The Gujarat assembly on Thursday passed a bill proposing amendments to the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act, 2003 paving way for more stringent punishment for forced religious conversions through marriage. The amendment bill provides for up to ten years of jail for fradulent or forced conversion by marriage.
GANDHINAGAR: The Gujarat assembly on Thursday passed a bill proposing amendments to the Gujarat Freedom of Religion Act, 2003 paving way for more stringent punishment for forced religious conversions through marriage. The amendment bill provides for up to ten years of jail for fradulent or forced conversion by marriage.
As per the government, the Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Bill, 2021 sought to curtail emerging trend in which women are lured to marriage for the purpose of religious conversion . The main opposition Congress voted against the bill.
Isolation ward has been set up at Smt. Hansa Mehta hall for girl students of MS University
Vadodara: M S University has set up isolation wards at three halls at the Halls of Residence (hostel campus) after a few foreign students reported Covid-19 like symptoms on Wednesday.
About three foreign students are being treated as Covid-19 suspects after they showed primary symptoms. They are currently allotted a quarter in Vikram Baug while their RT-PCR reports are awaited.
“We have an SOP (standard operating procedure) through which hostel students are asked to produce RT-PCR negative reports whenever they come to stay,” said MSU’s officiating registrar Dr K M Chudasama.
Vadodara: The next time a snake rescuer turns up in your colony, ask for his or her identity card before the rescue operation. In a bid to crack down on those indulging in illegal activities under the pretext of snake rescue operations, the forest department has decided to allow only authorized persons to conduct snake rescues. It is a first of its kind initiative in the country for creating teams of authorised and professional snake rescuers.
Shyamal Tikadar, chief wildlife warden, Gujarat, on Tuesday shot off a letter to the chief conservator of forests (CCFs) as well as all conservator of forests (CFs), instructing them to create snake rescue teams across the state. He said that no unauthorized persons should be allowed to carry out snake rescues. Tikadar said in the circular that if any unauthorized person is found rescuing snakes, he or she shall be booked under the Wildlife Protection Act 1972.
Vadodara: Close to 40 cases of Covid-19 have been detected in Nandesari GIDC over the last few days. Nandesari GIDC Association chairman, Babu Patel, however, said that there was no sharp rise in the number of coronavirus cases.
“There has been no massive spike in the Covid-19 cases here. About 40 cases were detected in the GIDC over the last few days. All the units are working normally and the firm managements are following the guidelines to ensure the safety of their staff,” Patel told TOI. He added that a vaccination drive will be started in Nandesari GIDC from Friday wherein everyone about the age of 45 will be vaccinated.
Vadodara: Two members of the dreaded Bicchu Gang, that has been booked under the Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organized Crime Act (GCTOC), were arrested by the detection of crime branch (DCB) on Wednesday. The two, identified as Azhuruddin alias Ajju Sheikh and Irfan Sheikh were nabbed from Yakutpura after the cops received a tip-off about their whereabouts.
Crime branch sleuths informed that the two were on the run over the last couple of months and stayed in Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Rajasthan. Azharuddin was also wanted in a robbery case that was registered against him in 2016 at Panigate police station. The duo was remanded to police custody for 15 days on Wednesday.