Author: Gujarat Exclusive

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is no longer a member of the Lok Sabha. He has been disqualified as MP from Kerala’s Wayanad parliamentary seat. Meanwhile, on Saturday, addressing a press conference, Rahul Gandhi made a statement about Veer Savarkar, which has raised the tension between Congress and Uddhav Thackeray. Meanwhile, NDTV report said, “Thackeray has announced that he would skip the Congress’s dinner meet in Delhi.” Former Maharashtra Chief Minister had warned of a rift in the Opposition alliance in Maharashtra if Mr. Gandhi did not “stop insulting our God”. Maharashtra former CM said, “Veer Savarkar is our…

Spiritual leader of Tibet the Dalai Lama, has named an eight-year-old USA born Mongolian boy as the 10th Khalkha Jetsun Dhampa Rinpoché – the third highest rank in Tibetan Buddhism according to the reports. The decision comes amid speculations that the 14th Dalai Lama—Tenzin Gyatso, the highest spiritual Tibetan – will name his successor soon. According to the reports of Hindustan Times, the ceremony took place on March 8 in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, where the Buddhist leader lives in exile, the reports added. The move will likely irk China owing to its longstanding animosity toward the Buddhist spiritual leader. The…

Ahmedabad: Farmers are depressed, and in deep trouble, due to incessant unseasonal rain in Gujarat for last few days. The crops in the fields as well as ready crops stored in the open area has been damaged severely. Heavy rain last night, in many parts of the state, has further increased the concerns of farmers. Meanwhile, Meteorological Centre, Ahmedabad has issued a forecast for further unseasonal rain in next 2 -3 days in the state. Meteorological Centre has today predicted for rain at isolated places of North Gujarat and Saurashtra. Few districts of Saurashtra experienced heavy rain yesterday, whereas Ahmedabad…

Business Tycoon Mukesh Ambani’s daughter, Isha Ambani, won the prestigious “ Gennext Entrepreneur” award on Friday at Forbes India Leadership Awards 2023. Isha is an Ivy League graduate from Yale University with a degree in Psychology who is successfully carrying forward her family’s legacy and has carved her niche in the business world. Isha dedicated her win to her parents for inspiring her endlessly and also to her children Krishna and Aadiya Piramal. Isha Ambani is the leading head of the Reliance Retail business and also the founder of the fashion portal Ajio.com. She is not only inheriting her father’s…

New Delhi: A fact – finding committee, headed by Former Supreme Court Judge Madan B Lokur, in its Report noted Home Ministry intentionally delayed the deployment of additional security forces in violence affected areas during communal riots which continued from 23rd to 26th February. In its 170 page report the five-member committee – comprising former Supreme Court judge Madan B. Lokur, former chief justice of Delhi and Madras high court A.P. Shah, former Delhi high court judge R.S. Sodhi, former Patna high court judge Anjana Prakash, and former Union home secretary G.K. Pillai – concluded ” lackadaisical attitude of Central…

With 1,805 new Covid cases recorded in the last 24 hours, the active caseload in India has crossed 10,000-mark, indicating a continued uptick in infections. According to the Union health ministry data updated on Monday, India registered over 1,800 new Covid cases for second consecutive day, taking the active caseload over 10,000-mark. Six more people have lost their lives due to Covid, with it total death toll has reached at 5,30,837. Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan will today hold a meeting with states’ health secretaries and senior officers to review Covid-19 preparedness as India continues to report a rise in…

Mumbai: India chasing the moderate target of 189 runs for victory in first one-day international cricket match against Australia being played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, were 81 for 4 wickets in 18 overs. India did not start well, losing Ishan Kishan while the score was only 5 runs. Then Starck strike and took two quick wickets at the score of only 16 runs in 5 overs. He got wickets of Kohli (4) and Surya kumar yadav (0) in two successive balls. Gill (20) tried to build up the game but he was caught out by Labuschagne in the bowling…

The Supreme Court yesterday held the hearing of the petitions challenging the grant of remission to 11 people convicted and sentenced to a life term in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case. The bench, comprising of Justice K M Joseph and Justice B V Nagratna, termed the gang-rape of Bilkis Bano a “horrendous” crime. The apex court issued notices to the Centre and the Gujarat government in the case. The bench termed it as a “horrendous” crime. The court has directed the Centre and the Gujarat government to produce files regarding the grant of remission to convicts. The bench clarified that…

Gandhinagar: After presentation of the budget the discussion over Budget is going on in Gujarat Assembly. During the session State Government, in a written reply, said the State Government earned Rs.12048.7 crore through tax on petrol and Rs.26682 crore through tax on diesel in 2 years. While the government has also earned Rs. 389 crore from CNG and Rs.126 crore during the period. It may be mentioned here that state government levies 13.7 per cent on petrol, 14.9 per cent on diesel and 15 per cent each on CNG and PNG. Replying to a query, State Government in a written…

New Delhi: Nokia announced plans to change its brand identity for the first time in nearly 60 years, complete with a new logo, as the telecom equipment maker focuses on aggressive growth. The new logo comprises five different shapes forming the word NOKIA. The iconic blue color of the old logo has been dropped for a range of colors depending on the use. It may be noted here that Nokia manufactures 5G equipment in addition to Smart phone. Now there would be two logos of Nokia- one for Mobile phone segment and the other is for other businesses of the…