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Over 30 media professionals from print, online, and radio gathered in Ahmedabad for a two-day ‘National Media Workshop on Road Safety,’ organised by UNICEF. The event sought to enhance the capacity of journalists to promote road safety, particularly for children and adolescents, and to foster collaboration between experts, government officials, and the media to advocate […]
Five workers died from suffocation due to a gas leak at Emami Agrotech, a company in Kandla, Kutch. The incident took place on Wednesday during a routine cleaning process of a waste liquid tank. The victims, identified as Siddharth Tiwari, Ajmat Khan, Ashish Gupta, Ashish Kumar and Sanjay Thakor, included a supervisor, a tank operator […]
The Gujarat government on Tuesday launched the highly-anticipated Gujarat Textile Policy 2024, which includes a range of benefits, including substantial subsidies on capital and power tariffs, along with comprehensive support schemes particularly aimed at MSMEs. Marking a significant progression from the policies of 2012 and 2019, this new policy, for the first time, provides subsidies […]
The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has introduced a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for organising events at the institute, following the tragic death of a student. While IIM-A hosts a variety of events throughout the year, the students are heavily involved in the coordination of two major events: ‘Chaos,’ a youth festival and ‘The […]
The Special Cell of Delhi Police has taken custody of three directors and two consultants from Aavkar Drugs Pvt Ltd on a three-day transit remand. The five individuals were arrested after it was discovered that the Ankleshwar-based firm was manufacturing cocaine intended for distribution in Delhi. The arrested individuals have been identified as directors Ashwin […]
The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the schedule for the upcoming general elections in the states of Maharashtra and Jharkhand on Oct 15. In addition, the ECI revealed the dates for by-elections in 48 assembly seats and 2 parliamentary constituencies across 15 states. Among these is the Vav assembly constituency in Gujarat. According to […]
The Government of Gujarat has introduced its new textile policy, offering capital subsidies ranging from 10% to 35%. This marks a significant shift from the previous policy, which primarily provided an interest subsidy of 5% to 6%. Under the new scheme, the interest subsidy has been increased to between 5% and 7%, alongside the introduction […]
The Gujarat Police have arrested 17 individuals, including four Taiwanese nationals, for allegedly operating a nationwide “digital arrest” scam. This racket targeted elderly people, convincing them they were under investigation for crimes like money laundering or drug smuggling and pressuring them to pay money to avoid these fabricated charges. Following technological analysis and surveillance, the […]
What began as a dispute over a mere 24 paise has culminated in a man being fined Rs 1,000 by a consumer court. Prashant Patel, a resident of Detroj-Rampura village, took a local pizza restaurant to court, claiming he had been overcharged by just a fraction of a rupee due to rounding off his bill. […]
Students’ Affairs Council at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) have called for the establishment of a committee to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of a final-year student last month. Akshith Bhukya, 24, from Warangal, Telangana, was found dead in his hostel room on 26 September, in what is believed to be a […]
In a special coordinated operation on Sunday, cocaine valued at Rs 5,000 crore was confiscated from Ankleshwar in Gujarat. A joint team of Delhi Police and Gujarat Police conducted a raid on the premises of Aavkar Drugs Limited in Ankleshwar, resulting in the seizure of 518 kg of drugs. The drugs that were found have […]
Amid the ongoing controversy over the offering of ‘laddus’ at the Tirupati temple, the ‘mahaprasad’ distributed to devotees at the renowned Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi, the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has seen a significant transformation. Banas Dairy, part of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which markets products under the […]
At least nine labourers lost their lives and one person was injured after a wall collapsed at a construction site in Gujarat’s Mehsana district on Saturday, according to police reports. Rescue operations have been ongoing, with emergency personnel working tirelessly to recover bodies and search for any remaining survivors. The tragic incident occurred while the […]
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow warning, forecasting heavy rainfall in parts of Gujarat over the next 48 hours, valid until 8:30 am on 14th October. According to the latest bulletin, isolated places in South Gujarat districts, including Narmada, Bharuch, Surat and Tapi, as well as Saurashtra districts such as Junagadh, Porbandar […]
Media organisations on Thursday expressed concern over the arrest and 10-day custody of senior journalist Mahesh Langa by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch, emphasising his interrogation as “procedural overreach.” In a joint statement, the Press Club of India, Delhi Union of Journalists, Indian Women’s Press Corps, and Press Association said that his questioning might be a […]
In the gang rape case involving a minor in the Mangrol area of Surat, where a 17-year-old was brutally assaulted by three men during the Navratri celebrations, one of the two accused arrested by police in Tadkeshwar village died on Thursday. The deceased, Shiv Shankar, also known as Dayashankar Chourasiya, was taken to the New […]
The nation is still in shock after the demise of noted industrialist and business leader Ratan Tata on Wednesday night. Many people, including our nation, have lost a ‘ratan’. Gujarat holds a unique place in India’s industrial story, thanks in no small part to Ratan Tata, a visionary business leader who reshaped the state’s economy […]
As the Festival of Navratri continues, Kheliyas have been enthusiastically playing Garba late into the night for over six days. However, the joy of Garba enthusiasts may be dampened in the coming days, as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued predictions of light rain in certain regions of South Gujarat and Saurashtra. According to […]
While the people celebrate Navratri, a festival honouring feminine strength, an incident has surfaced in North Gujarat, where a woman was killed by her family member under the suspicion of being a witch. The incident occurred at around 2 am in Rampuri village of Bhiloda Taluka in Sabar Kantha district on Monday when the mother […]
The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), in a joint effort with the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in Delhi, confiscated 907 kg of Mephedrone (MD) from a production site in the Bagroda Industrial Area of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. According to officials from the Gujarat ATS, the narcotic that was confiscated has an estimated worth of Rs 1814.18 […]
