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Amid the wake of emerging cases of Omicron, two more people who came in contact with the NRI who was tested positive for Omicron, have been tested positive in Jamnagar district of Gujarat on December 10. This has brought the total tally of cases in the state to three. Gujarat reported its first case of […]
The Income Tax Department initiated a search and seizure operation on Dec 3 on a Sangini group, and Arihant jewellers in Surat. The search action has led to the seizure of unexplained cash of Rs. 4 crore and jewellery valued at Rs. 3 crore while more than a dozen bank lockers have been placed under […]
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) will honour Indian architect Balkrishna Doshi with the 2022 RIBA royal gold medal. The 94-year-old, who lives in Ahmedabad, has been honoured for his “delightfully purposeful” architecture. This accolade comes nearly four years after Doshi became the first Indian architect to have bagged the prestigious Pritzker Prize in […]
The output of food products and beverages manufacturing units in Gujarat has grown by a whopping Rs 4424.02 Crore from 2016-17 to 2018-19. In the year 2017-18 the food industry in the State stood at 128483.24. The total agri-food exports has grown from US$ 36.18 billion in 2014-15 to US$ 38.32 billion in 2020-21 at […]
The Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) officials arrested a Surat resident on Thursday for an Input Tax Credit (ITC) fraud to the tune of Rs 26 crore. Abdul Samad Kapadia obtained Aadhar Cards, Pan Cards, and bank account details of different people to create dummy firms and operate from them. Of a total of […]
We already know of the brand Kiremko. Think McCain Smileys and French Fries! The Netherland-based based company is the name behind food processing equipment in the frozen food sector. And now, Kiremko is eyeing an investment worth 25 million euros (approx Rs 213.7 crore) in Gujarat. The firm currently supplies food processing equipment to manufacturers […]
The District Land Valuation Committee (DLVC) of Rajkot finally approved a proposal to allot 100 acres to the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation in Dhandhani village on the eastern outskirts of the city for a proposed dairy plant. The proposal will now be forwarded to the Gujarat government for final approval. This decision comes months […]
“How can you decide what people should eat? Suddenly because someone in power thinks that this is what they want to do? Tomorrow you will decide what I should eat outside my house?” These were the strong words of Justice Biren Vaishnav of the Gujarat High Court, hearing a petition by street vendors selling eggs […]
Incidents of people firing in the air at wedding ceremonies are now becoming common in Gujarat. In Devbhoomi Dwarka district, a video of firing once again went viral today in which a youth is seen firing in the air with his pistol. In the rural areas of Saurashtra, there are still incidents of firing in […]
The Gujarat (Right of Citizens to Public Services) Act, 2013 was enacted with high hopes, to bring about accountability in the delivery of civic services. But five years later, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation is still struggling to live up to the demands of the charter, which among other things, required every public authority to publish […]
Teams from the Vadodara municipal corporation had to carry out a drive to impound stray cattle in the Nagarwada area of the city after a man was knocked down by a cow on Monday, December 6. The man, who suffers from disabilities, was out on a walk in the morning when he was knocked down […]
After an accused in the case of allegedly assaulting a Dalit family for entering a temple in a village in Kutch managed to escape, three police constables were suspended on Tuesday. As many as 20 men were booked for allegedly assaulting a Dalit family on October 26 for entering a temple in Gandhidham’s Ner village. […]
The patient with the confirmed case of Omicron variant in Jamnagar district of Gujarat was staying as an NRI with a family where seven children used to visit for the tuition. Now amid the fear of the spread of the Omicron variant in the state, giving a sigh of relief on Wednesday, officers of Jamnagar […]
The cybercrime police station of Ahmedabad on Wednesday filed a complaint of fraud against a fake State Bank of India customer care employee. Complainant Bhavika told the police that the person whom she had contacted to assist her with the net banking issues posed as an SBI employee. The 41-year-old complainant, working in a private […]
Kindness comes naturally to humans. When people found out a fox had fallen in a well in the Moti Khokhari village of Jamkhambhaliya taluka in Devbhumi Dwarka district of Gujarat, people arranged to rescue it The fox fell into 80 feet deep well in the wadi area of the village. As soon as people came […]
The Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) was created for employment opportunities through micro-entrepreneurial ventures in rural and urban areas. Of the 8,567 projects slated, only 27 percent were realized. Three-quarters into the fiscal year (2021-22) and stock-taking reveals that barely 27 percent of the targets have been met. In fact, on a dismal note, […]
In a major crackdown by the Income Tax department on Wednesday, the Ahmedabad department officials raided 24 locations of SAL Group of Companies. Director Rajendra Shah, his son Karan Shah and other board of directors of the company are under I-T department’s radar. A team of around 100 I-T officials are deployed for the raid […]
Maybe as a soft launch to the currently debated relaxation of prohibition in Gandhinagar, the sessions court here on Nov 24, deemed six months of rigorous imprisonment for alcohol consumption “too high a penalty.” This in reference to a particular case. It suggested a 15-day jail instead, in view of the fact that the accused […]
Ahmedabad: Here’s news to bring good cheer during the holiday season. State health officials on Tuesday, shared that 81 percent stayed on schedule for second vax dose in Gujarat. While state capital Ahmedabad has reached 99 percent coverage of its first dose, it lags behind at 66 percent for the second shot. Gandhinagar, Bhavnagar, Rajkot and Junagadh […]
After a 38-year-old rape accused was sentenced to death by a court in Surat after completing the trial in just 33 days, Gujarat MoS for Home affairs, Harsh Sanghavi said that the state government has decided to put up hoardings all over the state, displaying the photograph of every rape convicts along with the details […]
