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As the festive season of Diwali approaches, bootleggers continue to find new ways to sneak booze into the state to increase liquor sales. Gandhinagar Local Crime Branch has arrested one such bootlegger who tried new alchemy to slyly sneak in alcohol to Gujarat. The accused had used a tactic to evade the police by hiding […]
Though private-sector jobs have increased in the last few decades, the craze for government jobs still prevails. Several Central Universities including the Central University of Gujarat and other higher educational institutions have come up with a huge opportunity for young people who dream of government jobs in esteemed educational institutions. The universities are outsourcing the […]
Ahmedabad-based IRS officer Vijay Kumar Singh has successfully finished the world’s oldest annual marathon and road racing event – Boston Marathon by clocking 3.14.30 hours. By running at a dizzying 14kmph speed for 185 mins, Singh not only becomes the first Indian but also the first person to do so from Gujarat. Ritesh Misra, an […]
A mob allegedly attacked the ISKCON temple in Bangladesh’s Noakhali district, killing a temple member, as per the community. The official Twitter handle of the Bangladesh ISKCON community said, “We are saddened to share the news of Parth Das, a member of ISKCON, who was brutally murdered by a mob of more than 200 people […]
The crime graph in Gujarat has exponentially been rising with more and more cases of homicides being registered each day. In one such occurrence in Rajkot today, a husband named Shailesh Bhupatbhai Panchasara has stabbed his 22-year old wife Neha, to death on suspicion of the wife’s character. The accused has been caught by the […]
Addressing RSS volunteers at the annual Vijaya Dashami programme in Nagpur, Mohan Bhagwat Friday touched upon variety of issues ranging from Muslim population to Ayurveda. The RSS chief talked about correcting the “growing demographic imbalance caused by differential population growth rates” and reiterated the demand for a population policy that could be used for the […]
Reacting to the G23 leaders and the critics within the party who questioned the functioning and leadership of the party – Congress President Sonia Gandhi speaking at Congress Working Committee meeting said “I am if you will allow me to say so, a full-time and hands-on Congress President.” During her opening address, the Congress President […]
While the world-renowned Gandhi Ashram has been marked as a ‘silent zone’ by the authorities and more importantly when the suitable ranges of noise as per Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) are 45 to 55 decibels (dB), the noise on the stretch between Gandhi Ashram and Vadaj is measured between 77 and 83 dB. When […]
Ahmedabad Connection Of Krishna Hotel – Bhupen Khakhar’s Rs 4 Crore PaintingWorld-famous Gujarati painter Bhupen Khakhar’s oil painting titled “Krishna Hotel” will be auctioned on October 26 at Sotheby’s, London. According to Sotheby’s, the estimated value of the painting, which has not been seen in public since 1972, ranges from £ 200,000 (Rs. 2 crores) […]
Gir National Besides Africa, Gir is the only place in the world where one can spot lions roaming freely in the wild. Closed from 16th June to 15th Oct every year, Gir Jungle Safari is opening after a prolonged time as Covid-19 had hit the previous months and the bookings indicate that there is a […]
A tribal girl was killed after being attacked by an Asiatic lion on an agricultural field at Goradka village of Savarkundla taluka of Amreli in Gir (east) wildlife division on Friday. The incident took place during the early hours of the day, forest official Dr Anshuman Sharma said. According to Dr Anshuman Sharma, she was sleeping […]
Jivuben Rabari is enjoying her first motherhood experience at 70. She is married to Valbhai Rabari for 45 years. The only thing that bothered the otherwise happy couple was their unfulfilled desire to experience parenthood. The couple based in Rapar Taluka of Kutch had tried several means to conceive but it all went in vain. […]
Indians waiting to visit the US, start packing your bags this November. The United States announced that foreign travellers who are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 including Indian travellers to prevent the spread of Covid-19 from foreign nationals travelling internationally to the country. “The US’ new travel policy that requires vaccination for foreign national travellers to […]
Air India came back home just before its 89th birthday. The announcement that Tata Group won the bid to purchase national carrier Air India came as a pleasant surprise. Bhuj airport witnessed history on 15th October, the birthday of Air India, then called Tata Air Mail. Aarohi Pandit, the world’s first woman pilot to cross […]
With the arrest of Amol Sheth, promoter of Ahmedabad’s once reputed firm Anil Starch, Ahmedabad Crime Branch has finally cracked a two-year-old Rs 1,500 crore scam in fleecing people by luring them with huge returns on their investments. Police sources claim Sheth has been evading arrest so far using his political connections but now that he has […]
In third of fatal accidents in a span of one months, Saurashtra Chemicals plant of Nirma Group in Porbandar where two persons died, Police has booked the safety in charge, production head and four engineers of the plant under IPC Sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 287 (negligent conduct with respect to machinery) […]
As the by-election to be held on October 30 in three assembly seats — Mawryngkneng and Mawphlang in the East Khasi Hills, and Rajabala in the West Garo Hills district in Meghalaya approaches the demand for bifurcation of the state on ethnic lines has gained momentum. The demand to further bifurcate Meghlaya on ethnic lines […]
While average Indian can bask in the reflected glory of the news having 237 billionaires and daydream about his time which has already arrived – ” apna time ayega nahi, apna time aa gaya” as proclaimed by one of those billionaires from a media house conclave’s shiny podium, the reality is rearing it’s ugly head […]
Results of election of board of director of Gondal APMC was announced yesterday, polling of which was done on Wednesday. 10 seat win of farmers’ constituency has ensured clean sweep by BJP-backed panel fo all the 16 seats of the APMC. The panel had already won four seats of trader’s constituency and two of the […]
India ranked 101 out of 116 countries in the 2021 Global Hunger Index – its rank fell from 94 the last year 2020. The country was also behind its neighbours Pakistan (ranked at 92 position), Nepal(ranked at 76 position) and Bangladesh. This year, the report accessed data from 135 countries however evaluated only 116 of […]
