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Gujarat’s farmers are fighting on more than one front right now. Their biggest complaint is about electricity poles and high-tension power lines being put up on their farmland. On top of that, the Congress says the state has kept Gujarat out of the central government’s crop insurance scheme for years. Both issues have now pulled […]
What started as an online romance between two strangers ended in a brutal murder in Gujarat’s Rajkot district after a 20-year-old man allegedly killed his live-in partner upon discovering that the person he believed was a woman was, in fact, a man posing as one on social media. Police have arrested the accused, saying the […]
Gujarat-based listed companies significantly outperformed India’s benchmark stock indices during the first six months of 2026, even as global uncertainty and the West Asia conflict weighed heavily on financial markets. While the BSE Sensex fell around 9.7% and the NSE Nifty declined 8.2% since the beginning of the year, several Gujarat companies posted impressive double-digit […]
The Ahmedabad Crime Branch has launched an investigation into an alleged immigration fraud in which two men claim they were cheated out of a combined Rs 72.3 lakh after being promised Canadian work visas that never materialised. The accused are four members of a family who operated an immigration consultancy in Ahmedabad and lured clients […]
The Gujarat Medical Council (GMC) has suspended the medical registrations of three dermatologists from Gujarat for 13 months after finding them guilty of violating professional ethics by accepting a company-sponsored foreign trip. The disciplinary action is being seen as one of the rare instances where a state medical council has taken strict action against doctors […]
Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL), India’s largest renewable energy company, has surpassed 20 gigawatts (GW) of operational renewable energy capacity, becoming the first renewable energy company in India to achieve the milestone predominantly through greenfield development. The company generates over 52 billion units of clean electricity annually. The output represents nearly 3 per cent of […]
The Congress on Tuesday accused the Gujarat government of denying farmers the benefits of the Centre’s flagship crop insurance scheme, the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), for the past several years. Addressing a press conference, Congress leader, AICC National Spokesperson and former Rajya Sabha MP Shaktisinh Gohil alleged that Gujarat is the only state […]
In a significant ruling, the United States Supreme Court has upheld the long-established principle of birthright citizenship, rejecting an executive order issued by President Donald Trump that sought to deny automatic citizenship to children born in the US to people living in the country illegally or temporarily. The decision reaffirms that, with very limited exceptions, […]
A wedding celebration in Gujarat’s Patan district turned violent after a 21-year-old groom was allegedly dragged off a mare and assaulted during his wedding procession. Unlike many past incidents involving upper caste and Dalit communities, this case involves two Other Backward Class (OBC) communities—the Patni (Devipujak) community and the Thakor community. Police have registered a […]
Investigators to recreate accused Chetan Chaudhary’s walk at Lohagad Fort as they tighten the case against him and co-accused Siya Goyal; courtroom drama unfolds over her legal representation. The investigation into the sensational murder of Pune realtor Ketan Agarwal has entered a crucial forensic phase, with police set to conduct a gait analysis of co-accused […]
Gujarat’s first integrated Information Technology (IT) township, Infocity in Gandhinagar, is set to return to government control after 2030. The Gujarat government has decided not to renew the lease of Creative Infocity Ltd (CIL), the company led by founder Dilip Barot, which developed and managed the state’s flagship IT park project. The decision means the […]
A series of fatal lion attacks in Gujarat has raised fresh concerns over the growing conflict between humans and Asiatic lions, especially in and around the Gir landscape. In the latest incident, a five-year-old boy was killed by a lioness in Amreli district, taking the number of reported human deaths linked to lion encounters this […]
APSEZ, India’s largest and one of the world’s fastest growing Integrated Transport Operator, and MSC Group, the world’s largest transport and logistics conglomerate, have entered into a definitive agreement under which MSC Group, via its container terminal operating and investing arm, TiL, will invest for 49% interest in AVPPL, the concessionaire for Vizhinjam port. The […]
Gujarat has long been known for producing Kesar and Alphonso mangoes, two varieties that have earned a reputation for their rich sweetness and strong demand across the country. Now, a handful of farmers in the state are looking beyond these traditional favourites by experimenting with premium mango varieties from the United States and Japan. While […]
The Prime Minister Internship Scheme, launched by the Central Government with the objective of providing employment opportunities and industrial exposure to young people, has witnessed a disappointing response in Gujarat. Although the scheme was introduced with an ambitious national target of offering internships and employment opportunities to one crore youth over five years, participation in […]
Islamabad claims it destroyed militant hideouts in three Afghan provinces after four Pakistani soldiers were killed in a Karachi terror strike; Taliban alleges civilians were among the casualties. Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have escalated sharply after Islamabad launched a cross-border ground operation, followed by what it described as “calibrated strikes” on militant hideouts inside […]
The investigation into the murder of 25-year-old Ketan Agarwal has revealed that the two accused, his fiancée Siya Goyal (20) and her alleged lover Chetan Chaudhary (22), are blaming each other for plotting the crime during separate interrogations by Pune Rural Police. According to the police, Chetan claimed that he only wanted to elope with […]
The investigation into the sensational murder of Pune businessman Ketan Agarwal has uncovered what investigators describe as a meticulously planned conspiracy involving secret phone calls, deleted chats, failed murder attempts, digital deception and carefully constructed alibis. The latest findings by the Pune Rural Police suggest that the alleged murder of the 25-year-old was neither impulsive […]
What began as allegations of government officials misusing subsidised residential plots near the Statue of Unity has ended in one of the most significant crackdowns by the Gujarat administration against its own officers. On Sunday, the Narmada district administration demolished five illegal bungalows constructed on government-allotted land at Garudeshwar after an investigation found that the […]
A Gujarat connection has resurfaced in a visa fraud conspiracy in the United States after another Gujarati national pleaded guilty in a federal court in Boston for his role in staged armed robberies that were carried out to obtain immigration benefits. The latest development comes more than a year after another Gujarat-origin accused was convicted […]
