‘Not managed or supervised by us’: ONGC clarifies on overturned boat off Gujarat coast

[ad_1] File image. | Photo Credit: Reuters State-owned explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Monday (December 8, 2025) clarified that the vessel that capsized during a survey assignment in Jambusar coast in Bharuch district of Gujarat was neither managed nor supervised by the company. It added that the personnel onboard were not ONGC employees either.   “The personnel were […]

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Demand to reduce GST on pumpsets

[ad_1] The Laghu Udyog Bharati – Gujarat has sought a reduction of GST from 18% to 5% for submersible pumps. The Association said the more than 90% of submersible pumps (HSN: 84137010) are used in the agricultural sector for irrigation and drinking water supply. The GST Council has considered these pumps under industrial-use classification. But, […]

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A travelling photography exhibition highlights weaving traditions of India

[ad_1] Ilkal sarees worn by women in North Karnataka | Photo Credit: Navaldeep Thareja “You are not a Bharwad if you wear a saree,” is how elderly Bharwad women chide young women from their community. Navaldeep Thareja, a textile engineer from Sangrur in Punjab, who often visits little-known places across India to meet craftspeople, artisans, weavers, and tribal people and photo […]

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Manjuben Mansukhbhai Mori, an expert in all things grass, creeper and cactus

[ad_1] Manjuben grinding masala in a mortar. It’s the fruiting season of the prickly pear — a type of cactus that grows mostly in Gujarat and Rajasthan. Manjuben Mansukhbhai Mori, 65, of Reshamiya village in Gujarat, eagerly awaits this time of the year. “I make a juice from the prickly pear fruit,” she says. “I […]

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Mayank Mansingh Kaul’s list of small but memorable museums to visit

[ad_1] (Clockwise from top left) Ladakhi kitchen utensils, textile exhibits in Amer, Kala Bhoomi, Central Asian Museum, and Bharat Kala Bhavan Among the highlights of my journeys through India researching textiles over the last two decades has been the discovery of some lesser-known museums. While my effort as an independent curator has been, often, to consistently […]

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Bilkis Bano case convict shares stage with BJP MP and MLA at government event

[ad_1] Bilkis Bano was gang raped and seven members of her family were killed. Image for representation purpose only. File | Photo Credit: G. Ramakrishna One of the convicts in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gangrape and murder of her family members case, freed last year under Gujarat’s remission policy, has shared the stage with BJP MP […]

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Saurashtra Tamil Sangamam festival to be held in Gujarat

[ad_1] Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Chemicals and Fertilisers, launching the Saurashtra Tamil Sangamam at a function held in the city on Sunday. Union Minister L. Murugan, State BJP president K. Annamalai and Gujarat State Minister Kunwarji Bavaliya are also present | Photo Credit: RAGU R. Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister […]

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Ex-IAS officer Pradeep Sharma held in fresh case of land allotment from his tenure as Kutch collector

[ad_1] Gujarat High Court | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji The Gujarat CID on March 3, 2023 arrested former IAS officer Pradeep Sharma for allegedly causing loss to the state exchequer by illegally allotting land at an undervalued price in 2004-05 during his tenure as the Collector of Kutch district, official said. A first information report […]

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First geared electric bike Aera by Matter Energy hits Indian market

[ad_1] Aera, the first electric bike with a 4-speed gearbox, has a liquid-cooled, 5kWh battery with a claimed 125km real-world range Matter Energy has launched its first electric bike — Aera — priced at ₹1.44 lakh for the 5,000 variant and ₹1.54 lakh for the higher-spec 5,000+ variant (ex-showroom, India, including FAME-II subsidy, excluding state […]

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Interview | Nikhil Gulati on his new graphic novel, The People of the Indus

[ad_1] “History is one way of telling stories, just like myth, fiction or oral storytelling.” The words of speculative fiction author Ursula K Le Guin caution readers as they embark on Nikhil Gulati and Jonathan Mark Kenoyer’s journey through the Indus Valley. Penguin Random House’s newly-released graphic novel The People of the Indus is a […]

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