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The Congress on Monday launched a sharp attack on the BJP-led Central government over the state of the Indian economy, the stock market, foreign investment and the falling value of the rupee. Addressing a press conference at the AICC headquarters in New Delhi on October 5, Congress national spokesperson and former Rajya Sabha MP Shaktisinh […]
Nearly three years after the death of Rajkot’s Joint Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) Jawri Mal Bishnoi during a CBI raid, the Gujarat High Court has directed that a criminal case be registered against unidentified persons and directed a fresh investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death. Justice M K Thakker observed that the […]
For Captain Dharav Gosalia, the story of Smit Machchhar is not simply about a dramatic aviation emergency. It is about a friend he has known since they were around 20 years old, when the two were neighbours in Ghatkopar, Mumbai, and began their flying training in New Zealand. When Gosalia first heard what had happened […]
The historic Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad is set to take a major step towards its redevelopment, with the design of 23 museums and exhibition spaces being taken up by Paris-headquartered Museum Studio. Museum Studio, which specialises in turnkey projects for cultural institutions and has a presence in 46 countries, has been awarded the work in […]
For Captain Smit Machchhar’s family in Savarkundla, Gujarat, the biggest relief came after learning that he had survived a frightening incident thousands of feet above the ground. Machchhar, a FlyDubai captain from Savarkundla, was reportedly seriously injured after his co-pilot attacked him with a knife during a flight from Dubai to Israel. Despite his injuries, […]
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 […]
If not in Gujarat, at least in Paris, women have been served justice after the influential Gujarat-based Swaminarayan sect allegedly discriminated against female employees of the Eiffel Tower by asking the company operating it to make women employees invisible when the saints visited the iconic monument recently. The Swaminarayan sect, one of Gujarat’s richest and […]
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 […]
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, […]
