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Hemanshi Patel, the daughter of Arvindbhai Patel, owner of Morbi-based Ajvito Tiles, is marrying Jay¸ son of Rajkot-based industrialist Maulesh Patel and Sonal Patel. The highlight of the wedding is that the ceremonies are being held at the famous Hotel Umaid Bhavan Palace in Jodhpur. The property is currently run by the Taj group of […]
On the occasion of Dhanteras and the upcoming festival of Diwali, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Department of Consumer Affairs under Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, has requested consumers to ensure that they buy hallmarked jewellery. It is believed that buying gold on such occasions brings prosperity and happiness to the family […]
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd. (IREDA), a PSU under the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) today launched a ‘Whistle-blower Portal’, as a part of ‘Vigilance Awareness Week 2021’. The portal was launched by Shri Pradip Kumar Das, Chairman & Managing Director (CMD), IREDA and Dr. Praveen Kumari Singh, Additional Secretary, Central Vigilance […]
The United States on November 2, 2021, welcomed the arrest of UN-designated terrorist Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi and has urged Pakistan to hold him accountable for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. Lakhvi was arrested on Saturday by Pakistan’s Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) during a raid conducted in Lahore. The department’s spokesperson said that Lakhvi […]
Speaking at the launch of Information Commissioner Uday Mahurkar’s book ‘Veer Savarkar: The Man Who Could Have Prevented Partition’ in Jaipur, former editor of Organiser magazine, Seshadri Chari said had Jinnah been offered the PM post, Partition wouldn’t have taken place” Taking the advatage of hindsight, Chari said; ” we would have prayed for his […]
In response to an argument raised by the counsel for the accused applicant – who presumed that the woman was of easy virtue, the Allahabad high court has observed that being active on dating websites cannot be a parameter to judge someone’s virtue. The accused allegedly established a physical relationship with a woman on the […]
Pan Nalin’s Gujarati-language film ‘Chello Show’ aka ‘Last Film Show’ won the Golden Spike Award for the Best Picture at the 66th Valladolid International Film Festival in Spain. Co-produced between India and France, the film was part of the festival’s official selections. The film is based on a young boy – Samay who falls in […]
The Snapchatters will soon have to the option to make their stories even more interesting that before. The company recently reached a deal with the NCBUniversal that will bring audion clips from hit movies and TV shows like Bridesmaids, The Office, Parks and Recreation, SNL and many more to the platform. Along with music, Snapchatters […]
On Tuesday, the Delhi Commission for Women issued a notice to Delhi Police asking for a response regarding the rape threats that the nine-months old daughter of cricketer Virat Kohli and actor Anushka Sharma. The Deputy Commissioner of Deputy Commissioner of Delhi Police Cyber Crime Branch, the DCW has demanded an immediate action to be […]
Government plans to invite all of Fortune 500 companies over and above another 500 companies from all over world for upcoming edition of Vibrant Gujarat. Following the directions from Prime Minister himself, the Government has decided to scale up the summit. In the build up for the coming 2022 Vibrant Gujarat edition, meetings of higher […]
Two students from Gujarat have scored 705 out of 720 in the latest NEET (UG) 2021 tests held on September 12 and made it to the Top 100 All India Rankings (AIR). Shlok Soni has landed AIR-60 and Prasham Shah has bagged AIR-100. Prasahm rued that his dream of applying for AIIMS-Delhi would not be […]
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against a Mumbai-based private company following the complaint filed by the IDBI bank. A case against a private company based in Mumbai and others including its directors, unknown public servants, and private persons for allegedly cheating the IDBI bank for around Rs 63.10 crores during […]
Former Home Minister of Maharashtra, Anil Deshmukh has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) late Monday night after over 12 hours of questioning at its office at Ballad Estate, Mumbai in connection with a money laundering case. After evading summons sent by the ED for months, the 71-year-old had appeared before the agency to […]
Sudha Bharadwaj, an human rights activist and a lawyer who had devoted her life fighting for idgenious people in Chhattisgarh, was arrested under the draconian Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) on accusations of having links with Maoist terrorist organisations in August 2018. The activist, awaiting trial, turned 60 on November 1, 2021 at Byculla’s women’s […]
World Leaders from more than 120 countries are attending the UN’s 26TH COP Summit including our Prime Minister, Narendra Modi in the Scottish city, Glasgow. Conference of Parties (COP-26) has begun on 31 October 2021 and will continue till 12 November 2021. The high-level segment of COP-26 to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate […]
More than 5,000 bottles of illicit Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) was seized by the police officials from the outskirts of Ahmedabad. Reportedly, these bottles were smuggled to Bhavnagar first from Haryana ahead of Diwali and Nootan Varsha festivals. According to the police officials, a tanker vehicle was seized near a hotel on the Vataman […]
‘Green firecrackers made using relatively less-polluting materials can be used during the festive season starting this week in West Bengal’ – ruled the Supreme Court on Monday, keeping aside a total ban on crackers which was previously given by the Calcutta High Court to control air pollution. Read more: Bengal To Observe ‘cracker-free’ Diwali: Board […]
The Director of the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP), David Beasley tweeted on October 26 that emphasised the 36 billion dollar increase in Elon Musk’s net worth and how one-sixth of the increase could save about 42 million people suffering from famine. The tweet was met by an assertive reply from Elon Musk, the world’s […]
Sabyasachi has joined a list of companies that have had to pull back their ad campaigns. The Mangalsutra campaign featured intimate portraits of a woman wearing a low-neckline outfit, which caused an uproar online amongst people who believed the images to be an insult to Hindu culture. In addition to the online backlash, Madhya Pradesh […]
The US Embassy in India on Sunday said that there can be some significant delays in the waiting period for visa appointments for some nonimmigrant visa categories as it is building back from the interruptions, caused due to COVID-19. “Facilitating legitimate travel to support our strong and growing bilateral ties is our top priority. As […]
