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In an exemplary hearing, Gujarat High Court has issued an order in favor of the petitioners who are retired teachers in their 80s, saying that they had the right to receive pension according to the revised pension scale. The bench headed by Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Ashutosh J Shastri ordered the respondents, the […]
The National Students Union of India (NSUI) on Wednesday protested against the decision of the Gujarat University administration to conduct the exams for Semesters 2, 4 and 6, when some programs had just completed exams of Semesters 1, 3 and 5. Speaking to VoI NSUI leader, Karan Modi said, “How can the University declare next […]
In a rarely seen coincidence, a couple who were fighting over breach of consent terms regarding the custody of their 6-year-old twin children suddenly decided to rejoin and live together. The couple’s marriage is not yet dissolved and the husband (respondent) and wife (petitioner) were separated for three years under section 13B of the Hindu […]
The division bench of Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Ashutosh J Shastri today ordered an advocate who is the ‘party-in-person’ to pay a “nominal amount of Rs 1000 to Chief Minister’s COVID relief fund within four weeks”. The contempt petition of the counsel was dismissed by the bench stating, “Qualitative judicial time has been […]
A woman got Rs 1,70,000 due to her for seven years as arrears on alimony after a division bench of Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice Ashutosh K Shastri asked her ex-husband to pay the amount immediately failing which he would become a civil prisoner. At the same time, the court directed the respondent to […]
The Gujarat Congress on Monday alleged that the BJP-led state government has felled more than 17,000 trees in Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad alone. The party went on to tweet that the BJP had destroyed trees in the name of development. In a written reply to a question raised in the Budget session by Vadgam MLA (Independent), […]
In a contempt of court case listed before the division bench of Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice A.J. Shastri, the CJ clarified that the court cannot issue directions in contempt jurisdiction on Monday. During the hearing, the Advocate for the petitioner said that the court had directed to conclude the elections of the Jamaat […]
Jenny Virjibhai Thummar took charge as the the President of the Gujarat Pradesh Mahila Congress (GPMC) on Saturday in the presence of Congress State President Jagdish Thakor and AICC State in charge Raghu Sharma.She replaced Gayatriba Vaghela as head of the Gujarat Pradesh Mahila Congress. Last month Congress president Sonia Gandhi appointed Thummar as head […]
Gujarat Congress commenced the ‘Azadi Gaurav Yathra’ on Wednesday from Sabarmati Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad. The National Seva Dal President Lalji Desai, who hails from Gujarat, said, “Congress is launching this ‘padayatra’ or foot march from Gandhi Ashram to showcase the role played by the party in India’s freedom struggle and its contribution in nation-building post-independence”. […]
Payal, a 24-year-old Adivasi transwoman from Rajkot, was gang-raped during the second wave of Covid and was later admitted to the New Civil Hospital at Surat on July 19 last year. A self-taught Warli artist and Bharatanatyam dancer, Payal breaks down as she recounts her harrowing tale to Vibes of India. “I was financially struggling during the Covid-19 crisis. I was forced into sex work with a […]
Gujarat Congress on Thursday alleged the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party)-led state government for cheating and looting the Adivasi community of Gujarat. Gujarat Congress State President Jagdish Thakor claimed that the union and state government violates the right of Adivasis to live with dignity. “There is no hope for stable education and employment among the Adivasis. […]
Ayesha finally got her phone. And it helped her finish 12th grade. She is now 19. She was 17 and in grade 11 when India closed schools as part of a nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID in March 2020. Ayesha lives in Danilimda, Ahmedabad. During the lockdown, she didn’t have a smartphone. […]
In Citizen Nagar, an urban slum in Ahmedabad, the Sun rises and sets in the 75-feet high Pirana garbage dumps. Sufiya Banu, 50 and her family resides next door to the Pirana. Around 50 families are residing in Citizen Nagar since they are internally displaced after the 2002 Gujarat Riots. Earlier, they were at Naroda, […]
Indian National Congress lost the 2022 assembly elections, as Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) swept Punjab and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) retains Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa. The grand old party had lost its grip among the people. So, it’s high time that the Congress party needs a self-retrospection questioning their failure. Rahul Gandhi tweeted, “humbly […]
The Gujarat Congress has alleged that the Covid-19 crisis and the BJP Government’s ham-fisted handling of the situation has worsened the life of informal sector workers. Addressing the Domestic and Construction Workers Union on Tuesday, Congress leader and chairman of All India Unorganized Workers Congress Ashok Punjabi said the pandemic and BJP government had adversely […]
Congress leader Hardik Patel on Monday said that if the government doesn’t withdraw the cases against the Patidar youths, then we will launch a statewide agitation by March 23. “Today, I am not speaking as a party leader, but as an agitator”, he added. Patel, who was in Rajkot, addressed a press conference stating that […]
Philosophy of the Indian National Congress (INC) is the bedrock of the Indian Constitution, said Gujarat Congress on Tuesday. Congress Party has striven to forge an India which is just, empowering and inclusive, added many Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee Leaders in a meeting on Tuesday. Speaking to Vibes of India (Vo!), Hitendra Pitadiya, Schedule Castes […]
Gujarat will achieve cent per cent Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) within seven months This reassuring projection has been made by Water and Sanitation Management Authority (WASMO) which aims to achieve tap water connectivity in all the 33 districts of Gujarat through the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM). Speaking to Vibes of India, Dr Jincy Roy, […]
Hours after North Gujarat Congress leader and spokesperson Jayrajsinh Parmar quit on Thursday claiming he was not being given his due in the party, the State Congress asserted that he had resigned of his own volition. Speaking to Vibes of India (Vo!), Manish Doshi, chief spokesperson of Gujarat Congress, said, “Leaving the party is his […]
Three days after the brutal murder of a girl by her jilted lover in Surat, an avalanche of protest broke out on Tuesday with the Gujarat Congress demanding the resignation of Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghavi, an MLA from the city. Simultaneously, several diamond industrialists and Patidar community leaders have handed over a […]
