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A 31-year old man has reportedly committed suicide by jumping into the Sabarmati river. He was involved in the brokering business. The case has been registered as accidental death by the Riverfront West Police.Ankit Bhatt, 31, who committed suicide, was a resident of Saathi Apartment in Memnagar. He was under a lot of pressure due […]
Comparing one’s wife with other women and continuously taunting her for not being the ideal wife of his dreams, is considered to be mental cruelty by the husband. A woman should not be expected to tolerate such behavior, says the ruling of Kerala High Court. This ruling comes while dismissing a man’s appeal against a family […]
Aiming to enhance operational preparedness and boost India’s defence sector, Union Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, handed over the much-awaited Made-in-India defence systems- the F-INSAS (The Future Infantry Soldier as a System), the Nipun mines and the Landing Craft Assault (LCA) to the Indian Army. Army Chief General Manoj Pande and Lieutenant […]
On Monday, August 15, the Gujarat government released 11 convicts who had been sentenced to life imprisonment in the Bilkis Bano gangrape and murder case during the 2002 Gujarat communal riots. The convicts walked out of the Godhra sub-jail after the Gujarat government approved their application for remission. Following their conviction on January 21, 2008 by a […]
“We want our right to live without fear and in dignity,” is all that Bilkis Bano’s husband, Yakub Rasul says. On August 15, all 11 convicts serving a life sentence for the post-Godhra gangrape and murder of seven of Bilkis Bano’s family members, walked out free under a remission policy. Her lawyer Shobha Gupta, Wednesday, […]
The increase in COVID-19 cases and deaths in Delhi has also resulted in a nearly two-fold increase in hospitals in just a fortnight. Officials claim that people with comorbidities are admitted. The Delhi government estimates that at least 90% of those hospitalized patients did not receive booster doses. Most of the admissions occurred on Tuesday […]
Rajasthan chief minister and Congress veteran Ashok Gehlot, appointed party election observer for Gujarat Assembly elections, reiterated that the contest is only between the Congress and BJP. He was talking to the media at Vadodara, Wednesday. The senior functionary had to cut short his visit to the state by a day. The originally planned three-day […]
Gujarat Education Minister and BJP Spokesperson Jitu Vaghani congratulated PM Narendra Modi on the historic celebration of India’s Independence day during a press conference followed by the Cabinet meeting. He also expressed his gratitude to the people of Gujarat for celebrating the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ initiative by PM Modi. Talking more about the Har Ghar […]
On August 15, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation from Red Fort harped on the honor and dignity of women. By evening, the Gujarat BJP government set free the 11 life-term convicts, sentenced to imprisonment in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gangrape case. The guilty, as they were proved, committed the heinous crime when the […]
At long last, the BJP reset its central parliamentary board as well as the central election committee, indicating Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intent to straighten out the creases in certain poll-bound states as well as do the balancing act in some others. The 11-member parliamentary board is the BJP’s apex-decision panel on political and organisational […]
The Gujarat High Court heard several writ petitions challenging a Labour Court’s order concerning the reinstatement of retrenched workmen (Petitioners). Taking into account the violation of Sections 25F, G and H of the Industrial Disputes Act, the Single Bench of Justice Biren Vaishnav ordered the reinstatement of Petitioners. The Petitioners worked in Bhadar Canal Sub-Division […]
India’s largest energy conglomerate, the National Thermal Power Corporation Private Limited (NTPC) called for a request for proposals (RFP) from banks and financial institutions to raise ₹5,000 crore through term loan by August 31, 2022. In its RFP, the company highlighted about the capital expenditure for all the undergoing projects- takeover projects, renewable energy projects, […]
Three bogies of a passenger train derailed in Gondia, Maharashtra, injuring at least many people on Wednesday morning. However, there have been no casualties associated with the incident. According to an Indian Railways official, a Chhattisgarh to Rajasthan express train struck a freight train from behind in the early hours of Wednesday, causing four of […]
In Pandesara, a child’s body of one and a half years old was discovered. The murder case came to light when the police performed a post-mortem on the deceased person. During the investigation, it got discovered that the one-and-a-half-year-old toddler was brutally murdered by her stepmother. Mamata Arun Bhola has been taken into custody by […]
The Ministry of Railways has shared the current updates of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail (MAHSR) Project via. Twitter. Mumbai, Thane, and Palghar in Maharashtra will be passed by the 508.17-kilometre-long network, along with Valsad, Navsari, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand, Kheda and Ahmedabad in Gujarat.“The execution of Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail (MAHSR) has been delayed particularly due […]
As monsoon season continues to prevail in Gujarat, the Beas river is also experiencing high water flow. On Wednesday morning, there was heavy rainfall in the Dantiwad area of Banaskantha between 6 AM to 10 AM. Due to the heavy showers, the Palanpur-Abu road flooded and had to be closed from one side. The vehicles […]
In a joint operation, ATS and SOG caught a manufacturing company that fabricated MD drugs in the name of chemicals. According to officials from the Bharwada police station, they have recovered 225 kilograms of drugs from the factory and have arrested four accused in the case, Mahesh, Rakesh, Dilip, and Vijay. According to the Superintendent […]
Chief Minister of Gujarat Bhupendra Patel honoured the sportspersons of Gujarat who won medals in various games in the Commonwealth Games 2022 held at Birmingham. On Wednesday, the Sports, Youth and Cultural Affairs Department of the Gujarat government hosted a grand ceremony in Gandhinagar in the presence of CM Patel and State Home Minister Harsh […]
On August 15 when India was celebrating its Independence Day, doubly special because it drew curtains on the year-long Azaadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, the 2002 Bilkis Bano gangrape case sprung up. This time to “free the convicts” lodged at the Godhra sub-jail under s special remission. The Gujarat government’s decision to release 11 convicts serving […]
As Kozhikode Sessions Court granted bail to the author and social activist Civic Chandran, the bench observed that the offence under Section 354A of the Indian Penal Code is not prima facie if the woman was wearing ‘sexually provocative clothes.’ The court also expressed disbelief that a 74-year-old could forcefully put the defacto complainant in […]
