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CBI has arrested a Superintendent of Customs and his collaborator in a case of a bribe of Rs. 25000/-. The Superintendent, identified as Sunil Menon is working at the Paldi division of the department, whereas his accomplice Pravin Vaghela is hired on a contractual basis. The accused demanded a bribe for providing self-sealing permission for […]
As political parties gear up for Gujarat Assembly Elections, the ruling party BJP has taken up the social media campaign ‘BJP Digital Warriors’ which will run from September 7th to 22nd. The campaign aims to connect with the youth and give competition to the Aam Aadmi Party that has newly landed on the political grounds […]
Padma Shri-winning educator and social reformer Sathyanarayanan Mundayoor gave a session titled “Joyful Reading in Script-less Communities: An Arunachal Pradesh Story” as part of the Social Justice Seminar Series at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) on September 6, 2022. Mundayoor emphasised that the gaps in the formal system made him realise that he […]
The third list of 10 candidates from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for the Gujarat Assembly elections later in 2022 was announced on Wednesday. Before the election, the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP announced 19 candidates for the 182-member Assembly in BJP-ruled Gujarat. For the state elections scheduled for December, no other party has yet announced its […]
On its lush, verdant campus, MICA’s student-run Literary Committee hosted a two-day book fair. All of the staff, instructors, and students were engrossed in selecting their favourite books! The books were offered for purchase at a steep discount! As the oldest continuously degree-granting college of art and design in the nation, MICA is located at […]
Taking cognisance of the special circumstances, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has agreed to recognise the academic mobility programme offered by Ukraine to allow medical students to complete their education as the degree will be awarded by the parent Ukrainian university only. Thus, all the Indian medical students who had returned from war-torn Ukraine will […]
As part of a $70 billion investment in clean energy by 2030, the Adani Group will build three giga factories for manufacturing solar modules, wind turbines, and hydrogen electrolyzers. The group, led by Asia’s richest man and Chairman of the ports-to-power bellwether, Gautam Adani, aims to become the world’s top renewable energy producer by 2030. […]
As the cases of viral fever increase in the Vav region of Banaskantha, many hospitals are jam-packed with patients. There are hardly any beds left. In the last six days, more than 1500 people have booked OPDs in Vav Referral Hospital. Due to the shortage of beds, many patients carried the bottles in their hands. […]
Members of Hindutva group Bajrang Dal prevented actor couple Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt from entering the famous Mahakal temple in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain. The incident happened on the night of September 6. The two actors and director Ayan Mukherjee were at the temple to offer prayers ahead of the release of their film Brahmastra. The […]
UK: The recent induction of Indian-origin barrister Rt Hon Suella Braverman on Tuesday, September 6, 2022, was chosen as the Secretary of State for the Home Department in Britain’s newly-appointed PM Liz Truss’s cabinet. The 42-year-old Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Fareham south-east England (May 2015) has previously served as the Attorney General in […]
Shalby Hospital Ahmedabad on Wednesday announced plans to launch Gujarat’s first Hand Transplant Programme in collaboration with Global Hospitals Mumbai. Hand transplant is one of the rare surgeries in India and most of the advanced transplant centres are based in Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai. Hand transplant is a complex surgery and is conducted by […]
In a quick development across the two parties-the BJP and Congress, drastic transformations appeared just in a matter of days- “Former Gujarat Youth Congress president Vishwanathsinh Vaghela joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on September 6, 2022, two days after quitting his post, whereas the Congress immediately announced the party’s national secretary for ‘Youth Wing’ […]
Following the recent death of former Tata Group Chairman Cyrus Mistry in a road accident, Union road transport minister Nitin Gadkari said on September 6 that seat belt alarm will be made mandatory for rear seats of vehicles too. Mistry was killed in a road accident when he was on his way to Mumbai from […]
According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report on Accidental Deaths and Suicides in India, Gujarat saw a 9.2 percent rise in the number of suicides in 2021 over the previous year. In 2020, the state had reported 8,050 deaths by suicide. The figure rose to 8,789 in 2021. The concentration of suicides is […]
In response to a PIL filed by advocate KR Koshti, a bench of Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Ashutosh Shastri of the Gujarat high court on September 6 asked the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) why it wanted to demolish the VS Hospital building. It sought to know what the civic body proposes to do […]
“Absence of war is not peace. Peace is what keeps war away, but it is more than that; peace disarms and renders war useless. Peace is a condition enjoyed by a fair and fertile society. Peace is about restoring balance in society; only then is it lasting peace.” Ela Bhatt Ela Bhatt, the Indian cooperative […]
The Income Tax department on Wednesday conducted a search and seizure operation at Silver Oak University in Ahmedabad. Income Tax officials began the search operation in the private university located in Gota. The president and directors of Silver Oak University–Shital Agrawal, Poonam Agrawal, Janak Khandwala & Sweta Khandwala–are also under the I-T scanner. The Income tax […]
The Income Tax department on Wednesday conducted raids across multiple states in connection with a tax evasion probe against Registered Unrecognised Political Parties (RUPP) and other organisations their alleged for dubious funding. In Gujarat, over 40 locations are under the I-T radar including Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot. Private university Silver Oak is also under Income […]
Occult or mystic practices, falling under the category of esoteric supernatural beliefs and black magic, have been exercised for ages across the Indian subcontinent. ‘Tantra’ is an ancient Indian practice, exercised by ‘siddh babas’ (faith healers), gurus, and fakirs for more than 5,000 years in many parts of the country. Recently, a 45-year-old woman filed […]
Kuldeep Singh, a police constable working at Vastrapur police station in Ahmedabad, along with his wife and two-year-old daughter, killed themselves by jumping from the Divya Heights tower in Gota at 1.30 am on Tuesday night. The reasons for taking such an extreme step are not known yet. Sola police are investigating the matter. Kuldeep […]
