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IndiGo, currently India’s largest private airline carrier, has suspended a number of its pilots who were planning to organise a strike to protest against pay cuts at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Salaries of IndiGo pilots were cut by almost 30 per cent after domestic flight operations were suspended during the pandemic. On April […]
A new technique will be able to pinpoint temperatures experienced by residents of Dholavira during the Harappan era, as well as climatological factors, such as excessive heat or a lack of rainfall that prompted huge exoduses in the past. The crew also sampled fish in the Gulf of Kutch and tested some of the samples […]
The humble mobile repair shop owner in Punjab who convincingly defeated the sitting Chief Minister in the recently held electoral battle on the Bhadaur seat in Punjab, Labh Singh Ugoke had an occasion to walk down memory lane on a pleasant note. The 35-year-old Giant Killer AAP MLA on reserved SC seat Bhadur was invited […]
In what has turned out to be a communally sensitive case, a 38-year-old man in Gandhinagar stands accused of having killed a cow because “stray cattle has nuisance value.” Viral Amin is charged with chasing three cows on his tractor at the ground near Maruti Flora Society. Eyewitness Jayminsinh Rana, 21, a resident of the […]
The tenure of the 14th Gujarat Legislative Assembly is scheduled to come to end on 18th February 2023. The 182 member house was elected to look after the affairs of the Gujarat state in December 2017. It is expected that the fresh elections to elect the new house for further 5 years will be held […]
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel attended a mass marriage ceremony in Savli, Vadodara on Monday. This is the seventh mass marriage organized by the Mahendrabhai Jashbhai Trust. “Usually two families take part in any wedding. In a mass marriage, the celebration is truly a larger-than-life affair with thousands gathering together,” stated the chief minister while lauding […]
The fourth day of Chaitra Navratri which falls on April 5th this year is dedicated to the veneration of the cosmic mother in it’s representation as goddess Kushmanda Maa. Kushmanda word derives it’s name from Ku meaning a little, Ushma meaning warmth and anda meaning cosmic egg. This form of Durga, is depicted with eight […]
The issue related to the Illegal trade of 60 lakh tonnes of coal to the tune of Rs 6,000 crore scam was raised in the parliament. Replying to the question by Rajya Sabha MP from Delhi Narayan Das Gupta, the Union Coal Minister said that the Gujarat government has been asked to look into the […]
An IndiGo flight from Ahmedabad with 54 people on board had to make an emergency landing in Maharashtra’s Nagpur on Monday. The Ahmedabad to Lucknow flight (6E 7074) took off from Ahmedabad at around 7.45 am on Monday morning. It was around 8.33 am that the pilot sought permission to make an emergency landing, citing […]
The Gujarat BJP IT and Social Media cells on Monday organised a quarterly meeting with a new technology-oriented agenda to fight the December assembly elections. The participants were given a revised technology-oriented roadmap to master the use of social media during the poll campaign. The meeting, which was attended by Gujarat BJP President CR Paatil, was held to guide the workers to become more technologically proactive in view of […]
Tata Power Renewables Energy Ltd (TPREL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Power on Monday announced that the group has commissioned a 300 MW project in Dholera, Gujarat. The plant has India’s largest single-axis solar tracker system. The project is set to generate 774 MUs annually. Important to note here is that the Renewable Energy plant will […]
We will not argue that Twitter is not toxic but well, it does manage to throw a few delightful surprises at times. Today we found a thread that marries the Indian Penal Code sections to Tom and Jerry cartoons! A Thread by @apurv_shaurya on Twitter Sec 503 – Criminal Intimidation Sec 340 – Wrongful Confinement […]
In what can only be described as a mockery of the legal system, a rural court in Gujarat’s Navsari acquitted two people after a 6-year jail sentence following the discovery that the victim they had allegedly ‘murdered’ was alive and well. However, in spite of gross negligence in the inquiry, the court ordered the investigating […]
Battlelines between the two powerful sects of the Patidars — Leuva and Kadva Patels — are getting firmer ahead of the 2022 assembly elections in Gujarat, as was evident when two key events of both communities were held simultaneously in the all-important Saurashtra region on Sunday. If the powerful Leuva Patidars’ Khodaldham Temple Trust chairman […]
Several Central Government secretaries have expressed their views to the Prime Minister about the possible disastrous effects of populist schemes announced by some states, already in deep financial trouble, on the economy of the state and by extension of the nation. The secretaries were responding on cue given by the Prime Minister during a meeting […]
This one could be plot comic-thrillers are made of. Deep in financial crisis and unable to pay his staff their salaries, a restaurant owner from Kalol kidnapped his 56-year-old neighbour, hoping to clear his dues with the ransom money. However, the plan failed when the abductee’s husband approached the local police. On Saturday, the Gandhinagar […]
The narrative of semi-educated unemployed youth with a saffron tilak matching the colour of “gamchha” on his shoulders and a scowl on his face matching the angry Hanuman on his T-shirt appears seeking a relook. If the recent recipients of the ‘Trishul Diksha” organised by the Bajrang dal are anything to go by as per […]
As the world is becoming increasingly aware of global warming and it’s effects on the everyday lives of citizens across the globe, authorities and organisations the world over are putting in their efforts to gather the data through various means so as to enable themselves to find the ways to deal with the crisis. In […]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal visited Ahmedabad’s Swaminarayan temple, along with Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann. Gujarat AAP leaders Isudan Gadhvi and Gopal Italia also joined them to the temple in Ahmedabad’s Shahibaug area. After visiting the Swaminarayan temple, representatives and dignitaries of the Sikh society of Gujarat met Bhagwant Mann on Sunday. The visit […]
