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In the wake of emerging of Omicron, Covid cases are again on the rise in the state. Two kids from two schools of Ahmedabad have tested positive – informed the school authorities to the District Education Officer (DEO) on December 22. “A student of class 2 at Sattva Vikas School in Thaltej has tested positive.” […]
For 53-year-old Bhavnaben, the Rs 7 lakh insurance money she got after a long, unending legal battle seems to pale in comparison to the war she waged with life after her husband died in a tragic accident 30 years ago leaving her alone with two little children. But she persevered and mounted an unflinching case […]
Kutch SP Mayur Patil has issued clarification regarding a viral video which claimed that a mob was chanting Pakistan Zindabad slogans outside the counting center during Gram Panchayat elections held recently. Home Minister Harsh Sanghvi had immediately ordered an inquiryin the matter, looking to the seriousness of the issue. Now Kutch SP Mayur Patil has […]
Home department has issued orders for promotion and transfer of 7 SPs of the state as DIGs. Deepan Bhadran at present posted as Superintendent of Police at Jamnagar has been promoted as Deputy Inspector General of Police and has been appointed at Anti Terrorist Squad, Ahmedabad. Makrand Chauhan acting Superintendent of Police of Zone-3, Ahmedabad […]
Gujarat on Wednesday recorded nine more coronavirus cases of Omicron variant, out of which five patients were detected in Ahmedabad. With this update, the Omicron tally in the state has reached 23. In Ahmedabad, all those detected with the Omicron variant have a travel history. A mother-daughter duo – a native of Makarba – had […]
The race has begun and close competitors are seven candidates. A mandatory 10 years of experience as professor in a reputable research or educational institution has been deemed essential for the role. The fray was thrown open Monday by the University Registrar. To be announced by January end, word is rife that state BJP President […]
Six drug smugglers from Pakistan with drugs worth Rs 400 crore, nabbed in a joint operation by Gujarat ATS and Indian Coast Guard recently off the Jakhau coast in Kutch were produced before special NDPS court in Bhuj today. The court granted 11-day remand to the accused. 77 packets of heroin worth Rs 384 crore […]
Despite rife protests from the Opposition, the Aadhar-Voter ID link was passed on Monday in the Lok Sabha. Tuesday saw it push through the Upper house too. However, the joint opposition has raised a strongobjection saying it violates the fundamental right to privacy. The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill 2021 will enable linking of electoral roll […]
The incident of mass ragging at the Boys Hostel of the Government Physiotherapy College in Jamnagar has come to light. An inquiry has been launched into the matter and a written complaint has been lodged by more than 25 students alleging ragging. Reportedly, more than 25 students of second year staying with the freshers in […]
Asit Vora, the chairman of the Gujarat Secondary Service Selection Board currently under fire for the paper leak scandal of the recently-held head clerks’ examination, has approached the office of Gujarat Chief Minister, even as a Cabinet meeting on the incident is underway this morning. A private meeting between the CM and Vora has reportedly […]
When Bhupendra Patel’s name was announced at a BJP Legislature Party meeting on September 12, 2021, as the new Gujarat Chief Minister in Gandhinagar, he was taken aback. Patel, 59, was sitting in the fourth row among dozens of MLAs like him, in a simple shirt and trouser, no way dressed for the occasion — […]
Even as the Central and Gujarat governments re-started work on the Rs 1,200-crore Gandhi Ashram Memorial and Precinct Development Project, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation is facing stiff resistance by residents whose dwellings will be razed to make way for the proposed “larger” ashram premises spread across 120 acres. The matter was re-ignited on November 23. […]
Seven months ago, the Delta variant unleashed a wave of infections across the state resulting in loss and grief. Omicron, which is three times more transmissible than Delta, as per the Union Health Ministry has now begun to unleash yet another wave of infections. However, amidst this surge in cases, it is shocking to know […]
The state on Tuesday recorded 87 new coronavirus cases and two related deaths – both in Valsad – thereby taking the state’s active cases tally to 589. Ahmedabad recorded 33 new cases – a rise of 153% in the past 24 hours. The city had 171 active cases until Tuesday evening. With this update, Ahmedabad […]
The Gandhinagar Police on Tuesday produced as many as 64 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) members, including 6 leaders, in a court and nine of them were remanded to police custody while some of them were refused bail. At least 70 of them were arrested in connection with the scuffle with the police and BJP workers […]
In an unprecedented development for Gujarat, the seemingly invincible BJP has been brought to its knees with a vociferous opposition forcing the State Government to cancel the controversial head clerks exam after it has been established that the paper had leaked. And this victory — whether the BJP or the Congress likes it or […]
The Gujarat High Court has halted the recruitment process of the Information and Broadcasting Department’s recruitment process for different positions of Class-I and Class-II after the Head Clerk Recruitment Exam Paper Leak Scam. An application by candidates who did not get in due to fault this appointment process was made in the High Court questioning […]
In a country where it is believed that family comes before anyone else, the candidate at the Charwada Gram Panchayat in Valsad did not even receive votes from his family. The candidate at ward number 5 of the Gram Panchayat of Vapi Taluka, Valsad district only received one vote. It was found that Santosh Halpati’s […]
The dots that link the dramatis personae and make the curious net in the Gujarat Subordinate Service Selection Board paper leak is starting to smell terribly fishy. Gitaben, the wife of one of the arrested persons Kishor Kandas Acharya has told the media that her husband is being made a scapegoat to shield someone bigger. […]
Gujarat government has banned surrogacy through Surrogacy Bill, however, a gritty woman who says she never was shortchanged and could come out of abject poverty thankfully by letting her womb twice has charted another unusual trajectory, Bhanu from Gorva village with 2000 odd inhabitants in Borsad taluka of Anand district in Gujarat is elected sarpanch […]
