Tag: Gujarat
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Asked to show up for work, Gujarat govt official says can’t as he is Kalki avatar
Rameshchandra Fefar in reply to a show-cause notice served on him by the department, went on to pat his own back saying that the country is receiving good rains due to his penance.
May 19, 2018 -
Dalits attacked in Gujarat for adding ‘sinh’ as suffix
Upper caste people in BJP-ruled Gujarat have added yet another item in the long list of reasons for which Dalits can be beaten up in the state. This time it is addition of the salutation ‘sinh’ as suffix to the names of children in the invitation card of a Dalit youth in Banaskantha district of …
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May 15, 2018 -
Gujarat GSEB 12 Science results 2018 | GUJCET Results 2018 to be declared at www.gseb.org on May 10
GSEB Results 2018: GSHSEB has finally made an announcement that the Gujarat 12th Science results and GUJCET results 2018 will be declared tomorrow i.e. May 10, 2018 on the official website i.e. www.gseb.org.
May 9, 2018 -
Cheque payments now a new tool to dupe migrant labourers
Whatever may be claims of the government about success of demonetisation, its regulation about making payments through cheques has come as yet another tool in the hands of contractors to dupe the illiterate and semi-skilled workers hired mainly at construction sites. Construction sites in Gujarat employ migrant labourers from Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Bihar, who …
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May 1, 2018 -
Google is source of information like Narad Muni: Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani
Narada is a Vedic sage, who appeared in Mahabharata and the Ramayana. He used to carry news and wisdom from around the universe. He is considered to be the 'first journalist' on earth.
April 30, 2018 -
Asaram not a rapist, even victim didn’t claim he raped her: Ex Gujarat DGP Vanzara
A Jodhpur court in Rajasthan sentenced self-styled godman Asaram to life imprisonment after finding him guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl at his Ashram in 2013.
April 25, 2018 -
Togadia travails in Gujarat
Modi supporters in the RSS were delighted when VHP strong man and Modi- baiter Pravin Togadia quit as international president after his nominee for the post of president, Raghav Reddy, lost the recent organisational election. But their delight has quickly turned to worry over mounting anger among members of the Gujarat unit of the VHP. …
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April 25, 2018 -
Surat rape-murder case points to charges of bonded labour too
Investigations till now have revealed that the 11-yr-old girl and her mother had been “bought” by a Surat-based tile fitting contractor to work as “bonded” labourers. Human rights activists claim bonded labour goes on unchecked in the state’s industrial areas
April 24, 2018 -
Gujarat firm’s promoters held in Rs 2654 crore bank fraud
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday arrested the promotor-founder, managing director and joint managing director of a Vadodara-based firm for allegedly defrauding a consortium of 11 banks, public as well as private, of Rs 2654.40 crore. The CBI identified the accused promoters and directors of this firm, Diamond Power Infrastructure Limited, as Suresh Narain …
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April 19, 2018 -
Hawkers suffer for Gujarat BJP fast
One man’s meat is another man’s poison, so goes the saying. And ruling BJP leaders of Gujarat gave a new connotation to it by going on fast ~ a much used, blunted tool ~ to reap political mileage, while depriving several hundred hawkers of their daily bread. The one-day fast by the ruling BJP leaders …
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April 14, 2018 -
Intra-state e-Way bill in 5 states from 15 April
Encouraged by the success of its inter-state implementation, the e-Way bill system for intra-state movement of goods will be implemented for Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Kerala from April 15, the government said on Tuesday. The e-Way Bill system for all inter-state movement of goods was rolled-out and made mandatory from 1 April. …
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April 10, 2018 -
Case against Dalit leader Jignesh Mewani for remarks on PM Modi
A case has been registered against Dalit leader and Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mewani for allegedly making provocative remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an event in Chitradurga, about 200 kms from here, police said. The case was filed based on a complaint from a designated ‘flying squad officer’ on election duty of Chitradurga Assembly …
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April 7, 2018 -
Gujarat shifts 67 bureaucrats
In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the Gujarat government on late Monday night transferred 67 IAS officials. This is the first major reshuffle after the new BJP government has been formed. As per the notification issued by General Administration Department, the key changes are the changes of District Collectors in 21 of the state’s 33 districts, …
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April 3, 2018 -
Magnitude 4.6 earthquake hits Gujarat, no casualties
Tremors were felt in Rajkot, Wadhwan and Jamnagar, which are located within 100 km from the epicentre.
March 29, 2018 -
After Raj Thackeray’s ‘Modi-mukt bharat’ call, MNS cadres target Gujarati signboards in Thane
A day after Raj Thackeray called for a “Modi-mukt Bharat” by 2019, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) cadres on Monday pulled down Gujarati signboards at some commercial establishments in Thane district. The cadres of the Raj Thackeray-led party MNS smashed and pulled down over 20 signboards on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway in the district’s Vasai area late …
March 19, 2018 -
Gujarat govt to build over 10,500 kms of Narmada canals in 2 years
Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel on Friday told the state Assembly that the government would construct 10,532 kilometres of canals in the next two years as part of the Sardar Sarovar Narmada project. He was addressing the House on the budgetary allocation of Rs 4,950 crore for the Narmada project. “Till now, we have …
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March 16, 2018 -
Happy end to RS poll drama in Gujarat
In a dramatically pleasant twist to the high drama on nomination day, election for the four Rajya Sabha seats from Gujarat Assembly saw an amicable conclusion on Thursday. With the withdrawal of nominations by the dummy candidates of both the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress, decks are now cleared for unopposed election of two …
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March 15, 2018