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Dressed in saris, salwars and kurtas, Ahmedabad’s Japanese expatriate community turned up in numbers for the “Kem Chhe – Konnichiwa” event organised by the Indo-Japan Friendship Association on Thursday. The occasion was the visit of a delegation from Hyogo, Japan, and the Zen Garden at the Ahmedabad Management Association played host to the event. Speaking […]
A bench led by the Chief Justice of India, hon’ble Uday Umesh Lalit, granted an interim bail to the Indian civil rights activist and journalist Teesta Setalvad on Friday, September 2, 2022 questioning the motives of Gujarat High Court for her detention of over two months. Setalvad was in jail since June for her alleged […]
A petition in the Supreme Court filed against government control over religious places of Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, and Buddhists was adjourned till September 19. The court directed the petitioner to produce concrete documents and data. The petitioner sought two weeks’ time for this. A bench headed by Chief Justice UU Lalit will now hear the […]
Shivamurthy Murugha Sharanaru, chief pontiff of Jagadguru Murugarajendra Vidyapeetha Mutt in Karnataka’s Chitradurga, was arrested by the Karnataka police on the night of September 1. The seer was on Friday sent to 14-day judicial custody in the case of sexual assault of minor girls. Police will seek remand in open court today. “The chief pontiff […]
Arrested by Pakistan authorities in March 1994 on ‘espionage charges’ and released from jail on August 22 this year, the Gujarat man reunited with his family after spending more than 28 years in jail and sought help from the Indian government in bringing back other compatriots suffering in prisons across the border. Kuldeep Yadav (59) […]
A two-judge bench of Justice DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna in the Supreme Court has observed that a person signing the cheque is liable even when the details are filled by another person. The remarks were made while allowing an appeal in a cheque bounce case. The accused in the case admitted to giving a […]
A Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice UU Lalit raised serious concerns about the way activist Teesta Setalvad has been kept in custody in Gujarat for more than two months and demanded to know how the Gujarat High Court issued a notice asking for a reply after six weeks. Significantly, the bench observed that […]
The Supreme Court provided a big relief to private school teachers. It held that private school teachers also are employees and therefore entitled to gratuity payment if in continuous service for at least five years. The Payment of Gratuity Act, in force since September 1972, was extended to educational institutions with 10 or more employees […]
After completion of almost a year of trials at sea, India’s first home-built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant will be formally commissioned today by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Cochin Shipyard. Built at a cost of ₹ 20,000 crores, the 45,000-tonne warship is named after its predecessor, which played a game-changing role during the 1971 […]
The Bharatiya Janata Party will celebrate Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 72nd birthday on September 17 for a period of 16 days as Seva Pakhwara (service fortnight). According to a letter issued by party general secretary Arun Singh, the two weeks will end October 2 to coincide with the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. Under the […]
Gujarat’s first hospital dedicated entirely to head and neck cancer treatment will be launched by Northwest Cancer hospital, Ahmedabad, on September 3. Dr Jatin Shah will inaugurate the new medical infrastructure, which will address Gujarat’s long-standing need for a dedicated oncology facility with international standards of medicine. In Gujarat, one out of two cancer patients […]
Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif in her expensive outfit visited Salman Khan’s sister Arpita Khan Sharma’s residence for Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations. Katrina joined her husband Vicky Kaushal wearing a lovely lime-yellow ‘Sharara’ with a poplin lycra dupatta. This Tarun Tahiliani set was worth INR 89,900. Meanwhile, actor Salman Khan too was seen posing for paparazzi in […]
A Delhi-based court has summoned the Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez to appear on September 26, 2022 after running through the details of the charge-sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate, the leading law-enforcement agency in India. The ED stated that the Bollywood actress Fernandez was reportedly aware of conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar’s criminal past and ‘cooked up’ […]
Invalidating the decision over the inclusion of three administrative orders issued between 2016 and 2019, where 18 sub-castes from the OBC (Other Backward Classes) notified under the Schedule Caste (SC) by the Uttar Pradesh government, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday, August 31, 2022 declared the move as unconstitutional and void. In reference to a […]
An inter-state racket, comprising travel agents, touts, and software developers, has been unearthed by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) in Gujarat. Using illegal software, the accused bought confirmed tickets worth Rs 28.14 crore from the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) portal. They then sold them to travellers at a high commission. The fraud […]
After the reports established by the officials, a special CBI court has directed over the attachment of three prime properties of former directors of India’s dairy major Kwality Ltd, currently facing bank fraud charges of INR 1400 crore. The officials reported that the court has ordered properties in connection with the case in posh areas […]
Asia’s third-largest economy is coping well despite deteriorating global economic conditions. Since a year ago, India’s economy has seen its fastest annual expansion in a year. It grew 13.5 per cent in the April-June quarter. But it is still lower than broadly predicted by economists, analysts and the Reserve Bank of India. A Reuters poll […]
The iconic Campa Cola is all set to be back. Reliance Retail has acquired Campa from Pure Drinks Group for Rs 22 crores and is planning to relaunch it nationally by Diwali in three flavours — the iconic original, lemon and orange. The brand will be distributed through the chain’s own stores as well as […]
Indian Prime Minister received a reply from Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif thanking his Indian counterpart for expressing concerns over the human and material losses caused by Pakistan’s worst flood in years. Shehbaz Sharif said “inshaAllah”, his country will overcome the adverse effects of the natural calamity. “I thank Indian PM Narendra Modi @narendramodi for […]
After intense criticism over the closure of emergency services leading to the death of a 34-year-old pregnant Indian tourist due to cardiac arrest while being transferred to another hospital in Lisbon, Portugal’s Health Minister Dr Marta Temido quit of her continuing services on Tuesday, August 30, 2022, which she was attending at the ministry since […]
