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Despite the Opposition and some pro-government voices too, questioning the merit of raising the marriage age for girls from 18 to 21, political analysts see a deeper motif. This will be just another brick towards achieving the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) wall. India, being a heterogenous society with various faiths and traditions, enacting a blanket […]
Gujarat police in on an intensive campaign with an intention to unearth the nefarious network of drug peddlers from other parts of Gujarat, visiting the state on and off for the illicit trade. Sarkhej police have caught two Kashmiri youths from Sindhu Bhavan Road in Ahmedabad in possession of one Kg of charas. Sindhu Bhavan […]
Four people died while 15 were severely injured in the boiler blast which took place at a chemical factory named Canton Laboratories in the Vadodara district of Gujarat on Friday. A fire brigade and a police convoy rushed to the spot right after the blast. The blast was so massive that the walls of surrounding […]
Seven IAS officers have been transferred in Gujarat in which Lochan Shehra has been given the responsibility as the new municipal commissioner in place of Ahmedabad Municipal Commissioner Mukesh Kumar. While Mukesh Kumar has been transferred as Managing Director in GSFC and Rakesh Shankar has been made Urban Development Secretary. Navnath Kondiba has been made […]
Synthetic drugs like methamphetamine and mephedrone as well as drugs like marijuana, opium, charas and heroin worth a whopping Rs.1617 crores have been seized in Gujarat this year. It is quite alarming that the amount is increased by 729% as compared to the previous year. What is even more problematic is that the biggest haul […]
Sabar kantha Police has arrested four more accused including two women in the course of investigation in the Head Clerk recruitment paper leak case. The four accused were produced in the provincial court yesterday. Police seized Rs 20,000 in cash from four people arrested yesterday. This is the first time that two women have been […]
Following her summons to the Khar police station, Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut recorded a statement concerning the FIR lodged against her for her alleged derogatory remark against the farmer protests. On her Instagram account, Kangana said ‘…This country devalues nationalists’. The actor had approached the Bombay High Court earlier in December to quash the FIR […]
After Komal Rawal, an employee of TCS and resident of Gandhinagar, allegedly died by suicide on November 5, the police have charged a man for abetment to suicide on Thursday. Ritwik Thakkar, a colleague of Komal at TCS, was booked after Komal’s father – Ashwini Rawal in his complaint said that “Thakkar called my wife […]
In one of the Khap Mahapanchayat gathered in Jind, Haryana has opined against the Government’s recent marriage bill which seeks to extend valid age for a girl’s marriage from 18 to 21. The panchayat was called to discuss the Bill. The Khap leaders argued that 18 is the ideal age for the marriage of daughters […]
The work on Gandhi Ashram Precinct Development Project on Thursday got a nod from the standing committee of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), to be carried out by NCC and Ahmedabad-based P Das Infra Ltd. in a joint venture. The joint venture project to the tune of Rs 235.17 will now await the approval from municipal […]
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has started the demolition work in a part of the buildings around Gandhi Ashram as part Rs,1200 crore redevelopment project of Gandhi Ashram. An ambitious project of redevelopping the world-famous Gandhi Ashram is underway. With a total budget of around Rs. 1200 Crores, the project under the supervision of super bureaucrat […]
Quick on the heels of the paper leak in the head clerk examination on December 10, another paper leak has come to light in Saurashtra University. The case was exposed at a news conference by the opposition Aam Aadmi Party which claimed that the paper for the third semester of B.Com was leaked in the […]
Gujarat has always been a land of accepting innovation and change with open arms. The air of Gujarat has that something special which blends the traditions with the futuristic mindset so seamlessly. In the times of Corona, various guidelines of government did not allow the marriage celebrations the way the affluent Gujaratis want – Big, […]
A resident doctor working at the Gandhinagar Civil Hospital died of suicide a few days back by overdosing on vials of intravenous injection in his staff quarters. Vinay Jani, a resident doctor working in the anaesthesia department of Gandhinagar Civil Hospital, was found unconscious in his room. Following this. The police were informed and a […]
Vedic Maths, known to be a faster approach to solving arithmetic problems will be introduced in the school curriculum in Gujarat from the next academic year. On the birth anniversary of the renowned Indian mathematician Srinavasa Ramanujan, Gujarat Education Minister, Jitu Vaghani announced the commencement of the subject on Wednesday through Twitter. The tweet read, […]
Controversy erupted in Bahauddin College, Junagadh, as the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) claimed that the college management was favouring one student body over another.The protests centred around the student body ABVP allegedly conducting a private programme within the college premises, while approval sought for a similar programme to be conducted by the NSUI […]
A wave of relief for The National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL) has washed over as the laboratory’s World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) accreditation has been restored, as informed by WADA. With this development, NDTL’s Anti-Doping testing and activities will be resumed with immediate effect. This development was announced by the Union Minister of Youth Affairs and […]
Gujarat on Thursday reported seven cases of the new Covid variant Omicron in the last 24 hours, taking the state tally to 30, the office of state health minister Rushikesh Patel confirmed. All of the new cases were reported in Vadodara, of which three are under the age of 16. The vaccination status of four […]
The wind of change is blowing, to take the famous quote of British Prime Minister Harold Mcmillan. It is indeed blowing if the number of youth winning the elections and coming forward for the community service by way of taking responsibilities is any indication. In the recently completed Gram Panchayat elections held in Gujarat several […]
A tribal student from India’s most backward tribal district, Jhabua in Madhya Pradesh has become the darling of the masses for challenging the State Chief Minister’s governance. Her video suggesting that she be made the Collector to make up for poor governance, has gone viral. What really is super embarrassing for the BJP Chief Minister […]
