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Urban flooding is a perennial problem in several Indian cities that poses various challenges to their growth and development. However, a study conducted jointly by CEPT University, Ahmedabad and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay has found that low-impact development (LID) strategies such as having a ‘green roof’ is a potential way out of this […]
Mumbai police arrested a 25-year-old IT engineer from Vadodara (Gujarat) for his social media post warning about the possibility of a bomb explosion at the wedding of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant, in Mumbai last week. “The accused, identified as Viral Ashra, is an Information Technology (IT) engineer, who was nabbed by the Mumbai police’s […]
Gujarat Congress Legislative Party leader Amit Chavda has levelled serious allegations of collusion with the Chief Minister’s Office in covering up the rampant corruption in land-related scams. The opposition leader demanded to know why the investigation for Rs. 2000 crore land scam in Dumas is not going forward at a faster pace. The Anklav MLA […]
A newly built flyover in Gujarat is already in need of serious repairs as the iron strips have come out within three months of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel declaring it open to the public. The foundation stone of the bridge, situated on the Dakor bypass road to reach Thasra, Kapadvanj, and Nadiad, was laid down […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday attended the ‘Shubh Aashirwad’ ceremony of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant. Among the guests at the ceremony, which took place the day following the couple’s marriage, were politicians, businessmen, spiritual leaders, and global celebrities. Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant touched the Prime Minister’s feet to seek his blessings. PM […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing his toughest battle in Maharashtra soon after the BJP and its allies met their Waterloo in the Lok Sabha polls there. Talk of credibility, which catapulted the BJP to the top spot in 2014, as it was riding the Modi wave, is once again an issue here ahead of […]
Gallery iRam Art has brought some exciting work by two young Bangladeshi artists to Ahmedabad, in an exhibition titled Embodied Vestiges, which opened on Friday. This is the iRam gallery’s second exhibition since it opened in March. Speaking to VO! at the opening, founder Harssh Shah said iRam’s objective is to set a global benchmark for […]
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday declared that the government has decided to observe June 25, the day the ‘Emergency’ was imposed in 1975, as “Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas” in order to pay tribute to the “massive contributions” of those who suffered during the era of barbaric suffering. Additionally, he stated that by celebrating “Samvidhaan […]
The Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Police have dismantled a fraudulent network connected to Chinese accomplices. The network, operating out of Krishav Enterprise at Maruti Plaza in Krishna Nagar, exploited people’s bank account information to defraud them. The modus operandi involved enticing individuals to open bank accounts, collecting their account details and then converting deposited funds into […]
A remission petition filed in the Supreme Court by Dara Singh, who is serving a life sentence for the 1999 murder of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two minor sons, has sparked a controversy, with opposition leaders questioning the timing of the move that follows the installation of Odisha’s first BJP government. The gruesome […]
The Indian cricket team is expected to skip the 2025 Champions Trophy in Pakistan. Sources within the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) revealed that the team management will request the International Cricket Council (ICC) to relocate the matches to either Dubai or Sri Lanka. India and Pakistan have not faced each other […]
The Gujarat Medical and Education Research Society (GMERS) has increased the MBBS annual tuition fee for its 13 colleges to Rs 5.50 lakh from the extant Rs 3.50 lakh. With a one-time 57.14 per cent fee hike, an MBBS student will now have to shell out a hefty Rs 24.75 lakh for the total duration […]
Approximately 250 people formed a human chain to assist October Books, a community bookshop, in relocating to a new store. The bookshop faced financial challenges due to a rent hike, rendering their previous premises unaffordable. Volunteers gathered last Sunday to transport over 2,000 books across a 150-meter distance to the bookshop’s new location—a former bank […]
The Central Bureau of Investigation has apprehended a person in relation to suspected “manipulation” in the NEET-UG examination in Latur, Maharashtra on Monday, taking the total number of arrests by the agency to nine. In relation to the Latur case, which the Maharashtra police had previously looked into, the CBI reportedly arrested an individual identified […]
During Lord Jagannath’s Rath Yatra in Odisha, two different incidents resulted in at least two deaths and over 130 injuries on Sunday. A health official said that a Bolangir resident died from suffocation during the Rath Yatra in Puri, describing the circumstances as similar to a stampede. “When we put him in the ambulance, his […]
Mahua Moitra, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP, has been booked for using derogatory remarks against National Commission of Women (NCW) chief Rekha Sharma. Following a complaint filed with the Delhi Police on Friday by the Women’s Commission, an FIR was registered in the case. A complaint was received from NCW, alleging that a purported repost […]
The Bihar government on Friday suspended 14 engineers in relation to a series of recent incidents of bridge collapse in the state, a senior official said. The decision was taken after an investigation panel submitted its report to the water resources department. “It was found that engineers were negligent and monitoring was ineffective’ that is […]
The future of the TransStadia Stadium located in Kankaria, Ahmedabad, once a dream project of the Gujarat government, is as much in doldrums as the financial longevity of the companies behind this mega project. Insolvency has been filed against TransStadia Holdings Pvt Ltd and SE TransStadia Pvt Ltd, which are involved in the construction and […]
Champai Soren, Hemant Soren’s close aide, resigned from the post five months after taking the oath of office on Wednesday, paving the way for Hemant Soren to assume the position once again. Two days after Hemant Soren, the former chief minister, was taken into custody by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a land fraud, […]
Amritpal Singh, a jailed pro-Khalistan preacher, has been granted a four-day parole for swearing-in as an MP. The Waris Punjab De Chief, who was detained in the Dibrugarh jail of Assam under the National Security Act (NSA), emerged victorious in the recently concluded general elections, winning by a margin of about 1.97 lakh votes from […]
