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A second student death by suicide in just six days at Marwadi University has raised fresh concerns among students, with several of them gathering at the Civil Hospital on Friday after the latest incident. A 20-year-old third-year BTech Computer Engineering student died after allegedly jumping from the university’s main building on the Rajkot-Morbi Highway. The […]
For Bangladeshi traders who had already bought hilsa from Gujarat, the fish is now stuck on the other side of the border. Bangladesh has suddenly stopped ongoing imports of hilsa from India, cancelling at least 103 No-Objection Certificates (NOCs) that had allowed importers to bring the fish through Benapole land port from India’s Petrapole border […]
More than 100,000 people gathering for a music festival is a big number anywhere. In Norway, where the population is only around 5.5 million, it becomes even more striking. For Norwegian rap duo Karpe, such numbers have become part of their story. The duo, made up of Chirag Rashmikant Patel and Magdi Omar Ytreeide Abdelmaguid, […]
Hon’ble Chief Minister of West Bengal Suvendu Adhikari today laid the foundation stone for a 2,000-bed Adani Arogya Mandir at Bengal Silicon Valley Tech Hub, New Town, Kolkata. Closely aligned with West Bengal’s 2026 Healthcare Vision, the project, to be executed by the Adani Foundation, will cater to over 200,000 inpatients and more than 2 […]
A 2023 POCSO case in Anand has taken a fresh turn after the Gujarat High Court found that an important part of the evidence used to decide an accused’s age was still unclear. The case involves two accused who were teenagers when the alleged offences took place. One of them, born in 2003, was to […]
A ₹10,000 salary dispute has allegedly turned into a ₹24-crore loss for four textile traders in Surat. Police have arrested a former accountant in connection with the September 9 fire at Shyam Sangini Textile Market in Saroli, alleging that he deliberately started the blaze at his former employer’s shop after a workplace dispute. The accused, […]
A Class 4 student in Ahmedabad reportedly came home in tears and locked himself inside a room after an incident at school, leaving his mother worried about what had happened. The 9-year-old boy has alleged that his school principal and a teacher beat him with a ruler after questioning him about a note he had […]
A medical test meant to help a family find a possible stem-cell donor has now led to a rape complaint and a police investigation in Gujarat’s Morbi. The woman, whose husband is suffering from blood cancer, approached the police on September 9, 2026, alleging that she was raped in 2020 by the husband of a […]
A routine Saturday morning at Marwadi University in Rajkot turned into a tragedy when 19-year-old Sobarnika Venkatesh Alla, a second-year engineering student from Andhra Pradesh, died after falling from the 10th floor of her hostel building. The incident took place at around 10.30 am in the ‘A’ wing of the girls’ hostel on the university […]
A room prepared for what appeared to be a birthday celebration became the scene of a tragedy in Gujarat’s Amreli district, where a 40-year-old man and his five-year-old daughter were found dead. Police said the man, Kishore Dhanak, a construction site supervisor, allegedly killed his daughter Himanshi before dying by suicide. The incident came to […]
Gujarat likes to call itself “Vibrant.” Big investments, big summits, big GSDP numbers. But two very different pieces of news this month put that branding to the test — one is a global ranking of cities, the other is a heartbreaking case from Amreli. Put together, they ask a simple but uncomfortable question: does Gujarat’s […]
For many schoolchildren, sugary drinks, packaged snacks and processed food have become part of their everyday diet. But new directions for schools across Gujarat are putting the spotlight on just how much added sugar children consume without always realising it. Children aged 4 to 10 get about 13% of their daily calories from added sugar, […]
For years, high blood pressure, diabetes and obesity have been known as major risk factors for stroke. But doctors and health experts are now also paying attention to another factor that people often overlook — the air they breathe. Gujarat has recorded a sharp rise in paralysis and stroke-related emergency cases, with the number increasing […]
What started with promises of quick investment returns has grown into a large financial investigation in Gujarat, with police tracing more than ₹1,060 crore in transactions through bank accounts linked to the alleged SD PAY–APNA PAY scheme. The case is being investigated in Amreli, where nine people have been arrested so far, while 11 more […]
What happens when an RTE seat meant for economically eligible families is secured by parents whose tax records show much higher incomes? That question is now at the centre of a scrutiny involving 35 RTE admissions in Ahmedabad, after four self-financed schools flagged cases in which parents’ reported incomes were above the prescribed eligibility limit. […]
What if an athlete’s DNA could offer clues about how they train, recover or deal with injuries? Gujarat is now exploring that question through a new Sports Genomics Programme (SGP), bringing genetic research into the state’s efforts to improve sports performance. The initiative is being developed ahead of the 2030 Commonwealth Games in Ahmedabad, giving […]
For decades, scientists have been trying to solve a problem that the Sun handles naturally: how to produce enormous amounts of energy from nuclear fusion and keep the process under control. India has now strengthened that effort with a major equipment upgrade at its experimental fusion facility in Gujarat. A new 82.6 GHz, 400 kW […]
For most devotees, seeing Lord Ganesha during the festive days means visiting a pandal, offering prayers and moving on. In Surat, however, a handful of devotees will be looking at something very different — pieces of uncut diamond whose natural forms resemble the Lord Ganesha. These unusual stones are privately held by people from the […]
A four-year-old child being taken to hospital after allegedly eating THC-laced candy is among the incidents that has drawn attention to a major drug-trafficking investigation in Pennsylvania, where authorities have arrested at least 10 people of Gujarati origin. The investigation centres on an alleged network that authorities say was involved in storing and distributing marijuana […]
For people hoping to build a better life abroad, a job offer promising a good salary, accommodation and food can be difficult to ignore. But for several people in Gujarat, such promises allegedly ended with fake documents, lost money and no overseas job. Anand Police have arrested a couple in connection with an alleged overseas […]
