Gujarat’s mann ki baat with Modi, without masks

PM Modi would have definitely disapproved of this act of Gujaratis.

Mansukh Mandaviya and G Kishan Reddy visit Hyderabad to get vaccine production on fast track

Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister Mansukh Mandaviya along with the minister of state for Home Affairs G. Kishan Reddy visited Bharat Biotech’s vaccine manufacturing and Bio-Safety Level-3 facility today to review the production of vaccines in Hyderabad. Secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals, S Aparna was also present. Speaking on the occasion Mandaviya said that the Government under […]

Sujoy Ghosh’s Kahani on RD Burman’s Jhankaar beats

Boss kaun hai, mulum hai kya, 27th June 1939 ko SD aur Mrs SD ko ladka hua Dubloo ya as we know him    Pancham, that’s right Pancham…   When you are born and bred in Kolkata, Kishore Kumar and RD Burman are in your blood. “Musafir hoon yaaron”, “Dukki pe dukki ho”, “Tere bina zindagi se koi, shikva to […]

Savarkundla’s weighing scale industry on the brink of collapse

There was a time when Savarkundla of Amreli district was the first name one recalled when talking about weighing scales. But the situation is different today. The weighing scale industry of Savarkundla is completely shattered due to Covid19 and subsequent lockdowns. An industry that employs 20 to 25 thousand workers, today this industry is on […]

Love ke liye, aisa mat kariye!

Ahmedabad girl uploads morphed pix of her ex boyfriend’s fiancee to win him back, likely to be arrested soon. The cyber cell of Gujarat police has identified a 22-year-old girl who was morphing and putting up nude pictures of another girl of nearly her own age. The reason was that the victim was her ex-boyfriend’s […]

ASI of Chetak Commando loses money to cyber thugs

There is an incredible rise in online financial frauds, especially during the past year-and-a-half. But Sujitkumar Jani beats his predecessors under this crime! Jani aged 44 is a resident of Sector-30 in Gandhinagar and deployed as an Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) in unit-2 of Chetak Commando. He was in for a surprise when on Saturday […]

49 booked, eight arrested in fake ration card billing

Ahmedabad’s crime branch busted a statewide racket of fabricating duplicate bills of ration cardholders who did not avail ration from fair price shops and siphoned off huge amounts of ration, meant for the poor and needy.  According to crime branch sources, 49 accused have been booked out of which eight have been arrested and search […]

Legacy weakens as BJP reigns in its regime

Political legacies are problematic to inherit, sustain and fulfil. The Congress has partially frittered away the redoubtable endowment bestowed on the Grand Old Party (GOP) by its founding fathers and mothers. The Socialists have disintegrated into so many splinters that it’s hard to assess which of the left-over entities remembers the original principles of the […]

From the PEN collection of Salil Tripathi

Salil Tripathi wrote this poem to mark Shobhaa De’s memoir, “Seventy and to hell with it,” published in 2018. He read it at the Festival of Poetry held by PEN San Miguel, alongside PEN’s Women Writers’ Committee.” After they told you and warned you again and again Specifically, generally, contextually and concisely, What you can’t […]

Payal Rohtagi arrested, released on bail in a society spat

In a high drama, which unfolded on 25th June 2021, at the posh Sundarvan Epitome Tower located in the posh Satellite area of the city, police arrested actress Payal Rohtagi based on a complaint filed by the chairman of the society, Dr Parag Shah. The FIR alleged that Rohtagi who is the resident of flat […]

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Jai Shri Ram to be AAP’s winning strategy for Gujarat?

The Aam Aadmi Party’s odds-defying performance in Surat municipal polls, followed by its recent decision to induct several prominent names, including journalist Isudan Gadhvi, into the party, has invigorated debates in an otherwise de-politicised urban Gujarat. Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal has also announced that the party will contest all 182 seats in the 2022 assembly election.  The big […]

Sidhu’s eyes are set on ‘Captaincy’ of the Punjab Congress Team

Follow @AadeshRawal Follow @vibesofindia_ Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday met the three-member Congress party committee for the second time in Delhi and clearly stated that MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu cannot be made the party president. He also said that Sidhu needs to be stopped from talking to the media the way he […]

What a birthday gift! Gautam Adani strikes coal in Australia

Australian coal project of Adani Group, stuck due to environmental, funding and local protests for over a decade has struck first coal, the company officially announced on Friday. The announcement coincided with birthday of promoter and chairman Gautam Adani, India’s second richest. The CEO of Adani’s Australian company, Bravus Mining and Resources, David Boshoff, said […]

Why is India in talks with the Taliban?

Even as the United States sets about pulling its troops out ofAfghanistan in matter of weeks, several towns and districts of the war-ravaged mountain-locked country have slipped into the clutches of theTaliban. Faced with this prospect of the radical Islamist group gainingcontrol, India, which is deeply invested in that country, has feltcompelled to open back […]

After Retail, Jio: Reliance charts Rs75,000 crore investment plan in renewable energy biz

After $44 billion (Rs3,24,432 crore) worth of fundraising by diluting stake in new-age businesses, India’s largest and most valued company Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) on Thursday declared a new $10 billion (Rs75,000) crore investment plan in the field of green energy. For Gujarat, it is going to be another proud moment as the entire investment […]

Retirement? This Gujarati shows age is no bar to launch a start-up

Today is a special day for me on several counts. Today is the 463rd day of my self-isolation in my little sweet house in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. I came to India on March 1, 2020, from London. Before that, I was holidaying in Venice—one of my favourite places. For last few decades, I have been […]

Public health causes public concerns in J&K

Naresh Parmar Jammu & Kashmir has one of the highest vaccination rates in the country due to its unique door-to-door vaccination policy. However, the distribution of vaccines remains disproportionate, with Jammu getting a much greater proportion of the vaccines. Srinagar has received less than half the doses as Jammu, finds the India COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker […]

Hong Kong deports international drug mafia Xie Jeng Fang to Gujarat

Ahmedabad Thirteen years after Xie Jeng Fang alias Richard, an international drug mafia, escaped from the custody of Vadodara Police and landed in Hong Kong, Gujarat Police were on a hunt. They soon learned about his whereabouts and brought him to Gujarat on June 24. A top Gujarat Police official, requesting anonymity, has confirmed that the extradition process of Richard […]