AHMEDABAD: A special bench of the Gujarat high court on Sunday took suo motu cognizance of the fire incident at a game zone in Rajkot which left 32 persons dead and said it was prima facie a ‘man-made disaster‘ on Sunday.The bench of Justices Biren Vaishnav and Devan Desai observed that gaming zones and recreational…
AHMEDABAD: In a significant development in the Ahmedabad schools bomb threat case, the crime branch has uncovered a Pakistani connection to the threats that targeted at least 14 schools in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The threatening emails were received on May 6, just a day before the Prime Minister’s visit to the state for polling.The investigation initially…
Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi is back in the news, having vacated the party’s traditional stronghold, Rae Bareli, for her son, Rahul Gandhi. This political maneuver has drawn attention to a curious anomaly among Gujarat’s tribal communities of South Gujarat: the prevalence of the name ‘Sonia’ among men.The name, believed to have been derived from…
In a rare case, Gujarat high court has reunited a live-in couple separated by the woman’s estranged husband. The woman’s partner took legal recourse for her custody after she was forcibly taken away by her husband and kept in her maternal home.The couple, living together in Amreli district’s Khambha town since Jan this year, had…
AHMEDABAD: A year of separation looms ahead for Ankit Dakhane and Mamta Chiniya, a couple that works with the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), as they embark on a unique journey of personal and professional growth. Dakhane, a senior project manager for telecom and instrumentation, and Chiniya, a project manager for city gas distribution, have…
AHMEDABAD: Authorities at Gujarat University (GU) have issued official notices to seven students from Afghanistan, instructing them to vacate hostel rooms. Five of these students have already complied with the directive, officials confirmed. The move comes in the wake of a recent controversy involving Afghan students who engaged in an altercation with a local group…
NEW DELHI: Sleeper Coach has a new definition now: Any railway passenger can occupy anyone’s seat and simply sleep. This troubling trend came to fore again after a post on social media platform X went has gone viral.A traveler on the sleeper coach of the Bhuj-Shalimar Express voiced concern about the excessive crowding caused by…
NEW DELHI: Rohan Gupta, Congress national spokesperson, has opted to withdraw his candidacy from the Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha seat on Tuesday. Citing personal reasons, Gupta emphasised that his decision was driven by his father’s health condition rather than political motives.“I fulfilled all responsibilities given to me by the party in the last 15 years.Even…
