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A 21-year-old student at Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) in Gandhinagar died by suicide in his dormitory room on Monday night. Vansh Gaint, a third-year student from Patiala, Punjab, was found unresponsive by fellow students, who broke down the door around midnight after he failed to respond to repeated knocks. Notably, this is not the […]
The Vadodara police is preparing to send a special team to the hometown of Rakshit Chaurasia in Uttar Pradesh for a detailed investigation. Chaurasia, a law student at MS University, crashed a Volkswagen Virtus into eight people in the Karelibaug area of Vadodara on the night of March 13, resulting in one death. In a […]
Residents of NASA astronaut Sunita Williams’ ancestral village in Gujarat’s Mehsana district celebrated on Wednesday morning as a SpaceX capsule carrying her and her colleague, Butch Wilmore, landed in the sea off the Florida coast. Villagers in Jhulasan gathered at a local temple to watch the event live on a television screen. As soon as […]
Indian-origin NASA astronaut Sunita Williams has safely returned home after spending 286 days in space, marked by 4,577 orbits around the planet and travelling a distance of 195.2 million kilometres. What began as an eight-day mission alongside fellow astronaut Butch Wilmore turned into a nine-month journey owing to technical issues with the Starliner spacecraft. As […]
Residents of NASA astronaut Sunita Williams’ ancestral village in Gujarat’s Mehsana district are preparing for Diwali-like celebrations on Wednesday morning to mark her scheduled return to Earth after a nine-month stay at the International Space Station. Jhulasan village, the ancestral home of Williams’ father, Deepak Pandya, is filled with anticipation. Villagers have been offering prayers […]
At least 413 Palestinians, including women and children, were killed after the Israeli military launched extensive strikes on Hamas, ending a weeks-long deadlock over extending the ceasefire that had paused fighting in January. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the strikes following Hamas’s refusal to alter the ceasefire agreement. Netanyahu’s office said in a statement, […]
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Hemant Khava was evicted from the Gujarat Legislative Assembly on Tuesday after raising concerns over faulty land surveys while wearing a T-shirt with the slogan ‘Cancel Incorrect Land Surveys’. Khava, representing Jamjodhpur, alleged that farmers in the state have been facing difficulties for the last 10 years due to errors […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has extended an invitation to NASA astronaut Sunita Williams to visit India after her scheduled return to Earth on Wednesday, following a nine-month stay at the International Space Station (ISS). The invitation was conveyed in a letter dated March 1, delivered through former NASA astronaut Mike Massimino. Union Science and Technology […]
Rajya Sabha MP and Gujarat Congress President Shaktisinh Gohil on Tuesday alleged that 900 shops were destroyed in the massive fire at Surat’s Shivshakti Textile Market, with no compensation provided to the affected traders. Raising the issue during Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha, Gohil criticised the negligence of the authorities and demanded that the […]
In a significant development in the car accident episode in Vadodara’s Karelibaug area on March 13, the accused, Rakshit Chaurasia, a law student, is under investigation for driving under the influence of drugs. A narcotics rapid test kit has confirmed the presence of drugs in his blood, though the test is not admissible in court. […]
Opposition members in the Rajya Sabha on Monday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not visiting Manipur following the outbreak of violence and condemned the imposition of President’s Rule, calling it harmful to democracy. During a discussion on the Manipur Budget 2025-26 and four related Bills, including The Appropriation Bill, 2025, opposition leaders accused the […]
Any deconstruction of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent podcast with Lex Fridman, a conversation driven by delusions and powered by platitudes, could be an offence to reason. But since journalists are expected to follow their leaders’ enterprises, even at the cost of consuming soporifics, we managed to salvage a few gems. Fridman begins the three-hour […]
New Delhi: Prime minister Narendra Modi has said that Gujarat had a long history of communal riots, even before he was “in the picture” and pointed to the “backdrop” of a spate of terror attacks before the violence to say that the perception that the riots were the biggest ever in the state was “misinformation”. He […]
The Central government on Monday revealed that out of 194 Indian fishermen currently imprisoned in Pakistan, 123 are from Gujarat. In response to a query raised by Rajya Sabha MP Parimal Nathwani, Minister of State for External Affairs Kirti Vardhan Singh said: “Among the 123 fishermen from Gujarat, 33 were apprehended in 2021, 68 in […]
Health department employees in Gujarat, serving at district Primary Health Centres (PHCs) and Community Health Centres (CHCs), submitted memorandums at district offices on Monday, announcing plans to march to Gandhinagar on March 20 to protest over pay and other issues. The employees are demanding a technical skill-based pay scale and the abolition or exemption of […]
A 42-year-old man from Gandhinagar district in Gujarat has allegedly been defrauded of Rs 20.46 lakh by a relative who falsely promised assistance in facilitating the immigration of the victim and his wife to the United Kingdom, police reported on Sunday. The case was registered on Saturday against Hasmukh Patel, a businessman, following a complaint […]
Immigration attorneys in the United States are reporting an increase in the number of green card holders, including Indian nationals, being subjected to secondary inspection and, in some cases, overnight detention at airports by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers. Some individuals have also been pressured to voluntarily surrender their green cards. Elderly Indian […]
Gujarat may well have the penchant of being called number one in various fields but the state is ranked 18th in the country when it comes to higher education. According to the All India Higher Education Survey on the website of the Department of Higher Education, only 24 out of 100 students who have enrolled […]
In the wake of controversial remarks by spiritual leader and narrator Ram Kathakar Morari Bapu, Gujarat’s Education Minister Praful Pansheriya has promised to investigate his claims that government school teachers are involved in religious conversions. The remarks, which were made during a recent katha in Tapi district’s Songadh, have sparked heated responses from political leaders, religious groups, and the local community. For the uninitiated, Morari Bapu […]
Gujarat’s Director General of Police (DGP) Vikas Sahay on Saturday directed the preparation of a comprehensive list of anti-social elements within 100 hours in response to recent incidents of street violence. The list is to include individuals with a history of repeated criminal activity, those involved in extortion, intimidation, property crimes, illegal prohibition and gambling […]
