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On February 1, Disney+ Hotstar will release Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, the streaming service said on Thursday. The plot of the follow-up to the popular 2018 film Black Panther explores what happens when Wakanda loses its beloved monarch T’Challa; this is a change made after the film’s star Chadwick Boseman unexpectedly passed away from colon […]
Mahant Swami Maharaj initiated 46 BAPS youths into the monastic order in a grand initiation ceremony at Pramukh Swami Maharaj Nagar in Ahmedabad before an audience of tens of thousands from around the world on the morning of 6 January 2023. The 46 highly educated and devoted youths received parshadi dikshaa and embarked on their […]
The studio executives are making sure that every A-list Hollywood star joins their camp as the MCU gets ready to enter Phase 5 with the release of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Big names have already entered the room; others are waiting outside the door to make their entrance; and yet others are still in […]
Rajasthan is reeling under severe cold as the minimum temperature in many areas were recorded below the freezing point for several consecutive days. However, the minimum temperature was recorded at 0.0 degree Celsius in Churu and 0.6 degree Celsius in Pilani. “The minimum temperature on Friday night was 1.0 degrees in Sikar, 1.2 degrees in […]
The Supreme Court of India gathered and forwarded to itself on Friday all petitions concerning the legal recognition of same-sex marriages that were pending before various high courts throughout the nation. A bench consisting of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala requested that the Center submit a combined […]
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot took strong exception to what he termed the practice of “pressuring” the administration for compensation over deaths and bargaining for it, saying his government will soon come out with a policy on such matters. He was replying to the query in Jodhpur about the high court’s intervention in such matters […]
Although the markets have stabilised following the global pandemic and the textile sector has seen strong growth, certain textile processing facilities in South Gujarat have closed in recent months as a result of declining demand for their goods. In South Gujarat, there are 400 textile processing facilities, and at least 20 large facilities have closed. […]
Ahmedabad appears to be uninterested in the third/ booster dose either by paying from it or even from government vaccination sites. The acceptance of the booster in Ahmedabad city, even in light of newer variants of concern seen in other countries, and the government disbursing them for free at health centres, is lacklustre at best. […]
“Bro, I think I am in trouble,” said an inebriated Shankar Mishra to his co-passenger as he was sobering up after urinating on a woman flyer in her 70s on a New York-Delhi flight on November 26. Sugata Bhattacharjee, a US-based doctor of audiology in seat 8A (window) in the first row of business class, […]
A teacher of a government primary school in Mahuva taluka of Surat district has been working for the last two days under police protection. Some parents demanded her transfer from the school accusing her of behaving rudely to the students. The teacher, Dipti Patel, sought police protection after being attacked by a group of parents […]
The state government is in the process of updating jantri rates and is expected to remove discrepancies that had crept when the process was last carried out 12 years ago. The jantri rate is used to arrive at the value of properties at the time of their sale. As per the 2011 jantri rates, there […]
Officials said on Saturday that the accused of urinating on a female co-passenger on an Air India flight has been detained by the Delhi Police in Bengaluru. “Accused Shankar Mishra in IGIA case has been arrested from Bengaluru by a Delhi Police team. He has been brought to Delhi and further investigation into the case […]
After the Covid lull, the Ahmedabad Regional Passport Office (RPO) registered a growth of nearly 50 percent in passport applications in 2022 as compared to 2021. Applications for passports had gone down considerably in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic, only to recover in mid-2021. The passport office received 6.43 lakh applications in 2022 which was […]
“Who are you to say that? Are you the pujari of Ram Temple. Are you the Mahant of Ram Temple? Let the Mahants, Sadhu, and Sant talk about it. Who are you? You are a politician. Your job is to keep the country secure, maintain law and order, ensure food for people and provide farmers […]
Amdavadis paid the least amount in traffic fines over the past five years in 2022. While it’s encouraging to assume that people are now more compliant with following traffic rules, the change is most likely the result of the police being more forgiving with offenders during an election year. According to data gathered from the city traffic police, […]
The price of cumin seeds (jeera) in Gujarat continued to soar and touched a new high of Rs 35,500 per quintal Thursday, with the prices soaring by Rs 5,000 in 10 days. The rise in prices come amid apprehensions of low production in wake of a drop in the sowing area due to adverse weather […]
Ahmedabad’s lovely gardens add a touch of greenery, vibrancy, and serenity to the city. These charming gardens are graciously blessed with greenery and dotted with trees. Some are lined with flowers and fountains; others are a common favourite spot. While the abundance of nature in these Ahmedabad gardens is an ideal place for people to […]
United States financial services company Wells Fargo on Friday said it has sacked Shankar Mishra, who allegedly urinated on a female co-passenger on an Air India flight from New York, saying that the allegations were ‘deeply disturbing’. However, the firm said in the statement that ‘This individual has been terminated from Well Fargo.’ Also, the […]
Yeshaya Hafiz Contractor, Gujarat’s first junior lady shotgun shooter, has won numerous national and state awards. She began shooting at the age of 12 and climbed the success ladder with the help and encouragement of her father and grandfather. Yeshaya’s sister Zoysia, who works as a chef and practising shooting is a hobby, has competed […]
Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Gujarat Police this week has nabbed several government staffers in bribe cases. Rohit Lakshman Purani, a clerk in the Prant office in Modasa, Aravalli district, has been arrested in a bribery case involving Rs. 500. In this case, the applicant sought and paid for crop protection licence renewal online. In […]
