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Following the discontinuation of the free foodgrains scheme after December, the government is engaged in inter-ministerial consultations to assess the position of stocks in the central pool as it explores lifting the May 2022 ban on wheat exports. The measures are being taken in a calibrated way taking into account the supply of stocks in […]
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Saturday inaugurated the state-of-the-art transplant unit of the privately run Marengo CIMS Hospital in Ahmedabad. CM Patel said, “Our religion, our culture, if you see it from its first day, be it in architecture, science, medicine, all things have been considered therein. A prime example of it is Lord […]
The Dahod District Child Protection Unit (CPU) booked four persons in an alleged case of illegal adoption. The Dahod CPU received information that a tribal couple from Limkheda taluka, having eight children, including three sons, had handed over their ninth born –a son, to a migrant family from Uttar Pradesh without undertaking the legal process […]
Rakesh Chaurasia, nephew and student of Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, left the audience breathless with his mastery of the flute on Saturday, Day 7 of the Saptak Music Festival at LD Arts College, Ahmedabad. He was accompanied by young Yeshwant Vaishnav on the tabla. Clad in a blue kurta with gold embroidery, the flautist played Raag […]
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami visited the sinking Joshimath on Saturday to assess the situation on the ground. He met the affected people and assured them of all help, officials said. On Thursday, residents protested against the town’s ongoing land subsidence in several wards. This follows concerns that the town was gradually sinking as […]
The Gujarat High Court lashed out at the government on Saturday on the use of banned Chinese ‘manjha’ (thread) during the kite-flying season. The court said, “work should not be done on paper, it should be based on the facts on the ground. Mere meetings will not solve anything. Government and police should take appropriate […]
A foreign passenger allegedly misbehaved with women flight attendants on GO First’s flight from New Delhi to Goa on January 5, requesting that one of them sit with him and behave profanely with the other. This is just one more instance of in-flight harassment. At Goa’s new airport in Mopa, he was turned over to […]
Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju and S P Singh Baghel, his junior minister, have examined the outcomes of cases involving railroad disputes. The Ministry of Railways is regarded as the government agency with the highest litigation rate. According to a ministry document from June 2017, it is a party to more than 66,000 cases that […]
India and Japan will hold their first bilateral air exercise from January 12 to 26, in reflection of the growing defence ties amid increasing concerns over China’s military muscle-flexing in the Indo-Pacific region. The exercise ‘Veer Guardian-2023‘ involving the Indian Air Force (IAF) and Japan Air Self Defence Force (JASDF) will be held at Japan’s […]
The Harvard Law School Center has chosen Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud to receive the “Award for Global Leadership” in honour of his lifetime contributions to the legal community both at home and abroad. On January 11, he will receive the honour at a virtual ceremony. The American Harvard Law School awarded Justice Chandrachud […]
A tuition teacher was on Saturday arrested for allegedly sodomising his eight-year-old student in Gujarat’s Surat city, police said. According to an official, the incident occurred on Friday in the Navagam locality of Dindoli, where the accused operates a tuition centre. According to the FIR filed at Dindoli police station, the accused allegedly sodomised the […]
Canadian Minister of Citizenship and Multiculturalism, Michael Ford, who is on an India visit, will meet Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel to discuss further trade opportunities and ties between Canada and India. Ford said, “We have such strong ties here with the Indian community not just economically but socially too. Ontario’s doors are open to […]
Sheezan Khan, who was detained on suspicion of abetment of suicide in the case involving Tunisha Sharma’s death, is still being held in the Thane jail. His bail plea hearing was adjourned by a court in Maharashtra’s Palghar district on Saturday until January 9. When Tunisha was discovered dead on the sets of her show […]
In a case that has occupied the Gujarat High Court’s attention all week, on Saturday, the bench finally clamped down a ban on the Chinese manja and invoked the Wildlife Protection Act to substantiate its observation. The state government, the defendant in this case for its role in being passively complicit in use of the […]
If you happen to have crossed the Vatava railway station area in recent times, chances are you took out that handkerchief to block smelling the air. Residents in the vicinity have been complaining of a foul and putrid smell in the air, which earlier was suspected to have leaked from petrochemical units and gas plants […]
Squadron leader Avani Chaturvedi of the Indian Air Force will be the first female fighter pilot to represent the country in the international aerial war games. The exercise Veer Guardian 2023 will take place between January 16 and January 26 at the Hyakuri Air Base in Omitama, Japan, and its adjacent airspace, as well as […]
Three people were arrested on Saturday in Gir Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat’s Junagadh district for allegedly harassing lions by chasing them in their vehicles and filming them with mobile phones. According to an official, the authorities arrested three of the six people involved in the incident on Friday after videos of the chase surfaced on […]
According to an official announcement, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman would take part in a credit outreach programme on Sunday in Kota, Rajasthan. At Dussehra Ground, the Finance Minister and Om Birla, the Lok Sabha Speaker and MP from Kota-Bundi would provide loans to street sellers, microbusiness owners, and cattle ranchers under the Pradhan Mantri […]
A lion and a lioness drowned after falling into an open well in Gujarat’s Amreli district’s Gir forest division, a forest official said on Saturday. Rajdeepsinh Zala, deputy conservator of forests (DCF), Gir (East) said that The big cats, aged five to nine years, were roaming in the area when they fell into the well […]
According to airport officials, around 34 domestic departure flights from Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) were delayed on Saturday as a result of inclement weather and other associated circumstances. Over 12 arriving planes from various destinations were delayed at Indira Gandhi International Airport as a result of the cold wave conditions and dense fog […]
