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The controversial statement given by the ex-BJP spokesperson, Nupur Sharma on Prophet Mohammad during a debate on a national news channel, has divided the sentiments of India into two, one – “Arrest Nupur Sharma” and another – “I Support Nupur Sharma.” While the statement brewed wide criticism from across the nation asking Nupur Sharma to […]
The much-hyped floating restaurants on the Sabarmati, along the eastern and western riverfronts, is all set to become a reality. On Tuesday, the work order for the river cruise/floating restaurants was finally issued by the Sabarmati Riverfront Development Corporation Limited (SRDCL) on behalf of AMC. Request For Proposal (RFP) for the provision, operation, maintenance and […]
A day after he was questioned for over 10 hours, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi appeared before the Enforcement Directorate ( ED ) again on Tuesday and was interrogated throughout the day even as several veteran leaders were also detained by the Delhi police and “taken to unknown locations”. Amid sloganeering from the Congress party leaders […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Gujarat on June 18 to launch and lay the foundation stone for several projects totalling over Rs 21,000 crore during the ‘Gujarat Gaurav Abhiyan’ event in Vadodara. Modi will also launch the state-wide ‘Mukhyamantri Matrushakti Yojana (MMY)’, a programme of the Gujarat Government to provide healthy food to pregnant and breastfeeding moms, as well […]
The Talking Point: Gravitational microlensing Something to do with Physics? Yes. Astrophysics. Why is it in the news? Gravitational microlensing recently discovered a black hole wandering aimlessly in space. It is so fast that it can travel from Earth to Moon in three hours. Is it coming our way? No. But these findings open a […]
Chai Pani, which serves affordable Indian street food in North Carolina, has been awarded as the best restaurant in America. The name of the restaurant translates as tea and water. On Monday, the Asheville-based Indian restaurant was named America’s most outstanding restaurant at the James Beard Foundation Awards in Chicago, topping other nominees like Brennan’s in […]
Mehnat Manzil is a museum that celebrates the life of people working in the informal sector. It brings forth their stories and realities. A collection of “art, artifact, and testimony,” the museum is in Gupta Nagar. The mill laborers settled with their families after the cotton mill shut down in Ahmedabad in the last century. […]
Two public service workers, Raja Dhanraj Singh and Raja Kiran Singh, joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Gujarat yesterday. The two members, who belong to the royal family of Dang, were welcomed by National Joint Secretary Indranil Rajyaguru. The two workers joined the party because they were impressed by the ideology of the party […]
Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has slapped a fine of Rs10 lakhs on Air India for not allowing passengers on board even when they had perfectly valid tickets and then not providing any compensation to them. The DGCA has also ordered Air India to make the necessary changes to its guidelines so that such […]
Gujarat BJP president C.R. Paatil performed a virtual bhoomi pujan to officially inaugurate a Mumbai plant for Bharuch’s Dudhdhara Dairy. The exact location of the plant is still not determined though Dahisar tops the list of probables. Paatil was addressing the 63rd Annual General Meeting of the dairy on Monday. Held at Jadheswar Swaminarayan Temple […]
Three more suspects have been arrested by the Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in connection with a drug case worth Rs 280 crore. The three people were apprehended in Delhi. During a joint operation by the Gujarat ATS and the Indian Coast Guard on April 26, a Pakistani yacht named Al-Haj was seized. Nine Pakistanis were […]
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said the appointment of the new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) will be made soon and that the process for it is underway. This comes six months after India’s first Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat, died in a helicopter crash in December 2021. According to government notifications, […]
A special court in Ahmedabad has agreed to modify the bail condition for Fulabhai Vyas, who is among the 84 accused in the 2002 Naroda Gam massacre case. With the revision of conditions, Vyas will be able to leave Gujarat in order to participate in a religious event to be held in Haridwar, Uttarakhand. Following […]
The Russia-Ukraine conflict has entered Day 110. But growing louder than the deafening sorties are murmurs about Russian president Vladimir Putin’s “ill-health.” Media across the West has been awash with reports about the 69-year-old President just being given “three years to live by doctors.” In the latest report, it is now alleged that his bodyguards […]
BTS Festa is an event where BTS celebrate their debut anniversary with ARMY. The annual celebration includes many gifts, like new pictures, funny profiles, video content, special songs, radio programs, and more. BTS FESTA 2022 on June 13 marked the K-Pop group and Fandom’s ninth year together. To celebrate the occasion this year, the septet performed […]
Conveners and Members of PAAS and SSSS had planned to take out a Yatra protesting the name change of Motera Stadium. They believed and PAAS Convener Alpesh Katherika explained that if they wanted to give Narendra Modi’s name to a stadium, they should build another stadium and name it after Modi instead of replacing Sardar […]
The weeks preceding the announcement of the “Agnipath Scheme saw buzz about a revolutionary new program to overhaul the current Indian Army, Navy and Air Force ranks. True to all the hype, when announced on Tuesday by Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh, in Delhi, the package has left a mixed response. Those who hail it have […]
Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS), in another successful operation, busted a huge drugs racket in Ahmedabad, where the trafficker was using packaging from Amazon to sell and deliver the narcotics. When the authorities raided a residential property in Vastrapur area on June 7, they found drugs worth lakhs of rupees and uncovered an intelligent web […]
Tesla owner Elon Musk is finally ready to address Twitter Employees via Virtual Meeting to mitigate their qualms and put across his vision for the future. The meeting is scheduled to be on Thursday. CEO Parag Agrawal announced the event through mail and asked questions that their employees might have, to be submitted beforehand. Since […]
A heinous act has come to light in Gujarat’s Gir Somnath district. A married man, a father of two, is facing kidnapping and rape charges for sexually assaulting and murdering an eight-year-old. According to the complaint, he raped the girl in his residence and murdered her. He then dumped her body on the outskirts of […]
