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They may be royal, but their lives are often not royal fables. This is exactly what is happening in the 400-year-old princely state of Rajkot in Gujarat. The feud is most intriguing. The family is fighting over 20,000 crores of property. A princess is claiming her right as a daughter from her estranged brother. And […]
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Calling the Centre’s National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP), which aims to unlock value in brownfield projects by engaging the private sector, a ‘clearance sale’, the Congress on Thursday hit out at the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and said that the move will wipe out an entire generation’s efforts. Congress party’s spokesperson Pawan Khera lashed out […]
The Delhi high court on Wednesday sought the Union government and Rakesh Asthana’s stand on a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the appointment of the Gujarat-cadre IPS officer as Delhi Police Commissioner. A bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notice on a plea by one Sadre Alam and listed the […]
Landing Image Credits: Mayur Bhatt The book “Jail: Itihas and Vartaman” was launched by Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani at CM House on Tuesday. The book has been published by the Gujarat Prison Department after going through an exhaustive study of all jails across the state. The study depicts various reformation/rehabilitation of the prisoners and […]
Nagar Geet Samarat Competition is organised this year to celebrate three different occasions, India’s Independence, completion of good governance of Gujarat and in the memory of Tana-Riri. This competition brings together the art of singing on a stage in a unique way. The organiser of this competition, Mr Neerajbhai Bhatt said, “The entire competition is […]
In a first, nine judges were administered oath as the judges of the Supreme Court by CJI NV Ramana on Tuesday. This was the first instance of the apex court wherein nine judges took the oath of office together. The five-member Supreme Court Collegium, headed by CJI Ramana, had recommended nine names for appointment […]
Despite Jwalit Mehta and Nipun Bhatt leading the rowdy mob that burnt a copy of Kamasutra at the well-known Latitude (earlier Crossword) book shop on the Rajpath road in Ahmedabad; they do not figure in the FIR filed by a local police station. A mob had barged into the shop and burnt a Kamasutra copy […]
Section 5 of the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Amendment Act 2021gives those in power more power over religious conversions On August 19, the Gujarat High Court stayed Section 5 of the state’s anti-conversion law. On August 26, Pratapsingh Jadeja, Gujarat’s Home Minister, declared that Section 5 forms the ‘core’ of the amended new law. He was right. […]
The Central Government nodded to the list of nine High Court judges suggested by the Supreme Court Collegium, for filling the nine vacant seats of Supreme Court judges, after the retirement of Justice Rohinton Nariman on August 12. The list included four HC chief justices, four HC judges and one senior advocate, with three women […]
In the third of Vibes of India’s 3-part series, Ashvita Singh write about how prepared is Ahmedabad for Covid third wave: There’s widespread speculation in the medical community regarding the arrival of Covid-19’s third wave. Many experts feel we may be able to ward off the worst, given that the cases that were anticipated to rise […]
Festivals are a part of India’s identity; the vibrant outfits, the traditional sweets and the customs are the most exciting part of our culture, which is still intact in the villages in its authentic form and not modernized as in the cities. Vasant Pathshala celebrated Janmashtami at their rural campus situated in Dholka. The festival […]
Key points of the MOU: A FinTech Startup Accelerator, to support growing Indian FinTech’s Joint venture by DevX, Savvy, and Flexworx MoU signed with NSE for collaboration Aimed at driving growth and scaling in Fintech arena FinX Labs, which is a joint venture by Jaxay Shah and Flexworx today announced the opening of its startup […]
World’s Longest Dance Festival Limps To Halt. In the second of Vibes of India’s 3-part series, Natasha Baxi and Parita Pandya write about continuing Covid scare among Garba organisers across Gujarat: The dreaded corona virus brought the world’s longest dance festival, Garba, to a grinding halt in its first avatar in 2020. People literally haggled with the […]
A tribal farmer, steeped in debt and hit by Covid-19, consumed pesticides to kill himself in Gujarat’s Navsari on Wednesday night.Nilesh Patel waited for the fervently promised ‘Achhe din’, but they never came. At least not in his lifetime. He had been hoping that they would arrive – if not within the promised 100 days, […]
Culinary traditions form a major part of India’s rich heritage as many Indian traditions and beliefs are directly linked with the recipes we prepare. Especially, if you are an Indian residing in a foreign land, you would definitely crave all-natural Indian spices and groceries to make yourself feel homely. To satiate this craving, U.S based […]
The largest technical university in the state, Gujarat Technological University on Tuesday launched new online courses on Vedic Indian knowledge systems.These 12 new courses include the study of Vedas, ancient architecture, Indian arts, Dharma and religion, Political Science, Arthashastra and global footprints of Indian diaspora among others in collaboration with the Pune-based Bhishma School of […]
Imagine turning on a radio frequency and you get to hear the stuff in Sanskrit at a tour to Statue of Unity in Kevadia, Gujarat. Sounds weird? But it is a reality at the place. In a unique initiative, the RJs at Radio 90 FM have been given training to speak in Sanskrit and provide […]
It is indeed a reflection on the cultural sensibilities of our society that 155-year-old historic Stuart Library at Godhra is finding it difficult to continue functioning. The trustees of the library are mulling over the idea to rent the hall to meet the recurring expenses. As interest in reading recedes in general, the membership has […]
Ahmedabad was the first city in India to be tagged as World Heritage City in 2017, primarily for its ancient architecture including heritage buildings, gates, fort walls and mosques. However, the city has an equally rich heritage of food. The city always served its patrons hot pakodas, bhajiyas, cheese-loaded dishes, flavoured teas and a lot […]
