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A man assaulted a woman and her friend, both from from Mizoram, allegedly in a dispute over consuming an octopus dish in Ahmedabad. Laalrempuii Laldingliana (29), a resident of LK Apartment near Sterling Hospital, filed a complaint with Vastrapur police and named her friend, Prince Chauhan, a resident of Thaltej, as the accused. The Aizawl […]
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may release today the list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. According to sources, the party employed a multi-layered and exhaustive process, encompassing public feedback, internal evaluations, and high-level strategic discussions, to select the candidates poised to represent the party in the upcoming electoral battle. The general expectation […]
Swimmer Aryan Nehra from Gujarat won one gold and three silver medals at the 11th Asian Age Group Aquatic Championships held at New Clark City, Philippines. Nehra (20) was part of the quartet that won the gold in the 4×200 freestyle relay in the 18 & over age category. Besides Aryan, the India relay team included Srihari Natraj, Sajan Prakash and […]
Words mobilise public opinion, especially when they’re sprayed with vitriol. Speech, it’s rightly said, can be a world-defining activity. And hate speech is that powder keg that can marginalise people, besides other far-reaching implications in an election year. Recent data reveal alarming trends. As many as 668 hate speech events were recorded last year, according […]
Two convicts of the Bilkis Bano case withdrew their parole pleas after the Gujarat High Court expressed its disinclination to grant them parole leaves. The convicts – Mitesh Bhatt and Shailesh Bhatt – who are brothers, were seeking parole leaves on the ground of attending “navchandi puja and vastu puja”, as submitted by their lawyer […]
Trinamool Congress strongman Shahjahan Sheikh, accused of sexual abuse and land grab in Sandeshkhali, was arrested in the early hours of Thursday after being on the run for 55 days that witnessed violent protests led by local women and a fierce political slugfest. Additional Director-General of Police (South Bengal) Supratim Sarkar said Sheikh was arrested […]
The city of Jamnagar is abuzz with anticipation as it prepares to host the pre-wedding festivities of Anant Ambani, the younger son of Reliance CMD Mukesh Ambani, and Radhika Merchant. The grand event is scheduled to take place from March 1 to 3. The three-day celebration is expected to be a star-studded affair, with a […]
It was ‘love knew no boundaries’ for a Gujarati couple, and literally so. They exchanged wedding vows in snowy mountains in Himachal Pradesh’s Spiti Valley. In a few days from now, the Indian and English cricket teams will play a Test match in Dharamshala. There are talks about how they would struggle to cope with Himachal […]
Microsoft co-founder and former CEO Bill Gates is visiting India and this has created great interest among netizens. Where he goes and what he does is becoming trending news. What has particularly caught the fancy of many is a recently shared video on Instagram where Gates is seen sipping a cup of chai made by […]
The noblest job is often unrewarding, as teachers in Gujarat have realised. There is furore over the government’s decision to recruit teachers on contracts and not as full-time employees. According to the Education Department, of the 63,622 TET (Teachers Eligibility Test) II appointments between 2011 and 2023 for classes 6-8, 12,7,10, teachers have been recruited […]
Ruth Gottesman, a member of the board of trustees at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, has donated $1 billion to the institution. This monumental gift, likely the largest ever given to a medical school, will ensure free tuition for all students at the school in perpetuity. Gottesman’s donation will have a transformative impact on […]
Hours after resigning as a Himachal Pradesh minister, Congress leader Vikramaditya Singh said he will “not press on his resignation till the time the dialogue and the action of the observers is complete”. He denied taking back his resignation yet. After a meeting with central observers, Singh cited Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu’s “rejection” of […]
India reacted sharply on Thursday when Pakistan brought up allegations on Jammu and Kashmir at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) saying that a country with such an “abysmal” record should not make such allegations against another country. Exercising its ‘Right to Reply’, India said Pakistan has no locus standi to comment on matters […]
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), Viacom 18 Media Private Limited (Viacom18), and The Walt Disney Company (Disney) have announced the signing of binding definitive agreements to form a joint venture (JV). This JV will merge the businesses of Viacom18 and Star India, with the media undertaking of Viacom18 being integrated into Star India Private Limited (SIPL) […]
Reliance Consumer Products Limited (RCPL), the FMCG subsidiary of Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (RRVL), announced today its partnership with Sri Lanka’s Elephant House. The collaboration aims to manufacture, market, distribute, and sell beverages under the Elephant House brand across India. The partnership is expected to strengthen RCPL’s growing beverage portfolio, which includes iconic brands such […]
The Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) agreed to share seats for the Lok Sabha Elections. The Congress will contest three seats, and the AAP four of the seven Lok Sabha seats in the capital. The AAP and the Congress comprise the INDIA bloc, an alliance of over 25 opposition parties formed to take […]
Riding on the recent high after weathering the rout caused by the Hindenburg Research a year back, Adani Group has added more projects to its portfolio. The ports-to-power conglomerate is all set to build two premium segment hotels in the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) airport in Ahmedabad, which it operates. According to reports, the […]
Soon all farmers, traders, exporters and government will have information about crops at the time of harvesting as machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) will give nearly accurate predictions of crop production. Junagadh Agriculture University (JAU) is developing a model using remote sensing which was selected at national level by Indian Council of Agricultural […]
The Gujarat prohibition department is taking steps to eradicate the use of agents who act as intermediaries between the applicants and the authorities. This will streamline the process of issuing liquor permits and eliminate fraudulent practices. The new system will involve calling permit seekers directly two to three times to confirm their identity and schedule […]
Exiled to the island of St Elba, Napoleon had time to define and reflect on the strategies that had won him the many battles he had fought before his defeat at Waterloo. The crux of Napoleon’s strategy, translated from French, was “we engage and then we see.” Napoleon would engage his enemies in battle and […]
