3,000 items lost at Ahmedabad Airport, goods worth Rs 15 lakh auctioned this year
Passengers have lost way too many items at the city airport over the past six months at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International starting from gadgets like laptops, cell phones, power banks, and chargers to baby strollers, walking sticks and blankets, the SVPI…
President Ram Nath Kovind, PM Modi to visit Gujarat this Month
President Ram Nath Kovind and PM Modi will visit Gujarat this month. On December 15, the president is going to lay the foundation stone for the upcoming Kevadiya railway station near the site of the Statue of Unity. Whereas, the…
Gujarat: Torrent Power seeks hike of 28 paise in electricity tariff
Torrent made the prayer before the Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) for truing up for 2017-18, and determining tariff for 2019-20. The company estimated Aggregate Revenue Requirement (ARR) of Rs 6,131 crore for 2019-20 considering the existing tariff, and arrived…
Gujarat HC directed state govt to clarify stand on its liquor prohibition policy
Gujarat High Court had on October 24 directed the state government to clarify stand on its liquor prohibition policy after a petition demanding the freedom to consume alcohol at private places came up for hearing. Rajiv Patel, Milind Nene, and…
PM Modi will inaugurate Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2019
Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani on Friday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi and invited him to attend the Vibrant Gujarat Summit (VGS) to be held from January 18 to 20 next year. PM Modi will inaugurate VGS 2019…
Home Minister Pradipsinh Jadeja discharged from HCG Cancer Centre
Home minister Pradipsinh Jadeja has been discharged from the HCG Cancer Centre in the city. The minister, who was given leave at around 3 in the afternoon, had undergone surgery for oral cancer. Doctors said that following the surgery the…
See pic : CMO Gujarat tweets Video showing India map in saffron color with missing Kashmir
Gujarat’s first Biotechnological University video shared by CMO Gujarat on Wednesday. In the video India was shown in saffron color in world map with missing kashmir. Few days back, Map shown in Gujarat school book with 26 districts, which was…
Click to know reason : Ahmedabad hoteliers are boycotting MakeMyTrip & Goibibo
Around 270 hoteliers in the city have stopped taking bookings from two major online travel portals – MakeMyTrip and Goibibo – alleging heavy commission and indiscriminate discounts offered by these platforms on room tariffs. The decision to boycott the online booking platforms over commission…
22 Gujarat encounters when Modi was CM : SC to hear plea
SC( Supreme Court) on Monday adjourned till January third week Zakia Jafri’s petition challenging the acquittal of Narendra Modi, the then chief minister of Gujarat, in the 2002 Godhra riots case Despite opposition by Solicitor General, Tushar Mehta, the Supreme…
Gujarat Police Constable Recruitment exam paper leaks, exam cancelled, 4 arrested
Gujarat Police Constable Recruitment exam being held today was cancelled after reports of paper leak. The examination which was called off barely hours before it was to be held was being conducted by the Lokrakshak Recruitment Board. The examination was…
On PIL replay for Ahmedabad proposed name change : Court says, these are just verbal claims of politicians
The controversy over the proposed change of city’s name from Ahmedabad to Karnavati on Wednesday reached the Gujarat High Court, with a public interest litigation (PIL) being filed. PIL filed over the issue pleading that the court should restrain the…
Gujarat National Law University offers free online courses to promote legal literacy
Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) will offer free online courses on generic issues in order to increase legal literacy among Indians. The courses will be offered by The Law Learners (TLL), incubated at GNLU’s legal incubation centre. It aims to acquaint…
Gujarat Home Minister Pradipsinh Jadeja hospitalized, suffering from throat cancer
Gujarat Home Minister Pradipsinh Jadeja hospitalized, yesterday night in private hospital. Doctors revealed, Jadeja is suffering from throat cancer. Doctors conducted operation. According to information, Home Minister taken to HCJ Hospital on Monday. After checkup, Doctors informed Jadeja is suffering…
Parking charge row : Gujarat HC asks malls, ‘Under what powers do you charge parking fee’
Gujarat High Court on Monday questioned the powers based on which malls, multiplexes, and similarly situated commercial establishments, levy parking fee on visitors. The question was raised by the division bench of Acting Chief Justice AS Dave and Justice Biren…
2002 Akshardham temple attack: Mohammed Farooq Shaikh arrested by Ahmedabad crime branch
Ahmedabad crime branch arrested Mohammed Farooq Shaikh from the Ahmedabad airport, who was allegedly involved in the Akshardham temple attack-blast. Crime Branch on Monday arrested accused Shaikh in connection with the 2002 Akshardham temple attack. The Akshardham temple attack in…
Oil PSUs plan to add 4,450 petrol pumps in Gujarat: Official
Public sector firms Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum plan to add 4,450 retail outlets across Gujarat in a bid to expand its network and meet growing fuel needs, an official said here Sunday. The three oil companies Sunday…
Gujarat Government asking Muslim students to identify their Religion
Gujarat government is using a mandatory online form to identify Muslim students appearing for their 10th and 12th standard Board examinations. As mentioned by leading tabloid newspaper, ‘ The online form asks the students whether they belong to the minority category….
Bavalia vs Congress : Jasdan assembly bypolls on Dec 20, counting on 23
Election commission announced the poll schedule on Thursday for Jasdan assembly constituency by-elections. The polling will be held on December 20 while the counting will be on December 23, according to the schedule. The by-polls were necessitated following the resignation…
Ahmedabad court hearing on Jan 29 for sedition charges against Hardik for 2015 Patel rally
Ahmedabad Sessions Court in Ahmedabad on Tuesday, November 20, framed sedition charges against Patidar agitation spearhead Hardik Patel and two of his former associates. Hardik Patel and associates alleged rioting after a massive Patel rally in Ahmedabad on August 25,…
Gujarat govt has decided to set up a hospital, ambulance for lions in Gir
After 17 big cats died of an attack of Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) in October, Gujarat government has decided to set up a hospital dedicated to lions in the Gir sanctuary. In the presence of Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani decision…
Gujarat 2002 riots: SC hearing on plea against clean chit to PM Modi on Nov 26
PM Modi being dragged again into the Gujarat riots investigation, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) told the Supreme Court that the issue should not be revisited, that too on a petition filed by social activist and journalist Teesta Setalvad. The…
Floating restaurant at Kankaria, Ahmedabad soon : AMC
The popular picnic destination is going to multiply its attractions for tourists by December as Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has announced Floating restaurant at Kankaria. With an aim to achieve this mark, the AMC has invited several parties to take responsibility for the…
Gujarat : 2 farmers end lives in four days, toll of 8 in two months
Two farmers ended their lives in Gujarat in the last four days owing to mounting debts and crop failure due to a weak monsoon, taking the number of such suicides in the last two months to eight, police said Friday….
Vijay Rupani to meet industry leaders, diplomats in Delhi today for Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2019
Chief Minister Vijay Rupani will hold meetings with industry leaders and ambassadors of several countries for upcoming Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2019 in New Delhi on Friday. The ninth edition of Vibrant Gujarat Summit is slated to take place at Mahatma…
Gujarat board school girls to get menstrual health lessons, mothers also allowed
Regional state project director of Sarva Shiskha Abhiyan has issued a directive to district primary officer asking schools to keep a separate classroom for the sessions. Students will be given information about the menstrual cycle, hygiene and self-care tips. Girls…
Man Allegedly Commits Rs. 260 Crore Fraud In Gujarat
Ahmedabad police’s crime branch head, JK Bhatt has filed a criminal defamation suit against a person accused of siphoning off Rs. 260 crore of investors’ money. Accused Vinay Shah became untraceable after a case was registered against him. He had…
Winters in Gujarat : Day is hot – Night is cooler
Day temperature will continue to rule high during the week at around 36 degree Celsius, according to a forecast of India Meteorological Department (IMD). City recorded a minimum temperature of 15.6 degree Celsius or 0.5 degree Celsius below normal. Amreli, in…
Ahmedabad mayor tweeted SK riverfront photo as ‘Ahmedabad river front’, PMO India liked it too
In the major embarrassment Ahmedabad mayor tweeted a photograph of a South Korean riverfront and identified it as Sabarmati riverfront. Ahmedabad mayor tweeted a photograph of a South Korean riverfront and identified it as Sabarmati riverfront however she deleted it and put…
Gujarat court declared Nirav Modi ‘proclaimed absconder’, orders to appear in court on Nov 15
Gujarat court declared fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi as a “proclaimed absconder” in a Rs 52 crore customs duty evasion case filed in March and ordered him to appear in court on November 15. A public notification issued to various Maharashtra and Gujarat…
AMC is visiting malls and organising events-camps to promote digital transaction
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation is visiting malls and organising events and camps to promote digital transaction. For the past two weeks, the tax department has been organising several IEC activities in different commercial units, especially the malls. “We are encouraging people…