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Members of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Congress got into a heated argument in Gujarat Assembly on Tuesday over the subject of providing permission to ArcelorMittal Group for the diversion of 65.73-hectare forest area in Surat district. While the Congress accused the ruling BJP of favouring the corporate group, the ruling […]
The Income Tax department carried out raids on the premises of Hero Motorcorp, and also at the residence of chairman Pawan Munjal, early on 23rd March. The raid was carried out as part of an investigation into allegations of tax evasion against the country’s largest two-wheeler automobile company. IT officials carrying out the raid looked […]
The blood-soaked body of a 19-year-old woman, with her right hand amputated, was found in a landfill site off the National Highway 48 in Vadodara on Tuesday, 22nd March. The body was found near the Jambuwa Bridge on the NH48 on the outskirts of Vadodara city, under the jurisdiction of the Makarpura police station. Primary […]
On Tuesday, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) arrested three passengers, including a woman, at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) airport in Ahmedabad after they were found smuggling gold weighing 2.6 kilograms. A team of DRI officials and Customs officials intercepted the three passengers after they arrived from Dubai. The passengers were carrying gold […]
The Enforcement Directorate (ED), on Tuesday, stated that assets worth more than ₹ 20 crore have been attached under the anti-money laundering law in the alleged bank fraud case against Gujarat-based pharmaceutical group Sterling Biotech. ED has alleged that the bank fraud involving the group is bigger than the Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud which […]
On Monday, over two months after four individuals from Dingucha died at the Canadian border in a perilous journey to enter America illegally, officials from security agencies as well as the consulate generals of the United States and Canada arrived in Gandhinagar. According to state home department sources, six representatives, including one from the Federal […]
Industrial real estate and logistics park developer IndoSpace is expanding its presence in western India with two industrial warehousing and logistics parks in Gujarat, spread over 90 acres with an investment commitment of around Rs 600 crores. The company’s logistics parks at Becharaji and Bavla near Ahmedabad are aimed at meeting the growing manufacturing demand […]
Vedanta Ltd, owned by billionaire Anil Agarwal, is seeking a minimum price of USD 19 for natural gas produced from a field off Gujarat in order to cash in on the recent surge in global energy prices. As part of its tender document, Vedanta is seeking bids for the sale of 0.25 million standard cubic […]
Congress MLA Naushad Solanki has demanded a probe by CBI into the alleged embezzlement of funds in the guise of a Rs 100-crore milk packaging venture at Surendranagar District Cooperative Milk Producers Union (SDCMPU). In effect, about 1.25 lakh milk producers of the union stand cheated. Surendranagar District Cooperative Milk Producers Union (SDCMPU) is popularly […]
Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias is visiting India on March 22-23. His visit will be followed by the visit of the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on March 24 and 25. The diplomatic calendar post-COVID looks promising. The Foreign Minister of Greece is visiting India for the first time. India and Greece enjoy close ties which are rooted […]
Gujarat Government on Monday launched an air ambulance service in the state. The service was inaugurated from the GujSAIL headquarters at Ahmedabad Airport by the state Civil Aviation Minister Purnesh Modi. The project will be co-managed by the health department and GVK-EMRI, which operates 108 ambulance services across the state. The service will be made […]
On Monday, after China Eastern Airlines aircraft crashed with 132 people on board, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has put the Boeing 737 of Indian carriers on enhanced surveillance. A Boeing 737-800 aircraft of China Eastern Airlines, which was on its way from Kunming to Guangzhou, crashed in Tengxian County in Wuzhou.Three Indian […]
Around 900 physicians and healthcare workers are taking part in a rally in Ahmedabad against the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s (AMC) clause for the renewal of hospital and nursing care registration. Around 900 doctors and staff participated in the march against the BU clause by the AMC for the renewal of registration of hospitals and nursing […]
Pravin Togadia, President of International Hindu Parishad, stated that there is a strong need to put the “two children” policy into action across the country to ensure the history, of the Kashmiri Pandits, will not be repeated. Togadia also added that it is almost time to put this policy in implementation or else 30 years […]
President Ram Nath Kovind conferred Padma awards to 54 recipients at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday. This year the list of awardees includes 17 recipients of Padma Bhushan, 107 of Padma Shri and four Padma Vibhushan recipients. Veteran Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, Chairman of Serum Institute of India Cyrus Poonawalla, Paralympic silver medalist Devendra […]
The Gujarat government has withdrawn 10 more cases related to Patidar Anamat (Reservation) agitation. Meanwhile, two cases have also been withdrawn against Patidar Anamat leader Hardik Patel. Of the 10 cases withdrawn by the government, seven were from Ahmedabad Sessions Court and three were from the Metropolitan Court. Naroda, Ramol, Bapunagar and Crime Branch, Sabarmati, Navarampura […]
Ayesha finally got her phone. And it helped her finish 12th grade. She is now 19. She was 17 and in grade 11 when India closed schools as part of a nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID in March 2020. Ayesha lives in Danilimda, Ahmedabad. During the lockdown, she didn’t have a smartphone. […]
Hundreds of candidates who have cleared the TET (teachers eligility test) on Monday staged a protest in Gandhinagar demanding that the Gujarat Government should fill 18,000 posts instead of calling for just 3,300 posts and stop the “visiting teacher” system immediately. Complaining about the severe shortage of teachers across the State, hundreds out of […]
After its sterling performance in the Punjab Assembly elections, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal has appointed IIT-Delhi professor and key backroom boy in the North Indian State Sandeep Pathak as the Gujarat affairs in-charge. Pathak, who was among the five who filed Rajya Sabha nominations from the AAP on Monday, spent three years […]
Gujarat Government on Monday transferred two GAS cadre officers. They are as follows: (1) Ms. K.M. Sheth, GAS, Class-1 (Senior Scale), Executive Director, Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation, Gandhinagar is transferred and her services are placed at the disposal of the Urban Development & Urban Housing Department for appointment as Additional Collector, Real Estate Regulatory Authority […]
