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Thousands of candidates flocked to Palanpur today for the recruitment of 600 Gujarat Gram Rakshak Dal (GRD) personnel after the state government announced recruitment campaigns in different departments. This sparked a scuffle between the recruiters to get involved in the recruitment process. The situation got worse and the police also lathicharged. The whole situation smeared […]
Dinesh Chocha, 24, from Gandhinagar who came to seek justice in a democratic manner was insulted and beaten for raising his voice against injustice. Chocha is a Ph.D student at Gandhinagar’s Children University. He went to the University as seven students selected (without the merit list was out) were known about it privately. To stand […]
To avoid the risk of the new strain of Covid-19 virus, Omicron, Gujarat Government has made the RT-PCR test mandatory for passengers arriving from 11 regions. Travellers landing in the state from Europe, the United Kingdom, Brazil, South Africa, Bangladesh, Botswana, China, Mauritius, New Zealand, Zimbabwe and Hong Kong will have to undertake RT-PCR tests […]
The troubles of different kinds, shapes, and sizes do not seem to be stopping for beleaguered Congress. Just when Gujarat Congress was trying to overcome the embarrassment of not having chief of it’s Gujarat unit for a prolonged period by selecting one, an embarrassment of another kind has knocked it’s door. Manibhai J Vaghela, Ex-MLA […]
Niti Aayog under Indo-German cooperation released Sustainable Development Goals, Urban Index where Shimla, Coimbatore, and Chandigarh topped the charts while Ahmedabad scored 69.79 out of 100 and came 9th. Surat scored 69.36 and came 11th. Dhanbad where coal mining activities are happening on a large scale came at number 56. A score between 65-99 shows […]
Pramukh Swami Maharaj is a formidable name in the lineage of Gurus in the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, established in 1907 by Guru Shastriji Maharaj to propagate the teachings of Sant Sahajanand Swami, considered an incarnation of God by his followers, who came to Gujarat from his native Chhapaiya in Uttar Pradesh in late […]
Demanding the compensation alike the Ashram inhabitants as per the Ashram Redevelopment Project’s rehabilitation policy, the 55 slum dwellers have moved High Court against the oral instructions given to them to evict the premises. Local civic authorities, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and Ahmedabad district collectorate had visited the Government plot occupied by the slumdwellers with an […]
The World Health Organization recently discovered a new strain of Covid-19 – B.1.1.529 to be a variant of concern and renamed it as Omicron. The variant was first detected in Southern Africa. the classification puts Omicron in the most-troubling category of Covid-19 variants along with the globally- dominant Delta. In order to slow the spread […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Constitution Day celebrations organized by the Supreme Court today. Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, Union Minister Kiren Rijuju, Senior Supreme Court and High Court Justices, Attorney General of India K K Venugopal and President of Supreme Court Bar Association Vikas Singh were among those present on the occasion. […]
An extremely insightful talk on Street Smart Marketing was organised by the Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA) on November 26, 8:30 pm. The talk was delivered by Sanjay Chakraborty – chief marketing communication advisor at ESSKSEE Consultancy, to SME’s (Small & Medium Enterprises) with Unmesh Dixit – chairperson of AMA public relations committee as the host. […]
Australian cricketer Tim Paine, Australian wicketkeeper and captain designate has taken ‘indefinite mental health break’, his manager has informed the world. The important decision has put the preparations for the forthcoming Ashes series in jeopardy. It has managed to put a global spotlight on the taboo subject of mental health in sports. Though even today, […]
As a cub reporter with Indian Express in Ahmedabad in 1991, my first national byline was courtesy an interview I did with Verghese Kurien. Before that, my only contact with the man was when he delivered the convocation address at the Indian Institute of Management, while I listened rapt in the audience. Kurien was not […]
The land of rising sun – Japan never goes out of innovation. It keeps coming up with interesting creations, in fact some are so peculiar that they go beyond our comprehension. Here are some weird things that one can only find in Japan: Octopus flavored ice-cream As much strange as it may sound, this flavour […]
Sharbat Gulla – the National Geographic magazine’s famed green-eyed “Afghan Girl” has arrived in Italy as part of the West’s evacuation of Afghans following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, said the Italian government on November 25. Italy organised her travel to Italy “as part of the wider evacuation program in place for Afghan citizens and […]
Without intending as much, the film confounds the trauma of being born SC/ST in India -a multi-layered perpetual agony to the level of mere physical torture. The title of the film should have been” Chandru”, for “Jai Bhim” somehow just stops short of doing full justice either to amazing Justice Chandru or the essence of […]
Constitution Day, which is also known as National Law day is celebrated in India on November 26 every year in order to commemorate the adoption of the Constitution of India. In November 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted the Constitution of India that came into effect on January 26, 1950. MyGovIndia took to Twitter […]
The British national Christian James Michel, accused in the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal and now into his third year as an undertrial prisoner, has threatened to go on an indefinite hunger strike in Delhi’s Tihar jail from today, November 25, if charges of human rights violations are not brought against Indian Prime […]
The Gujarat High Court today refused to entertain a PIL moved by Tushar Gandhi, the great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, seeking to do away with the Sabarmati Ashram redevelopment project. A Division Bench of Gujarat HC rejected the plea on the grounds that the undertaking submitted by the state assured that the redevelopment project will be […]
South African scientists are studying a newly identified coronavirus variant that is a cause for serious concern, country’s health department stated. Termed B.1.1529, the variant carries an unusually large number of mutations and is “clearly very different” from previous versions, Tulio de Oliveira, a bio-informatics professor who runs gene-sequencing institutions at two South African universities, […]
As Goddess Lakshmi was born in Pushya Nakshatra, this day is considered as the most auspicious day in Hindu calendar. From starting a New Venture, to signing important documents, to buying Gold, Real Estate and Vehicles people spend their day keeping in mind positive festive vibes. This Guru Pushya Nakshatra is a special one as […]
