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The goods and services tax (GST) collection in July this year increased 28% to Rs1.49 lakh crore compared to the same period last year. This is the second-highest recorded collection. The highest-ever collection was recorded in April at Rs1.68 lakh crore. According to the Finance Ministry, India has recorded a monthly GST collection of more […]
Showing a decreasing trend, the daily positive covid-19 cases tally in Gujarat was reported to be 606 in the last 24 hours on Monday. Notably, just four days ago, the daily cases in the state were crossing one thousand mark for consecutive days. Ahmedabad on Monday too registered a notch lower in the daily positive […]
In the aftermath of 50 lives tragically lost in the ‘Lattha’ incident in the Ahmedabad and Botad districts of the state, several arrests have been made. Confessions were also extracted from the prime accused. The victims, all men, belong to Ahmedabad, Botad, and Surendranagar. While many are still undergoing treatment, some lost their eyes and […]
Addiction to alcohol, marijuana, and hashish has been rampant among the youth in Gujarat. The Mundra port in the state has been in the limelight with recent high-profile drug seizures. On September 21 last year, 3,000 kg of drugs worth Rs 21,000 crore were seized. On May 22 this year, 56 kg of drugs worth […]
With Assembly elections fast approaching, Rajasthan Chief Minister and Congress leader Ashok Gehlot will visit Gujarat soon. He is expected to be in Ahmedabad on August 4, where he will hold a meeting with senior party leaders of the state. This meeting is aimed at finalizing the party’s strategy for upcoming elections. He will also […]
Kamrej Police in Surat today seized liquor worth Rs1 lakh that was being transported in a Tata jeep, hidden in the bags of puffed rice (Mamra). The police have also confiscated Rs6 lakh worth of other goods, which included mobile phones worth Rs 4.5 lakhs. Two accused have been arrested. The police apprehended the jeep […]
The Mumbai Police has given permission to Bollywood actor Salman Khan to carry a licensed gun for his personal safety after he and his father, veteran writer Salim Khan, received death threats earlier this year. A hand-written note addressing the father-son duo was recovered in June, which stated, “You will meet the same fate as […]
The Congress, yesterday, suspended three of its MLAs in Jharkhand who were found with large amounts of cash in their vehicles in West Bengal. A Howrah district court in West Bengal has ordered a 10-day police remand for the three MLAs, namely Irfan Ansari, Rajesh Kachhap and Naman Bixal. The Congress party has said that […]
Gujarat Police reveals that more than 2.5 lakh people from different parts of the state, were arrested in the last 1.5 years under the Prohibition Act for the production /smuggling /sale or consumption /possession of illicit liquor. This comes in the light of the recent hooch tragedy which cost at least 42 casualties in the […]
The month of July ends today with a new beginning. Like every month, August will bring with itself a set of important changes that need to be implemented. These changes are the ones that will directly affect one’s pocket, hence one needs to know about them before delving into August. Bank of Baroda changes the […]
A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) corporator for Ashapura Dham Panchhatadi area in Junagadh, Hitendra Udani, has said that the building, in which his house is located, is completely dilapidated. A small part of the said building has also collapsed. He is currently living with his son-in-law. He said if the building suddenly collapses it could […]
Sanjay Arora, a Tamil Nadu-cadre Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, was appointed Delhi police commissioner on Sunday. He will succeed Rakesh Asthana who retired from the post at the end of July. Arora, who will be taking charge of the new post from today, has been serving as director-general of the paramilitary Indo-Tibetan Border Police […]
At least 43 villages along the Sabarmati riverbank are heavily contaminated by three decades of toxic industrial wastewater dumping into sewage lines, stormwater lines and pumping stations. Not only that, the more serious damage has been inflicted upon the soil at these places where heavy metals have been found in hazardous proportions as per the […]
Cases of crime against Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes have gradually increased in the years between 2018 and 2020, says figures tabled by the Ministry of Home Affairs in Lok Sabha on Tuesday. The figures were tabled by Minister of State (Home), Ajay Kumar Mishra, sourced from the National Crime Bureau, in reply to a […]
A sexagenarian from the Paldi area of the city, booked a complaint with the police stating that three men seized Rs 2.50 lakh cash from him, which he had gotten from a courier firm in Navrangpura. Kishor Shah, who lives in Srushti Apartment in Paldi, works as a channel manager facilitator with the zonal office […]
A total of 1100 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers from CR Paatil’s constituency, Navsari, collectively resigned from the party’s primary membership, following a dispute between the locals and the police in Jamalpur area. The workers, led by executive member Janak Patel, submitted their resignations to District BJP president Bhura Lal Shah. Recently, a complaint had […]
A college student from Dindoli, Surat, lost Rs2.48 lakhs by falling into the trap of a team of scammers. The student had applied for a job at the Surat airport through a social media platform. A few days later, someone called the student and managed to extort Rs2.48 lakhs in the name of online exam, […]
Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Sunday detained Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut for alleged involvement in the Patra Chawl land scam. The action was taken after the ED conducted searches at Raut’s residence. The search and questioning carried on for nearly nine hours. Later, the ED officials asked Raut to join them at their offices for […]
Gujarat registered a total of 942 new covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours on Sunday. The state witnessed recoveries of 679 covid-19 patients and deaths of two in the last 24 hours. The tally of total number of covid-19 cases reached 12,55,171, total recoveries reached 12,37,664 and death toll rose to 10,970. With this, […]
