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Mark your calendars, bargain hunters! The highly anticipated Amazon Great Republic Day Sale kicks off on January 13th, 2024, bringing a wave of deals and discounts across a wide range of products. But if you’re an Amazon Prime member, you’re in for an extra treat – early access to the sale starting at 12 AM […]
Twenty journalists from Japan flew down for the Vibrant Gujarat Summit and theirs was a very visible presence, even in a crowd measured in thousands. They were there largely because Toshihiro Suzuki, president of Suzuki Motor Corporation was a lead speaker, as was Japan’s minister for external affairs, Shin Osaka. Interestingly, they were even more […]
India and Saudi Arabia have signed a bilateral agreement that allows more than 1.75 lakh Indian pilgrims to perform the annual Haj pilgrimage in 2024. The agreement was signed by Minority Affairs Minister Smriti Irani and Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan with Saudi Minister of Hajj and Umrah Dr. Tawfiq bin Fawzan […]
The United States has objected to a motion by Nikhil Gupta – the Indian national accused of conspiring to kill Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun – seeking proof of charges against him. The US govenment said it would only provide the information when Gupta – being held in a Czech Republic prison pending extradition – […]
In yet another setback for the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena faction in Maharashtra, Assembly speaker Rahul Narwekar pronounced Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena as the ‘real political party’, concluding the months long wait. Narwekar did not disqualify any MLA from the two camps– Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde faction–ensuing a verdict that is […]
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said making India a $30-trillion economy by 2047 was a “conservative” estimate and the country’s GDP might cross the $5 trillion target as early as 2027-28. Speaking at the Vibrant Gujarat Summit at Gandhinagar, Sitharaman said, “…by 2027-28, it is believed that we surely will be able to reach the […]
Kolkata: Ustad Rashid Khan, one of the most celebrated classical singers of India, breathed his last at a private hospital in Kolkata on Tuesday. He was suffering from prostate cancer and had a cerebral attack last month. He was 55 years old. Khan belonged to the Rampur-Sahaswan Gharana and was the great-grandson of its founder, […]
The Supreme Court has given a verdict in the Bilkis Bano case. The apex court has quashed the Gujarat government’s order to release all 11 convicts. The Supreme Court has ordered the convicts to report to the jail authorities within two weeks. Senior lawyer Vrinda Grover, who argued on behalf of the petitioner in the […]
The Tata Group’s hospitality arm, Indian Hotels Company (IHCL), has signed two Taj-branded resorts on the islands of Suheli and Kadmat in Lakshadweep, India’s smallest union territory. The resorts, which are expected to open in 2026, will be developed with a focus on sustainability and conservation of the island’s fragile eco-system. IHCL, which is India’s […]
Gujarat’s diamond city Surat is over 1,350 kms from Ayodhya. Yet, this textile hub of the country has a connection with the Ram Mandir in the Uttar Pradesh city. A special saree prepared in the city, will be sent for the idol consecration ceremony of the Ram Temple set to be held on January 22 […]
The Congress government in Karnataka has issued a directive to all temples in the state to perform special poojas coinciding with the consecration ceremony at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22. The installation ceremony for the Lord Ram idol is scheduled to take place in Ayodhya between 12:29 pm and 1:32 pm on […]
Prominent celebrities and social media influencers, including former cricketers Venkatesh Prasad, Sachin Tendulkar and Aakash Chopra, have joined an online campaign which calls for a boycott of the Maldives tourism after a minister of the island nation made derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. On Saturday, Chopra took to X and posted: “‘India Out’ […]
The ongoing CID (crime and railways) investigation into illegal emigrations to the US using chartered flights has revealed that a plane had left for Nicaragua from Dubai on December 6 as well, taking the number of such known ‘donkey’ trips to three. On December 21, French officials did not allow a plane, the third flight, […]
Air India may hire GoFirst cabin and cockpit crew as part of its mega expansion plans. This comes after the news of Go First going into bankruptcy, leaving many employees uncertain about their future. Air India has recently placed a significant order for approximately 500 aircraft, which will require a significant increase in crew members. […]
A new academic session has started from Monday in all the schools of the state from primary to higher secondary including government, grant-aided, and private under the Gujarat Board of Education. Schools have appealed to parents not to send students with cold and cough to school. With the commencement of school, the students were given […]
Like several key public appointments, Delhi’s new Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena’s relations with the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have roots in Gujarat. It was his sterling performance at the JK Cement’s plant in Rajasthan, from where he started his career in 1984, that catapulted him as the chairman of the greenfield Dholera port project, a […]
The Rajya Sabha election on June 10 is an ordeal for the Indian National Congress, the oldest party in India. The upcoming polls would also test the evolutionary promises by Congress in its recent Rajasthan campaigns. The candidates shall start filling out the nomination papers on Wednesday. The Rajya Sabha election, for 57 seats across […]
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today said that Punjab health minister Vijay Singla has been sacked from the state cabinet over corruption charges. The CM Office said that Singla was demanding 1% commission from officials for contracts. The statement also assured that the decision was taken only because concrete evidence was found against Singla in […]
Congress has established three committees, namely, Political Affairs Group (PAG), Task Force (TF) 2024 and an administrative body for ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’. This was one of the major decisions during the party’s Chintan Shivir in Udaipur. “Every member will have specific responsibilities. During Chintan Shivir, we had resolved on launching campaign against the social, political […]
Global warming. Heat wave. The planet is warming up. Imminent catastrophe. How often have we heard these terms? And what do we do about it? We sit in the comfort of ACs and air coolers, either at our home or gather together in a convention center using air conditioning to thrash out ideas. And in […]
