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The Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPIA) in Ahmedabad crossed a significant milestone on Wednesday in serving passengers. In 2019-20 Ahmedabad Airport served the highest number of 1,15,63,887 passengers with 87,634 Aircraft Traffic Movements (ATMs). The airport’s diverse offerings for both leisure and business travellers, have significantly boosted air traffic in the past few months. […]
In a significant development, a district court in Palanpur, Banaskantha, declared on Wednesday that former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt was guilty in a 1996 narcotics case. Earlier this month, the Gujarat High Court had confirmed a life sentence for Bhatt in a separate case of alleged custodial torture. The details of the narcotics case are […]
In a tragic incident, a second-year BTech student at Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU) jumped to her death from the terrace of her hostel building on Monday morning. The student, Payal Gupte, 20, was taken to a private hospital in Gandhinagar where she was declared dead. Infocity police station officials have registered a case of […]
Amid Dhuleti festivities in Gujarat, 20 revellers lost their lives due to drowning in the state on Monday. In a series of tragic incidents, 12 drowned in the Narmada canal and Sabarmati river in Gandhinagar. This was the highest single-day toll in drowning incidents in the district in recent times, according to Gandhinagar Fire and […]
Parshottam Rupala, Union minister for fisheries, animal husbandry and dairying on Sunday clarified his recent statement on erstwhile royal families. The statement was made at a function organised by the Valmiki Samaj. Rupala, who has been nominated to contest the Lok Sabha election from Rajkot, had said that the British oppressed Indians before Independence. “Erstwhile […]
The Supreme Court has granted bail to Oreva Group Managing Director Jaysukh Patel and nine other accused the Morbi bridge collapse incident that had killed 135 people.The bail plea of one of the accused, Devangbhai Parmar of Devprakash Solutions, is pending before the Gujarat High Court. Jaysukh Patel’s release comes after nearly 15 months since […]
Vadodara-based Parul University has committed “grave illegality” by granting admission to 38 students who are ineligible, the Gujarat High Court stated on Thursday. The court has directed the university to refund the entire fee, along with interest and damages, amounting to Rs 10 lakh to each of the 38 students in two weeks. It observed […]
In a crackdown on ragging, the Gujarat govt will take strict action against educational institutions, perpetrators of ragging as well as victims and witnesses, if they fail to report the incidents to the authorities. A government resolution (GR) was issued to this effect on Tuesday. This was brought to the notice of the Gujarat High […]
With increasing incidents of people being attacked by aggressive dogs, especially strays, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has swung into action. Keeping in mind its target to make Ahmedabad a rabies-free city by 2030, it has decided to launch an innovative initiative to tame aggressive stray dogs. The dogs will stay for 15-30 days at a […]
Following the attack on international students at the Gujarat University hostel compound, police in their probe are suspecting a complex web of factors that may have triggered the violence. Investigators received information that the intolerance over their food habits, the alleged ‘love affair’ of a foreign student with a local woman and offering namaz outside […]
Only 136 ships arrived for recycling in Alang between January and December 2023 as compared to the 141 in 2022. This shows that the world’s largest ship recycling yard in Alang is facing the severe slowdown in nearly a decade. There is a sharp decline in ship arrivals due to the Red Sea crisis and […]
The annual fair at Gujarat’s Saraswa village is a gala affair of song and dance. Tribals from Rajasthan and Gujarat visit the fair every year. Shops are decked up with musical instruments as they are widely used in the region during Holi festival. The fair, held on the ‘ekadashi’ ahead of Holi, is strongly related […]
Analysis of five skeletons excavated from PM Modi’s hometown in north Gujarat showed that medieval Vadnagar was a cosmopolitan society with people from various parts of India and beyond. DNA experts found that one of the persons buried at the town centuries ago does not have any close genetic connection with Indian population. The closest […]
Gujarat University Vice-Chancellor Neerja Gupta said the offering of namaz could not have been the only provocation for violence on the varsity campus on Saturday night and it was the food habits of the foreign students which were also instrumental in inciting the cultural emotions of the local populace. Gupta, who served as the coordinator […]
Uploading a nude childhood photo on Google Drive cost a man access to his email account for nearly a year and forced him to knock on the doors of the Gujarat High Court. The high court has issued a notice to Google India Pvt Limited for blocking the email account of the petitioner for “explicit […]
Foreign Muslim students studying at Gujarat University in Ahmedabad were allegedly attacked on the campus on Saturday night, leading to injuries to many. According to reports, a scuffle broke out after the vandals, shouting ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans, objected to students from African countries, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan offering namaz on the university campus. This escalated […]
A lady homeopathic doctor was booked for culpable homicide after a 20-year-old pregnant woman died hours after giving birth through cesarean at her clinic in Rajkot. Dr Heena Patel, who was earlier booked for conducting sex determination tests in 2019, runs Foram Hospital on Shahpur Main Road, had been treating the woman Payal Solanki for […]
In Vadodara, a citizen made a costly mistake by accepting a friend request from an unknown individual, resulting in a loss of Rs 95 lakh due to online fraud. Parag Desai, an Alkapuri resident, lodged a complaint with the Cyber Crime police station against unidentified individuals. Desai informed the police that he received a friend […]
The parents of some girl students appearing for Class X examination in a Gujarat school have alleged that the administrator of the exam centre forced them to remove hijab before a paper. Following the allegation, the state education department on Thursday ordered the removal of the exam centre administrator, Ilaben Suratiya, who is also the […]
Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) has operationalised 126 MW wind power capacity in Gujarat. This marks the completion of the 300 MW of project, with 174 MW being operationalised earlier. The 300 MW wind project will produce ~1,091 million electricity units, leading to an avoidance of approximately 0.8 million tons of CO2 emissions annually. With […]
