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After 18 years of relentless legal battles, a young man’s life, once shattered by terrorism charges, remains irreparably scarred. Arrested when he was only 14 in 2006, his life was traumatised by accusations of being part of a sinister conspiracy to carry out terrorist activities. A resident of Rajouri in J&K, he was studying at Tadkeshwar Madrasa […]
Crime statistics released by India Data Map place Gujarat at 19th out of 36 states in terms of offences committed per 1,00,000 people. Yet, judging by recent violent incidents, the state appears to be moving steadily towards a higher rank—possibly even among the top five. Yesterday, a Vibes of India report detailed how a 29-year-old […]
A Sessions Court in Ahmedabad on Friday (August 29, 2025) sentenced to life imprisonment former Gujarat BJP MLA Nalin Kotadiya, ex-Superintendent of Police of Amreli district Jagdish Patel and 12 others in the 2018 bitcoin extortion case. Ahmedabad Sessions Court Judge, B.B. Jadav, sentenced Kotadiya, Patel and others to life imprisonment for their alleged involvement […]
The operations of the Gujarat High Court came to a standstill on Thursday as the Gujarat High Court Advocates Association (GHCAA) continued its boycott of judicial proceedings in protest against the proposed transfer of sitting judge, Justice Sandeep Bhatt. The protest follows a resolution passed by the GHCAA on Tuesday after news emerged that the […]
In an incident that is a blot on Gujarat’s psyche, a 29-year-old man allegedly raped his adult sister twice. Reports claimed that he even burned her with cigarettes. The incident occurred in Bhavnagar, police told media outlets. The accused, a married man working as a driver, allegedly exploited his knowledge of his sister’s three-year relationship […]
Top administrators at the Seventh Day Adventist Higher Secondary School in Maninagar were sacked following the murder of a Class 10 student on campus, which has sent shockwaves through Gujarat’s education community and across India. Ahmedabad District Education Officer (DEO) Rohit Chaudhary ordered the immediate dismissal of principal G Immanuel, administrator Mayurika Patel, and other […]
With Gujarat poised for another wave of development, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will touch down in his home state today for a two-day visit, during which he will lay the foundation stones for infrastructure and public welfare projects worth Rs 5,477 crore. Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, and Mehsana districts are set to be the focal points of […]
Cheteshwar Pujara has announced his retirement from all forms of the game on Sunday. Known as the Second Wall, Pujara hasn’t been in the mind of the Indian selectors for quite some time with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) considering younger options. Pujara was most recently seen taking up roles as […]
The Supreme Court has asked Gujarat Government to rationalise the pay structure of the teaching staff. Though Gujarat is a vibrant state with entrepreneurship believed to be in the blood of Gujaratis, in last two and half decades, the quality of education in the State has declined abnormally.n One of the reasons is the State […]
The Ahmedabad crime branch arrested the key accused – Ali Meghat Al-Azhar, a Syrian national, who is in India on a tourist visa. Ahmedabad police have busted a gang on Saturay, run by a Syrian national on Saturday, which extorted money from mosques while posing as victims from the Gaza Strip. The Ahmedabad crime branch […]
What began as digital gaming has quickly degenerated into a full-blown crisis in Gujarat, where online gambling is ruining families and funding criminal networks. Four years ago, the Gujarat State Law Commission (GSLC) submitted a report to the state government. The report suggested increasing gambling punishment to a two-year jail term. The commission raised concerns […]
The murder of Class 10 student Nayan Santani has exposed a troubling pattern of unchecked violence at his Maninagar school, where police now say at least a dozen brawls had taken place before Tuesday’s fatal stabbing. City crime branch officers are probing why repeated fights were overlooked and whether Seventh Day Adventist Higher Secondary School […]
Following the death of a 15-year-old Seventh Day Adventist Higher Secondary School student, Nayan Santani, who was stabbed in the stomach by a juvenile, the Crime Branch has filed a lawsuit against the school, claiming it was negligent and had failed to respond appropriately in an emergency. With Gujarat shocked and stirred, outrage followed. Demonstrations […]
Even as the “murder” of a class X student of a private school in Ahmedabad earlier this week by a fellow schoolmate has become a cause of concern, a class VIII boy was stabbed by a classmate in a primary school in Balasinor town of Mahisagar district on Thursday. According to details, the victim sustained […]
A tragic incident on Tuesday, a 15-year-old Class 10 student was fatally stabbed by a schoolmate at Seventh Day School in Khokhra. The confrontation is reportedly linked to an earlier dispute. The injured student was rushed for treatment but later succumbed to his injuries, leading to widespread outrage among family members and the local community. According to […]
Gujarat ranks No. 1 in renewable energy installed capacity in the country with total installed capacity of 38,219.18 MW as on 31 July, 2025. Solar power contributed the largest share at 21,904.55 MW, followed by wind power at 14,081.48 MW and remaining coming from large & small power and bio-power. Moreover, Gujarat has the potential for […]
The Aam Aadmi Party in Gujarat has often accused the ruling BJP and the opposition and their leaders of wrong doings. However, an incident in Godhra has put the party in an embarrassing position. On Monday, the local crime branch from Godhra arrested seven people, including AAP leader Ashish Kamdar, for their alleged involvement in […]
Isudan Ghadvi, Gujarat unit president of Aam Aadmi Party, on Monday expressed doubt that the BJP in Gujarat has formed the government with the aid of “Vote Theft”. Ghadvi was addressing a press conference alongside Manoj Sorathiya, state party general secretary, at the party headquarters in Ahmedabad. Journalist turned politician, Ghadvi, held that he has […]
In a significant political move, over 500 members of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), including Gujarat State Secretary Suryasinh Dabhi and Ahmedabad City President Om Prakash Tiwari, have joined the Congress. They were inducted into the Congress at a programe held Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan in Ahmedabad on Sunday. The new members were welcomed by senior Congress leaders, […]
The Indian Meteorological Department has issued red, yellow and orange alerts for heavy to very heavy rainfall in more than 25 districts, including Saurashtra and south Gujarat, until August 23. According to the IMD, there is an orange alert in Porbandar, Junagadh, Tapi, Dang, Navsari, and Valsad districts. A yellow Alert has been issued in Kutch, […]
