Gandhinagar, Feb 24 (IANS) Gujarat has begun preparations for the Phase-1 of nationwide Census in 2027, with officials emphasising accuracy, transparency, and the use of digital tools to ease the process. A special meeting of Principal Census Officers from Gujarat, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Daman and Diu was held in Gandhinagar on Tuesday under the Chief Secretary, M. K. Das.Chief Secretary M. K. Das stated that Census 2027 will set a benchmark in administrative efficiency and digital go…
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Gandhinagar, Feb 21 (IANS) The CID (Crime) Cyber Cell in Gandhinagar has arrested five individuals from Ahmedabad and Vadodara in connection with a Rs 3.16 crore investment fraud, officials said on Saturday.According to the FIR filed on January 26, the scam involved unknown perpetrators who initially contacted the complainant through a Facebook friend request and subsequently via WhatsApp.They persuaded the victim to download a fake cryptocurrency application named “CBOE,” resulting in the e…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday shared a snapshot of the net changes in the number of electors following the completion of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Gujarat, Lakshadweep and Puducherry.The Commission detailed the extent of deletions and attributed the changes to standard verification processes aimed at ensuring clean and accurate voter lists.In Gujarat, the total number of electors before the SIR stood at 5,08,43,436. Aft…
Diu, Jan 10 (IANS) Karnataka’s Ashmita Chandra and Dhrupad Ramakrishna clinched the women’s and men’s 5km open water swimming gold medals to help the state top the medal standings in the Khelo India Beach Games 2026 at the Ghoghla Beach in Diu on Saturday.The second edition of Khelo India Beach Games witnessed over 1100 participants compete in eight different sports — volleyball, soccer, sepaktakraw, kabaddi, pencak silat, Open water swimming, mallakhamb, and tug-of-war. The first six wer…
Diu, Jan 10 (IANS) Prasanna Bendre was compelled to switch weight categories and move up a class in Pencak Silat Tanding just 20 days before the Khelo India Beach Games (KIBG) 2026, presenting a significant challenge at home. Despite this, he maintained his dominance in Pencak Silat, securing a gold medal at the second edition of the Beach Games.Bendre, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu’s star Pencak Silat athlete, was looking forward to defending his Tanding gold on home turf at the Kh…
Diu, Jan 9 (IANS) Defending champions Kerala men and Odisha women registered contrasting victories to retain their Beach Soccer gold medals in the Khelo India Beach Games (KIBG) 2026 at the Ghoghla Beach in Diu on Friday.With just one day left for the curtains to fall on the second edition of KIBG 2026, Madhya Pradesh jumped to the top spot on the medals tally with two gold medals in Pencak Silat. Sarun Sonwane (Male 70-75kg) and Mahendra Swami (Male 85-90kg) won the Tanding weight-categories to…
Diu, Jan 9 (IANS) In the tribal heartlands of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, where sport has long been overshadowed by the struggle for daily survival, Mallakhamb is quietly scripting a story of transformation. Once practised in open fields and farmlands, the traditional Indian sports discipline has today become a vehicle of confidence, aspiration and social change for children from some of the most resource-constrained communities in the region.At the centre of this movement is Malla…
Diu, Jan 8 (IANS) Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu’s Prasanna Bendre added a Tanding gold in Beach Pencak Silat to his tally while Tamil Nadu grabbed four medals, including a gold and silver, in Beach Volleyball in the Khelo India Beach Games 2026 at the Ghoghla Beach in Diu on Thursday.Bendre, who had won the silver medal in Tunggel, won the men’s Tanding Class B 50-55kg gold, beating Manipur’s Yaikhom Rohit Meitei 15-0 in the final to take the hosts’ medal tally to two gold, two …
Diu, Jan 7 (IANS) Pravin Kumari’s journey has been defined by resistance and resilience — first in pushing back against deep-rooted social norms in a remote village of Himachal Pradesh, and now as the last line of defence on the football field.A natural fighter, the 26-year-old goalkeeper has overcome social stigma, scarce resources and personal challenges to establish herself as one of the emerging faces of women’s football in Himachal Pradesh.At the ongoing Khelo India Beach Games 2026 a…
Diu, Jan 6 (IANS) Home favourite Princess Alexander Thomas of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu clinched the first gold medal of the Khelo India Beach Games (KIBG) 2026 with a confident performance in the women’s Tunngal category in Pencak Silat, while Raja Das of West Bengal emerged victorious in men’s Tunngal at the Ghoghla Beach here on Tuesday.With two medals up for grabs on the second day of competition on Tuesday, the hosts were in contention to win both the gold medals, just li…