The month-long Simhastha (Kumbh) mela, largest congregation of Hindus began here early today with the arrival of Juna Akhara for the royal bath on the banks of Kshipra river for the holy dip. Large number of people from different corners of the country have converged in the holy city for the Simhastha mela, which is […]
Today in Ahmedabad, Smt Urmilaben Patel, 85 years, ex union minister and widow of late Gujarat ex CM Chimanbhai Patel passes away in a private hospital after a short illness. Gujarat Congress president Bharatsinh Solanki said senior party leader Urmilaben contributed a lot to the social services. I pay my tribute to departed soul. Ammong […]
Uttarakhand High Court on Thursday quashed the President’s Rule in the state. The Court said “Centre acted in ‘blatant falsehood’ and also accused Uttarakhand Speaker of “double standards’.” It also added that Art 356 was imposed in Uttarakhand contrary to law laid down by Supreme Court. Earlier, the Nainital High Court, on Thursday, said that […]
The Reserve Bank of India today fixed the reference rate of the rupee at 66.2930 against the US dollar and 74.8978 for the euro. These rates were 66.2406 and 75.2758, respectively yesterday. According to an RBI statement, the exchange rates for the pound and the yen against the rupee were quoted at 95.1437 and 60.48 […]
Ecstatic and exhausted in equal measure after becoming the first Indian woman gymnast to qualify for the Olympics, Dipa Karmakar today said she would look to continue scripting history wherever she competes. “I will put every effort to ensure that I keep creating history. My target was to qualify at any cost and I am […]
Former WWE wrestler Chyna was found dead at an apartment in Redondo Beach, California. 45-year-old Chyna whose real name is Joan Laurer was reportedly found by her friend who immediately alerted the police. “It is with deep sadness to inform you today that we lost a true icon, a real life superhero. Joanie Laurer aka […]
Pratyusha Banerjee’s alleged suicide has brought her fiance under the spotlight. Rahul Raj Singh is being accused of abetment of suicide. Every day there are new details and fresh accusations surfacing regarding the case. The recent revelation of the post-mortem reports said that Pratyusha the Balika Vadhu star may have been pregnant and undergone a […]
Accused Manish Sharavan Ballai of killing of constable Chandrakant Makwana was arrested by Vadodara police from Bandra-Jaipur train. It was a joint operation by Ahmedabad Police, Vadodara Rural Police and Ahmedabad Crime Branch under guidance of Shri JK Bhatt, JCP. Based on a primary information, accused Manish was […]
Today morning around 10:00 am in Ahmedabad, one 4 year old girl named Tamanna Kailashsinh Rajput was kidnapped by a Hindi speaking lady wearing a saree from close to Escalator at Railway Station. Tamanna is wearing a red colored t-shirt and a jeans pant with a pair of earrings in her ears. The girl […]
Police horse Shaktiman , which suffered multiple fractures on its hind leg during a BJP protest here last month triggering widespread outrage, died today. “Shaktiman was injured on March 14 after which we had to operate on him. He was later fitted with an artificial leg. But he was unable to fully recover from an […]
