Sohini Ghosh

The court was hearing the arguments on preservation of heritage property Pratap Vilas palace in Vadodara that houses the National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR) during which the advocate general cited the January verdict of the Supreme Court greenlighting Central Vista redevelopment project.

The court said in its order that if the officials fails to appear before the court, it could “proceed to take appropriate steps in accordance with law.”

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In his address, Gujarat High Court Chief Justice Vikram Nath hailed the PM as well as the leadership of Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, saying the crucial reason behind Modi's popularity was his "fundamental dedication towards his duties", and his "fairness", inspiring people.

The panel found the owner of the land and the godown occupier “responsible for their acts and omissions” and stressed that the “office of the (Ahmedabad) Collectorate and the AMC (Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation) are also negligent in discharging their duties”.

Shah’s firm, Saurin Financial Services Pvt Ltd, has 14-15 employees. “There was a salary cut across the board, but this was recouped from the third quarter. Branch operations were curtailed with technology and a new way of doing business. These were the major impacts (of the pandemic),” he says.

With this, the state has now managed to cover over 1.55 lakh of the total 4.5 lakh health workers targeted for vaccination in the first phase. So far 13 adverse events post inoculation have been reported from across the state till Wednesday, health officials confirmed.

The lowest turnout was recorded at Bhildi Community Health Centre (CHC) in Banaskantha, where only 23 frontline workers were vaccinated Saturday.

According to data provided to Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, the year 2020 saw nearly 80 per cent drop in people tested. groups.

“For vaccines that haven’t undergone clinical trials, they must be producing data first. That is my view, that is a scientist’s view. But politicians have to act, it is up to the governments ultimately,” said Nobel Laureate Venkatraman Ramak-rishnan.

Gujarat completed its third dry run for Covid-19 vaccination on Tuesday, covering nearly 30 district and seven municipal corporation areas.

The Samarpan Society was at the centre of controversy after some residents lodged a criminal complaint against one of its members, Feroz Contractor, for “hiding his religion” when he sold a plot in the society to Firoz Patel.

The ad-interim injunction, as was sought by AALL, a subsidiary company of Adani Group, was granted until the next date of hearing – scheduled for January 5.

The study explored the correlation between the SARS-CoV-2 genetic load in wastewater and the number of cases at the district level.

SpiceJet officials said the aircraft being brought in will be newer and “about a decade-old”. The bookings for the Ahmedabad-Kevadia seaplane route have commenced from December 28, they added.

The vaccination drive, officials said, is planned across nearly 300 spots by an estimated 380 vaccinators in Ahmedabad city. Ahmedabad city has nearly 60 lakh population.

The findings are in line with a September study by the Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar (IIPH-G), that recorded SAR in households with a primary infected person at 8.8 per cent in rural Gandhinagar, also in north Gujarat.

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The HC order comes a fortnight after the State Crime Investigation Department (CID) filed a chargesheet against six policemen for the alleged murder. The chargesheet also booked two other police personnel as accused.

Section 53 of the Indian Penal Code which deals with types of punishment, does not include community service as an option.

To have the desired deterrent effect, the court said, instances of violators imposed with community service should be widely publicized in the media, including social, electronic, digital and print media.

On Monday, Ahmedabad city reported 291 cases, and added eight more micro-containment zones, with maximum households contained in the areas of Chandlodia and Gota. Gujarat reported 1,502 new cases.

The SAR is defined as the probability that an infection occurs among susceptible people within a specific group.

Rajiv Gupta, the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) at Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, told mediapersons Saturday that beds were available for Covid-19 patients. “There is no issue. In SVP Hospital, an additional 300 beds are being arranged for (coronavirus patients),” he said.