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A 20-year-old girl from Surat, identified as Vishakha Rana, tragically ended her life due to an alleged addiction to her mobile phone. Vishakha, the daughter of Narendrabhai Rana, resided in Madhav Apartment in Gopipura, Surat. She was found dead in her home, having taken the drastic step of ending her own life. Vishakha had been […]
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi who is in Gujarat for the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra came down heavily on PM Modi and said the model which excluded Adivasis, backward classes, Dalits and minorities began from Gujarat and will be ended from Gujarat. This Gujarat Model began from this State and will ended by all of you […]
Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra resumed on Saturday from Bodeli in Gujarat’s Chhota Udepur. The rally began with a strategic meeting involving 13 MLAs, including state leaders such as Shaktisinh Gohil, Amit Chavda, Shailesh Parmar and Sukhram Rathwa. As the crowd swelled in Bodeli, several cases of pickpocketing were also reported. Among the victims […]
Gandhi criticised the government’s policies, stating that only a handful of industrialists were benefiting at the expense of small traders. The Congress leader took a strong stance on unemployment, criticizing the PM’s Agniveer scheme. He questioned its implementation, arguing that it does not suit the army’s desire for their soldiers to receive 4-5 years of […]
Congress leader, Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ has entered Gujarat on March 7, 2024. While addressing the public in the gathering at Jhalod town in the tribal-dominated Dahod district, Gandhi accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of opposing a nationwide caste census at the behest of his “industrialist friends”. Gandhi claimed that despite the Prime […]
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is set to launch a mobile application that will allow pet owners in Ahmedabad to register their pets with just a few taps on their smartphones. The AMC is currently formulating a policy to make pet registrations mandatory. The policy will require dogs and other pets to be registered with […]
Gujarat State Congress President, Shaktisinh Gohil took a swipe at the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) for over the induction of Congress’s top leaders and MLAs into their party. This statement came after Arjun Modhwadia, a former Congress leader, resigned from Congress and joined the BJP on March 5, 2024. He questioned the BJP’s decision to […]
Gulbarg Society in Chamanpura plunged into darkness after 69 people lost their lives in the 2002 post-Godhra violence. The place, which turned into a parking zone, sees occasional visitors in the form of former residents who arrive once a year to offer tribute to the dead. It has taken 22 years for a semblance of […]
The students of Adani Vidya Mandir, Bhadreshwar (AVMB), pledged to plant over 25,000 saplings over the next three years during their 12th annual day celebration, ‘Utkarsh’. The event, dedicated to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), saw participation from 600 students who vowed to carry out the plantation drive on school premises and beyond, […]
Several long-distance and intercity trains passing through Ahmedabad will have their stations changed starting March 15 due to the ongoing redevelopment projects at the city’s Kalupur railway station. Trains Relocated to Sabarmati Station The following trains, including Swarna Jayanti Rajdhani Express, Ahmedabad-Lucknow Express, Ahmedabad-Varanasi Express, Ahmedabad-Gorakhpur Express, Ahmedabad-Sultanpur Express, and Ahmedabad-Mata Vaishnodevi Katra Express, will now operate from Sabarmati station. Trains Departing […]
Unseasonal rain may have brought Gujarat some respite, but it has given spice traders and farmers sleepless nights. Burhanpur, Khandwa, Barwani, and Khargone districts have significantly damaged their wheat and corn crops due to untimely rainfall and hailstorms. Farmers from Uchana Kalan town demonstrated at the SDM office, demanding special girdawari and compensation for crop […]
In a double shock to the Congress in Gujarat, two senior party leaders resigned. Porbandar MLA Arjun Modhwadia, who was the former State Congress president and a former Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly resigned from his alma mater today evening. Earlier in the day, Ambarish Der, a former MLA put in his papers. Both […]
It wasn’t too long ago that the Gujarat police identified 15 agents involved in illegally transporting 66 people from Gujarat to the US. The truth came to light after a Nicaragua-bound plane was made to return from France owing to suspected human trafficking. The flight reportedly carried 303 passengers. A court that convened at the […]
The Union Minister of State for Defence, Ajay Bhatt, inaugurated the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) jetty at Vadinar, located in Gujarat’s Devbhumi Dwarka district. The inauguration ceremony took place on Friday, where the Union Minister commended the ICG for its pivotal role in protecting the nation’s maritime interests within its jurisdiction. The construction of the jetty, […]
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released the first list of candidates for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections, today. Out of the 195 candidates announced today, 15 hail from Gujarat. BJP leader Vinod Tawde addressed the media and said that the names of 195 candidates have been finalised. The list includes 34 ministers, two former […]
Six years ago, over 1,000 farmers from Gujarat moved the High Court opposing the acquisition of their land for the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project. They received more-than-adequate compensation payouts for their land. Circa 2024, farmers’ attitudes have changed. According to a report, five farmers from Surat district approached the HC doors asking why the National […]
The Chief Minister of Gujarat, Bhupendra Patel, along with the ministers of the state cabinet, the speaker of the legislative assembly, and the Chief Whip, offered prayers at the grand Ram temple in Ayodhya. The Chief Minister credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the consecration of Lord Ram Lalla and described the visit as a […]
Jamnagar might not top your list as a holiday destination. A quick Google search reveals that the place is acclaimed for gold embroidery and brass items. But that alone doesn’t define Jamnagar. The city is proud of having a fully integrated petroleum refinery at the Jamnagar Complex. Yet the city wasn’t quite a happening place […]
It was ‘love knew no boundaries’ for a Gujarati couple, and literally so. They exchanged wedding vows in snowy mountains in Himachal Pradesh’s Spiti Valley. In a few days from now, the Indian and English cricket teams will play a Test match in Dharamshala. There are talks about how they would struggle to cope with Himachal […]
The noblest job is often unrewarding, as teachers in Gujarat have realised. There is furore over the government’s decision to recruit teachers on contracts and not as full-time employees. According to the Education Department, of the 63,622 TET (Teachers Eligibility Test) II appointments between 2011 and 2023 for classes 6-8, 12,7,10, teachers have been recruited […]
