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Surat fire tragedy, three arrested, three officials suspended
Mukesh Puri, Principal Secretary of Urban Development, submitted his primary investigation report to Chief Minister on fire tragedy incident that recently occurred in
Surat.
Later, Puri, apprising the media persons about the details of his submitted report, said that in reference to the report in a high-level meeting was held in Gandhinagar in wh...
Forensic experts will assist investigation to reach cause of fire inc...
With a view to have firsthand information and inspection, Gujarat Chief Minister Mr. Vijaybhai Rupani today made a spot visit of the fire incident that occurred at a tuition class in Surat city.
In response to the occurrence of incident, the Chief Minister has issued orders to make inquiries to find out that the sufficient fire safety measures and...
No minority community midday meal scheme cook-cum-helper in Gujarat: G...
CV News/ Monday, May 20, 2019 A Government of India fact-sheet, released late last year on the midday meal scheme across India, has been brought to light to show that Gujarat is one of the two major states with zero minority community cook-cum-helpers. The other state is Chhattisgarh. In the country as a whole, out of a total of 25,12,111 cook-c...
As Narmada goes dry, environmentalist asks: Where’s Gujarat govt...
CV News/ Friday, May 17, 2019Senior Ahmedabad-based environmentalist Mahesh Pandya has sharply criticised the Gujarat government for failing to come up with water policy despite "grim" situation across the state. Pandya, who heads Paryavaran Mitra, told a seminar jointly called by the Gujarat Institute for Civil Engineers and Architects and Public ...
Jurisdiction And Functions Of Lokpal
The Lokpal has jurisdiction to inquire into allegations of corruption against anyone who is or has been Prime Minister, or a Minister in the Union government, or a Member of Parliament, as well as officials of the Union Government under Groups A, B, C and D. Also covered are chairpersons,members, officers and directors of any board, corporation, so...
Suspend senior cop Falguni Patel for “abusing” Dalits
CV News/ Tuesday, May 14, 2019 Jignesh Mevani, Gujarat Dalit rights leader and MLA, has demanded that the state government should immediately suspend Aravalli district's deputy superintendent of police Falguni Patel for allegedly abusing Dalits in Khambisar village after people from the dominant caste stalled a Dalit wedding procession, leading to ...
The highest increases in crimes in eight states with Gujarat
Counterview Desk
In their joint submission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee to meet for the listing of adoption of list of issues at its 126th session, July 1-26, 2019, top Dalit rights organizations have taken strong exception to, among other things, "disproportional application of death sentencing by the judiciary of minorities, such...
Dalit wedding processions row: Rights leaders question Gujarat CM̵...
Tuesday, May 14, 2019 Martin Macwan, Jignesh Mevani
By Our Representative
Addressing media in the wake of a series of incidents -- in which dominant rural castes stopped Dalit wedding processions to pass through village streets -- rights leaders Jignesh Mevani, an independent MLA of Gujarat state assembly, and Martin Macwan, founder of Gujarat...
India’s 80% construction sites “unsafe”, deaths 20 t...
Sunday, May 12, 2019 By Rajiv Shah
The Government of India may be seeking to project India’s construction sector as the country’s second-largest employer of the country after agriculture, providing jobs to more than 44 million people, and contributing nearly 9% to the national GDP, yet, ironically, its workforce is more unprotected than any oth...
Why is this Gujarat BJP “heavyweight” so upset with state ...
Saturday, May 11, 2019 By RK Mishra*
The wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine. This is what is hoped in the case of Gujarat minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama, whose election victory in 2017 by a mere 327 votes was challenged in the Gujarat High Court by his Congress rival Ashwin Rathod. As the case winds down, all eyes are o...
5 farmers in district court of Modasa today, withdrew PepsiCo legal su...
“Government of India should proactively take up measures to uphold farmers’ rights – We will continue our public campaign to secure this” say farmers rights groups PepsiCo India Holdings Ltd, after having sought and obtained an early Hearing in its cases against 4 Gujarat potato farmers in the Commercial Court of Ahmedabad and 5 farmers in distr...
Demand to provide midday meal to poor students admitted in private sch...
CV News/ Wednesday, May 08, 2019 Senior Ahmedabad-based activist Mahesh Pandya has demanded that private schools should provide midday meal to poor children who have been admitted in private schools under the Right to Education (RTE) Act.
In a letter to the Midday Meal Commission, Gujarat government, Pandya, midday meal is an important governme...
Scarcity of water in tribal-dominated Chhotaudepur: Gujarat CM asked t...
CV News/ Wednesday, May 08, 2019
In a letter to Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani, a senior Dalit rights social worker, Kantilal Parmar, has said that the state government should take urgent steps to ensure provision of water in tribal-dominated villages of Chhotapudepur district of south Gujarat.
Pointing out that even handpumps in a large of ...
Atmosphere of “fear” in Gujarat institutes bogs all: Schoo...
By Prof Hemantkumar Shah*
The present education system is a matter of great concern. There is an increase in the establishment of universities since 2001. Currently, there are more than 50 universities, whereas in 2001 the count was only 15. The concern with these newly established universities is there affiliation as private universities.
The la...
As Gujarat govt denies industries discharge polluted water, environmen...
The Gujarat government’s environmental watchdog, Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has denied the strong allegation levelled by two top environmentalists, Rohit Prajapati and Krishnakant, that industrial units of Vadodara are polluting groundwater by discharging untreated wastewater. Belonging to the Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti (PSS), based in ...