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Ahmedabad’s worsening air quality reached a disturbing milestone on December 31, 2025, underscoring how winter pollution in the city has intensified year after year. The city woke up that Wednesday cloaked in a thick gray haze, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) touching an unprecedented 429 at 8 AM, the highest level ever recorded since […]
The Manjalpur police have registered a case of culpable homicide not amounting to murder in connection with the death of Vipulsinh Mohansinh Zala, son of a retired Deputy Superintendent of Police, who died after accidentally falling into an open sewer late on December 26. The case has been filed against the owners and concerned staff […]
Discontent against Congress MLA from Vadgam, Jignesh Mevani, has come out in the open once again, with party workers and leaders openly protesting against him in Patan. Angry party workers raised slogans against Mevani and even locked the Patan Congress office, alleging that key appointments are being made at his behest while ignoring local workers […]
The irony of Gujarat can’t be missed. The state synonymous with growth and known to attract investments is also a major target for investment-related cybercrimes. The state became the third in India to cross one crore registered investors in May 2025. It now joins Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh in that list. The large investor base […]
Nearly two months after Jagdish Vishwakarma took over as Gujarat BJP president, the party unveiled a new set of office-bearers two days ago. The list of 35 people includes several old-timers, while many well-known names have been excluded. Eight women feature among the office-bearers. In a much-delayed appointment, Vishwakarma succeeded Union Jal Shakti Minister C […]
Gujarat is fast earning the unwanted distinction of being the epicentre of “digital arrest” frauds, with 2025 seeing an unprecedented surge in such cases. Police data shows that this form of cybercrime has dominated discussions at both state and national levels, as criminals impersonating law enforcement agencies extort money by placing victims under virtual confinement. […]
He may be a school drop-out but he still managed to dupe people with nothing more than a borrowed WhatsApp identity and some well-timed lies. This man from Vadodara Pritesh Prajapati, 28, has reportedly fleeced over 100 people, mostly parents and staff from Santram School in Nadiad. They lost lakhs as they walked into the […]
Saurashtra University has landed in controversy after allegations that the Governor’s convocation speech has been reused almost verbatim for the past several years, with only the year and convocation details being altered. The issue came to light after it was observed that during the university’s convocation ceremonies over the last three years, the content of […]
Even as the Enforcement Directorate digs deeper after the arrest of deputy mamlatdar in Surendranagar in connection with alleged money laundering linked to corruption in land-used permissions, interesting details about how details were noted are coming out. Deputy mamlatdar Chandrasinh Mori was arrested and district collector Rajendrakumar Patel was removed from the post. According to […]
A moderate earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale was recorded in Gujarat’s Kutch region in the early hours of Friday, according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS). The tremor occurred at around 4:30 am and originated about 10 kilometres beneath the surface. Seismologists identified the epicentre near latitude 23.65° North and longitude 70.23° […]
The Gujarat High Court has put a decisive end to a long-running dispute over the Arasuri Ambaji Mata Devasthan, ruling that the ancient shrine is a public religious institution and must function as such. According to reports, the court upheld the registration of the temple as a public trust, dismissed the appeal filed by the […]
Gujarat may aspire of becoming a state free of malnutrition, but the state confronts a different reality. And a strong one at that. Recent data presented before the Parliament reveals that children and mothers are severely undernourished. As many as 3.21 lakh children under the age of five are malnourished. The physical and cognitive development […]
An action by the enforcement department has exposed alleged deep-rooted corruption in the Surendranagar district administration, after central and state agencies seized Rs. 67.5 lakh in suspected bribe money from the home of a serving deputy mamlatdar. The recovery, made during coordinated raids by the ED and the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), has led to arrests, […]
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has intensified its investigation into a suspected multi-crore land scam in Gujarat’s Surendranagar district, arresting deputy mamlatdar Chandrasingh Mori following extensive searches and questioning. Mori was taken into custody after ED teams carried out coordinated raids across multiple locations on Tuesday. The agency is expected to produce him before a special […]
This January Gujarat will observe 25 years of the 2001 earthquake that shook Kutch and the state to its core. Called the worst in decades, it was an unprecedented calamity for the state that resulted in over 13,800 deaths. Measuring 7.7 on Richter scale, the energy released was reportedly equivalent to 400 atomic bombs thrown […]
Ahmedabad today stands as a city crisscrossed not just by flyover bridges and railway bridges, but by controversies that raise serious questions about governance, planning and accountability. One after another, key infrastructure projects have become symbols of poor execution, cost overruns and administrative lapses. With municipal corporation elections approaching, the BJP’s reputation is clearly at […]
The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday held that payment of court fees is compulsory for initiating proceedings relating to Waqf properties before the Gujarat State Waqf Tribunal. The ruling was delivered in Sunni Muslim Idgah Masjid Trust v. Hardik Sitaram Patel & Anr. The petitioners had contended that court fees under the Gujarat Court Fees […]
2,28,504 farmers of the state have benefitted from this scheme Gujarat witnessed a massive increase of 2843% in the fund released under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) scheme in the last four years since 2022-23. Moreover, till now total 2,28,504 farmers have been benefitted from this scheme in Gujarat. The information […]
Over 400 builders in Gujarat are now under the regulator’s lens. GujRERA has reportedly taken strong action against them for allegedly flouting financial rules under the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act. Vibes of India understands this is one of the largest regulatory crackdowns in recent years. A close examination of filings from 2021-22 to 2023-24 revealed […]
Despite spending thousands of crores of rupees to tackle malnutrition, Gujarat continues to struggle with high child and infant mortality, performing worse than several other Indian states. Data shows that the state has failed to achieve the expected improvement in child health outcomes, raising serious questions about the effectiveness of its policies and implementation. In […]
