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Gautam Vaghela, a police constable posted in Ahwa of Dang district was booked under the Gujarat Land Grabbing (Prohibition) Act on Sunday for allegedly grabbing an apartment in Rajkot owned by a builder, Dilip Vadher. Vadher had given an application in August seeking registration of FIR against constable Gautam Vaghela under the land grabbing act […]
Things turned a little ugly between a couple residing in Atladara area of Vadodara city as the wife became jealous of reactions from women on her husband’s social media posts. The couple had their individual social media profiles where they used to post on a regular basis. The wife lost her patience on October 22 […]
In a woke to encourage the make India “self-reliant” campaign, government school teachers in Vadodara were directed to purchase “at least two khadi handkerchiefs” from Khadi stores in the city on Saturday. The order was issued by the Vadodara Education Inspector, it was based on a circular of the state Commissioner of Schools which has […]
Commenced from Sevagram ashram in Wardha on October 17, the ‘Sevagram Sabarmati Sandesh Yatra’ arrived at Ahmedabad on Saturday. The yatra was started by the Gandhian followers to oppose the state government’s redevelopment project of Gandhi Ashram. Also Read: Please do not convert Gandhi Ashram into Disneyland, Gandhians plead The Gandhian followers who undertook the […]
The draft of the parking policy was given nod by the AMC’s standing committee with a change in September. The committee suggested a change in the rule that said that the citizens will have to provide proof of having a parking space before buying vehicles. Followed by this, the draft was handed over to the […]
When a kind, elderly woman in Ahmedabad gave her duffle bag for repair last week, it sparked a chain of events that serve as a reminder that maybe not all is wrong with the world, that maybe honesty and compassion are not as rare as they seem to have become. Kamal Kellogg, 84, who lives […]
With the kharif crop season at its peak, Saurashtra’s APMC yards have been flooded with groundnut. APMC has been forced to regulate the arrival of the crop. At present its prices are stable. Gondal and Rajkot APMC, the two largest wholesale markets for groundnuts, started regulating oilseed revenue this week as a growing number of […]
Gujarat High court has sought report through Amicus Curiae about the present status of 169 hotels and resorts in the vicinity of Gir Lion sanctuary. In 2014, found violation the norms, these establishments were sealed and instructed to produce NOC from competent authority after making suitable changes as per environmental norms. It is learnt that […]
With an intention to ease the process of obtaining vaccination certificate, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare made an announcement in August that the citizens could get their vaccine certificates through WhatsApp within a few seconds. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya took to tweeted ” Revolutionising common man’s life using technology. Now get COVID-19 […]
At 67, Angela Merkel, consecutively fourth time serving Chancellor of Germany chooses not to run for the fifth time. This sentence alone manages to capture the essence of personality of this remarkable woman, at the helm of the biggest economy in Europe at most crucial of times. In November 2018, Merkel stepped down as leader […]
The Science subject question paper set by the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHEB) for the ongoing unit test of class 10, got leaked on Friday prior to the exam. Speculated of have been leaked from a school in Gandhinagar, the state education department has ordered a probe into the matter. The students […]
Erwin Schrödinger, 1933. Photo: Nobel Foundation/Public Domain. Quantum physics is one of the most remarkable developments of the 20th century. Until the early 1900s or so, Isaac Newton’s laws of motion dominated the study of the physical universe. They were later ‘upgraded’, for the most part, by Albert Einstein’s theories of relativity, and together, they […]
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi spent almost his entire day from 10 am onwards till about 4 pm patiently listening to his party leaders from Gujarat who still remain intensely divided about who the next Gujarat Congress President and Leader of Opposition be. All factions and over two dozen leaders met Rahul to present the names […]
Spot the Bindi: BJP Parliamentarians sans bindis Our story As proud Indians in our twenties, we are amazed at the controversy raging over FabIndia using an Urdu name for its Diwali collection and the brouhaha over the models in the garment company’s advertisement not sporting bindis. We often wear Indian clothes. Recently during Navratri, we also […]
A controversial statement was made by former Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satyapal Malik at an event in Jhunjhunun, claiming that during his tenure in Jammu and Kashmir, he was offered a bribe of Rs 300 crore in RSS and Ambani-related deals. Currently, posted as the Meghalaya Governor, Satyapal Malik’s statement has gone viral over social […]
Gujarat government has transferred two IAS Officers and are given fresh postings, Varunkumar Jagdish Baranwal, IAS and Dr Dhimantkumar Bharatkumar Vyas. Varunkumar Jagdish Baranwal, IAS , Regional Commissioner of Municipalities, Rajkot is transferred and his services are placed at the disposal of the Energy & Petrochemicals Department for appointment as Managing Director, Paschim Gujarat Vij […]
I’m a young Hindu girl from Gujarat who grew up as a BJP devotee. I love my family, but I was brainwashed by them to believe that BJP is our party and that Congress is corrupt. I was just nine when I was made to support the BJP by my maternal family who was associated […]
BRTS service in Ahmedabad has introduced quarterly pass system. The announcement comes twelve years after its launch by Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited, the company operating the service. The monthly pass is priced at Rs 750 and the quarterly pass is priced at Rs 2,000. However, senior citizens up to the age of 75 and students will […]
The Gujarat Congress unit leaders meeting to take a call on the new face for the state’s Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) in Delhi has come to an end and the new face is likely to be announced next week. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had a discussion with all the leaders in New Delhi today. Along […]
