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Several pre-schools across Gujarat are facing the prospect of closure due to the lack of a registered rental agreement. The Education Board has made it mandatory for pre-schools to register themselves for which they have to submit a registered rental agreement. The objective is to ensure that they will be better regulated. Many pre-schools operate […]
The Congress has fielded five sitting legislators and seven former legislators in Gujarat, where it’s contesting 24 seats, while two seats have been given to its INDIA bloc partner, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). In the wake of a mass exodus of its leaders to the ruling BJP, the Opposition party is relying heavily on […]
Gujarat is facing challenges due to the prolonged closure of Gujarat Agro Limited’s (GAL) Cargo Complex and the Red Sea crisis. Increased logistic hurdles and soaring air cargo tariffs have burdened exporters with a 40% rise in shipment costs.The GAL-run Air Cargo Complex, once a crucial channel for exporting about 1,500 MT of cargo per […]
Indicating a robust trajectory for Gujarat pharmaceutical industry, the state State Food and Drug Control Administration (FDCA) issued 133 approvals – the highest in the country – for allopathic drug manufacturing plants in the state in the 2023-34 financial year.This marks a significant milestone, with record investment commitments exceeding Rs 10,000 crore, as many companies […]
In a new high, Gujarat saw a record 25 UPSC candidates clearing the central services exam, surpassing the previous record of 22 in 2014. Among them are five women, which too is a first for the state. Out of the 25, three finished in the top 100, while three others carried ranks between 101 and […]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s wife Sunita Kejriwal can take the place of the AAP convener to attend the party’s campaign in Gujarat. Party sources said Sunita could join Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann in the campaign.Of the 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat, AAP has fielded two candidates – Bharuch and Bhavnagar. While Chaitar Vasava […]
New Delhi: On February 19, Mohd. Shoeb Qureshi, a judo coach from Modasa town in Gujarat, received a phone call from his employer at EduSports, a sports education company that supplies sports educators to various government institutions across the state. He was informed that his services were no longer required. Confused and anxious, Qureshi reached […]
Congress candidate from Gujarat’s Banaskantha Lok Sabha seat, Geniben Nagaji Thakor, has been seeking monetary support from people in the constituency to fund her poll campaign expenses. Thakor, the sitting Congress MLA from Vav in Banaskantha district, claimed she has received an overwhelming response for crowdfunding her election campaign, including her vehicle fuel expenses and […]
Terming the BJP’s manifesto for the Lok Sabha election as a “jumla patra (rhetoric or empty promises)”, Gujarat Congress president Shaktisinh Gohil said the BJP had not given an account of the promises it made since 2014.Gohil said in 2014, the BJP had said a task force would be created to bring back black money, […]
The Lok Sabha Elections 2024 are round the corner and in less than a week, the first phase of voting will begin. Ahead of the upcoming polls, the political leaders of different parties have been campaigning for the upcoming elections and have been releasing their lists of candidates for different constituencies alongside. In a latest […]
A 20-year-old Gujarati youth, Mit Patel, lost his life in a road accident in Brampton, Canada. Patel, who had arrived in Canada on a student visa, was struck by a pick-up truck on Mississauga Road in Williams Parkway, Brampton, early in the morning. Despite being rushed to the hospital with serious injuries, Patel could not […]
The Gujarat high court has dismissed a habeas corpus petition by Non Resident Indian (NRI) man who sought the custody of his 2-year-old daughter who lives in Germany with her mother. The contention of the father was that the child was born in Ahmedabad through surrogacy. The judges refused to entertain the petition with the […]
Following a spate of deaths of lions on rail tracks over the past six months in Gujarat’s Amreli district, the forest department has installed high mast lights on a portion of the busy track for better visibility that could possibly prevent train-lion collisions. At least seven Asiatic lions have been run over by trains between […]
Two advocates, Sandipkumar M Patel and Viral J Vyas, have approached the Supreme Court, challenging an order by the Gujarat High Court to initiate an investigation against them on suspicions of forging a vakalatnama (lawyers’ memorandum of appearance). The lawyers argue that the High Court acted prematurely and accepted such allegations without requesting a report […]
The Gujarat Congress has lodged a complaint with the Election Commission, seeking “immediate action” against Assembly Speaker Shankar Chaudhary for allegedly “canvassing for the BJP” in Banaskantha. The party has accused Chaudhary of campaigning for BJP candidate Rekha Chaudhary at Vav and Tharad in Banaskantha. The complaint, dated April 11, states that an Assembly Speaker […]
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), in collaboration with the Forest Department of the Government of Gujarat, has completed the construction of protective parapets around 1534 open wells in the Gir Protected Area. This initiative is a step towards the protection of wildlife, particularly the Asiatic Lion, a symbol of pride for both Gujarat and India. In […]
The election authorities in Gujarat are leaving no stone unturned to ensure a good voter turnout and ensure that every eligible voter gets to vote. All the 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat will go to polls in a single phase on May 7. The Election Commission has already erected the necessary infrastructure for special […]
Two business contractors from Gujarat landed in trouble for making a jest that they were carrying a nuclear bomb. The duo, hailing from Rajkot, were apprehended on this when they made this remark to a security personnel while boarding a flight at Delhi airport. The incident prompted a complaint from an airline security supervisor. The […]
Laying to rest all speculations regarding his future course of action, former Congress leader from Gujarat Rohan Gupta has joined the BJP less than a month after ending his 12-year-old association with the grand old party. Gupta, along with some other leaders, joined the BJP in the presence of Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri and […]
It is almost a month after the mob violence on foreign students on Gujarat University campus and the police are even yet to identify the 15 accused, let alone arresting them. The foreign students were attacked for offering namaz within the Gujarat University hostel compound during Ramzan that had left many of them injured. The […]
