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Surat District Collector Dr Sourabh Pardhi recently convened a high-level with key stakeholders from the diamond industry to deliberate on the implementation of the Gujarat government’s newly announced financial assistance package. According to reports, notably absent from the table were members of the Diamond Workers Union Gujarat (DWUG), the body that has been voicing concerns […]
Kiran Khabad, son of Gujarat’s Minister of State for Panchayat and Agriculture, Bachubhai Khabad, was re-arrested — not too long after securing bail — in a fresh FIR linked to yet another MGNREGA scam. Kiran and his brother Balvantsinh were initially arrested for their alleged role in a Rs 71-crore scam involving public works under […]
In an expose that reveals the dark underbelly of illegal medical practices, Ahmedabad rural police have arrested 58-year-old Harshad Acharya, a radiologist from Odhav, for his alleged involvement in a female feticide racket run out of a guesthouse in Bavla. The arrest follows the busting of an abortion network operating in blatant violation of legal […]
Rocky, the rottweiler pet, that fatally attacked a four-month-old baby girl in a housing society in Ahmedabad earlier this month, died in the custody of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. According to official information, the dog died on Tuesday. The AMC said that after it was impounded by the AMC’s Cattle Nuisance Control Department (CNCD) following a […]
In a horrifying incident, a 56-year-old Dalit man was allegedly burnt alive in Patan district by a young married woman and her lover in a criminal attempt to fake her death and escape her marriage. The incident, initially mistaken for a caste-based hate crime, took a shocking turn after police investigations uncovered a sinister plot driven […]
Elections for the 8,326 village panchayats will be held on June 22, the Gujarat State Election Commission announced in Gandhinagar on Wednesday. Dr. S. Murli Krishna, state election commissioner, said that the notification for the polls will be issued on June 2. The village panchayat elections are not held on party symbols. The last date […]
In a revelation that strikes at the heart of both medical ethics and gender justice, the Special Operations Group (SOG) of Ahmedabad Rural Police has exposed an abortion racket linked to female feticide, operating discreetly out of a guesthouse in Bavla. The illegal operation was uncovered during a raid conducted on Monday, based on precise […]
Following the success of Operation Sindoor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the border district of Kutch for the first time. From Bhuj, he dedicated 18 development projects worth Rs 2,326 crore and laid foundation stones for 15 more worth Rs 51,088 crore, bringing total development works worth over Rs 53,400 crore to the state. He also […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a two-day visit to his home state, Gujarat, and one of his key programmes was in Dahod on Monday. He took part in a road show in Vadodara, addressed a mammoth gathering in Dahod and Bhuj. He will also take part in a mega road show late in the […]
Two persons have died after consuming country-made liquor in Dholera on Sunday night. One person is undergoing treatment. While more details are awaited, Shaktisinh Gohil, Gujarat Congress president and Rajya Sabha MP, took to X on Monday and said the Ahmedabad DSP called him up to say that two persons lost lives and those who […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that decades-old shackles have been broken and in the last one decade the country has taken decisions that were once unimaginable and unprecedented. He was addressing a public meeting in Dahod after inaugurating developmental projects worth Rs 24,000 crore. Modi is on a two-day visit to his home state, first […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for development projects worth Rs 24,865 crore during his two-day visit to his home state Gujarat on May 26 and 27. According to reports, the visit includes major railway, road, water supply, and urban development works across several districts. In Dahod, PM Modi will inaugurate a […]
Opposition Congress in Gujarat has stepped up the demand for action against minister of state for panchayats Bachu Khabad whose two sons have been arrested in an alleged scam running into Rs 71 crore under MNREGA scheme in Dahod. Months after they evaded arrest, Khabad’s sons Balwant and Kiran were arrested a few days ago […]
The face behind the hit-and-run that has left 27-year-old footballer Andrerahul Raymond Bhatia battling for his life was arrested on Thursday. Vijay Vaghji Desai, son of a senior officer in the Ahmedabad Police, was charged under 281 (rash driving), 125a and 125b (endangering life through reckless actions), and violations of the Motor Vehicles Act (sections […]
A new report by Toxic Links, an Indian environmental research and advocacy organisation based in New Delhi, in collaboration with the Environmental Defense Fund, a global non-profit headquartered in New York, has raised the alarm that Sabarmati is one of five rivers across India found to contain unacceptable levels of nonylphenol (NP), a chemical linked to “exposure […]
An Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) in Surat was relieved of his duties just as he was reading himself for retirement. The decision has stirred debate owing to its unprecedented nature. With a career spanning over three decades, BM Chaudhary had been preparing for his retirement on June 30. However, on May 20, the State […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday virtually inaugurated 18 redeveloped railway stations in Gujarat under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme. The railway stations have been developed at a cost of Rs 164 crore. Under this Scheme, over 1,300 railway stations nationwide are being redeveloped. In Gujarat, 87 stations are being modernized at a cost of ₹6,303 […]
The Indian Meterological Department has issued a weather forecast predicting light to moderate rain and thundershowers across most parts of Gujarat, Daman, Diu, and Dadra & Nagar Haveli till May 28. According to the IMD, a low-pressure area has formed over the region near the south Konkan-Goa coast following the influence of an upper air cyclonic circulation […]
A Special POCSO Sessions Court has acquitted a 56-year-old school principal of rape and murder charges in connection with the death of a six-year-old tribal student, a judgment that has triggered sharp criticism in Gujarat. The Dahod court, however, convicted the accused under lesser charges — culpable homicide not amounting to murder, wrongful confinement, and […]
IAS officer Vikrant Pandey, resident commissioner of Gujarat in New Delhi, has be appointed secretary to the chief minister of Gujarat. Avantika Singh Aulakh, secretary in the CMO, has been redesignated as additional principal secetary to the chief minister. The transfer orders were issued by the Gujarat Government on Tuesday. Pandey, the 2005-batch IAS officer […]
