Rights activist Trupti Desai today entered Mumbai’s Haji Ali Dargah to offer prayers amid tight security, saying her struggle was for gender equality. “At the Dargah, I prayed that women be allowed to enter the inner sanctum, as was the case till 2011,” Bhumata Ranragini Brigade chief Desai said, after coming out of the Dargah. […]
A new book seeking to study the land reforms process in 11 Indian states has revealed that women in India “operate” only 12.78 % of the total operational holdings of India, covering an area of 10.34 % of the total operated area, even though there is “considerable variation” in Indian states. Action Aid, a well-known […]
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation AMC is planning to design one mobile based App named ‘Amdavadi App’ which will provide very handy , useful and uptodate information about AMC, Library, Swimming Pool, AMTS, BRTS, Birth Death Registration Centers, Health Centers, Hospitals,Your Ward Office, Zonal Office, Names of Councilors in your Ward, repair works carried out by AMC […]
This summer is becoming very hot. Temperature touching 43 degree celcius in Botad. Meterology department has further predicated temperature may cross 44 degree Celsius in Ahmedabad in days to come. People feel troubled with heat wave in Botad. Orange alert has been sounded by Weather Department and advised people to stay away from moving out […]
The Supreme Court today struck down the TRAI regulation making it mandatory for telecom companies to compensate subscribers for call drops holding it as “arbitrary, unreasonable and non-transparent”. “We have held the impugned regulation to be ultra vires, arbitrary, unreasonable and non-transparent,” a bench comprising Justices Kurian Joseph and R F Nariman said. The apex […]
In a novel step towards improving Ahmedabad city,AMC Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation invited its past office bearers and mayors for a meeting to discuss in detail on issues that still affect AMC administration like water supply, drainage, epidemic control and waterborne diseases. Yesterday a the meeting was chaired by present mayor Gautam Shah. The meeting was […]
In a setback for megastar Amitabh Bachchan, the Supreme Court today allowed the Income Tax department to reopen a 2001 tax case against him. The I-T department says the actor owes Rs. 1.66 crore in taxes for his show Kaun Banega Crorepati for the year 2001-2002. In July 2012, the Bombay High Court had granted […]
In a major embarrassment for the Narendra Modi government, the Centre decided to revoke President’s Rule in Uttarakhand after Congress leader Harish Rawat won the floor test held in the state Assembly on Tuesday. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that Harish Rawat-led Congress had won the vote of confidence in […]
Britain has told India that it cannot deport Vijay Mallya, who is facing money laundering charges in the country, but could consider an extradition request for him. The UK government’s response came nearly a fortnight after India made a request for the deportation of Mallya, whose Indian passport was revoked in a bid to secure […]
Today afternoon in Ahmedabad, at 1 pm massive fire was reported at Jagdamba Polymers in Dholaka GIDC today. Total 15 firefighters inlcuding 6 from Sanand were rushed to the spot to extinguish the fire. The cause of fire is not yet known. Fire still not under control. No reports of casulaties have come up.
