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Pakistani Hindu stuck in India with three children after his wife died in April is pleading with the authorities to let him return to before Independence Day, August 14. “Mein TooT gaya huN – I am broken,” says Ajeet Kumar Nagdev, 41, speaking on phone in Urdu from Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. His wife Rekha Kumari, 38, died […]
The menace of criminilasation in the political system of India is growing day by day hence to ensure that a voter chooses a candidate after gathering all information about the candidate, the Supreme Court has directed all political parties to update the information of their candidates with criminal backgrounds on the homepage of their websites. […]
The concept of “Mid Day Meal” was introduced back in 1925 in Madras Municipal Corporation so as to improve the effectiveness of primary education by improving the nutritional levels of school children. The program was universalised by the mid-1980s in states like Kerala, Gujarat, Tamilnadu, and Pondicherry for primary school children and by the year […]
IAS topper, Tina Dabi has been in the limelight ever since she filed for divorce from her husband Athar Amir. Today their divorce application has been stamped by the family court. Their marriage had made a lot of headlines in 2018. And the discussions of their meeting were also going on in the media with […]
In Gujarat, the police do not seem to be looking back in prosecuting tribals. They have lodged 951 FIRs against tribals in the state. Charge sheets have been filed against 2,399 people and only 12 have been convicted, so far. Numerous complaints have also been registered in police stations on issues like murder and rioting […]
The gang has been active in extorting money from needy people by luring them to get visas and work permits for the people who are ambitious to go abroad. Fraud has come to light after two people were lured to apply for a Canadian visa and work permit in just two days. Amit, who works […]
Usually, it is difficult to dig out real data from Gujarat. All we hear and read is how Vibrant and progressive Gujarat is. But now the Central government itself has admitted that all is not well with education in Gujarat. In fact, despite all the hype, Gujarat fares worse than Uttar Pradesh also when it comes […]
There’s one thing that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are never short of is ambition. Even as the BJP remains staunchly settled in Gujarat since 2001, they take elections much more seriously than the main Opposition, the Congress party. With crucial Assembly elections in 2022, the Sangh and BJP are […]
Today as the world celebrates World Lion Day, Gujarat has aced the efforts towards Asiatic Lion Conservation and the lion headcount has shot up by 29% in the last 5 years with the latest lion census figures standing at 674 lions inhabiting the grasslands of Gir. Lions seem to have been trending on Twitter since […]
The Canadian government has extended the ban on direct flights from India by another 30 days. The ban was set to expire on August 21, but will now remain in place until September 21. It is the fifth time the ban has been extended since it was first imposed on April 22 due to fears […]
A large quantity of about 661 kg of marijuana was seized from the Surat district on Tuesday during the LCB and SOG raids. The marijuana was seized from a Tempo parked in the compound of Sahyog Hotel near Manekpore village. The man was carrying marijuana lying on the side of a sheet. Along with marijuana, […]
Frequent lockdowns have been imposed to manage the spread of Covid-19. Besides human and economic crisis, the coronavirus disease has also resulted in a social crisis. Social isolation is attacking societies at their core resulting in loneliness and anxiety. During such times, we rely on our most trusted circle of relationships for support. MyGate conducted […]
The impressive show of strength from among the opposition ranks at Kapil Sibal’s residence yesterday has many significant political imports. The development is all set to intensify the power struggle within the grand old party. First and foremost, Gandhis are not most sought after by the non-BJP-NDA opposition. Sibal may have been within his rights […]
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has made the foreign nationals residing in India to register on CoWin portal and get vaccinated against COVID-19. Their passport can be used as identity document for the purpose of slot registration on the portal. Once they are registered on the portal, they will get a slot for […]
As per the data released by the Indian Meteorological Department on Monday, the country faces a 5 percent shortage of seasonal rainfall so far. Gujarat, second-worst after Manipur which has reported a 57 percent rain shortage on August 9, is reeling under a major rain deficit of 44 percent. As per the data, Gujarat has […]
As Gujarat continues to vaccinate people against Covid-19, vaccination for transgender as well as gay communities along with others has started from today. Three cities including Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara will start to administer vaccines to shemales and homosexuals. In the first phase, Gujarat targets to administer 2000 vaccine doses. The vaccination awareness program was held […]
Doha’s Hamad International Airport stands number one in 2021 “World’s Best Airport” category while Singapore’s Changi Airport has lost its place at the top Skytrax’s annual ranking of the world’s best airports at the World Airport Awards. Here’s the full list of top 10 airports in the “World’s Best Airport” category: Hamad International Airport, Doha […]
Among the undercurrents surfacing in Uttar Pradesh politics just months before the 2022 assembly elections is one that could potentially transform political and social equations in the western region and adjoining Braj and Rohilkhand. Between them, this swath of land spans the Jat belt, the “holy land” of Mathura-Brindavan-Goverdhan, and Moradabad, Bareilly and Saharanpur. The […]
Statewide raids on petrol pumps were carried out by the state GST department on Monday, in which it was found that sales of Rs 400 crore were made without VAT registration. The petroleum company sells petrol-diesel to the petrol pump after which VAT is levied on it. For this, petrol pumps have to register. The […]
The adoption scam in Gujarat exposed by the police has taken an interesting twist with the babysitter arrested for selling her ward, confessing that she sold her own child too because of poverty, The broker, Prashant Kamble from Maharashtra ha also confessed that he sold his biological child for Rs two lacs to a couple in […]
