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Gujarat is increasing security measures as the five states’ assembly elections, which are set to take place between November 7 and November 30, draw nearer. Ten IPS officers from the state are being dispatched to Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, and Chhattisgarh to act as police poll observers. These officers will stay stationed in the […]
Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia is going to be the latest international destination to be added to Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel international (SVPI) airport. A direct flight to the Malaysian capital is in the offing from December 1 from the city airport as the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has announced the winter schedule for […]
Though not made a functionary of the ruling Biju Janata Dal yet, there is little to doubt that the former bureaucrat will hereafter publicly dabble in politics. Odisha has more than 200 serving IAS officers, but it is only one of them who is hogging all the headlines. Ever since the news broke late Monday […]
The government has stressed that the Supreme Court needs to first finalise the long-pending memorandum of procedure (MoP) that provides for conditions and timeline for appointments to the higher judiciary. This comes after the apex court disapproved the practice of Centre to “pick and choose” out of names recommended by its collegium for judgeship in […]
The first phase of the National Maritime Heritage Complex being constructed in Lothal in Ahmedabad district will be ready by the end of January 2024. Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said this while reviewing the work of the complex along with Union Minister of State for Shipping Shripad Naik and officials. “The Union and state governments […]
Ornithopter – a device that flies by flapping its wings – is a bird-like drone employed for reconnaissance. A research by Parag Rughani, associate dean of the School of Earth, Space and Internet Technologies at National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU), Ahmedabad and his doctoral student Yash Patel has recently received patent for an ornithopter-based aerial […]
At least 23% or about one in every four vehicles passing traffic roundabouts in the city — circles without traffic signals — violate traffic norms in Ahmedabad, a study by Ahmedabad University has found. The violation is primarily related to incorrect exit and incorrect lane change. The study has recommended improvements in road infrastructure and […]
Proposals for extensive modifications to the rules governing the H-1B visa have been made by US agencies in charge of immigration policies. The much-anticipated modernisation proposals were announced on Friday night. The most significant modifications include measures to combat fraud in the selection process, redefine the definition of a specialty occupation for the eligibility of […]
New Delhi: Two faculty members of an engineering college from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh have been suspended for asking a student to step down from the stage after he greeted the audience during a student induction ceremony with a loud ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogan. Over the years, the religious slogan has gained political connotations with […]
This is the first in a series of pieces on the Supreme Court’s marriage equality judgment. This week, the Supreme Court delivered its judgement in Supriyo @ Supriya Chakraborty v. Union of India, accepting the existence of the manifold disadvantages faced by non-heterosexual couples, while simultaneously refusing to express such disadvantages in the language of constitutional […]
The BJP has emerged as a political superpower, governing over half of India’s states. While the party’s history is studied in depth, it shouldn’t be forgotten that much of BJP’s ideology is shaped by the Bharatiya Jana Sangh. For the uninitiated, the Bharatiya Jana Sangh was born on October 21, 1951. What led to the […]
The naamdar (privileged) vs kaamdar (working class) debate is an old one, which regained traction in the run-up to the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, then Gujarat Chief Minister and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s prime ministerial candidate, knew early on during his campaign that the underdog card when played well always […]
A three-year-old Rottweiler – a large, muscular family dog – is sandwiched in a public dispute between Supreme Court lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai and TMC MP Mahua Moitra. The former partners are sparring over the custody of the Rottweiler named Henry. Dehadrai, according to reports, has alleged that Moitra offered to return Henry if he […]
Darshan Hiranandani, the CEO of real estate-to-energy group Hiranandani, in a signed “affidavit”, said he used Rajya Sabha MP Mahua Moitra’s Parliamentary login to “directly” post questions for the BJP-led central government. The affidavit, reportedly to the Ethics Committee of Lok Sabha, comes ahead of the hearing in the defamation case filed by Mahua Moitra […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the priority section of the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut RRTS Corridor at Sahibabad RapidX Station, Uttar Pradesh. The RapidX train service, which will connect Sahibabad to the Duhai Depot, signifying the commencement of the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) in India. Modi will also preside over a public programme in Sahibabad, where he […]
Despite stringent animal protection laws, canines remain under perpetual threat. In a horrific incident in Bhopal, employees at a dog training centre ruthlessly killed a canine by hanging it from an iron grill gate using a leash and ropes. Employees at the centre deleted the CCTV footage of the episode to conceal the crime, according […]
Shares of Orient Cement climbed 8 per cent on Wednesday amid a media report suggesting promoter CK Birla has approached Gautam Adani to sell his stake in the listed cement company. It suggested that the industrialist had rejected initial offers from peers for failing to meet his valuation demand. As per the report, the senior […]
The Supreme Court has set October 30 deadline for Maharashtra assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar to furnish a time schedule for concluding the proceedings on cross petitions by rival Shiv Sena factions and the NCP-Sharad Pawar group seeking disqualification of over 80 MLAs and warned that the court would frame the schedule, if he failed to […]
The verdict of the Supreme Court to hand over the decision of whether or not to allow same-sex marriage to the government has come as a jolt to thousands of LGBT members and activists fighting for years to get legal validation to conjugal union. Though ‘deeply disappointed’ , prime petitioner Supriyo Chakraborty is unwilling to […]
In a major embarrassment for India’s leading private sector bank ICICI Bank, the RBI has imposed a record penalty of nearly Rs 12.2 crore on it for violation of lending rules and delays in reporting fraud. RBI inspected the books of ICICI Bank in 2020 and 2021 to evaluate its financial status, during which it […]
