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A foreign student studying in Ahmedabad has accused the international director of a private university in Shilaj of molesting her. City’s Bopal police lodged an FIR and arrested the 52-year-old accused identified as Mrudang Dave, a native of Vadodara. According to the complaint, the 21-year-old student joined the university in June 2023 from some Pacific […]
Gujarat’s Rhea Singha has been adjudged Miss Universe India 2024 at a gala event in Jaipur. Rhea beat 51 other competitors at the top beauty pageant contest to win the crown. She will now represent India at Miss Universe 2024 which will take place in Mexico. “I am so thankful. I have done so much […]
A Gujarat couple was caught at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport with forged Canadian visa stamps just before they were to board a flight to Toronto on Sep 15. According to a complaint filed at IGI Airport police station on Sep 15, Ashishsinh Chavda, 22, and wife Priyanka, 20, from Kada in Visnagar, were […]
The withdrawal of the South West Monsoon in Gujarat is expected to begin today, ten days later than usual. However, as a parting shot, there will be a last bout of monsoon showers in several regions of the state from September 25 to 27, according to the MeT department. The districts of South Gujarat, including […]
Dahod police claimed to have arrested the principal accused of killing a girl of his school when she reportedly resisted an assault bid by him. The body of the six-year-old Class 1 girl was found in the backyard of a government primary school in Singvad taluka of Gujarat’s Dahod district on Thursday last (Sept 19). […]
A case of honour killing has surfaced following the arrest of a man and three of his relatives for the alleged murder of his 19-year-old daughter, just 17 km from Ahmedabad. The young girl, named Mansi, is believed to have been killed for expressing a desire to marry a man from the same clan. The […]
Ronak Rathi’s entry into the IIM hall of fame is a dream walk for him that others can only dream of. A tea-seller’s son from Palanpur in north Gujarat, the 22-year-old is one of the few from the state to make it to IIM this year. His mother stitches clothes to make ends meet, while […]
The Gujarat state finance department has made a recommendation to the government to expedite the final closure of seven PSUs (public sector undertakings) under liquidation. Agencies like the Comptroller and Auditor General of India and the Public Accounts Committee of the Gujarat assembly have also recently made similar recommendations to the state govt, asserting that […]
In another instance of selective leniency by the law enforcing bodies, a minor son of a builder in Ahmedabad, detained in connection with a hit-and-run accident in the city’s Bopal area on Saturday, was let off by the Juvenile Justice Board for allowing him to take his BBA exam. A manhunt has been launched to […]
Industrial need for water in Gujarat is likely to rise three times by 2050. The Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board (GIDB) has forecast a dramatic rise in industrial water demand over the next 25 years. The report says even if aggressive water-efficient manufacturing practices are implemented, the industrial water demand is expected to nearly double. However, […]
The first trial run of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project will begin in 2026 between Surat and Bilimora in South Gujarat. The high-speed rail corridor, PM Modi’s pet project, which spans 508-km between Ahmedabad and Mumbai, has 92% of its alignment constructed as an elevated track. Of the 12 stations on the corridor, eight are […]
First school children and their parents then MGNREGA officers and now a patient. The list appears to be increasing in all the wrong way as far as the BJP’s membership enrollment drive in Gujarat is concerned. A patient, who went to civil hospital in Visnagar to get an injection, was asked to share an OTP […]
On the second day of the fourth Global Renewable Energy Investors Meet (RE-Invest) 2024 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel launched ‘Mission 100GW of renewable energy in Gujarat’ aimed at installing 100GW of renewable energy (RE) by 2030 in the state and help achieve India’s target of attaining 500GW capacity. The Central theme of […]
Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat and Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel wished Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 74th birthday on Tuesday.The Governor presented a shawl to Modi, who was on a three-day visit to his home state. Acharya Devvrat conveyed greetings on behalf of the citizens of Gujarat and wished him good health, longevity, and well-being.Patel […]
A jailed BJP MLA’s son in Gujarat has won a cooperative bank election in Gondal town of Rajkot district. Jyotiradityasinh Jadeja alias Ganesh, son of BJP MLA Geetaba Jadeja, is in jail for allegedly attempting to murder a Junagadh-based Dalit man and National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) leader. He won election to the board […]
The Gujarat higher education commissioner has written a letter to a college trust in Valsad directing them to take action against the college principal and inform them in three days with the action taken report. The senior professor of the college had filed a harassment complaint against the college principal last year. A copy of […]
Mahatma Gandhi Sabarmati Ashram Memorial Trust (MGSAMT) has started restoration work of various buildings of the 55-acre extended Ashram premises as part of the Rs 1,200-crore Gandhi Ashram Memorial and Precinct Development project. Under the project, a total of 36 buildings which hold historical significance are being restored to their original condition by the MGSAMT. […]
A year since its inauguration by PM Narendra Modi, Rajkot International Airport at Hirasar has not been able to attract airlines to run global operations. Concerns about passenger traffic and consistency have kept the airlines from running international flights from this airport. Now, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) is thinking about offering incentives to […]
Gujarat’s Bharuch city on Tuesday witnessed a violent clash between members of two religious communities over the issue of installation of religious flags in a locality. Two persons were injured. Seventeen persons have been detained in connection with the incident which took place on Tuesday night in Gokul Nagar area. The police rushed to spot […]
The major road leading to the Ahmedabad railway station in the Kalupur area has been closed for a duration of three years, starting from 11 September 2024 to 10 September 2027. In a notification issued by the city police commissioner, it stated that a 200-metre section of road from Sarangpur Circle to Kalupur railway station […]
