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The investigation into the Air India Flight AI 171 crash, which claimed 260 lives, is expected to reach an important stage as the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is likely to release another report around the first anniversary of the tragedy. The upcoming report is expected to focus on one of the biggest mysteries in […]
With Ahmedabad preparing to host the Commonwealth Games 2030, the Union Cabinet on Wednesday (June 10, 2026) approved a ₹2,169-crore metro rail extension connecting Koteshwar Road to the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport to strengthen the city’s transport infrastructure ahead of the event. The Ahmedabad Metro Phase-2A project will cover a distance of 6 km and […]
The Gujarat Forest Department has launched an extensive operation to protect Asiatic lions after reports of a viral infection among the animals. According to the report, lion families in Gir have been kept within their own territories through a process described as “forestation,” while a rapid vaccination campaign has been undertaken. The report states that […]
A fresh controversy over caste certificates has surfaced in Gujarat after youth leader Yuvrajsinh Jadeja alleged that two real brothers from the same family in Vasundhara village of Wankaner received benefits under two different reservation categories. According to him, one brother secured a government job under the SEBC (OBC) category, while the other allegedly obtained […]
On June 12, 2025, an Air India flight from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick crashed just minutes after take-off, killing 241 of the 242 people on board and several people on the ground. For one family in Banaskantha, Gujarat, life stopped that day. They lost their son Kamlesh and his newly married wife Dhapuben. But out […]
A major Gujarat connection has surfaced in the Gurugram digital arrest scam, with investigators recovering crucial evidence from Ahmedabad-based fish trader Ayyappa, whose alleged cryptocurrency transactions are helping police trace an international cyber fraud network linked to Cambodia. The case, reported by The Indian Express (June 9, 2025), has revealed how stolen money was converted […]
A major controversy has erupted in Nasirnagar, Katargam area of Surat, Gujarat, after nearly 100 homes in a slum settlement were demolished while municipal officials and police personnel were present, yet no government agency has accepted responsibility for ordering or carrying out the action. The incident has raised serious questions about who authorised the demolition, […]
A late-night dispute between neighbours in Ahmedabad’s Bopal area ended in tragedy after a man with a criminal record allegedly fell from the fourth floor of a residential building while trying to escape from police. The deceased has been identified as Mahavir Singh Sindhav, who had recently moved into a flat in Bopal. According to […]
The practice of cleaning sewers and septic tanks by sending people inside continues to be a serious and inhumane problem in Gujarat, despite being prohibited by law. According to the report, 73 sanitation workers have lost their lives in the state over the last 10 years while carrying out sewer or septic tank cleaning work. […]
Adani Energy Solutions Limited (“AESL”), India’s largest private transmission company and one of India’s leading energy solutions providers, has executed a binding securities purchase and subscription agreement (“SPSA”) to acquire a 100% equity stake in IntelliSmart Infrastructure Private Limited, a leading smart metering JV between National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (“NIIF”) and Energy Efficiency Services […]
The Gujarat High Court on Monday raised serious questions over former Indian cricketer and Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Yusuf Pathan’s occupation of a government plot in Vadodara, asking how he could take possession of the land without completing the required allotment formalities. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice D.N. Ray was […]
Former Indian cricketer and Gujarat-born Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Yusuf Pathan has found himself at the center of a growing political controversy after senior party leader Mahua Moitra publicly questioned his reported visit to Delhi amid an internal crisis within the party. Yusuf Pathan, who hails from Vadodara, Gujarat, entered politics ahead of the 2024 […]
A tragic incident has been reported from Gujarat, where a 14-year-old girl suddenly collapsed while playing with her cousins during her summer holidays. Doctors suspect that she may have suffered a heart attack, although the exact cause of death will be confirmed only after medical examinations. The girl, identified as Khushi, was a resident of […]
Ahmedabad has been ranked among the world’s most vulnerable cities when it comes to heat risk, according to a new study conducted by researchers from the University of Oxford. The study placed Ahmedabad second on a global heat-risk index, with a composite risk score of 0.79. Only Basrah, Iraq, ranked higher with a score of […]
Bharuch BJP MP Mansukh Vasava has advised people that instead of drinking chemical-laced liquor, it is better to drink homemade Mahuda (Mahua) liquor. He said that if people want to consume liquor, they should prepare traditional Mahuda liquor at home rather than consume chemically mixed liquor that can be dangerous to their health. Mansukh Vasava […]
Ahmedabad continues to experience intense heat even as the monsoon season is approaching. In the first week of June, the city remains under extreme heat conditions. On Friday, the maximum temperature reached 41.3°C, showing that the heat has still not eased. According to data from the India Meteorological Department (IMD), 53 of the last 56 […]
The Ahmedabad District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has ruled that diabetes and high blood pressure (hypertension) are lifestyle diseases and not illnesses that must automatically be disclosed while buying a health insurance policy. Because of this, the commission rejected the insurance company’s reason for denying a medical claim and ordered it to pay the insured […]
Imagine a person who has passed away years ago suddenly appearing in government records as a successful learner’s licence applicant. It sounds impossible. Yet that is exactly what investigators uncovered while examining irregularities in the learner’s licence system. What began as a probe into suspected malpractice soon exposed a reality, an agent was allegedly able […]
A Surat court has sentenced a 62-year-old man to death for the 2019 murder of a young businessman, citing his long history of violent crimes involving acid attacks. The court noted that this was the third serious crime in which the accused had used acid, and described the case as one of the “rarest of […]
In a major move aimed at improving supervision and strengthening national security, the Gujarat government has divided the areas along the International Border (IB) with Pakistan into two separate police ranges. Until now, the entire border area was managed under the existing Border Range, which included Kutch, India’s largest district. With the new arrangement, a […]
