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An Ahmedabad sessions court has rejected the anticipatory bail plea of former CEO of Gujarat State Aviation Infrastructure (Gujsail), Capt Ajay Chauhan, in a bribery case lodged against him and two others by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in June. Chauhan has claimed innocence in the case. His lawyer said Chauhan was in a foreign country, […]
In a significant ruling on Thursday, the Supreme Court delivered a 6:1 verdict permitting the sub-classification of Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) to facilitate separate quotas for the more marginalised members within these backward communities. The Constitution bench, chaired by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, overturned a 2004 decision which had deemed that […]
Scientists have now identified high cholesterol and untreated vision loss as risk factors for dementia. A new Lancet Commission on dementia prevention, intervention, and care also found that nearly half of cases of dementia worldwide may be attributed to such risk factors. Its most prevalent form is Alzheimer’s Disease, which accounts for about 60-70 per cent […]
The ongoing construction of the Surat metro rail bridge on the Saroli to Kadodara road came to a halt amid concerns over the safety and quality of the project when the overhead span of the metro line dangerously tilted to one side. The concrete span has developed cracks and iron rods beneath the surface are […]
Jignesh Mevani, the Congress leader and MLA from the Vadgam assembly constituency in Gujarat has challenged the Government of Gujarat in a plea to the High Court for Non-Constitution Of Committee To Oversee Implementation Of SC/ST Act. The Gujarat High Court has sought a response from the state. The single judge bench of Justice Sangeeta […]
A report published by the Association of Democratic Reforms has revealed that major discrepancies exist between the number of votes in the EVM and the number of votes at the time of counting. The Report mentions that the total number of differences is about 5 crore across 542 Lok Sabha seats in India. In Gujarat, […]
The Special Intelligence and Investigation Branch ( SIIB) of customs at Mundra Port in Gujarat, seized conseignments of regulated medicines worth Rs. 110 crore illegally being sent to Africa. The two conseignments originated in Rajkot. The Customs have initiated searches at Rajkot, Gandhinagar, and Gandhidham. The two consignments were destined for Siera Leone and Niger, […]
The police have arrested a minor BJP functionary and an ASI trying to illegally sneak in 800 bottles of alcohol in Gujarat. Jayesh Bhavsar, the former ward president of Asarwa ward in Ahmedabad for the BJP and Pravin Chauhan, an Armed ASI, working at the Shahibaug police headquarters, were held near Biladiya village in Vijaynagar […]
The Supreme Court order, which declined the re-examination but mandated revised results for NEET UG students, had an unexpected effect on four first-rankers in Gujarat. Several Gujarat students got minus five marks as per the new assessment. The revised results relegated them lower in the rankings. The change would make their selection at the premium […]
Two interesting news stories expose the Vibrant Gujarat Model. In one, a young man was caught faking IDs of government officials to order food from the restaurants, and in another, an attempt was made to defraud the BJP workers by people posing as PMO officials, offering them a multi-crore bungalow at a throw-away price in […]
Retired IAS officer Dr. SK Nanda, of Gujarat cadre, has died of a cardiac arrest in the USA. An IAS of the 1978 batch, Dr. Nanda, known for his amicable and helpful nature, was visiting his daughter in the USA. He was about 69 years old. Dr Nanda, originally from Odisha, had made Gujarat his […]
A girl student has filed a complaint with the police accusing Paresh Radadiya, trustee of Girls’ Hostel run by D B Patel Education Trust in Rajkot and his friend Madhu Tadhani of molestation and gang rape. Paresh Radadiya is the husband of a member of Rajkot District Panchayat and a BJP leader. Madhu Tadhani is […]
In the 24th year of the twenty-first century, Ajay Parmar, a 24-year-old man, whose fate made him born from the womb of some woman identified as Scheduled Caste under the law was mercilessly beaten by men born from wombs of women identifying themselves as upper castes, in one of the most economically advanced states of […]
Punja Vansh, former MLA and the senior Congress leader has accused the BJP Government in Gujarat of unduly favouring Grasim Industries. The former chairman of the Public Accounts Committee in the Gujarat assembly has said that the Gujarat government has caused loss to the state exchequer by waiving Rs. 280 crores of dues from the […]
While Central and South Gujarat are being hammered by the incessant rains, with a total of 22 talukas receiving more than 4 inches of rain in a matter of few hours, the rains have caused havoc in the region of Dwarka too. Nine have lost their lives and around 4238 are evacuated as the rain […]
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The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday directed the amicus curiae accompanied by an independent lawyer to meet victims of the Morbi suspension bridge collapse on its behalf to understand the ground reality and submit a report. The British-era bridge on the Machchu River collapsed on October 30, 2022, killing 135 persons and injuring 56. A […]
An FIR has been lodged at the Botad police station in Gujarat against two people and an unknown person, allegedly someone posing as working in the Sachivalaya, for duping people with fake promises of procuring jobs as health workers. The police have initiated an investigation. A 29-year-old woman named Hetal Paragbhai Gohil from Bhavnagar has […]
Nirmala Sitharaman’s seventh consecutive budget presented yesterday in the Lok Sabha has elicited strong responses based on side of the political prism one is looking from. One of the most talked-about proposals is the removal of the indexation benefit from the calculation of gains on long-term property sales. It has seen some of the ardent […]
Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government’s first budget after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections has announced measures to boost jobs and employment, in an echo to the poll campaign in which unemployment among the youth emerged as a major issue. In its bid to boost unemployment, […]
