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A two-lane road. That’s the only patch that separates them from the Sabarmati Ashram where their forefathers worked with Mahatma Gandhi between 1917 and 1930, leading a life as frugal as the father of the nation. Today, the Ashramvasis who live just across the road are caught between the devil and deep blue sea. […]
Raj Kundra, the husband of actor Shilpa Shetty Kundra, who was arrested over the allegations of shooting and streaming pornography, has been granted bail by the Mumbai court. He has been requested to pay ₹ 50,000 as surety charges for his delivery. The bail got granted two months after his arrest.Last Thursday, his team requested […]
The United States announced that it plans to ease travel restrictions starting in November for international tourists including India. Only fully vaccinated visitors will be allowed in the United States to prevent the spread of Covid-19 from foreign nationals travelling internationally to the country. What does it mean for Indian tourists? The travel industry of […]
AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi was denied permission by authorities in Ahmedabad to meet former Uttar Pradesh MP Atiq Ahmad, who is lodged at the Ahmedabad-based Sabarmati Central Jail, in the wake of Covid-19 guidelines, a party leader said. Owaisi was on a day-long visit to Ahmedabad to meet party workers, office bearers and supporters. He […]
The newly appointed Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel made his first visit to the national capital on Monday (September 20), a week after assuming charge from the erstwhile CM Vijay Rupani. CM Patel met President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The Gujarat […]
Soon after Gujarat witnessed a political shift with Rupani’s resignation as CM and the appointment of Bhupendra Patel as the new Chief Minister, it is now Punjab’s turn to experience the same with Charanjit Channi swearing-in as the Chief Minister of Punjab. Charanjit Channi took oath on Monday at Raj Bhawan in Chandigarh and became […]
One of the unusual traits of the new Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi is his quest to keep his formal education going. For someone who has a formal Masters in Business Administration Degree, Channi is pursuing a doctorate from Punjab University. For a person who cut his political teeth taking part in municipal elections, […]
A specialized vessel is required for laying underwater internet cable by plowing up to the height of a two-storey building for thousands of miles undersea. Here’s how the tech giants, Google and Facebook are doing it. Both Tech Giants invest in cable projects along with a consortium of other companies, Google has invested in nineteen […]
Companies, scientists are constantly looking for the winning play which is why there is no shortage of excitement for electric vehicle battery startups or multibillion-dollar investments in the industry. Although China is already moving ahead with one that isn’t dependent on a big, bold breakthrough with sodium-ion batteries. If done right, this technology would lead […]
Asia Journalism Fellowship (AJF) demands the immediate release of their colleague Myo Thant–former editor-in-chief of Mizzima. He was arrested and charged by Myanmar’s junta regime on September 19, 2021. Myo was part of the Asia Journalism Fellowship in Singapore in 2015, and has been in intermittent contact with colleagues from the programme since the military […]
Two consignments having total quantity of 2988 kg and 22 grams of heroin were seized from Mundra port on Kutch coast in Gujarat, value of which in international market is estimated to be more than Rs. 10,000 crores. Actual price will be determined after examining purity of drugs seized. During the year 2021, drugs worth […]
By letting Capt Amarinder go, and bringing in Dalit face Charanjit Channi, the party has played a double masterstroke – a message to dissenters and a canny poll move Concluding a shrilly crescendo that began with a ‘humiliated’ Captain Amarinder Singh stepping down as the chief minister of Punjab that ended almost 25 hours later […]
Former chief minister B S Yediyurappa stated that Congress and JD(S) leaders are consulting BJP leaders and have asked them to merge with their party ahead of Assembly by-elections, legislative council polls and Assembly polls. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the state executive committee meeting on Sunday, Yediyurappa asked party workers not to underestimate […]
Senior IAS officer K Kailashnathan has been reappointed as the Chief Principal Secretary to Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. He is a 1979 batch IAS officer of Gujarat cadre. He is one of the ablest bureaucrats in Gujarat, and one who is considered to have an extraordinary sense of bureaucracy and politics both. K Kailashnathan […]
Congress made heavy weather effecting a change of guard in Punjab. In the last 24 hours, the party was first stumped by its outgoing Chief Minister Amarinder Singh by putting in his papers and attacking the party. In jettisoning the Captain from the CM seat, the party demonstrated the writ of the High Command but […]
Congress on Sunday sprang a surprise by appointing Charanjit Singh Channi as Chief Minister of Punjab. The 58-year-old leader who has never lost a single assembly election since 2007 is a Dalit leader. Punjab constitutes 32% of Dalit population. As much as 21% of population is of Jats and Sikhs. Punjab Congress in-charge Harish Rawat […]
The film Bharat Maro Desh Che is about the nomadic community of Gujarat (also called vicharti vimukt). The film revolves around their daily struggles and the problems they face due to not having proper citizenship documents despite being born in India. The film was shot in 2020 during the period following the first lockdown. The […]
To celebrate and commemorate 75 years of progressive India, as part of the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, an initiative of the Government of India, the Central Reserve Police Force started a Cycle Rally from Sabarmati Riverfront, Ahmedabad on September 15. Ahmedabad mayor Kirit Parmar waved the flag to kick off the rally. The ride from […]
Saturday, Seven teenagers accidentally drowned in a lake. This incident happened while they were trying to disperse Karma Dali, in Manandih village under Sargada panchayat within the limits of Balumath police station in Jharkhand. The dead includes three real sisters. The accident happened during the rescue of a girl, unfortunately, while doing the rescue each […]
