned media rights. The BCCI has received a 951 crore INR commitment from Viacom. This means that throughout the course of the following five years, the broadcaster will pay the BCCI Rs 7.09 crores for each match (2023-27). The news represents a significant advancement for women’s cricket. Jay Shah, […]
Surat is basking in the glory of Dhruvi Jasani—a resident of Lakshmi Narayan Society in Varachha area of Surat. Jasani has recently secured admission at the NASA Academy in the US. Only two people from the entire country have been selected to study at the academy. Besides, Jasani, the other is a boy from Punjab. […]
Kraken, the nickname for the XBB.1.5 SarsCoV-2 variant, is spreading fast across the globe and has already been detected in 29 countries. Despite the World Health Organization’s concern over the variation, Indian doctors do not now see any cause for fear. “Truly there is no way we can guess the severity from communicability,” says Dr […]
“That light of the distant US gas station is your navigational guide. There is no other milestone in this snowy patch,” were the instructions given to 11 Gujaratis, including four of the Patel family, from Dingucha before they embarked on the deadly walk in -35°C on the Canada-US border near Emerson in Manitoba. This last […]
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s roadshow in the national capital today. In regards to the road show, the Delhi Police issued a traffic advisory. The Delhi Police in a statement said, “Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) is organizing a road show having mass public participation on Sansad Marg from Patel Chowk to Sansad Marg-Jai Singh Road […]
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) stated that Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, and Delhi may experience severe cold waves through January 17. The IMD said in their latest notification, “Cold Wave to severe cold wave conditions very likely over many parts of Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi till 17th January.” Several areas of Northwest […]
The search committee established nine months ago to locate Bimal Patel’s replacement as president and acting director of CEPT University has not yet produced a qualified applicant. In June 2022, Patel’s second 5-year tenure came to an end. Three months before Patel’s term was set to end in June 2022, a search committee made up […]
After many marriages were either cancelled or put on hold due to Covid, in 2022 Ahmedabad saw 39,989 marriages recorded with the district registrar, the highest number of weddings solemnised and formally registered in the past five years. In Covid years of 2020 and 2021, 27,159 and 33,436 marriages were registered respectively with the district […]
At least 68 of the 72 people aboard were killed when a plane conducting a 27-minute journey to a vacation destination in Nepal crashed into a gorge on Sunday while attempting to land at a recently opened airport. The country’s deadliest airplane crash in three decades was witnessed by at least one eyewitness who heard […]
Two agents were arrested for facilitating illegal immigration almost a year after four members of a family from Gujarat froze to death near the Canada-US border while trying to cross into the US. Ahmedabad crime branch officials arrested the agents from Kalol in Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad, and declared two others from Canada and the US […]
Dr Rajendra Khimani resigned as the Vice Chancellor to the Chancellor of Gujarat Vidyapith in Ahmedabad Sunday. Khimani submitted his resignation to Governor Acharya Devvrat, the Chancellor of the university, who has accepted the same. Prof Bharat Joshi (61) has been notified to replace the outgoing VC and take charge with immediate effect Monday. A […]
Sunday marked the conclusion of the month-long centennial festivities for Pramukh Swami Maharaj held in Ahmedabad, during which a few devotees expressed their memories of the spiritual leader and how they would never be able to forget him. During the closing event, guest testimonials from Pramukh Swami Maharaj Nagar were displayed. Brahmaviharidas Swami, the project […]
From a first-time MLA when he was catapulted into the CM’s chair in the state last time, Bhupendra Patel is now a confident second term leader. He set a “100-days target” at the first Cabinet briefing on December 22, barely 10 days after the BJP’s historic win in the Gujarat Assembly elections were announced on […]
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the result of the recently-concluded Gujarat Assembly elections is important not just for the state but for the entire country as it has sent a message that Narendra Modi will be re-elected as the prime minister in 2024. “This (Gujarat Assembly election) result is important not for Gujarat alone. […]
For many areas of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Gujarat, the first week of January continued to be the coldest. Rajasthan experienced a minimum temperature below zero degrees. Beginning on January 9, the temperature in every state begins to rise, ending the cold wave. A looming disturbance in the west prevented the cold north winds […]
Even though the report on violation of nature and an impending ecological disturbance in Joshimath was tabled in 1976, few took heed till the pilgrimage town nestled in the Himalayas started sinking about five weeks ago.Seems Ahmedabad is headed the same route. In fact, in its report on Gujarat tabled in 2021, ISRO used high-definition […]
Nizam Mir Barkat Ali Khan Siddiqi Mukarram Jah, Asaf Jah VIII, the grandson of Hyderabad’s last Nizam, Osman Ali Khan, passed away late Saturday night at 10:30 pm in Istanbul, Turkey. As per his desire of being laid to rest in his homeland, his children are scheduled to travel to Hyderabad with the mortal remains […]
The Aam Aadmi Party has set its sights on Haryana and Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat-like campaigns are on the cards. While MP goes to polls in 2023, Assembly elections in Haryana will take place only in October 2024. Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, Nagaland, Telangana, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan are expected to […]
