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Priyank Panchal is a Senior Tax Assistant with the Income Tax Department, Gujarat. He got into the I-T department through the sports quota in 2014. Recently, the I-T officer-cum-battler replaced Rohit Sharma in the upcoming three-match Test series against South Africa. “Even before he joined the Income Tax department, Panchal was passionate about it. He […]
India carries out successful tests of Pinaka Extended Range (Pinaka-ER), Area Denial Munitions (ADM) and indigenously developed fuzes at various test ranges on Saturday. In an official statement, the Ministry of Defence said, “The DRDO, along with the Army, conducted a series of performance evaluation trials. In these trials, enhanced range Pinaka rockets were test-fired […]
The Central government has cleaned up 4.28 Crore bogus and ineligible ration cards from the public distribution system to ensure that the subsidised food grains under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) is distributed among genuine beneficiaries. Due to use of information technology for TPDS reforms, digitization of ration cards data, deduplication process, permanent migration, […]
The Gujarat Government on Wednesday reappointed 16 IAS officers, including the additional director of Sarva Siksha Abhiyan IAS JP Devangan (Guj: 2012) who is appointed to continue to officiate on ex-cadre post of additional director of Sarva Siksha Abhiyan. Director of District Rural Development Agency, Porbandar IAS SD Dhanani (Guj: 2012) is appointed to continue […]
Gujarat on Saturday recorded 44 new cases, out of which one was confirmed to be infected by the Omicron variant. Meanwhile, in Rajkot city 112 people have come from abroad. 12 people are from high-risk countries including 10 people from the UK and two people from Germany. Amit Arora, Municipal Commissioner Rajkot said, “Medical teams […]
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Saturday called an urgent meeting of the health department to review Gujarat’s preparedness after the State reported its first case of Omicron infection. At the meeting attended by State Health Minister Hrishikesh Patel and Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghvi, the chief minister stressed on stepping up 3 Ts […]
The first case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 was recorded in Gujarat on December 4, with a state resident testing positive for the virus in Jamnagar, Saurashtra. It seems like a déjà vu moment for the COVID-19 situation in Gujarat. The very first COVID case in the state was registered in Rajkot, Saurashtra on March […]
A leopard was found dead on the Kadi-Chhatral Highway, Ahmedabad on Sunday morning. It could have been hit by a vehicle, locals suggested. The animal died due to injuries. The stretch from where the leopard’s carcass was recovered is a busy highway. Frequent accidents of animals such as roadside cows, dogs and cats were registered […]
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel addressed the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit (VGGS) 2022 Promotions in New Delhi today. The three-days event which will begin from January 10 seeks to attract investments in the state from different sectors. Addressing the audience of the event, CM Patel informed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be inaugurating the […]
Gandhinagar district police arrested a labourer for allegedly raping three minor girls, aged between three and seven years, and killing one of them within ten days, officials said on Monday. The girl’s medical check-up confirmed that she was raped. Inspector General of Police, Gandhinagar range, Abhay Chudasama said “The accused is married with a daughter. […]
The Aryan Khan case has found itself a new name of an ethical hacker. On October 27, an ethical hacker reportedly approached the police and claimed that he was offered an amount of Rs 5 lakh to get the cell records of Shah Rukh Khan’s manager and others. As per the reports, Manish Bhangale, an […]
A priest molested a 12-year-old girl on the premises of the Shree Jagannath Temple in Odisha’s Puri town. When the girl was offering prayers at one of the 136 smaller temples on the premises of the 12th-century shrine, the priest allegedly molested her. She was alone in Bamana temple while her parents were in the […]
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra has been arrested in Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, wherein nine people lost their lives. The nine-member SIT arrested Mishra after interrogating him for more than 11 hours. The SIT is headed by Deputy Inspector General of Police, Upendra Agarwal. DIG Upendra Agarwal, Saharanpur informed […]
Walter Vieira All is well that ends well. It has been a trauma for many, many years to see one of the worlds best airlines, which was,’ iconic,’ and recognised globally as the ‘ maharaja airline ‘- slowly go down the ‘ brand slide ‘ to a stage where it was the ‘ last resort […]
I had spoken about Elias Canetti’s novel, Auto Da Fe, in my earlier column about marital relationships. In fact, Elias Canetti, Nobel laureate, has another fascinating small book in his oeuvre. This is Kafka’s Other Trial. In this rivetting read, Canetti talks about the problems between Franz Kafka and his fiancée, Felice. Canetti traces how […]
The seizure of one of the biggest consignments of heroin in India at Mundra port in Gujarat put a house in Vijaywada under radar. A couple Machavaram Sudhakar and Govindaraju Durga Purna Vaishali set up a shell company Aashi Trading to obtain import and export licenses for illegal smuggling. Last week, the narcotics stock, valued […]
The secretariat of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training has made the reshuffle of IAS (1986-1989 batch) at the secretary level in Government of India. The reshuffle involves 13 Secretary and upgradation of nine Special Secretary. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) […]
Bhupendra Patel was sworn in as Gujarat’s 17th Chief Minister on Monday at the Gandhinagar Raj Bhawan a day after he was unanimously selected as the leader of the BJP legislature party on Sunday. BJP known for throwing surprises continued its pattern by announcing Patel, 59, as the position of Chief Minister with just 14 months […]
In a surprise political decision, Bhupendra Patel has been named the new Chief Minister of Gujarat. This humble, fresh face from Ghatlodiya, Ahmedabad has dislodged other contenders who were being mooted, including Mansukh Mandaviya, Nitin Patel, CR Paatil and others. Patel won the election as an MLA in 2017 and has been appreciated for his […]
