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A long wait, interspersed with a legal battle and formalities later, UK is all set to get its first purpose-built crematorium on a 15-acre site near Denham in southeast England. The proposed facility will cater largely toHindus living in the North, West and adjoining counties. Two large ceremony halls, two private ritual rooms, shower rooms, […]
Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates has warned the global community to take Omicron seriously as the world may be on the threshold of the worst part of the pandemic. “Omicron is spreading faster than any virus in history. It will soon be in every country in the world,” tweeted Mr Gates while dropping a word […]
Asit Vora, the chairman of the Gujarat Secondary Service Selection Board currently under fire for the paper leak scandal of the recently-held head clerks’ examination, has approached the office of Gujarat Chief Minister, even as a Cabinet meeting on the incident is underway this morning. A private meeting between the CM and Vora has reportedly […]
When Bhupendra Patel’s name was announced at a BJP Legislature Party meeting on September 12, 2021, as the new Gujarat Chief Minister in Gandhinagar, he was taken aback. Patel, 59, was sitting in the fourth row among dozens of MLAs like him, in a simple shirt and trouser, no way dressed for the occasion — […]
Even as the Central and Gujarat governments re-started work on the Rs 1,200-crore Gandhi Ashram Memorial and Precinct Development Project, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation is facing stiff resistance by residents whose dwellings will be razed to make way for the proposed “larger” ashram premises spread across 120 acres. The matter was re-ignited on November 23. […]
In a joint operation by the Anti-Terrorist Squad and the Coast Guard, police have compiled a list of people involved in the Punjab drug haul worth Rs 400 crore seized from the coast near Jakhau in Gujarat. The interrogation of the accused, who was caught with a quantity of 400 crore heroin being loaded on […]
R D Santhana Krishnan, an advocate of the Madras High Court learned the perils of not being fully conversant with the technology the hard way. During a live-streamed video-conferencing of hearing of a case before a single judge, the advocate was seen cuddling and fondling a woman standing next to him. Unfortunately for him, some […]
Seven months ago, the Delta variant unleashed a wave of infections across the state resulting in loss and grief. Omicron, which is three times more transmissible than Delta, as per the Union Health Ministry has now begun to unleash yet another wave of infections. However, amidst this surge in cases, it is shocking to know […]
The state on Tuesday recorded 87 new coronavirus cases and two related deaths – both in Valsad – thereby taking the state’s active cases tally to 589. Ahmedabad recorded 33 new cases – a rise of 153% in the past 24 hours. The city had 171 active cases until Tuesday evening. With this update, Ahmedabad […]
The Gandhinagar Police on Tuesday produced as many as 64 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) members, including 6 leaders, in a court and nine of them were remanded to police custody while some of them were refused bail. At least 70 of them were arrested in connection with the scuffle with the police and BJP workers […]
In an unprecedented development for Gujarat, the seemingly invincible BJP has been brought to its knees with a vociferous opposition forcing the State Government to cancel the controversial head clerks exam after it has been established that the paper had leaked. And this victory — whether the BJP or the Congress likes it or […]
The Gujarat High Court has halted the recruitment process of the Information and Broadcasting Department’s recruitment process for different positions of Class-I and Class-II after the Head Clerk Recruitment Exam Paper Leak Scam. An application by candidates who did not get in due to fault this appointment process was made in the High Court questioning […]
In a country where it is believed that family comes before anyone else, the candidate at the Charwada Gram Panchayat in Valsad did not even receive votes from his family. The candidate at ward number 5 of the Gram Panchayat of Vapi Taluka, Valsad district only received one vote. It was found that Santosh Halpati’s […]
The Adani group has bagged the contract to build India’s longest expressway linking Meerut with Prayagraj. The 594 kilometer long expressway is expected to be built at a cost of Rs 17,000 crore. Adani Enteprises Limited (AEL) has received the Letter of Award (LoA) from UP Expressways Industrial Development Authority to build three stretches in PPP […]
The dots that link the dramatis personae and make the curious net in the Gujarat Subordinate Service Selection Board paper leak is starting to smell terribly fishy. Gitaben, the wife of one of the arrested persons Kishor Kandas Acharya has told the media that her husband is being made a scapegoat to shield someone bigger. […]
Gujarat government has banned surrogacy through Surrogacy Bill, however, a gritty woman who says she never was shortchanged and could come out of abject poverty thankfully by letting her womb twice has charted another unusual trajectory, Bhanu from Gorva village with 2000 odd inhabitants in Borsad taluka of Anand district in Gujarat is elected sarpanch […]
Ahmedabad recorded a minimum of 11.1 degrees Celsius, marking 2.6 degrees lower than the normal temperature and a maximum of 27.5 Degrees Celsius, marking a decline of 2.1 degrees Celsius than the normal temperature on Monday. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) in its forecast has said that with a probable marginal rise in the minimum […]
Independent legislator and activist, Jignesh Mevani today led a large number of Corona warriors who have been dismissed by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. Overlooking fears of a third wave, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation ordered the immediate dismissal of 1,100 employees who had been recruited during the Covid-19 pandemic. These employees had been recruited on a contractual basis […]
The Gujarat Congress has made a startling allegation that the owners of the printing press found involved in the December 12 head clerks exam paper have links with the BJP and the RSS. The party has disclosed that the printing press in question, Surya Offset, printed four editions of a book on the emergency written […]
Several members of the Aam Aadmi Party were injured today on being allegedly attacked by ruling BJP workers and policemen at a demonstration here today.The injured include AAP State President, Gopal Italiya and journalist turned AAP leader Isudan Gadhvi. While some AAP activists sustained head injuries, others suffered bruises on their back during the lathi […]
