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Former Gujarat agriculture minister Vallabhbhai Vaghasiya died after the car he was driving crashed into a bulldozer near Savarkundla town in the Amreli district of the state, police said on Friday. The accident took place on Thursday night, an official of Vanda police station said. Vaghasiya, 69, a former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator from […]
The Supreme Court Judge Justice M.R. Shah recalled a song from Raj Kapoor’s movie “Mera Naam Joker” at the end of his farewell statement on Monday, while sitting on the bench for the final time and had tears in his eyes. Justice M.R. Shah was born on May 16, 1958. In the Gujarat High Court, […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Gujarat on May 12 and will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of projects worth around Rs 4,400 crore in Gandhinagar, an official statement said on Thursday. “At around 10:30 am, Prime Minister will participate in Akhil Bhartiya Shiksha Sangh Adhiveshan in Gandhinagar. Thereafter, he will inaugurate […]
The Inspiring Journey of Tanvi Rathod Gujarat’s First Woman to Represent the Nation on the Mrs Universe Platform, A Dancer, Groomer, and Personality Trainer who Aims to Make India Proud. In a world where women are often restricted by social and cultural norms, breaking barriers and creating new milestones is remarkable. Tanvi Rathod , a […]
The Gujarat government Thursday issued a circular that, industry players say, will help regularize more than 30,000 illegal structures located in various industrial estates operated by state-run Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC). The announcement will cover all illegal constructions done till January 12, 2023, in over 70,000 industrial units in 220 GIDC operated industrial estates […]
In what is turning out to be a legal wrangle between the Centre’s Act and a state government’s resolution, this case in Gujarat could well be a milestone to rework rules. Petitioner Niketa Jain was appointed visiting assistant professor in the mechanical engineering department at Institute of Infrastructure Technology, Research and Management (IITRAM) in June […]
The state forest department has set up cages and night vision cameras to monitor movements of leopards along the Sabarmati river. To house leopards that are caught, the department will also set up two new safari parks, near Vadodara and in the Gir East division. Senior forest officials searched all of Sector 20 in Gandhinagar […]
In the candidate’s plaza, there are 23 identified candidates of Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Congress contesting from Ahmedabad city and rural areas will not be able to vote themselves on 21 assembly seats. The 23 candidates are contesting elections from those constituencies where they are not registered as voters. BJP […]
The number of transgender voters has increased in Gujarat since the last state assembly elections. The prevailing voters of their community were seen in Vadodara. The voting in the polling booths will take place in two phases – December 1 and December 5. About 702 transgenders cast their votes in the last election, according to […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the victims of the Morbi bridge tragedy on Tuesday evening. He inspected the site of the bridge collapse and had a word with local officials about the unfortunate incident. He was accompanied by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and cabinet minister Harsh Sanghavi. Hours before Modi landed in Morbi, the government […]
Gujarat Sports Minister Harsh Sanghavi on Sunday flagged off the cycling competition under the 36th National Games in Gandhinagar. On this occasion, he said, “It never gets easier, you just get faster. One thing which is common among all cyclists is great enthusiasm and determination. I wish them all good luck.” Women’s 25 km cycling […]
Robbers struck on Saturday night at Vasna Road area in Vadodara. They robbed gold and silver jewellery, and cash worth Rs 20 lakh from a house in Mudra Society. A couple—Deepak Jaising Patel and his live-in partner Divya Soni—were taken hostage and 41 tola of gold jewellery, 200 grams of silver and Rs 40,000 cash […]
While pigeons around Ahmedabad Airport can cause serious harm to passengers, it’s flight operations, and million-dollar aircraft, the authorities are still unsure about where to pin responsibility. Ahmedabad recorded 35 bird-hits from January to September 2021. In 2019, 80 bird-hits were reported. The issue appears to have been aggravated by pigeon-flying competitions known as ‘kabootarbazi’. […]
Citizens in Ahmedabad, Rajkot and other cities in Gujarat woke up to posters at several public places denouncing Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Arvind Kejriwal as “anti-Hindu”. The posters, which have sprung up overnight, ‘quote’ Kejriwal slamming Hindu rituals. One such poster, quoting Kejriwal, read: “I consider Hinduism to be a folly,” while another read: “I […]
The Gujarat Vidyapith is one of the few remaining bastions of Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy. Such is the zealousness towards Gandhian principles on the Vidyapith campus that anyone who heads it needs to be attired in khadi in day-to-day life. The compulsory Khadi attire was the reason why Gandhi’s grandson Gopalkrishna Gandhi ruled himself out as […]
The Health and Food Department of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has taken stringent action against three hotel and restaurant operators in the state for flouting guidelines. Hotel Dev Palace, Chetak Chivda and Gajanand Pauva House were sealed indefinitely for running food centres without adequate hygienic conditions, registration and for violating Schedule 4 norms. Schedule 4 is food […]
29 % of households in Gujarat having tap water at home, face water shortages, an audit survey by the ministry of water resources reveals. While 99% of such families have a water connection in functioning status and 87 % of families get water regularly, 20% of households receive water supply thrice or four times.. 6% […]
Nearly a week after the new Vande Bharat Express train between Mumbai Central and Gandhinagar was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the train suffered minor damages on Thursday morning after it hit cattle on tracks in Gujarat. The incident occurred at 11.18 am between Gairatpur and Vatva stations. The train sustained damage after it […]
BJP leader Sangeet Som has stoked controversy yet again with his polarising statements. While speaking at a ‘Shastra Puja’ ceremony organised by the Rajput Utthan Sabha on Vijaya Dashami in Kheda village in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut district, Som extolled the Rajput community to take up arms as the population of only a particular community was […]
Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel launched ‘Atmanirbhar Gujarat Schemes for Assistance to Industries’ just prior to the state assembly polls. The benefits under the scheme will be extended to 10 sectors including green energy ecosystem, mobility, capital equipment, metals and mineral, textile and apparel, sustainability, agro-processing, chemicals, gems and jewellery and healthcare. The government aims to […]
