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SAWM India is shocked and saddened at the tragic death of Photojournalist Danish Siddiqui while reporting the escalating violence between Taliban and Afghan forces in Spin Boldak, Kandahar. Danish, who worked for Reuters in India was a Pulitzer Award winning journalist. His images from Kashmir after the removal of Article 370, and more recently of […]
RUPEES TWENTY-NINE LAKH. This is all that 60-year-old widow Parulben Trivedi, a resident of Shyam Residency in Bhavnagar, had as savings. But, like any other investments-savvy Gujarati, she put it in a property in Ahmedabad’s Chandkheda area through an estate broker. Only to discover much later that she had put her money in the wrong hands. […]
The former Cabinet Minister arrived in Delhi for a meeting with Congress President, Sonia Gandhi. The meeting is also attended by Punjab affairs in-charge, Harish Rawat. The speculation over the appointment of Navjot Singh Sidhu as Punjab PCC Chief. Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has expressed his resentment over Sidhu being given a key role […]
Nearly a century after the British charged Mahatma Gandhi with ‘sedition’ in Ahmedabad in 1922, the Supreme Court of India on Thursday termed it ‘colonial’ even as it questioned its increasing ‘misuse’ by the Indian government. The top court also asked the Centre why it was not repealing the penal law used by the British […]
Deputy Superintendent of Police Ashish Pandya, who was accused and later acquitted in the 2006 Tulsiram Prajapati encounter case, has applied for voluntary retirement. He sent his application to the Gujarat Home Department on Thursday. Pandya, who is posted as DSP in the SC/ST cell in Bhuj, West Kutch, was one of the accused in […]
Hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday virtually inaugurates the Gandhinagar railway station he had painstakingly visualised as a model of sorts, a six-month-old girl was crushed to death under a tractor-trolley that was mopping up the site for the event. The girl was a daughter of a worker couple engaged at the site. […]
Though Gujarat and its booming pharma companies made a kill, literally in the Covid times with manufacturing and selling of several medicines and injections including Remdesivir, Fabiflu, Virafin and others, they have lost the top slot. For the first time ever, Gujarat based digital companies have overtaken the pharma sector when it comes to paying […]
In 2015, Varsha Nikam was elected as the sarpanch in Mankapur, Maharashtra. The village had no bridge. An educator for over two decades before her stint in politics, Nikam was aware of how difficult it was for kids to come to school. After countless letters to local, district and national leaders, she managed to bring […]
On Thursday, July 15, morning, locals found that about 19 idols made of five metal alloys of sacred significance, six crowns of the deity, and six necklaces, were stolen from the Chandra Maulesh Temple located in Paldi, Ahmedabad. The priest of the temple then registered an FIR with the Paldi police station.Inspector JM Solanki of […]
After two terms and a retirement period of over two years, former Vice-Chancellor from the Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Dr Dakshesh Thakar is now the new OSD to Madhya Pradesh Governor, Mangubhai Chagganbhai Patel. The appointment has kicked off controversy and has stirred off angry criticism from academicians. An academician who served as a […]
Umeshkumar Ramanlal Bhatia, a 35-years-old Head Constable deployed as Account Writer Head at Paldi police station usually reported on duty at about 11 am. On July 15, 2021, that is on Thursday, he was on duty at 9.30 am. He went straight to his room on the first floor of the newly built Paldi Police […]
Virtual Trilateral Table Top Exercise (TTX) – 2021 was conducted on 14 and 15 July 2021 with the participation of the India-Maldives-Sri Lanka Navy. It is being coordinated by the Maritime Warfare Centre, Mumbai. The exercise came at a time when the success of Operation Sagar Aaraksha 2 was executed with seamless cooperation between the […]
Dr. Richa Mehta This Pandemic has taught each one much more than one could grasp in many ways. The deadly Second wave has turned out to be the most devastating one for the entire country. Few survived this blow; few succumbed to the deadly virus and many were orphaned during this tsunami of Delta Variant. […]
With multiple variants of coronavirus identified every few weeks, public fear concerning infections and re-infections is at an all-time high. While the news of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring the Lambda variant, as the seventh and newest “variant of interest” was still fresh, Uttar Pradesh government identified two cases of Kappa variant, also designated as “variant […]
In class 10, students will now have the option of two papers, standard and basic, in the mathematics paper. Students who do not want to take science after class 10th will be able to opt for the basic paper. Students who want to study science after class 10th will have to choose the standard paper. […]
The marriage dispute between Bharatsinh Solanki and his wife has further intensified with his wife now issuing a public notice, denying all the allegations levied against her. In fact, she has said, through her notice that it is because of her care and consistent support that Bharat Solanki had recovered completely after a 102 day […]
In an incident of Burglary at a lawyer’s house located at Akshat Flats near Dharnidhar in Paldi area of Ahmedabad, thieves decamped with cash, gold, and silver ornaments worth Rs 21,90,200. The incident took place on 13th July. The FIR was lodged during the wee hours of 14th July at Paldi police station of Ahmedabad. […]
Union cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was held on Wednesday. Some significant decisions were taken into the meet which included Central Government giving a nod to the increase of Dearness Allowance for Central Government Employees. Union Minister Anurag Thakur briefed about the cabinet meeting in the Press Conference. Important decisions taken in […]
In a freak accident that took place near Pallav Cross Roads at Shastrinagar in the Naranpura area of the city a 40-year-old man, Jalubhai Desai was crushed to death by a speeding BRT bus at about 6 am on 14th July 2021. Inspector NM Parmar of B Division police traffic police station said that driver […]
The Canine Parvovirus, also known as CPV or Parvo, is a highly contagious and deadly stomach and intestine virus that mainly affects dogs. With a mortality rate as high as 91% in untreated cases and 55-70% in treated cases, it has rightly been dubbed, “The Puppy Killer”. While there have been reports of over 300 […]
