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The Gujarat High Court has issued a notice in a petition challenging the election of recently elected BJP Rajya Sabha MP Rajeshbhai Parmanandbhai. The notice was issued on October 1, 2026, by Justice S.V. Pinto, after an election petition was filed against Rajeshbhai’s election. The petition has been filed by Tusharbhai Chaudhary, Leader of the […]
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Dr Harini Amarasuriya today inaugurated the USD 750 Mn Phase II expansion of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone’s (APSEZ) Colombo West International Terminal (CWIT). With its capacity doubled from 1.6 million to 3.2 million TEUs, the expansion will further CWIT’s ambition to handle nearly 25% of the Port of […]
An Indian-origin pilot Smit Machchhar from Gujarat reportedly helped prevent a Flydubai passenger aircraft from crashing after his co-pilot allegedly attempted to take control of the Boeing 737 during a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv on Wednesday. During this, Machchhar was stabbed and badly injured. Machchhar was the captain of Flydubai Flight FZ1073, a […]
The Congress party has strongly criticised the BJP-led central government over the current condition of the country’s economy and stock market. AICC national spokesperson and former Rajya Sabha MP Shaktisinh Gohil alleged that middle-class people who invested in the stock market after following appeals by the Prime Minister and Home Minister have suffered heavy losses. […]
Gujarat-based Swayam Foundation took an initiative to support victims of the devastating floods that hit Assam in July 2026. To raise funds for the rehabilitation of flood victims, the non-governmental organisation (NGO) organised a special musical programme and charity fundraiser in Ahmedabad. The programme was held at Natarani Amphitheatre, Usmanpura, Ahmedabad, on 28 September 2026, […]
A new-generation professional is making his way to national politics. Dhanraj Parimal Nathwani is the Samajwadi Party’s Rajya Sabha candidate from Uttar Pradesh. He filed his nomination in Lucknow on Wednesday in the presence of party president Akhilesh Yadav, alongside senior party leader Prof Ram Gopal Yadav, who is also the party’s candidate for the […]
Farmers living around Gir could soon get some relief from restrictions on routine agricultural work, with the Gujarat government considering changes to the proposed Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) rules. The proposed changes could allow farmers to use tractors and other farm machinery, fence their agricultural land and construct wells, subject to safety conditions. However, barbed-wire fencing […]
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday rejected Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal’s appeal against a ₹25,000 cost imposed on him in the case concerning information about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s degree. The case goes back to a 2016 direction of the Central Information Commission (CIC), which had asked Gujarat University to provide information related […]
Gujaratis have traditionally bewhiskered known to be smart with their money related decisions. Now a major investigation had revealed that Gujaratis have been saving taxes and a few spurious political parties have been involved in sophisticated money laundering schemes. What looks like a political donation on paper allegedly turned into a cycle of bank transfers, […]
A heritage building does not always disappear because nobody knew it was important. Sometimes, it disappears while the paperwork to protect it is still moving. That is what has happened in Ahmedabad, where seven historically significant structures have been demolished before the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) could formally give them heritage protection. The buildings were […]
Bharuch BJP MP Mansukh Vasava has publicly criticised sections of his own party organisation, alleging that some BJP leaders and workers helped Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Chaitar Vasava win the Dediapada Assembly seat. Speaking at a BJP organisational programme in Rajpipla, held to welcome newly appointed Narmada district BJP president Shabdsharan Tadvi, Vasava also […]
A poster saying “Village for Sale” has appeared in Tulshi, a village in Maharashtra’s Solapur district. For outsiders, it may look like a sarcastic protest message. For the villagers, it represents years of waiting for something they say should have reached them long ago — irrigation water. Tulshi is only about 9 km from the […]
For years, sending a parcel or accessing regular postal services in Khavda meant depending on facilities located far away. That is now changing as the remote Kutch region gets a postal identity of its own. Khavda in Kutch has been assigned a new PIN code — 370246 — along with a dedicated India Post delivery […]
A marriage that began more than seven years ago is now at the centre of a murder investigation in Rajkot, where a 27-year-old Scheduled Caste man was allegedly killed in broad daylight. Vimal Dharmendra Vaniya was attacked near Bhaktinagar Circle around 2 pm on September 24 while he was with a friend. Police suspect that […]
An online learning licence test that was supposed to save 18-year-old Brijesh Dalvadi a trip to the RTO instead became the beginning of a nearly year-long battle. A second-year BSc student at Sarvajanik University, Dalvadi had chosen the online route for his learning licence test. When a technical problem prevented him from completing the examination, […]
A second student death by suicide in just six days at Marwadi University has raised fresh concerns among students, with several of them gathering at the Civil Hospital on Friday after the latest incident. A 20-year-old third-year BTech Computer Engineering student died after allegedly jumping from the university’s main building on the Rajkot-Morbi Highway. The […]
For Bangladeshi traders who had already bought hilsa from Gujarat, the fish is now stuck on the other side of the border. Bangladesh has suddenly stopped ongoing imports of hilsa from India, cancelling at least 103 No-Objection Certificates (NOCs) that had allowed importers to bring the fish through Benapole land port from India’s Petrapole border […]
More than 100,000 people gathering for a music festival is a big number anywhere. In Norway, where the population is only around 5.5 million, it becomes even more striking. For Norwegian rap duo Karpe, such numbers have become part of their story. The duo, made up of Chirag Rashmikant Patel and Magdi Omar Ytreeide Abdelmaguid, […]
For some Indian families in the US, the question of whether to return to India is no longer only about a job. There is also a house to pay for. Families who bought homes during their years of employment in the US are now facing a difficult choice as job losses and uncertainty around H-1B-linked […]
On October 2, several trader and business groups across India plan to put their UPI QR codes, sound boxes and other digital payment devices under black cloth. The symbolic protest, being called “No UPI Day,” is aimed at opposing the proposed 0.4% Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on certain UPI transactions above ₹2,000. The charge is […]
