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The Ahmedabad Bench of Debt Recovery Tribunal (DRT), presided over by Laxman Madnani, has ordered M/s Sterling Oil Resource Limited and its directors Nitin and Chetan Sandesara to pay dues of Rs343.36 crore owed to nationalised banks within two months. DRT also issued a recovery certificate, which is based on Bank of Baroda’s (BoB) application […]
Misuse of Prevention of Anti-Social Activities (PASA) Act, 1985, has been a recurring theme with police forces of Gujarat. New cases are emerging every day, where the act was used by the police to detain someone without repercussions. The act in itself somehow offers a freehand to the police as it does not specifically pinpoint […]
The Ahmedabad Management Association organised a screening and discussion for the documentary ‘Kya Paani Mein Sarhad Hoti Hai.’ The event took place at AMA Seminar Hall, ATIRA Campus, Vastrapur, Ahmedabad. The keynote speakers of the evening were Jatin Desai, Senior Journalist and Peace Activist, and Veljibhai Masani, Leader of the Fishing Community. Malti Mehta, Member […]
Never before has the judiciary in any part of the world administered such an application. Thursday saw the Gujarat High Court take in a petition from as many as 600 people from 100 families “seeking euthanasia due to deteriorating economic situation and lack of basic amenities.”The application, filed president of Gosabara Muslim Fishermen’s Society, states […]
The only thing that stood between the Ishwarbhai Verma brothers of Gujarat and a 79-acres land was thirty-one paise. In December 2019, Rakesh Ishwarbhai Verma and Manoj Ishwarbhai Verma bought a piece of land in the Zolapur village of Sanand taluka in Ahmedabad. However, receiving land ownership has been quite a task for them. The […]
Anti-Terrorism Squad, Ahmedabad, (ATSA) today seized 54 weapons and exposed a major arms scam in Saurashtra. The ATSA has registered a case and is conducting further investigations. Saurashtra is seeing increasing number large-scale arms smuggling incidents lately, and this has led to young people taking up violence in the region. This successful operation by ATSA […]
Gujarat government has increased fuel surcharge for almost all consumers for the third time in 2022. The reason behind the hike is purchasing costly power from the energy exchanges. On April 29, Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd (GUVNL) directed the four electricity distribution companies to charge Rs 2.30 per unit, as per the Fuel & […]
The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Education Board have announced June 15 as the tentative date for the declaration of exam results. The candidates who appeared for the Gujarat Board SSC exams can view their grades on the official website of GSEB. According to the sources, the assessment process and marking of answer sheets are almost […]
Four days after he went “missing,” the presiding seer of Bharti Ashram Trust, Mahamandaleshwar Hariharanand, was found from a rural bus stop in Jowar village, Thane, and was brought to the Vadodara Detection of Crime Branch late on Wednesday. ACP Chauhan briefed mediapersons that the seer had recorded his statement. “He did not want any […]
The district special court this morning has sentenced Fenil Goyani to death for the killing of 21-year old Grishma Vekaria. The court had convicted Goyani of the crime on April 21 and today it has decided on his punishment. This decision definitely brings some sense of closure to Grishma’s family, who had been demanding capital […]
The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday directed the Central Government to re-issue a Blue Corner Notice for two young girls who went missing from the controversial self-styled Nithyanand Swami’s ashram in Hathijan in Ahmedabad in November 2018. A Blue Corner Notice had been issued long back against the self-proclaimed godman, who was facing charges of […]
The Tapi river, lifeline of India’s diamond city Surat, will be transformed with riverfront development at a cost of Rs 3,904 crore. It is understood that the riverfront will be developed on the lines of Sabarmati riverfront in Ahmedabad. Facilities for recreation, transport, and tourism will be developed in phases on both the banks of […]
Since the COVID-19 lockdown, Gujarat has witnessed an investment of ₹2,000 crores in 115 new manufacturing plants licensed for making drugs and API (active pharmaceutical ingredients). Gujarat’s pharmaceutical scenario is flourishing at lightning speed by reducing its import dependence. The pharma industry is taking baby steps with one revolutionary innovation at a time. Currently, the […]
Civil Hospital of Surat is in the news for all the wrong reasons as a recent video of the wards went viral. The video shows a stray dog roaming around the patients who are laying of beds and floors. The dogs moving around the patients is a serious matter as these animals carry innumerable germs […]
The Gujarat High Court quashed three detention orders filed under the Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act (PASA), 1985. “When two people quarrel and fight and assault each other inside a house or in a street, it may be said that there is a disorder but not public disorder,” the division bench of Justice S.H Vohra […]
A unique and sacred event was held at Unawa village in Gandhinagar district yesterday, where a mass marriage ceremony was organized for the underprivileged and orphaned youth of the Thakor community. Union Minister of State for Communications Dev Singh Chauhan was the chief guest at the ceremony. BJP general secretary Rajni Patel and other dignitaries were also present on the […]
The Gujarat High Court will consider whether sending reminders to parents for non-payment of fees constitutes an offence under Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015. Cruelty (physical or mental suffering) to children is penalised under the provisions of this Act. Justice Bhargav Karia has issued notice on a […]
Leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party met Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation employees who attempted suicide as they sensed livelihood insecurity from outsourcing. According to sources, these sweepers resisted outsourcing by Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation and protested for 108 days. It is understood that they were fed up with the false assurances of the BJP. Of these, three […]
With Ashwin Kotwal, a senior MLA from Khedbrahma having quit and joined the BJP on Tuesday, the opposition party has lost as many as 16 legislators to the ruling BJP ever since the 2017 State Assembly elections. The latest party position in the Gujarat Assembly ahead of its December elections as of now stands at […]
Less than a week after the Gujarat Congress struck a bonhomie of sorts with Patidar leader and its State working president Hardik Patel, who has been sulking for months of being given short shrift in the party, at a ceremony to observe the death anniversary of his father, the 29-year-old Patel is at it again. […]
