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Gujarat’s industrial sector is feeling the brunt of the ongoing West Asia war. Critical sectors have been hit. Export markets, energy supplies and trade routes are severely impacted. Losses have crossed the Rs 10,000 crore mark, according to industry estimates. Vibes of India understands that several sectors have reported production cuts and shutdowns. Rising costs […]
That banana peel you tossed to the monkey sitting on your compound wall could now cost you Rs 25,000. Gujarat’s forest department has decided that what many once called kindness is, in fact, a public safety hazard — and it is done being polite about it. The department has launched a crackdown on feeding monkeys and […]
Gujarat Film Subsidy Row Reaches High Court as Filmmaker Flags Irregularities, ₹4 Crore Disbursal Under Scanner A legal challenge before the Gujarat High Court has brought the state’s film subsidy framework under sharp scrutiny, with a Gujarati filmmaker alleging widespread irregularities in how financial incentives were granted to films over multiple years. The petition raises […]
A fast-rising deep-tech startup from Gujarat, InsideFPV, has entered India’s defence manufacturing spotlight after delivering “hundreds” of kamikaze (loitering munition) drones to the Indian Army under a ₹10 crore emergency procurement contract from the Ministry of Defence. The Surat-based company, founded in 2020, is led by CEO Arth Chowdhary along with co-founders Deyvant Bhardwaj and […]
It was never just a roof. When the Calico Dome rose on Relief Road in 1962, there was an argument that geometry alone could hold a structure together, without columns, without mass, without apology. More than six decades later, the dome is at the centre of a different kind of argument. One about whether its […]
In a major policy shift aimed at speeding up land and property transactions, the Gujarat government has amended Section 135D of the Land Revenue Act, 1879, effectively removing the long-standing 30-day public notice period in clear, undisputed cases. Until now, every land or property sale required a mandatory 30-day window after registration, during which objections […]
Gujarat’s coastline has been hit by at least two massive tsunamis, one about 1,000 years ago and another nearly 6,000 years ago. This is not folklore. It’s science, and the evidence has been sitting in beach sand all along. Researchers from MG Science Institute in Ahmedabad made this finding using a technique called Optically Stimulated […]
Surat’s booming textile hub is running at half its usual rhythm. Powerloom factories across the city have suspended their night shifts, operating only during daytime hours. It’s a direct fallout of a worker exodus and spiralling raw material costs. The decision was made following a meeting of the Federation of Gujarat Weavers Welfare Association (FOGWA) on Monday. Representatives from […]
Porbandar is recognized not just for its notorious mafia past but as the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi—the apostle of nonviolence whose legacy still shapes India. Because Gandhi was fiercely opposed to alcohol, Porbandar, like the rest of Gujarat, has long borne the weight of official prohibition. For over six decades, even a legal permit holder […]
Gujarat factory owners have asked migrant workers to pack up and leave for their hometowns. This follows the cooking gas shortage, coupled with less demand for exports. From Morbi in Saurashtra to Surat in South Gujarat; the situation of migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Orissa is serious. In most cases, factory owners have […]
Reliance Jio has emerged as the top-performing telecom operator in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, delivering superior voice and data services across key performance indicators, according to the latest Independent Drive Test (IDT) conducted in February 2026 under the framework of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). The findings highlight Jio’s clear lead over competing operators, […]
Ahmedabad Crime Branch has cracked a sensational 2021 cold case murder from Raipur in Chhattisgarh, arresting a fugitive involved in a brutal contract-killing-turned-robbery case that had remained undetected for years. The crime was originally registered under the jurisdiction of Tikrapara Police Station in Raipur. The case relates to the murder of Shakuntala Yadav, widow of […]
Despite repeated complaints over several days regarding unhygienic conditions and glaring mismanagement at Sola Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad, authorities allegedly failed to initiate any corrective action—allowing a preventable crisis to escalate into a shocking incident. In a deeply disturbing development, a rat reportedly bit a junior doctor on the eye inside the hospital’s eye ward, […]
A woman inheriting property, a couple filing for divorce, or love birds registering a live-in relationship. Each belongs to a different religion. They must walk a different legal path in Gujarat. One bill wants to give them all the same road. The Gujarat government has introduced the Gujarat Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill in the state legislative […]
The furnaces have gone cold in Morbi. Gujarat’s ceramic capital, the world’s second-largest hub for tile production, is staring at a weeks-long shutdown, its factories silenced not by a local crisis but by a war thousands of kilometres away. The West Asia conflict has choked the supply of gas that powers Morbi’s furnaces. With US […]
A bomb threat email sent to the Gujarat Legislative Assembly during its ongoing budget session on Wednesday morning triggered an evacuation and a high-alert security sweep, which later confirmed the threat to be a hoax. The email, written in Punjabi was received on the Assembly’s official ID around 8:45 am, just minutes before proceedings were […]
Una Flogging Case: A Nine-Year Journey For Hollow Justice For decades, Gujarat has projected itself as a model of economic growth and governance, often referred to as the “Gujarat Model.” The Una flogging in 2016 had sharply disrupted that narrative. It exposed a dissonance between economic progress and social justice, drew sustained national and international […]
The signs came before the statistics. Nine new municipal corporations in under 15 years. City limits being redrawn. Satellite townships on planning boards. The administrative churn told the story first. Gujarat was outgrowing its rural identity. Now the numbers are showing. The state is on track to become predominantly urban by next year. For the […]
A seminar meant to celebrate Ahmedabad’s UNESCO World Heritage City status turned into something else entirely. Homeowners arrived with questions. Officials arrived with assurances. The two sides spent much of the afternoon talking past each other. The seminar on heritage management, held on Thursday, was the first consultation of its kind organised by the Ahmedabad […]
Slowly and surely Ahmedabad is becoming one of India’s most compelling real estate stories. Steady infrastructure growth, rising investor confidence, and a strengthening economic identity have pushed the city’s housing sales to around Rs 67,000 crore in 2025. That, according to a Credai report, is enough to account for 8% of India’s entire primary residential real […]
