'Amid criticism over the construction of a wall built to mask a slum area in Ahmedabad ahead of US President Donald Trump’s visit, a senior BJP leader from Tamil Nadu said the Congress party was responsible for it as they are “ruling Gujarat”. Former Rajya Sabha MP L Ganesan, 75, told reporters in Chennai: “Congress is ruling in Gujarat, you have asked me the question without knowing about it. You are criticising the Congress government for an action carried out by the state government.
'The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has served eviction notices to 45 families living in a slum area near the Sardar Vallabhai Patel Stadium, The Indian Express reported on Tuesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host United States President Donald Trump at an event at the stadium later this month. While the residents alleged that they have been asked to evict because of this upcoming event, the civic body has denied it...'
'If you eat food prepared by a menstruating woman even once, then your next avatar will definitely be that of a ‘balad’ (ox). A menstruating woman who cooks food for her husband will certainly be reborn as a ‘kutri’ (bitch). These are the preachings of Swami Krushnaswarup Dasji of Swaminarayan Bhuj Mandir ((Nar Narayan Dev Gadi) that exposes the misogynistic mindset of the sect and its followers, who run the Bhuj institute where 68 hostellers were forced to strip for a menses check...'
'Even as the AMC continued to claim that the wall around a slum — Saraniya Vaas — near the city airport will be just 4 feet high, the wall has grown to 5 feet. Grills and curtains are being added to the top of the wall apparently to hide slums from US President Donald Trump during his visit on February 24. A construction labourer at the site measured the wall and told TOI that it is 5 feet high at present and will get the grills and curtains over the next couple of days.
'The wedding procession of a Dalit man was taken out under police protection in Gujarat''s Banaskantha district on Sunday after some upper caste people objected to the groom sitting on a horse and pelted stones, an official said...'
'At an education institute that proclaims its mission to be “self-development and empowerment of girls through modern, scientific, and value-based education”, 68 undergraduate hostellers were paraded through the college into the restroom and forced to individually remove their undergarments to prove that they were not menstruating... According to the sect’s norms, menstruating females are barred from entering the temple and kitchen. They are even forbidden from touching other students.
'The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is building a wall along the road connecting the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport to Indira Bridge, ostensibly to mask the slum area on the likely route that US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi would take for the roadshow when the visiting leader lands in Ahmedabad on February 24.
'The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Gujarat legislative Assembly recently prepared a report to follow up audit observations that had been submitted in 2014 by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India to the Gujarat government sharply criticising it for bestowing “undue” favours on a company in the Adani group that operates India’s largest private port. Gautam Adani heads the Adani group of companies. He is the country’s second richest man, according to one estimate. The industrialist is perceived to be close to Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
'Ahmedabad-headquartered National Institute of Design (NID) has indefinitely postponed its convocation at the last minute. The invitation cards for the event, which was scheduled for Friday, were sent out and families of graduating students have already assembled in Ahmedabad. Sources said that the reason behind the development is the NID’s decision to invite activist and classical dancer Mallika Sarabhai, a vociferous critic of Narendra Modi from the time he was Gujarat’s chief minister, as chief guest for the event. Mallika is also one of the prominent faces of the anti-CAA...'
'Rajkot Collector Remya Mohan issues Rs 50,000 cheque to reporters of eight dailies ‘as a bribe’ to give publicity to Republic Day event organised by the Gujarat government in Rajkot...'
