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Not so long ago, Priyanka Chaturvedi and Manish Tewari were colleagues. Destiny saw Priyanka Chaturvedi, a brilliant young leader quitting the party in a huff. She joined the ShivSena in Maharashtra and also got nominated as a Rajyasabha MP. Manish Tewari, a young Congress leader who had Sonia Gandhi’s blessings to become the information and […]
In an unusual finding, a tunnel-like structure was discovered at the Delhi Legislative Assembly on Thursday. Delhi Legislative Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel said that the tunnel connects the Legislative Assembly to Red Fort. He added that the British used the tunnel to move freedom fighters without provoking reprisal. Goel further said that when he […]
The Union Home Ministry announced on Thursday that the visas of foreign nationals, who have been stranded in India because of Covid-19, have been extended till September 30. “Indian visa or stay stipulation period of foreign nationals stranded in India due to Covid-19 pandemic to be considered as deemed to be valid till September 30, […]
According to the health department, 10 new Covid-19 cases were registered in Gujarat on Thursday, tallying the number of infections to 8,25,445, while no deaths were reported from Covid in the state. At the same time, it is said that with the discharge of 12 patients from hospitals in a day, the number of those […]
In the context of the pandemic, Depression was witnessed to be a serious illness and the Gujarat High Court has taken a very close look at this when an engineering student was denied admission by a government college for not appearing in the exam due to depression and suicidal thoughts. The High Court issued the […]
Aggressive Hindutva is back with more muscle power in Gujarat. That was the takeaway from the first day of the BJP state executive meeting that Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated on Thursday in Kevadia. It was also clear that even though the state Assembly elections are still 16 months away, the BJP has begun […]
Calling the Centre’s National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP), which aims to unlock value in brownfield projects by engaging the private sector, a ‘clearance sale’, the Congress on Thursday hit out at the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and said that the move will wipe out an entire generation’s efforts. Congress party’s spokesperson Pawan Khera lashed out […]
With actor and Big Boss 13 winner Siddharth Shukla’s untimely death on Thursday morning, fans, family and friends of Shukla were left in a state of shock and teary-eyed. At age 40, suffering a massive cardiac arrest shows how fragile our lives could be. Padma Shree recipient and one of the best cardiologists in the […]
Thousands of State-board schools in Gujarat on Thursday started physical classes for standard 6 to 8 with attendance even lower than the 50% capacity prescribed by the State Government according to the Covid-19 protocol, while several private CBSE schools are yet to decide on resuming offline classes. Officials said a good number from the 30,000 […]
The Income Tax Department carried out a search and seizure operation on a manufacturer and distributor of synthetic yarns and polyester chips having a corporate office in Delhi and factories at Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Dahej. During the search operation, many incriminating documents, loose sheets, digital evidences etc. have been found indicating involvement of […]
Indian television and Bollywood actor Siddharth Shukla paased away due to heart attack at the age of 40. He was rushed to Cooper Hospital in Mumbai at 9:25 am today and breathed his last at 10 am. Intially, hospital sources said he took some medicine before sleeping and didn’t wake up. Later, the hospital confirmed […]
Most of us know that one friend in our social group who always posts their gym activity on social media with captions like “work hard so you can party harder”. Or maybe it could be you. It could either motivate someone to start working on their physical health or make someone annoyed if they hate […]
Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani passed away following a prolonged illness, aged 91, at his residence in Srinagar on Wednesday night. Geelani was a member of the banned organization Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir and later founded his own party named Tehreek-e-Hurriyat. In June 2021, he resigned as the chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference (G) […]
Covid-19 has changed the way we work, study and even play, bringing about changes that are more permanent than temporary. And one of the biggest side effects of our largely virtual existence has been the increased screen time in children. Parents have tried every trick in the book from equipping their phones and tablets with […]
The Delhi high court on Wednesday sought the Union government and Rakesh Asthana’s stand on a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the appointment of the Gujarat-cadre IPS officer as Delhi Police Commissioner. A bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notice on a plea by one Sadre Alam and listed the […]
As yet another MLA leaves the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and joins the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), it seems unlikely that a resolution is in the near future for the party’s internal feud in West Bengal. Many predict that the saffron party is on the verge of extinction. Bagdah MLA, Biswajit Das was the new […]
The International Press Institute (IPI) announced on Wednesday that The Wire has won the 2021 Free Media Pioneer Award, as “a leader in India’s digital news revolution and an unflinching defender of independent, high-quality journalism”. “We are extremely proud to recognise The Wire as this year’s IPI-IMS Free Media Pioneer. The Wire is a leading […]
Landing Image Credits: Mayur Bhatt The book “Jail: Itihas and Vartaman” was launched by Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani at CM House on Tuesday. The book has been published by the Gujarat Prison Department after going through an exhaustive study of all jails across the state. The study depicts various reformation/rehabilitation of the prisoners and […]
Although Bitcoin has been controversial since its beginning in 2009, it is being seen by some, particularly in the developing world as a safe harbour during economic storms. As more people turn to crypto as either an investment or a lifeline, these issues have manifested in an array of restrictions on their usage. The legal […]
A PIL had been filed in the Gujarat High Court over the sensitive issue of authenticity of food categorised as vegetarian and non-vegetarian. The PIL questions the government on the procedure through which it ascertains whether the food packaging with the green label is vegetarian or not. In a shocking revelation, Gujarat Government has admitted […]
