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The Congress’ first family may have abandoned Amethi and the BJP’s win may be a given, but the fate of Amethi’s people and its landscape remains the same over the years, no matter which party is at the helm. The constituency had been a Congress home turf for decades and then BJP’s iron lady Smriti […]
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday confirmed that an aide of Arvind Kejriwal had misbehaved with a party MP in the Delhi chief minister’s residence on Monday. “Yesterday morning Swati Maliwal had gone to Arvind Kejriwal’s residence to meet him. While she was waiting in the drawing room, Bibhav Kumar came there and misbehaved […]
On the eve of the Lok Sabha elections held on May 7, at least 36 Ahmedabad-based schools received threatening emails about the blast, causing widespread fear among the populace. The police have traced these emails back to Pakistan and labelled them as an attempt to spread fear ahead of polling. The Lok Sabha elections for […]
Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) filed complaints with the Election Commission citing violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) by BJP polling agents who were allegedly seen using pens with symbols of the ruling party. Congress leaders also alleged BJP workers “threatened” voters while “anti-social” elements tried to stall the voting process in some […]
In Gujarat, it is not the BJP that wins. It is Prime Minister Narendra Modi. So confident is the BJP that it began its experiment of dropping sitting MPs by droves and giving a chance to new faces, many times political novices who went to win with handsome margins. In 2014 when Narendra Modi then […]
The Gujarat High Court has overturned the conviction of former BJP MP Dinu Solanki and six others in the murder case of RTI activist Amit Jethwa. The court quashed the CBI court’s order that had sentenced them to life imprisonment. The division bench, comprising Justices AS Supehia and Vimal K Vyas, gave the verdict on […]
Hollywood pop star Nick Jonas has announced that he has been diagnosed with Influenza A. He shared the news on his Instagram account, revealing that he has to cancel his upcoming shows due to his illness. The Jonas Brothers, the renowned band comprising of Nick, Kevin and Joe Jonas, had a line-up of performances scheduled […]
Former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is frustrated and makes utterances that do not befit a Prime Minister. He told media persons in Ahmedabad that the Prime Minister has got an idea after the second phase of polling and now he is frustrated. Alleging that there is […]
Refusing to go beyond the data released by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on the Lok Sabha candidates’ own declarations of their criminal record, educational qualification and assets, the Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR), a top-notch advocacy group, has declared Aam Aadmi Party candidate Chaitar Vasava, 35, having the highest number of criminal cases […]
In yet another major drug haul off India’s coast, Indian Coast Guard (ICG) along with Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) recently seized a Pakistani boat with around 86kg of heroin worth Rs 600 crore and arrested its crew of 14 from the neighbouring country. This was the second significant operation against […]
In the latest among a series of studies on risks of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs), and their impact on infrastructure and settlements downstream of such lakes, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has released satellite-data-based analysis on expansion of glacial lakes in the catchments of Indian Himalayan river basins. ISRO’s analysis says of the […]
Gujarat Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) P Bharathi, announced that a total of 4.97 crore voters, which includes 12.20 lakh first-time voters, are set to participate in the Lok Sabha elections and bypolls for five assembly seats in Gujarat on May 7. According to the final electoral roll, there are 4,97,68,677 voters expected to cast their […]
The Election Commission (EC) has received a complaint against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s controversial ‘infiltrators’ remark at a rally in Rajasthan on Sunday, sources said, adding that it is under consideration and was ‘examined’. In a scathing attack on the Congress, PM Modi, at a rally in Banswara had said, “The Congress manifesto says they […]
After a long search, the 12-member team of the Mumbai Crime Branch recovered a firearm – allegedly used for firing outside Salman Khan’s home earlier this month – from Tapi river in Surat.Senior police inspector Daya Nayak also travelled to Surat for the search operation. Apart from police officers from Surat, local divers and fishermen […]
A firm that outsourced labourers to Essar Projects (India) Limited in Surat has alleged fraud to the tune of Rs 3.5 crore by the officials of the engineering and construction company.Surendra Modi, owner of the Surat-based labour outsourcing company, told police that he had been supplying labourers on contract to Essar Projects in Hazira since […]
A mahapanchayat of the Rajput community held in Meerut’s Kheda village under Muzaffarnagar Lok Sabha constituency declared its decision to “boycott BJP candidates” in the first phase of general elections in Uttar Pradesh in protest against “non-implementation of government schemes, rise in unemployment, Agniveer Scheme and insult of the Rajput Samaj”.The boycott call, however, did […]
Model Economic Township Limited (MET City), a 100% subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited, witnessed a remarkable growth of 60% in the completed fiscal year of 2023-24. The total number of plots booked in the financial year were 1,079 across all segments, resulting in achieving a total booking value of Rs 1,913 crore for the financial […]
A secret marriage, divorce and a mystery woman, Punjabi singer and actor Diljit Dosanjh is a man of many colours.A few days back, it was reported that Diljit tied the knot to an Indian-American woman named Sandeep Kaur and kept it under wraps. He is also said to have a son, who lives with his […]
Months after Pakistan said it had credible evidence that Indian agents carried out two assassinations on Pakistani soil, drawing comparisons to the killing of a Sikh activist in Canada, The Guardian (‘Indian government ordered killings in Pakistan, intelligence officials claim’, April 4) claimed in a report that India’s intelligence agency R&AW, at the behest of […]
In October 2023, electoral bonds worth over Rs 11 crore were purchased in the name of six members of a Dalit family from Anjar, a small uneventful city in Gujarat’s Kutch district. As per SBI data released by the Election Commission of India, of these, bonds worth Rs 10 crore were encashed by the Bharatiya […]
