Nationalist Congress Party [NCP] [SP] chief Sharadchandra Pawar | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini After the inauguration of Tata Aircraft Complex in Vadodara, Gujarat, on Monday, the Opposition criticised the ruling Mahayuti government, accusing it of pulling out all development projects out of Maharashtra and taking them to Gujarat. Nationalist Congress Party [NCP] [SP] chief … Read more
Ilkal sarees worn by women in North Karnataka | Photo Credit: Navaldeep Thareja “You are not a Bharwad if you wear a saree,” is how elderly Bharwad women chide young women from their community. Navaldeep Thareja, a textile engineer from Sangrur in Punjab, who often visits little-known places across India to meet craftspeople, artisans, weavers, and tribal people and photo documents … Read more
A view of the Supreme Court of India in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: Shashi Shekhar Kashyap The Supreme Court on Thursday (September 26, 2024) dismissed a plea filed by the Gujarat government seeking a review of the court’s verdict which contained certain observations against the State while quashing the remission granted to 11 men … Read more
Bhutan King and Prime Minister arrived in Ahmedabad on Monday for a three day visit. Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and other officials receive them at the airport. | Photo Credit: Courtesy: Gujarat government Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay on Monday arrived in Gujarat for a three-day visit to … Read more
Chandipura virus causes fever, with symptoms similar to flu, body aches, diarrhoea, vomiting and acute encephalitis. It is transmitted by vectors, including mosquitoes, ticks and sandflies. Representational image | Photo Credit: REUTERS The National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune on Wednesday confirmed the first death of a four-year-old girl died of Chandipura virus while … Read more
Gujarat Congress chief Shaktisinh Gohil on June 16 accused the State BJP government of massive corruption and irregularities in the allotment of land plots by the Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) in Dahej and Saykha industrial zones. In a press conference on Sunday, Mr. Gohil, sharing government documents, said that the GIDC — the nodal … Read more
Union Minister for Steel and Heavy Industries H D Kumaraswamy questioned the subsidy given to US-based micro chip manufacturer Micron Technology by the Gujarat government while addressing JD(S) party workers, in Bengaluru on June 14, 2024. A day after publicly asking if the subsidy given to US-based micro chip manufacturer Micron Technology is justifiable, Union … Read more
Foreign promoters of Timken India are likely to sell 6.6% of stakes in the company through block deals on Tuesday, according to a term sheet issued by BofA Securities India. The term sheet indicates that the floor price has been set at Rs 3,550 per share, which is a 10.2% discount to Monday’s closing price … Read more
Firefighters carry out cooling operations and search for remains at TRP game zone at Rajkot, Gujarat on May 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI The death toll in Rajkot’s fire tragedy in the TRP game zone has climbed to 33 while more than 15 persons are still missing in what the Gujarat High Court … Read more
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday filed a chargesheet against an accused in the 2019 Surat Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) case. The central anti-terror probe agency charged Abdul Gaffar, alias Gaffarbhai, a resident of Bihar’s Katihar, for being involved in a criminal conspiracy, along with several others, for the circulation and distribution of … Read more