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With the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process underway across several states, Booth Level Officers (BLOs) are distributing enumeration forms and urging citizens to verify their details on the electoral rolls. According to the Election Commission of India (ECI), an individual can cast a vote only if their name appears in the voter list, making this […]
The stark reality of discrimination in schools has existed for ages. What has remained in hushed tones is now highlighted strongly. Reports have surfaced that students entitled to the Right to Education (RTE) scheme are being discriminated against by those in privileged positions. This unfair practice is rampant in the diamond city of India. Parents […]
Even as the farmers in Gujarat are struggling to upload applications to get relief under the Rs 10,000 crore package announced by the state government after unseasonal rains and massive crop loss, the BJP ruled government is yet to settle the claims of 2024. In 2024, the state government had announced a relief package of […]
A devastating accident near Modasa in Gujarat’s Arvalli district claimed four lives in the wee hours of Tuesday when an ambulance suddenly caught fire, according to police. Among those dead is one-day-old baby boy. The incident occurred around 1 a.m. on the Modasa–Dhansura road. A one-day-old infant, who had been unwell since birth, was being […]
A lot is being said and marketed about how corruption has reduced or for that matter even ‘vanished’ from Gujarat. The ground reality, however, is different. A section of media reports have quoted data from the Anti-Corruption Bureau that in the last eight years, bribe totalling to Rs 9 crore has been taken top officers […]
Uncertainty surrounds a case in which a prisoner is refusing to return to prison because officials will not allow him to bring a vital respiratory therapy device. According to the authorities, a part of the machine resembles a mobile phone—an item strictly banned inside jail premises—creating a deadlock over his surrender. The inmate, 36-year-old Sandip […]
A voice in her dreams led a Gujarati woman to commit an unspeakable crime. The woman in Bilimora allegedly strangled her two sleeping kids, Harsh (7), and Ved (4), to death, when the voice, according to reports, commanded, “Kill your children.” The shocking incident reportedly took place in Maharaja Apartment, Devsar village, where the accused, originally from Uttar Pradesh, lived […]
The Ahmedabad Cybercrime Police have arrested Hiralba Jadeja, wife of former Gujarat MLA Bhura Munja Jadeja, and her accomplice Sachin Mehta for allegedly cheating a man of Rs 31.59 lakh by posing as Motilal Oswal executives. Investigations have revealed that a 34-year-old gola (ice lolly) seller in Junagadh owned one of the firms, Vitthal Pulse […]
A 41-year-old man has approached the Gujarat High Court requesting a divorce from his wife, accusing her of cruelty. He has claimed that their relationship fell apart after she began bringing stray dogs into their home and even orchestrated a prank about an alleged affair that left him humiliated in public. According to his petition, […]
In a bizarre incident, an 11-year-old girl died by suicide on Wednesday afternoon in Gujarat’s state capital Gandhinagar. According to details, the class VI student stayed with the family in Sector 7 of Gandhinagar. Police have found a note from the site. Investigation is on. Her father is a class II officer in the state […]
Nearly a year after three people lost their lives following an unrequired angioplasty procedure under PM-JAY at Khyati Hospital, located on the SG Highway, Ahmedabad, charges are yet to be framed against the accused. The majority of them are out on bail. While two people lost their lives within days and months after the procedure, […]
In just the first nine months of 2025, Gujarat has seen an alarming escalation in cybercrime — so much so that this alone accounts for nearly 30% of all cybercrime complaints registered since 2020. The data paints a worrying picture of how digital crime is taking place in the state, with cybercriminals turning Gujarat into […]
In a dramatic robbery attempt in Ahmedabad, a woman who tried to loot a jewellery shop was slapped nearly 20 times by the shopkeeper after her plan went spectacularly wrong. The incident, reported from near Ranip vegetable market and dated November 3, was captured on the store’s CCTV camera. The video, now circulating widely on […]
Three farmers have died by suicide in less than ten days in Gujarat. Of course, their deaths did not make any headlines. Obviously, there were no primetime debates, because in Gujarat, when the poor die, most national media choose to look the other way. Karsan (Karsanbhai) Vavnotiya of Jampar village, Bhanvad taluka, Devbhumi Dwarka, died […]
Even as the Gujarat Government is yet to announce a relief package who have suffered unprecedented losses, the opposition has blamed the government policies for the fate of the farmers that also includes debts running into thousands of rupees per head. The recent unseasonal rains have hit the farmers hard at the time when their […]
Unseasonal rains have wreaked havoc in Gujarat and farmers have faced unprecedented losses. Under tremendous pressure from various quarters, the state government is expected to announce a relief package soon. However, in these trying times one comparison that is doing rounds is about the facilities provided to 182 MLAs in the state and the condition […]
Seven youths recently took diksha to become sadhus. The diksha ceremony was held at Swaminarayan Mandir Vasna Sanstha in Gandhinagar. It is common in Jainism and those following the Swaminarayan sect to renounce worldly pleasures, take diksha and become sadhus. This event was no exception. The ceremony saw highly educated youth like CAs, MBAs and […]
Congress Rajya Sabha MP Shaktisinh Gohil has strongly criticised the Gujarat government for discontinuing the crop insurance scheme, saying it has left farmers defenceless against the devastation caused by unseasonal and incessant rains. He demanded that the state provide full compensation to the farmers who have lost their entire crops and accused the government of […]
Bharatiya Janata party’s Gujarat unit got a new president last month. Soon thereafter, the state got a new cabinet. However, it seems not all is well within the party. A recent social media post by Dilip Sanghani, chairman of Indian Farmers Fertilisers Cooperative Limited, has left many tongues wagging. In an oblique reference to an […]
The much-talked-about Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Gujarat’s electoral roll began on Tuesday. The exercise, which involves thousands of officials going door-to-door, is aimed at distributing enumeration forms to more than five crore voters. SIR is currently underway in 12 states across the country, including Gujarat. Vibes of India understands that over 50,000 booth-level officers (BLOs) will distribute enumeration forms within […]
