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Underpinning the crisis of rampant unemployment besieging the Indian economy is the struggle of the Narendra Modi government in tapping India’s potential as a global manufacturing hub. Ironically, redesigning India’s economy into such a hub was the very premise of the ‘Make in India’ initiative, the failure of which is central to the larger arc […]
The government decision came after the Arya Vysya community objected to Chintamani Natakam. The Andhra Pradesh government on Monday, January 17 issued orders to ban Chintamani Natakam, a popular play across the state. The play is particularly enjoyed with much fervour in rural areas. The government decision came after the Arya Vysya community objected to the […]
More than 80 California State University (CSU) faculty members have opposed a recent announcement by the university to include caste in its non-discriminatory policy as a “misguided overreach”, saying it will actually cause discrimination by unconstitutionally singling out Hindu faculty of Indian and South Asian descent. “We had previously met with the CFA president in […]
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s clarification that she was not the chief ministerial face of her party in Uttar Pradesh must have delighted many in the opposition camp on Saturday. She explained her ‘you can see my face everywhere’ statement from the previous day as stemming from “irritation”, precisely due to persistent questions about […]
Ahmedabad experienced an 11-year lowest temperature at 6.7 degrees Celsius, recording the coldest day of January 2022. The maximum temperature also went below the normal temperature. Citing this, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) had already issued a cold wave warning in the parts of the state on Sunday. The weather forecast department had also stated […]
A middle-aged man from Junagadh in Gujarat’s Saurashtra region has been booked for allegedly raping a doctor and later going back on his word to promise of marrying her since she belonged to a lower caste. Police said the accused person came in contact with the woman on social media and soon they became friends. […]
As many as 20 Indian fishermen arrested by Pakistan, for allegedly coming into the nation’s territorial waters, were handed over to India at the Wagah border on Monday. The fishermen, kept in Karachi’s Landhi Jail, were released on completion of their sentence on Sunday. A spokesperson of the Edhi Foundation, a non-profit social welfare organization, […]
Ahmedabad Police on Saturday night arrested one person for allegedly carrying 450 kg of cow meat. Acting on a tip-off, the Danilimda Police intercepted an auto-rickshaw carrying 450 kg of meat and arrested the driver, Zakir Khan Pathan, who lives in Behrampura area. An official of Danilimda Police Station informed mediapersons that based on the […]
Gujarat University has offered postgraduate students the option of online on-demand examination. Students will be able to give the examination any time between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.The Corona period impacted many sectors including education. Offline education was replaced with online education in schools and colleges and online examinations also began to be conducted. At […]
During the current wave of Covid-19, the state has seen a high positivity rate of covid amongst the political leaders too. Congress MLA from Bhiloda in Aravalli district, Dr Anil Joshiara had tested positive for Covid-19 and is currently under the treatment in a private hospital in Ahmedabad. According to the sources, Joshiyara and his […]
Last year, the Gujarat frontier of Border Security Force (BSF) apprehended three Pakistani, two Bangladeshi and 24 Indians from near the international border with Pakistan and had prevented smuggling of narcotics from the neighbouring country, informed the force on Monday during a press brief. Out of 24 Indians caught from near the international border, two […]
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation on Monday added 21 more Covid-19 Micro Containment Zones in the City while removing 15 such zones from the list. With today’s update, there are a total of 192 active micro containment zones. As many as 101 houses with a population of 299 were declared as Micro Containment Zones on Monday, the […]
A day after the State reported a dip in daily covid cases Monday saw the dip in daily cases, as well as daily tally, stood at 13,805. For the past few days, covid numbers in the state are fluctuating as on Saturday the state reported the highest covid numbers recorded since June 1, last year. […]
A man from Jamnagar, Gujarat, who settled in the USA was supposed to wed his girlfriend on January 20. Two days before the wedding, the families got into a heated argument due to which the wedding was called off. The man living in the Limdaline area of Jamnagar city fell in love with a city-based […]
In Rajkot, as the cases continue to rise, the healthcare system is seen to be on an alert mode. Testing Domes have been set up by the Rajkot Municipal Corporation across the city. However, an incident of irresponsibility has come across regarding these domes. Two different reports – one showing positive and the other showing […]
When Gujarat is already seeing a surge in daily Covid-19 Cases and the state shows concerns regarding corona spread among children. Gujarat has recently recorded the deaths of 2 children due to Covid-19 – one in Surat and the other in Vadodara. The highest amount of cases are been noted in Ahmedabad and Surat. The […]
The Gujarati community living in Canada organised a prayer to pay homage to the four members of the Patel family who died in freezing temperatures of minus 35 degrees celsius on the Canada-US border. The process of repatriating their bodies from Canada is currently underway. It is also learned that the family had mailed to […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Monday, virtually interacted with the recipients of the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar (PMRBP). According to an official statement, the event started at 11.30 am. Union women and child development minister Smriti Irani and minister of state Dr Munjpara Mahendrabhai were present during the event. “Digital certificates were conferred for […]
In an explosive interview, Salman Khan’s neighbour has alleged that “bodies of film stars” are buried in the Bollywood star’s Panvel farmhouse. Khan had recently filed a defamation case against Ketan Kakkad, who owns a plot of land near the actor’s farmhouse in Panvel near Mumbai, for tarnishing his reputation during an interview with an […]
Akshay Kumar – one of the highest-paid actors has recently bought a lavish apartment worth Rs 7.8 crore in Mumbai. His Recent film Suryavanshi came as a big relief for the theatre owners as the film was a massive hit on Box Office. Reportedly, Akshay Kumar has bought the apartment in Khar(w) Mumbai – which would […]
