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A month-long night cricket tournament IITGN Cricket League (ICL) 2022 was organized by IIT Gandhinagar to bring together cricket enthusiasts from corporates and institutes in the vicinity for a memorable experience. ICL was a maiden tournament organised by the institution which was played between employees of renowned companies, educational institutions, and corporate firms. The tournament […]
Aam Aadmi Party National Convenor, Arvind Kejriwal, interacted with the people of Gujarat on the issue of electricity during his two days visit to Ahmedabad. He said, “AAP party workers have surveyed the villages of Gujarat to understand the poor condition of electricity.” He asked the gathering to name the leaders who questioned them about […]
By Aruna Raghuram It’s a common enough situation. Over the years, you collect furniture, artefacts, clothes, linen, vessels, crockery, books, toys, and many more things. Many of these you may not need anymore. But they still occupy space in your home and add to the clutter. If you are wondering what all this fuss about […]
Gujarat is India’s pride as the only home of Asiatic lions, and now a 280-acre swath of land in the state is being prepared to become the world’s largest home for the most spectacular, exotic, and endangered animals. The Green Zoological, Rescue and Rehabilitation Kingdom is located on the Dwarka Jamnagar Road, approximately 300 kilometers […]
India’s wait for a new Femina Miss India 2022 is over. This year, the 21-year-old Sini Shetty from Karnataka backed the crown. Femina Miss India Grand Finale happened at the Jio Convention Centre in Mumbai. At the end of the event, Shetty received the crown of the dream. Meanwhile, Rubal Shekhawat from Rajasthan became runner-up, […]
On a hot Sunday morning, when most people are chilling at home, a group of 25 intellectually challenged youngsters are busy putting up a lively show at a bungalow-turned-school in Ahmedabad, which is being broadcast live to an audience at the National Gallery of Modern Art (NGMA) in Delhi. Some of them are engaged in […]
For eight-and-a-half-year-old Manasvi Saluja from Vadodara, the recent black belt in kick boxing is just the beginning of her dream to an Olympian gold. She becomes the youngest in Gujarat to have achieved the feat. Manasvi took to karate and kick boxing training at the tender age of four, credit for which, is due to […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kick off Digital India Week 2022 today in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. During the program, Modi will launch several digital initiatives aimed at improving technology accessibility, streamlining service delivery to ensure ease of living, and assisting startups. Catalyzing New India’s Techade is the theme of Digital India Week. The Prime Minister will […]
India’s Minister of External Affairs, S Jaishankar has said that the Central government is working to implement e-Passports to facilitate easier international travel. He added that e-passports will provide protection against identity theft, and enhance data security. Jaishankar was speaking on the occasion of the Passport Seva Divas. While reiterating the government’s dedication to enhancing […]
The Maharashtra government led by Eknath Shinde received 164 votes in favor during today’s trust vote in the Maharashtra Assembly, crossing the 144-vote majority mark. The development follows a high-voltage political crisis in the state, in which a new government led by rebel Shiv Sena MLA Shinde took power, deposing the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) […]
An unkempt and rather ignored pilgrimage site of immense importance for the Hindu devotees came into the limelight recently for all the good reasons when prime Minister Modi performed the Dhwajarohan ceremony recently. We are talking about Pavagadh in the Panchmahal district of Gujarat. Across the world heritage site Champaner, the hillock of Pavagadh houses […]
Field’s, one of Denmark’s biggest shopping malls witnessed horrific scenes as a gunman opened fire and killed three people and critically wounded three besides injuring several. The multi-story mall with more than 140 shops and restaurants, is located on the outskirts of Copenhagen, across from a subway line that connects to the city center. A […]
The Income Tax Department’s brief is to collect tax revenues and detect unaccounted taxable income, but there is one wing of the department in Gujarat which seems to be busy disbursing refunds. The Exemption department of I-T, Gujarat, recorded a disbursal of refunds of Rs 800 crore in 2021 — that is that much fewer revenues. Earlier the Exemption department had the powers […]
Everyone coped with the lockdown in their own way. Aparna Piramal Raje, for one, wrote a book on her struggles with mental illness. “Chemical Khichdi: How I hacked my Mental Health” tells the story of Aparna’s struggles with bipolarity, from her early days as a student at Oxford and Harvard Business School, to her induction […]
In Gujarat for a two-day assessment and prep work of ground realities before the Assembly elections in December, Delhi chief minister and AAP leader addressed a massive gathering of party workers at Naroda Mewada Green Party Plot in Ahmedabad, Sunday. Among his big ticket assurance was the promise of free electricity in Gujarat. “If the […]
As the BJP-Eknath Shinde alliance assumed power in Maharashtra on June 30, the Aarey Forest controversy resurfaced. The relocation of a metro car shed was, in fact, one of the first decisions that the new government enforced. However, this story goes back two-and-a-half years. A protest, supported by AAP and the Shiv Sena, was held […]
The continuous 24-hour rainfall on Saturday witnessed the death of four people in Saurashtra.On Friday evening, two labourer children’s bodies were discovered near a lake in the industrial area of Shapar-Veraval, bordering Rajkot.Arjun Bariya and his brother Ashwin, aged 5 and 9 respectively, from Madhya Pradesh, were ragpickers, went to waste collection on Thursday and […]
India’s Tejas light combat aircraft has risen to the top of Malaysia’s list of contenders as the Southeast Asian nation looks to replace its ageing aircraft fleet, and the two sides are holding negotiations to finalize the deal. The Malaysian government is keen on buying the Indian aircraft despite stiff competition from China’s JF-17 jet, […]
Pic: At a press meet later in the day, Aaditya Thackeray clarifies the incident Ahead of the two-day special session of the Maharashtra Assembly beginning Sunday morning, the Shiv Sena legislative party office at the Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai was found sealed with a notice. A white paper was stuck with a plastic tape on […]
