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An armed mob wreaked havoc across Ahmedabad’s Rakhial and Bapunagar areas late on Wednesday night, attacking police personnel, vandalising public property and terrorising local residents. The incident took place near Noor Mahal Hotel in Rakhial at around 11 pm when a group of armed individuals, wielding swords and knives, confronted local residents. According to a […]
People from regions such as Botad, Barbaka, Jalandhar, Kanchipuram, Patna and numerous other minor Indian cities and towns—most of whom are 35 years of age or younger—are becoming more interested in cryptocurrencies. CoinSwitch, an Indian cryptocurrency exchange and trading platform, said that smaller towns and cities in India are becoming thriving hubs for cryptocurrency trading, […]
The family of an IIT Delhi PhD scholar who died in a pit collapse during a palaeoclimatology research trip near the Lothal Harappan civilisation site in Ahmedabad, has filed an application with the Ahmedabad Rural Police, requesting the registration of an FIR against those responsible for her death. Surabhi Verma’s father, Ram Khelawan Verma, a […]
The Gujarat Anti-Terror Squad (ATS), in collaboration with the local police, carried out a search operation in the western area of Godhra town on Wednesday and apprehended three suspects. During interrogation at the Godhra SP office, the apprehended individuals disclosed that they had recently returned from a 25-day stay in Pakistan. The three suspects—Miyas Usmani, […]
The Indian equity market has been a relatively safe haven amid various geopolitical unrest, attracting investments from both domestic and foreign investors, including non-resident Indians (NRIs). NRI deposits in Gujarat surpassed Rs 1 lakh crore in the September quarter of the 2025 financial year (Q2 FY25), according to statistics from the State-Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC). […]
The Gujarat government has announced that Masali village, located near the Pakistan border in Banaskantha district, achieved a milestone by becoming ‘India’s first border solar village’ to be fully powered by solar energy. The village, with 119 households, has successfully installed solar rooftop panels, which collectively generate an impressive 225.5 kW of electricity. This production […]
Thieves allegedly stole cash and jewellery valued at Rs 40.36 lakh by creating a hole in the wall separating a Union Bank of India (UBI) branch from a marble polishing unit’s office in Surat. Following the late-night incident on Monday, Surat rural police initiated an investigation and filed a theft complaint. The Palod branch of […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned the death sentence given to a man convicted of sexually assaulting and murdering a minor boy in Gujarat’s Bharuch district in April 2016. The court instead ordered him to serve 25 years of imprisonment without the possibility of remission. According to a bench consisting of Justices B R Gavai […]
A 27-year-old woman has died by suicide in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district, leaving behind recorded messages in which she apologised to her partner and expressed being weary of domestic conflicts. Radha Thakor, who owned a beauty parlour, had separated from her husband a few years ago and had been residing with her sister in Palanpur. Radha’s […]
The Gujarat government has announced that it has suspended two hospitals and imposed penalties on two others for irregularities under Prime Minister Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY). The PM-JAY’s State Anti-Fraud Unit (SAFU) and a team of experienced medical professionals visited dubious facilities that were engaged in misconduct under the scheme. Four hospitals in various regions […]
Gujarat AAP working president and Dediapada MLA Chaitar Vasava was detained on Tuesday at Navagam in Narmada district, just a few kilometres from the Bharuch district border. Vasava, accompanied by his supporters, was on his way to surrender at a police station in Bharuch as part of the Jail Bharo Andolan, a protest sparked by […]
Shashikumar Mohta, a 66-year-old stock market professional from Gujarat, has triumphed over a 24-year legal battle to secure admission into Gujarat University’s DT Law College for the LLB course. The journey began in 2000 when Mohta applied for the three-year LLB programme at DT Law College but was denied admission. The college cited Gujarat University’s […]
A Pakistani teenage boy has been reunited with his parents after spending two and a half years in Indian custody. The minor was apprehended on January 12, 2022, off the Porbandar coast along with several other Pakistani fishermen aboard a Pakistani fishing boat. He was charged with coastal border violation and sent to judicial custody […]
The BJP has dominated Gujarat for over three decades and for party members, it is a prestige issue to hold some posts. Apparently, the urge to hold a post has led Rajkot’s Bakshi Panch Morcha, Vipul Makhela to allegedly tamper with his birth certificate and Aadhar Card to be eligible to become Rajkot Ward President. […]
Gujarat added one tonne of plastic waste every two minutes in 2022-23, according to data recently tabled in the Lok Sabha. This translates to 31 tonnes per hour, amounting to a staggering 2.71 lakh tonnes annually, placing Gujarat in the sixth spot among Indian states for plastic waste generation. Tamil Nadu topped the list with […]
BJP MLA Bhupendrasinh Chudasama on Monday performed a ‘shanti puja’ at Lothal, Gujarat, at the excavation site, for a 26-year-old PhD scholar from IIT-Delhi who died nearly three weeks ago Surabhi Verma, who was pursuing her PhD at IIT Delhi’s Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, died on November 27 when a trench near the Harappan-era archaeological […]
Six people were dead and nearly 10 others were injured when a private bus collided with a dumper truck on a highway in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar district on Tuesday morning. Superintendent of Police Harshad Patel said that the accident happened near Trapaj village at around 6 am as the bus was travelling from Bhavnagar to Mahuva. […]
Gujarat has emerged as the top cotton-producing state in India for the 2023-24 crop year, according to data presented by the Central Government. The state recorded an impressive production of 90.57 lakh bales of cotton, outpacing other major producers such as Maharashtra and Telangana. India’s total cotton production for the same period is estimated at […]
Customs Officials on Saturday night apprehended a woman with gold jewellery worth Rs 50 lakh at Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. The woman, who was traveling with Etihad Airways, caught the attention of customs officers due to suspicious behaviour. Following a detailed inspection of her baggage, authorities discovered gold jewellery, including both 18-carat and […]
Unregulated drilling of borewells has led to severe water crisis in several districts of Gujarat and high fluoride content has been found in as many as 25 districts, leaving water non-potable. This has been revealed in the findings presented in the Rajya Sabha by the Central Ground Water Board. Over-extraction of water has depleted the […]
