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Chandola Lake of Ahmedabad, located in the Narol region, has disintegrated into nothing but dust. The recent photographs of the lake show its last ruins that look like a drought-stricken place. People used to use Chandola to meet the irrigational and industrial needs of the region. Two months ago, Chandola lake was flourishing with substantial […]
Ahead of the Gujarat Assembly elections, a violent conflict broke out between Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers for second day in a row. Yesterday, the activists, including the councilors of AAP, who were protesting in the Gatroj Surat Municipality, were beaten up by the police and other authorities. During this […]
After being granted bail on Friday, Jignesh Mevani today slammed the Assam government for his arrest. While addressing a press conference this morning, the Dalit leader said Assam government used every trick to frame me in made-up cases and that Prime Minister’s office was involved in the plot. Mevani was as arrested last month by […]
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will visit the state on May 10 and address a public gathering, ‘Adivasi Adhikar Satyagarh’ of the Congress Party in Dahod District. This will be Rahul Gandhi’s second visit in two months. Gujarat Congress President Jagdish Thakor will visit Dahod on Tuesday to prepare for Rahul Gandhi’s visit. Earlier, the former […]
On Monday morning, two tremors of magnitude 4 and 3.2 jolted a village in Gujarat’s Gir Somnath district, officials said. Residents of Talala village, located 25 kilometers from the district headquarters Veraval, awoke from their sleep and fled their homes after feeling the tremors, but there were no reports of casualties or property damage, according […]
A total of 18 new covid cases were reported in the state Sunday. This takes the Gujarat tally of currently active cases to 122. The situation has been worrying since the past fortnight even on the national level. PM Modi held a meet with chief ministers of several states to review the situation last Wednesday. […]
Independent Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani, who was finally granted bail by Assam Police in two separate cases, will be reaching Ahmedabad by Tuesday evening. The Dalit leader and activist will then address a rally of his supporters at Juna Vadej. According to the sources, Mevani and his supporters have organized a meeting named ‘Satyamev Jayate […]
Aam Aadmi Party chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today, while addressing the Adivasi Sankalp Mahasammelan in Chanderia village of Bharuch district, said that the tribal community in Gujarat makes up to about 1 crore of people. As such, the state is home to some of the poorest of tribal communities as well as […]
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, today, on the occasion of Gujarat Foundation Day, inaugurated a Regional Science Centre in Patan. This state-of-the-art science center is spread over 34,000 square meters and is aimed at boosting interest for science and technology among the young people. The center is among four such establishments in Gujarat. Patan is […]
In what comes a welcome move, Ahmedabad might get Gujarat’s tallest building yet, soon. According to sources, the planned commercial building near Iskon Circle on SG Road will boast 41 floors and will be the tallest yet in the state at 145 meters. This building, to be built on a 7000 square yard plot, is […]
Despite the top BJP leadership repeatedly denying that there was no question of recommending an early election in Gujarat, a high-level meeting at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s official residence on Saturday has sparked off yet another round of speculations that there might be early polls in the State. The three-hour meeting was attended by Prime […]
When one hears the word Gujarat, the first things that come to mind are all generally influenced by how this majestic state has been depicted in popular culture, especially in Bollywood movies. The unforgettable ‘We Are G-U-J-J-U, Gujju!’ song from Karan Johar’s movie ‘Kal Ho Na Ho’, or the myriad of colors that represent Gujarat’s […]
Minister of State for Home in Gujarat government, Harsh Sanghavi said that Gujarat police seized drugs meant to be sent to Punjab, Mahrashtra and Rajasthan. While making a statement on drugs at the Global Patidar business summit, the minister said that Gujarat Police is working with a sense of social responsibility.He said that for a long time […]
Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister of Delhi and the national convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), speculated on whether the BJP intended to dissolve the Gujarat Legislative Assembly and hold elections in the state the following week. This comes after PM Narendra Modi met with Gujarat BJP leaders on Saturday. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal took […]
On Saturday morning, a 55-year-old man was killed in an industrial blast at Alpha Metal Industries in Naroda GIDC Phase 2 in Ahmedabad. Mohabbatsinh Parmar was operating an aluminum pressure die-casting machine with a hydraulic oil component where furnish oil is poured, according to the Ahmedabad fire department. “We believe a spark occurred during the […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has virtually inaugurated the three-day global Patidar business summit 2022 in Surat. In his inaugural remarks, PM Modi said, “Surat, one of the fastest growing cities in the world, needs to move forward with confidence.” The Prime Minister appealed to society and industrialists to move forward to modernize agriculture. PM Modi reminded […]
National BJP President JP Nadda on Friday dismissed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as a fringe player while the Congress stood no chance in Gujarat, “which is an undisputed globally recognised laboratory of good governance” even as heaped praise on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Gujarat Government for its “effective” handling of the Covid-19 […]
In one of the biggest operations yet, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) have successfully seized 9,650 kgs of drugs. This consignment, one of the biggest till date, is said to be worth thousands of crores of rupees. Investigation is currently underway to determine where the shipment came from. This operation is […]
Kapadvanj Sessions Court today gave its verdict in the case of gangrape on a woman in Nirmali area and sentenced the 3 accused to death. AD District Judge V. P. Agarwal who presided the session gave this landmark verdict. A woman’s body was found in the fields in Nirmali area of Kapadvanj taluka in Kheda […]
BJP President J.P. Nadda today said that Gujarat is the party’s laboratory and now the state’s governance model is reflected throughout the country. Nadda, who is in the state for just one day, was addressing a press conference from the BJP office at Koba in Gandhinagar. With Assembly polls fast approaching all parties are in […]
