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Vadodara police have arrested a chartered accountant accused of raping a law student multiple times, filming nude videos of her and circulating them online. Along with the CA, Ashok Jain, his friend Raju Bhatt has also been arrested on charges of rape, criminal intimidation and sexual harassment. Police sources said the third accused in the […]
Hearing a PIL in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, the apex court on said that they are “not satisfied with the actions taken by the state”. Fixing 20 October as the next date of hearing, the court also sought steps to be taken to ensure evidence is protected. Appearing for the UP government, advocate Harish […]
Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was held guilty for the murder of his disciple, Ranjit Singh, in 2002. The special CBI Court of Panchkula also convicted four others in the case. It will pronounce the quantum of the sentence on October 12. The court of special CBI Judge, Panchkula, Dr Sushil Kumar […]
A Bharatiya Janata Party leader Manish Bhanushali, who is facing a forgery case, is now at the centre of the Mumbai cruise party drug burst case in which Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan was arrested. The twist in the tale is Bhanushali’s Gujarat’s connection – he hails from Kutch – and was reportedly […]
While Gujarat government has recently been rightfully active in trying to ensure that all private hospitals are equipped with fire safety and have BU permission, it has come to notice that the same norms are not being complied with right under it’s nose. When pointed out, instead of looking for immediate rectificatio, the authorities are […]
Eliminating the conflict between UK and India – starting October 11, fully vaccinated Indians with WHO-approved Covishield will no longer have to undergo the mandatory 10-day quarantine upon arrival in the UK. Travelers who have been vaccinated twice with Covishield or another UK-approved vaccine at least 14 days before landing in the UK do not […]
Javelin-thrower Neeraj Chopra’s javelin fetched Rs.1.5 crores in the e-auction of gifts and mementos presented to the Prime Minister. He made the countrymen and women proud by winning the first individual Gold in athletics at Olympics for independent India. Total 1348 mementos were put up in e-auction for which over 8600 bids were received. Maximum […]
As Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel settles down, the state is likely to experience a large-scale bureaucratic reshuffle in the civil and police administration department. From the district Superintendents to the range DIGs and police commissioners in the police department – the state is likely to undergo major changes in the civil administration too. As per […]
The Congress appointed Rajasthan Health Minister Raghu Sharma as In charge of Gujarat, Daman Diu, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. The party was without In charge after the demise of Rajeev Satav. Sharma, who is a minister in Ashok Gehlot cabinet in Rajasthan, is close to the Chief Minister and was called last month for […]
The Income Tax Department on Thursday raided businesses associated with family members of Maharastra deputy CM Ajit Pawar and some real estate developers for alleged tax evasion. The intelligence was developed over 6 months as per the Central Board of Direct Taxes. The firms which were raided are said to be owned by people in […]
Savitri Jindal of the OP Jindal Group is the richest woman on the list with a total wealth of around ₹ 13.46 lakh crore). Savitri Jindal, 71, is ranked seventh on the Forbes list. Six women entrepreneurs have made it to the Forbes list of 100 richest people in India. The second richest woman entrepreneur on the […]
Aryan Khan, son of actor Shah Rukh Khan, has been sent to judicial custody by the Magistrate’s court in the Mumbai drugs-on-cruise case. Aryan was supplied drugs by one of the other men arrested in the cruise ship drug bust, the anti-drugs agency said in court today as it argued against the 23-year-old being given […]
Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu and other party leaders were detained at Saharanpur on the Haryana-UP border where they staged a dharna on Thursday. Later, they were taken to the Sarsawa Police Station by the UP Police. He demanded the arrest of Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra’s son in connection with the death of […]
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said it will begin granting fresh tourist visas to foreigners coming to India through chartered flights from October 15 on Thursday. The government also said foreign tourists travelling to India by flights other than chartered aircraft would be able to do so with effect from November 15. With this, […]
October 7, 2001, the day Narendra Modi took oath as the chief minister of Gujarat heading a beleaguered BJP, he famously declared: “I am here to play a one-day match.” He had the onerous task of turning around a party that was tottering within six years of forming its first full-fledged government in 1995, thus […]
The online conference named Dismantling Global Hindutva included panels on the hierarchical caste system, Islamophobia, and differences between Hinduism the religion and Hindutva the majoritarian ideology had to be annulled in face of severe protests. It was co-sponsored by departments of more than 40 American universities, including Harvard and Columbia. The announcement only of the […]
After four days of Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur violence, yet another case of violence against farmers emerges in Haryana. Farmers in Naraingarh near Ambala have alleged that one person has been injured after a car which they claim belongs to BJP MP Nayab Saini drove into a group of people agitating against farm laws. The farmer […]
The Finance Ministry released an amount of Rs 40, 000 crore to the states and Union Territories with legislature under the back-to-back loan facility to meet the shortfall in GST compensation. On July 15, an amount of Rs 75, 000 crores was released to the states and UTs with the legislature. With the current release, […]
BJP on Thursday announced its new National Executive Committee with 80 members. Along with national office bearers of the committee, PM Modi, senior party leaders Lal Krishna Advani and Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi, Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, and Piyush Goyal are also part of the committee. The committee also has 50 […]
One of few women of color to ever run a large public U.S. company, former Pepsi Co. Chief Executive Officer Indra Nooyi, said she’s never asked for a raise and once turned one down during the financial crisis. “I’ve never, ever, ever asked for a raise,” Nooyi said in an interview with the New York […]
