Gandhinagar: Gujarat Governor O.P. Kohli on Friday gave his nod to the salary hike bill passed unanimously in the state Assembly during its two-day monsoon session, allowing the legislators a hike of about 65 per cent in their salaries. According to government sources, Governor Kohli gave his nod to the[Read More…]
The migration of people of Bihar from Gujarat amid the violence and hatred is seen as a huge damage to the economy of both the states. According to experts’ speculations, if the migration continues, the economy of both the stats, Bihar and Gujarat is expected to get a bolt from[Read More…]
Gujarat Congress Committee president Amit Chavda has condemned the attack followed against people north India in Gujarat, after a minor girl was raped by a resident of Bihar and said that “Such incidents of attacks against the Migrants also exposes the rising lawlessness and sheer failure of Gujarat government in[Read More…]
Following massive protest and mob attacks by locals on migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and Bihar in connection with the rape of a 14-year-old toddler, several workers have fled from Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Several Hindi-speaking migrants who have lived in Gujarat for years, were seen with their bags and[Read More…]
The Gujarat police arrested over 150 Gujarati locals in a week-long time in the wake of increasing violence incidences against migrants of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. The incidences of violent attacks on non-Gujaratis erupted subsequently after the arrest of a Bihar native for allegedly raping a 14-month-old girl in Sabarkantha[Read More…]
Gujarat: With two more lion found dead at Gujarat’s Gir forest, increasing the death toll to 23 in three weeks, the Gujarat government on Wednesday confirmed the presence of deadly canine distemper virus (CDV) in four of them. The unusual series of lion deaths has forced the concerning authorities including Supreme[Read More…]
In a shocking news, 7 more lions were found dead in Gujarat’s Gir Forest making a total of 21 lions dead since September 12. The rising number of lion deaths in the national park in such a short span of time is a cause of worry for forest officials and conservationists.[Read More…]
Surat: Congress councillor is re-elected in Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VGNSU) in a surprise to the BJP, which has its most office-bearers in the syndicate. In a BJP dominated syndicate, Bhavesh Rabari, a municipal councillor in Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) registered his victory by getting the first preference of voters[Read More…]
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani promised on Tuesday to bring in a law to for manufacturing and service sector entrepreneurs to hire 80% of their workforce are Gujaratis. “The proposed law will also make it compulsory for industries to recruit 25 per cent of the required manpower from the area[Read More…]
Two lions including a lioness and a lion cub were found dead in Dalkhaniya range of Gir (East) forest on Monday September 25, taking the total death count of Asiatic lions in the area to 13 in past 10 days. The unusual occurrence that has forced the state’s forest department[Read More…]
Firebrand young OBC leader Alpesh Thakore, the Congress legislator from Radhanpur in north Gujarat, on Monday denied rumours that he was preparing to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). “I don’t know who is spreading these canards at regular intervals but I want to state clearly that I am in[Read More…]
Bodies of at least 11 Asiatic lions were found at their last remaining habitat – Gujarat’s Gir National Park, which has led the government to order an immediate probe into the sudden mass death of lions in past 10 days. All the dead lions were found in Gir (east) division,[Read More…]
The Gujarat Assembly on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill proposing to hike the salaries of legislators, Ministers, Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Leader of Opposition by at least Rs 45,000 a month. The monthly salary of the MLAs will be increased to Rs 1.16 lakh from the existing Rs 70,727, a[Read More…]
Irked and adversely affected by the proposed Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train, nearly thousand farmers protested against the high speed rail project and submitted affidavits in the Gujarat High Court on Tuesday September 18. In the affidavit, the affected farmers from various districts of Gujarat, from where the bullet train route will[Read More…]
Gujarat government set up a three-member committee having former Supreme Court judge Justice RK Agarwal, former Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India SS Mundra and former Chairperson of the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), Pramod Deo on July 3, 2018 to find solutions for the thermal power plants[Read More…]
As Poland’s 100 years of Independence is nearing, the country is gearing up for a massive celebration. What interesting is that along with Poland, there will be a similar jamboree in Gujarat, which shares a special bond with the European country since 1942. Poland was invaded by Hitler’s Nazi forces[Read More…]
US-based Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) President Rhea Suh has announced a partnership with the Gujarat-based Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) to improve the lives of women and their families. The NRDC and SEWA have supported thousands of women salt farmers in getting solar-powered pumps to replace diesel pumps in Gujarat.[Read More…]
A man along with his wife and teenage daughter were found to have hanged themselves at their house in Ahmedabad’s Naroda locality on Thursday, September 13. Police officials suspect that the three committed suicide under the influence of black magic. Those dead include Kunal Trivedi (50), his wife Kavita Trivedi[Read More…]
A vegetarian passenger claiming to be ‘pure janeu-dhari Brahmin’, was traveling from Jet Airways and was reportedly served non-vegetarian food, following to which a consumer court directed the airlines to compensate the passenger with Rs 65,000. The passenger Bhanuprasad Jani of Rajkot affirmed that he had ordered vegetarian food, despite[Read More…]
Bhagwatikumar Sharma, a Gujarati language author, and journalist passed away. He was rewarded with Ranjitram Suvarna Chandrak award in 1984 and Sahitya Akademi Award in 1988 for his distinguished work in literature. Saddened on his demise, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his grief through his tweet. “Anguished by the demise[Read More…]
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Liladhar Vaghela suffered injury after a cow attack. He was admitted in ICU of Apollo Hospital with broken ribs and head injuries. The MP was walking near his residence in Gandhinagar when a stray cow attacked him leading to severe injury. The 83-year-old MP from Gujarat[Read More…]
Leader of Opposition in the Gujarat Assembly Paresh Dhanani on Tuesday alleged an over Rs 100,000 crore scam in Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), claiming that private insurance companies were benefitting at the exchequer’s cost. “By making this central scheme mandatory for farmers and bringing in private players instead[Read More…]
National Students Union of India (NSUI) candidates won the post of general secretary in the Maharaja Sayajirao University Students Union (MSUSU) elections. NSUI’s Vraj Patel won the post of university general secretary by bagging 6,727 votes. He defeated (Vidyarthi Vikas Parishad) VVS’s Harshal Chaudhary. The party was floated by NSUI[Read More…]
As the Raksha bandhan festival is round the corner, markets across India are loaded with variety of rakhis, and so is the city of Gujarat, Surat. A jeweler in the diamond city has come up with unique rakhis this time. Milan, the jewelry shop owner, is selling rakhis made of 22 carat[Read More…]
The Indian government had recently withdrew the permission to export more than 25,000 goats and sheep from the western state of Gujarat just before the Islamic festival of Eid-ul Azha (Bakrid). This has irked India’s meat trade industry as the business has suffered heavy loss. Sheep flocks were brought to[Read More…]