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With July just starting, the western states of India are expected to see the peak of monsoon soon. With heavy rainfall, comes the danger of floods that might hit certain regions in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, and Rajasthan. As such the National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) is already taking precautionary measures to see to it that […]
In what would immediately bring to mind the famous satire by Bharatendu Harishchandra, a mindless application of an otherwise sensible rule was seen in action when IRCTC charged Rs.50 as service charge on Tea worth Rs.20. Trains and Tea, like Cricket and Films, form the essential ingredients in the lives of an average Indian. A […]
The Shinde Sena’s coup, with or without Operation Lotus, taught many lessons. Discontent must be addressed, not snubbed. And loyalty is a written undertaking, no longer a “taken-for-granted” entitlement. Eknath Shinde decide to rebel with close to 40 Sena MLAs. That not only brought down the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in Maharashtra but also […]
The woes of arrested fact-checker journalist Mohammad Zubair do not seem to end in face of a determined administration that is opposing tooth and nail all his attempts to get judicial remedy. His bail plea was dismissed by Patiala House Court yesterday and the Alt News co-founder was sent to 14-day judicial custody. The judgement, […]
With a notch lower than the the previous day, Gujarat on Saturday registered a total of 580 fresh Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours. Ahmedabad once again was the top city to report highest number of daily Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours on Saturday. Ahmedabad on Saturday registered 236 fresh Covid-19 in last 24 […]
Ruja Ignatova, also known as the “missing Cryptoqueen”, is now one of the FBI’s top ten most wanted fugitives. She has been missing since 2017 when US officials signed an arrest warrant against her. The FBI is offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to Ignatova’s capture, said Michael Driscoll, the FBI’s assistant director-in-charge in […]
Heavy rains lashed parts of Gujarat, disrupting normal life and causing flooding in low-lying areas in Surat, Banaskantha, and Anand districts, with Palsana taluka in Surat recording 209 mm rainfall in a day until Saturday morning, according to officials. A team of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) deployed by the district administration shifted as […]
Umesh Prahladrao Kolhe, a 54-year-old chemist, was killed in Maharashtra’s Amravati district on June 21, exactly one week before tailor Kanhaiyalal Teli was hacked to death in Udaipur. According to investigators, Kolhe was allegedly killed in retaliation for a social media post endorsing Nupur Sharma of the BJP, who had made derogatory remarks against the […]
The Delhi Police has added new charges of criminal conspiracy and destruction of evidence against Mohammed Zubair, co-founder of Alt News. Earlier, the Delhi Police arrested Zubair because of his tweets in 2018. On Saturday, the cops presented the fact-checker at the Patiala House Court and sought custody for 14-days. The new charges joined the […]
The first phase of the Vishwas project to install CCTV across the state for traffic management and safety was started in 2020. Now, the first phase of installing 7,000 CCTVs has been completed on 1-5-2022. The government is preparing for its second phase in which it will be expanded to smaller cities. In the second […]
On Friday, a man in Vadodara, Gujarat, took his own ‘Robotic Rath Yatra’ out on the streets to commemorate the 145th Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra, an annual chariot festival associated with the Hindu God. Jai Makwana described the one-of-a-kind show as a “amalgamation of science and traditions.” Jai Makwana, in what has been described as […]
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to record his statement in an alleged money laundering case. On Friday, the Shiv Sena loyalist left the ED premises after more than ten hours of interrogation. After the interrogation, he told the reporters, he replied to all questions and shall summon again if […]
The United States of America will aid Ukraine with a new military asset consisting of new surface-to-air missile systems worth $820 million. On Friday, the US announced that the package would also have counter-artillery radars to combat the long-range strikes during the war from Russia. The Russia has tossed dozens of missiles across Ukraine. The […]
The Surat Airport authorities have decided to strengthen its airstrip with steel slag in accordance with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) recommendations and Civil Aviation Requirements (CAR). The basic strip at a code C airport must be 140 metres wide, well graded, and have a minimum 15 percent California Bearing Ratio (CBR) — subgrade soil […]
On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved an unprecedented plan to return Bruce’s Beach to the evicted black family after they were evicted from Manhattan Beach nearly a century ago. Supervisor Janice Hahn reflected on all the legal, legislative, and very complicated real estate details that had to be worked out […]
Mahendrasinh Vaghela, son of former chief minister Shankarsinh Vaghela, has hinted at rejoining the BJP. On the auspicious occasion ‘Ashadhi bij’ on Friday, he called on Union Home Minister Amit Shah to pay a visit to Vasania Mahadev in Shah’s ancestral hometown. In 2018, Mahendrasinh joined the BJP wearing a saffron scarf at the hands […]
The massive landslide in Manipur in the night between 29th and 30th June has taken a toll of 20 people so far, out of which 15 were Territorial Army personnel. The landslide eroded a major portion of a hill and hit the 107 Territorial Army camp of the Indian Army, deployed to guard the major […]
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which is emerging as a key player in the 2022 Gujarat elections arguably making it a three-corner contest, has realised its copy-paste campaign from Delhi polls won’t work here and has devised a customised agenda for Gujarat. If in Delhi it emerged more as an urban-centric party speaking of free […]
In a continuing upward trend of daily cases in Gujarat, the state registered a total of 632 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours on Friday. This is the highest daily positive cases in Gujarat after around 133 days. Apart from this, the state also reported its first death due to Covid-19 after over 16 […]
On July 1, 2022, the Desert Corps hosted Suraksha Manthan 2022, a conference on the border and coastal security, in Jodhpur. Present were serving officers from the Army, BSF, and Coast Guard. It was jointly presided over by Pankaj Kumar Singh, IPS, Director General of the Border Security Force, Director General VS Pathania, President’s Tatraksha […]
