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In a disturbing turn of events, Raju alias Rajesh Solanki, 40, a resident of Khodiyarnagar in Rajkot city, succumbed to injuries allegedly inflicted by the police on Wednesday. Over a week ago, his friend, a Dalit man, Hamir alias Gopal Rathod, died due to alleged police torture. Rajesh Solanki was picked up by a team […]
International passenger traffic at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport in Ahmedabad witnessed a remarkable surge during the 2024 financial year. Recent data issued by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) suggests that while domestic passenger numbers saw an increase, international passenger traffic soared by 29%, reflecting the airport’s growing prominence as a key […]
Malaria treatment need not be so prolonged any more as by September this year, scientists in Gujarat and West Bengal will have enough data to study the impact of a low-dose, short-course treatment for the Plasmodium vivax strain of malaria in Indian conditions. The treatment uses the primaquine, and is said to shorten treatment duration […]
International tennis player with an ATP ranking of 1,166, Madhwin Kamath, 22, from Ahmedabad, has been booked by the city’s cyber crime cell after a 22-year-old woman alleged he had morphed her pictures, turned them into lewd images, then written her phone number below them before posting them online. The woman also alleged that just […]
Come Indian summers, and the one thing to look forward to are mangoes. India is the world’s largest producer of this tropical fruit, accounting for nearly 40% of global production. Since consumers in the US, Canada and the European Union prefer less sweet varieties like Tommy Atkins, Kent, Osteen, Keitt, Maya and Lily, these markets […]
Senior Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and party president Mallikarjun Kharge are among the 40 star campaigners named by the grand old party for the Lok Sabha elections in Gujarat. The state Congress unit shared the list of leaders, including party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi, former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot, general secretary Randeep […]
Gujarat Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) P Bharathi, announced that a total of 4.97 crore voters, which includes 12.20 lakh first-time voters, are set to participate in the Lok Sabha elections and bypolls for five assembly seats in Gujarat on May 7. According to the final electoral roll, there are 4,97,68,677 voters expected to cast their […]
Close to 800 Bengal Monitor Lizard Hemipenes and 19.6 kg of soft corals that were seized on April 13 in Mumbai were allegedly brought from Gujarat for sale in Maharashtra, a probe by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI)’s Mumbai zonal unit revealed. The articles are protected under Schedule–I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, […]
Hearings of students suspected of cheating in this year’s Class 10 and 12 Gujarat Board examinations have been delayed due to the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) coming into effect for the Lok Sabha elections. The exam reforms committee of the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) has not convened its regular meeting […]
A murder mystery dating back to 2017 found a new twist on Tuesday as police dug out hundreds of skeleton pieces to fit the puzzle of a man missing for the last seven years. The incident happened in December 2017 under Porbandar district’s Ranavav police station when Parbat alias Gagu Kodiyatar, then 38 years old, […]
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday said it will order a high-level inquiry into the operations of the Indian Railways and the forest department to find out the cause of deaths of three lions on railway tracks in January. The bench pulled up both the departments for their “sketchy” inquiry reports. A bench of Chief […]
In a strange and shocking case of cyber crime, Bhushan Rajput, executive vice-president of Cadila Pharma based in Dholka, lost Rs 3.95 lakh though he did not share his bank details or click on the web link sent to him by the fraudsters. Rajput, 53, a resident of Parkview Society on Science City Road, said […]
The Gujarat High Court has ordered Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) to pay a compensation of Rs 20 lakh to a farmer in Devbhoomi Dwarka district for the damage caused to his farmland because of pollution from a soda ash plant nearby. The GPCB had failed to act on repeated complaints by the farmer, Balubha […]
The Gujarat High Court has fined an advocate Rs 5,000 for repeatedly failing to appear on behalf of his client despite specific orders. The court referred advocate Prashant Chavda’s conduct to the Bar Council of Gujarat and directed him to pay the penalty to the Gujarat State Legal Services Authority within 30 days. In an […]
Gujarat is once again in the grip of extreme heat after a brief dip in temperatures last week. The maximum in most districts of the state soared to 40 degrees or above from Monday. After remaining unchanged for the next three days, the temperature will increase by two to three degrees, says the MeT department. […]
Dhiren Solanki, who belongs to Gujarat, has set up a donkey farm with 42 donkeys at his village in Patan district. He is earning Rs 2-3 lakh a month by supplying donkey milk to clients in southern states. Donkey milk is selling at 70 times the price of milk produced by cows and buffaloes. Availability […]
To mark Earth Day, which was observed on Monday, Gujarat’s first woman civilian licensed skydiver, Shweta Parmar, completed a solo descent from 13,000 feet in Thailand with a message for a plastic-free planet. She unfurled a ‘End Plastic’ flag as this year’s Earth Day theme was ‘Planet vs Plastics’. The theme advocates for reduction of […]
The severe heat wave of 2010 caused 65 deaths – the maximum the city has seen from heat stroke. A year later, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), the Indian Institute of Public Health (IIPH), Gandhinagar, and other stakeholders put into place a Heat Action Plan (HAP). According to AMC’s figures, no deaths from heat stroke […]
With Canada introducing a new rule to restrict the number of students staying back in the country for work after their studies, thousands of students from Gujarat planning for the same will be affected.From May 15 this year, international graduates of Canadian college programmes delivered through a public-private curriculum licensing arrangement will no longer qualify […]
Principal Opposition party Congress in Gujarat received a major jolt after the nomination of party candidate from Surat Lok Sabha seat Nilesh Kumbhani was rejected by the district returning officer, following alleged signature discrepancies of the proposers.The party was in for a double whammy when the nomination form of Suresh Padsala, the substitute candidate from […]
