The major opposition party in Gujarat, Congress has launched preparations for the parliamentary elections scheduled next year (2019) by appointing new office-bearers and executive committee for Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee. Gujarat Congress President Amit Chavda has been seen preparing for the upcoming battle and the latest list is a step for building the core[Read More…]
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Gujarat: Cow vigilantes thrash youth carrying calves in Ahmedabad
In Ramol, a municipality in Ahmedabad district, a youth was brutally attacked by cow vigilantes when he was seen carrying calves. Reports say that the 23-year-old, Zaheer Abdul Sheikh was taken to the hospital and has sustained a deep stab wound. The incident took place at 12:30 am on Sunday.[Read More…]
Gujarat: Scientists discover 11-million-year-old human ancestor in Kutch
Scientists from Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences (Uttar Pradesh), discovered a fossilised upper jaw of an eleven million-year-old human ancestor in Kutch, Gujarat. The researchers examined the ape jaw fragment excavated from the Kutch basin, which revealed the details of the preserved canine and cheek teeth, such as the tooth[Read More…]
Gujarat: Youth asked bootlegger not to abuse, gets killed
In Ahmedabad‘s Sheher Kotda, a youth lost his life after he asked a bootlegger to refrain from using abusive language. Since the incident took place on Saturday night, Special Operations Group of the Crime Branch has arrested two bootleggers, Dashrath and Rajpal. Assam killings: Congress to observe ‘Black Day’ in[Read More…]
Gujarat: 3 Dalits attacked in Una for objecting to casteist slur
According to the FIR lodged at the Una police station, three Dalits were allegedly attacked on Thursday by four men for objecting to their casteist slur in a village near Una town in Gujarat’s Gir Somnath. The incident occurred at Nandrakh village, about 400km from Ahmedabad, on Thursday. No arrests have[Read More…]
Following Yogi Government’s footsteps, Gujarat plans to rename Ahmedabad as Karnavati
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on the eve of Diwali announced that Faizabad district would henceforth be known as Ayodhya. Hours after the news broke out, taking a cue from Yogi government, Gujarat government said it was keen on rechristening Ahmedabad as Karnavati, if there were no legal hurdles.[Read More…]
Leopard enters Gujarat assembly, 100 forest officials deployed
A stir created on Monday early morning after suspected entry of a leopard in the Gujarat assembly premises in Gandhinagar. A team of 100 forest officials has been deployed with tranquilizers, to catch the leopard and all the official work has been stopped due to the operation. The forest department has[Read More…]
SC collegium recommends elevation of four judges to top court
New Delhi: The Supreme court collegium is understood to have recommended the elevation of the Chief Justices of Patna, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Tripura high courts as judges of the Supreme Court. The four Chief Justices who have been recommended for elevation to the top court include Justice M.R. Shah,[Read More…]
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’ Statue of Unity: 10 Facts about the World’s tallest statue
On the 31st of October, the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the “Statue of Unity” will be unveiled by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. The Prime Minister along with various dignitaries will put soil and pour Narmada water into a Kalash. This will be the 143rd birth anniversary of the[Read More…]
Vaghela taunts Modi on Statue of Unity, asks him to first unite CBI
Gandhinagar: Former Gujarat Chief Minister and expelled rebel Congress leader Shankersinh Vaghela on Monday mocked at Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his ambitious Sardar Patel’s “Statue of Unity” project dubbing it a “marketing gimmick” and asked him to first unite the CBI and the RBI. The Prime Minister is slated[Read More…]
Planning to visit Rann Utsav? Here’s how EaseMyTrip can help you
With Rann Utsav around the corner, nation is all set to blaze the chill in large salt deserts of Gujarat. To make the visit plans easier with an extra pinch of cultural Extravaganza, EaseMyTrip, one of the most reputed names in online travel industry of India, has launched Rann Utsav[Read More…]
Gujarat: Woman lodges FIR after husband found ‘not Brahmin’
A 23 year old woman, resident of Adivada village of Bechraji taluka of Mehsana, filed a complaint against her husband stating that he had hidden his caste and got married with her claiming to be Brahmin. Ekta Patel, the complainant, made a complaint of criminal breach of trust against her[Read More…]
Kutch: Clash between two group leaves six dead, four injured, security tightened
Gandhinagar: Six people were killed in a clash that broke out between two OBC communities in Chasra village in Mundra taluka (tehsil) late on Tuesday night, police said today, adding security has been beefed up in the desert district of Kutch. Minister of State for Home Pradeepsinh Jadeja said on[Read More…]
Gujarat Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil slaps legal notice on CM
Ahmedabad: Senior Gujarat leader Shaktisinh Gohil has slapped a legal notice of criminal and civil proceedings on Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani for “politically motivated” charges of engineering attacks on north Indian migrant workers in the state. In the legal notice issued October 18, Gohil pointed to Rupani’s statements before[Read More…]
Three months after joining, Shankersinh Vaghela’ son quits BJP
AHMEDABAD: Barely three months after he joined the BJP, Mahendrasinh Vaghela, son of former Gujarat Congress strongman Shankersinh Vaghela, resigned from the ruling party on Thursday. In a letter to Gujarat BJP chief Jitu Vaghani, Vaghela said he was resigning due to some “personal reasons”. Mahendrasinh Vaghela, who represented Bayad seat[Read More…]
Jignesh Mewani apologises to people of Bihar’ questions PM’s silence on sensitive issues
Begusarai: Independent MLA from Vadgam constituency, Gujarat Jignesh Mevani apologises to people of Bihar about the ongoing forcible migration from Gujarat, while he was addressing a rally with Kanhaiya Kumar former Jawaharlal Nehru Students Union president and his friend in Begusarai, Bihar. Jignesh asks for an explanation from the Prime[Read More…]
Gujarat migrants’ exodus: Politics amid plight of poor workers
To harass, bully, intimidate, maul and even kill weak and vulnerable sections like minorities, women and Dalits are somehow, though whether rightly or wrongly, thought to be the new normal as society in general has been getting more and more brutalised through past few years. Yet, occupational susceptibilities and easy[Read More…]
Attack on migrants: Bihar, Gujarat economy to get a bolt if migration continues
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…]
Congress instigating violence in Gujarat: BJP’ Sambit Patra
New Delhi: In the wake of attacks on migrant labourers from north India in Gujarat, the BJP on Tuesday accused the Congress of instigating the violence and alleged the opposition party was dividing the country. “The only motive behind all this (violence) is to launch Rahul Gandhi, who has not[Read More…]
Gujarat toddler rape backlash: Fearing for life after mob attacks, migrants from UP, MP, Bihar flee back to homes
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…]
Gujarat: 150 arrested for targetting migrants from UP, Bihar after 14-month-old’s rape
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…]
International help sought observing 23 lions dead in 20 days at Gir Forest
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…]
Gujarat: Lion death toll rises to 21, 7 more found dead at Gir Forest
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…]
Why toilets remain aspirational for the urban poor despite subsidies
Mumbai: A 65 per cent shortfall in subsidies is affecting Maharashtra’s push to ensure a toilet in every urban household under the Swachh Bharat Mission, the nationwide cleanliness campaign, according to a study by CEPT University, Gujarat. The cost of building a basic toilet with water and a septic tank[Read More…]
Congress councilor re-elected in South Gujarat University Syndicate
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…]