Noida Woman Sent To 14-Day Judicial After Altercation With Security Guard; DCW Calls It Vulgar, Seeks Strict Action Against The Accused

Following a similar case happened a few days earlier in Delhi’s NCR region, where a self-proclaimed politician Shrikant Tyagi was captured on video assaulting and shoving a woman at a housing society, a video recently released on social media showcased a woman shouting expletives, making indecent gestures and threatening a security guard, as he delayed […]

Arvind Kejriwal Promises To Pay Rs 1 Crores To Families of Martyred Soldiers In Gujarat 

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, along with Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, are on a two-day-long visit to Gujarat. The AAP chief  announced education and health guarantees in their agenda for the upcoming elections in Gujarat. The party also promised to provide Rs 1 crore to families of martyred soldiers.  On his fifth visit to Gujarat […]

BJP Ducks Failures Of Past Promises; Spins New Campaign

Leading the country in celebrating 75 years of Independence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged to build a stronger India. His deadline for a “developed nation” is now 25 years, in time to chime with the centenary celebrations. NaMo spoke about nari shakti, the end of the ghulami culture. He spoke fiercely against corruption as he […]

Women In 11 Indian States Have More Sex Partners Than Men

Women on average have more sex partners than men in 11 Indian states and UTs but the percentage of men who had sexual intercourse with someone who was neither their spouse nor lived-in with, stood at 4 per cent, much higher than that of women at 0.5 per cent, according to the latest NFHS data. […]

MP Governor Mangubhai Patel’s Condition Stable, AIIMS Bhopal Issues Health Bulletin

Madhya Pradesh Governor Mangu Bhai Patel is admitted to AIIMS due to fever, cold and cough. He was admitted to AIIMS on Saturday night. His health bulletin was issued by AIIMS, informing that his condition remains stable. Mangu Bhai Patel could also have food and sleep at the night. The Governor’s Health Bulletin issued by […]

IELTS Scam: Mehsana Police Investigate Major Immigration Malpractice After US Authorities Alert

A chance capture of illegal immigrants by US agencies has unearthed a major immigration scam with a Gujarat connection, though it is presumed that it is only the tip of an iceberg. It is a revealing story about the mad craze toward US immigration among some of the Gujaratis, particularly from Mehsana in North Gujarat. […]

Congress New Prez By Sept 20; RaGa’s Firm “No” Confirms Non-Gandhi Head

The process for the election of Congress president got underway, Sunday, with the party’s election authority confirming it would stick to the September 20 deadline for electing a new chief. According to the party’s Central Election Authority chairman Madhusudan Mistry: “The Congress Working Committee (CWC) is yet to decide on any one final date for […]

Mondays With Manjul, Aug 22

Nearly Half The Seats Laying Vacant In Gujarat University Commerce Courses

A total of 20,000 first-year seats in Gujarat University-affiliated colleges’ BCom, BBA and BCA programmes are still open after three rounds of centralised online admissions. Due to this, the university has decided to let colleges handle the admissions process independently. There are over 41,000 seats available at the university in more than 80 associated colleges. […]

Seven Wonders Of The World One Must Visit

The rarity of the places is missing nowadays. The most memorable vacation experiences are hardly found in tourist trap hotels or busy city centre restaurants. Either in the rural areas or in heart-stopping wildlife encounters are places we find breathtaking scenery. But nowadays, nature, as well as human interference, are challenging their existence. Before it […]

Jayasuriya Bats for Sri Lanka Tourism

Sri Lanka’s Tourism Minister Harin Fernando and former cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya, who was recently appointed as tourism ambassador, said on Saturday that it is safe to travel to Sri Lanka now as normalcy has returned in the country following months of political turmoil. Jayasuriya said that Sri Lanka is exploring new avenues to attract more […]

Teesta Setalvad Case: Ex-DIG Rahul Sharma Summoned

The Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing a case against former Director General of Police (DGP) R.B. Sreekumar and activist Teesta Setalvad, has summoned former IPS officer Rahul Sharma also. The Assistant Police Commissioner B.L. Solanki issued the Summons which reads, “We are investigating the case registered with the Detection Crime Branch under the IPC section […]

The Politics Of Hate And Why Gujarat Will Not Do Justice To Bilkis Bano

Nothing in Gujarat is devoid of a political angle in New India. Politics is to Gujarat what Bollywood is to Mumbai. So, those trying to brush off the release of Bilkis Bano’s rapists as a “local decision” smacks of hypocrisy and typical phoniness that is very striking of those who support Gujarat and its communal […]

Ahmedabad: Police Arrest Owners Of Hookah Bar Raided, FSL Reports Received

Ahmedabad police arrested Keval Mahendrabhai Patel, Dhruv Rakeshbhai Thakar, Ashish Vishnubhai Patel, and Karan Vishnubhai Patel in connection with the raid conducted on July 17, 2022, at the Sacred Nine Hookah bar area of Ahmedabad. Police had seized 29 varieties of hookahs and the 13 flavour packets and sent them for forensic analysis. Police proceeded […]

With An Old Video Criticising CBI, Manish Sisodia Takes A Dig At PM

Manish Sisodia shared an old video of Narendra Modi speaking on CBI raids as Gujarat chief minister. Sisodia’s residence was raided on Friday in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case. An old video of the then Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi waxing eloquent about the politicisation of investing agencies, particularly CBI has come […]

Anand Sharma Resigns As Himachal Congress Steering Committee Chairman

Congress strongman in Himachal Pradesh, Anand Sharma, tendered his resignation as chairman of hill state’s Steering Committee, Saturday. In a letter to Sonia Gandhi, the former Union minister is reported to have noted that “he will not compromise on self-respect.” However, he assured that he will participate in campaigning for Congress candidates. Party insiders briefed […]

Ahmedabad Police’s Warring Heads In Home Dept’s Radar

There is nothing cold about it anymore. Matters warmed up to a boil after city police commissioner Sanjay Srivastava, on return from a foreign trip, revoked all decisions taken by in-charge commissioner Ajay Chaudhary. CP was on a 15-day leave since August 2. For those familiar with the dynamics of the two, it is no […]

Two Gujarat Ministers stripped of their portfolios just less than 100 days before Assembly elections

In a sudden development, driven presumably by the BJP High Command, two ministers in the Bhupendra Patel government were divested of their portfolios on Saturday night. It is not even a year since Bhupendra Patel of BJP was sworn in as a Chief Minister and the entire cabinet was replaced to wash away the negative […]

Shankersinh Vaghela to float yet another Political Outfit which will Contest Assembly Elections in Gujarat

Former Gujarat Chief Minister Shankersinh Vaghela is all set to form his new political outfit. Sources say that the former Gujarat BJP, Congress and RJP(Rashtriya Janata Party) president, the evergreen politician Shankersinh, popularly known as Bapu is all set to make a fresh foray into politics. He is likely to set up the Prajashakti Democratic […]

NYT Clarifies “Not Paid Promotion” After BJP Attacks AAP

Hours after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) launched a scathing attack on the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over Delhi’s education model getting mentioned in The New York Times (NYT), the daily on Friday clarified saying it was not a paid promotion. The newspaper stated that the mention was a result of independent and impartial “on-the-ground […]