Gujarat: News
17 Jul 2018
Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB)Gujarat govt transfers 31 senior IPS-officers, including Vadodara Police Commissioner
The Gujarat government has transferred 31 IPS officers. Vadodara Police Commissioner (PC) Manoj Shashidhar has been transferred and appointed as Inspector General (IG) of Panchmahal Range.
15 Jul 2018
AhmedabadPrimary students of Ahmedabad civic schools to get free haircuts
Primary students of Ahmedabad's municipal schools will get a free haircut every month as part of the local civic corporation's "Ek Kadam Swachhate Ki Aur" program.
14 Jul 2018
Narendra ModiMahendrasinh Vaghela, son of ex-Gujarat CM Shankarsinh Vaghela, joins BJP
Former Gujarat CM Shankarsinh Vaghela's son Mahendrasinh, a two-time Congress MLA, has joined BJP today.
14 Jul 2018
AhmedabadJagannath Rath Yatra starts in Ahmedabad; PM greets people
The 141st Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath commenced this morning in Gujarat's Ahmedabad amid tight security as lakhs of devotees flocked to the 18km route to catch a glimpse of the deity.
13 Jul 2018
Jitu VaghaniGujarat: BJP VP resigns over rape accusations, claims innocence
Former MLA Jayanti Bhanushali has resigned as vice president of Gujarat BJP following an accusation of rape against him.
10 Jul 2018
VadodaraVadodara airport to switch to solar-energy to cut electricity cost
The Vadodara airport will soon switch over to solar energy for its everyday operations to cut down its electricity cost.
07 Jul 2018
Hardik PatelGujarat: Hardik, Alpesh, Jignesh booked for raid at woman's house
Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel and Gujarat MLAs Alpesh Thakor and Jignesh Mevani were booked on charges of trespassing after allegedly leading a "raid" at a house where they claimed liquor was illegally stored.
06 Jul 2018
Pakistan NewsGujarat fisherman who died in Pakistan jail cremated at home
The mortal remains of a fisherman who died in a Pakistan jail in March this year was today consigned to flames at his native Kotada village in Gujarat's Gir Somnath district.
06 Jul 2018
IndiaCongress accuses BJP of being involved in mega bitcoin scam
The Indian National Congress (INC) has accused the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) of being involved in a "mega Bitcoin scam" worth anything between Rs. 5,000 crore and Rs. 88,000 crore.
05 Jul 2018
IndiaGujarat: Mob thrashes man for trying to abduct 3-year-old girl
A man was assaulted by a mob near Aji Dam area in Gujarat's Rajkot after he allegedly tried to abduct a three-year-old girl, police said today.
05 Jul 2018
Lok SabhaGujarat: Bavaliya quits Congress; gets 3 portfolios in BJP government
Senior OBC leader and former Congress legislator, Kunwarji Bavaliya, yesterday took charge as the Water Supply, Animal Husbandry, and Rural Housing Minister in Gujarat's ruling BJP government.
03 Jul 2018
Lok SabhaGujarat: Senior Congress leader, four-time MLA set to join BJP
Senior Congress OBC leader and four-time MLA Kunwarji Bavaliya today resigned from the party and is set to join the ruling BJP in Gujarat.
01 Jul 2018
SuicideGujarat: Couple jumps to death into canal with 2 kids
A couple has allegedly killed themselves along with their children by jumping into a canal near Jamiyatpura village in Gandhinagar's Adalaj taluka in Gujarat.
30 Jun 2018
India2 Gujarat fishermen released by Pakistan being brought back home
Two fishermen from Gujarat, who were languishing in a Pakistan jail, have been released and are on their way home to Vadodara, an official said today.
29 Jun 2018
TelanganaGujarat's Dahod tops NITI's Delta rankings on 'aspirational districts'
Gujarat's Dahod district topped the first Delta ranking released today by NITI Aayog that captures incremental improvements of aspirational districts on health, education and other development parameters.
29 Jun 2018
Uttar PradeshUP Congress conducts written test, practice interviews for potential spokespersons
The Uttar Pradesh unit of the Congress party has conducted a written test and interviewed candidates for its new-media team in UP, introducing a system the party had tried in Gujarat and Karnataka.
27 Jun 2018
IndiaGujarat CM Vijay Rupani in Israel on six-day visit
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has arrived in Jerusalem on a six-day visit to Israel to strengthen cooperation in the fields of internal security, water management, and agriculture.
24 Jun 2018
Narendra ModiGujarat: PM's "aunt" seeks redressal for govt-dispensary on her premises
A 90-year old widow claiming to be the aunt of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has knocked on the doors of an appellate authority after failing to get satisfactory answers from the Labor Ministry on her RTI application seeking details of lease renewal of a government dispensary running in her premises.
24 Jun 2018
IndiaSwachh Survekshan 2018: Maharashtra ranked cleanest state, WB fares poorly
Jharkhand is the cleanest state in the country, followed by Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh, the latest Swachh Survekshan (cleanliness study) by the Government of India has found.
23 Jun 2018
RajkotGujarat: 7 killed, 24 injured as truck falls into rivulet
At least seven persons were killed and 24 others injured when a truck carrying them fell into a rivulet near Rajula town of Amreli district in Gujarat.
20 Jun 2018
Narendra ModiGujarat farmers to march against bullet-train, so much for #KisanKiBaatPMKeSaath
Farmers will march across 192 villages in Gujarat to protest against the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train from June 22, media reports said.
17 Jun 2018
JapanPalghar villagers want doctors, street-lights to give land for bullet-train-project
The villagers of Maharashtra's Palghar district want ponds, ambulances, solar street lights, and doctors before giving their lands to the government's bullet train project, officials said.
14 Jun 2018
Vijay RupaniHardik claims Gujarat-CM Rupani resigned; CM rubbishes it as 'lies'
Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel today stirred a controversy by making a claim about the resignation of Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani, who rubbished it as "lies" and "false rumors".
14 Jun 2018
MaharashtraInternational ketamine racket busted; 10, including 3 foreigners, held
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has unearthed an international racket of manufacturing ketamine with the seizure of a huge amount of the drug from Goa, Maharashtra, and Gujarat.
11 Jun 2018
AhmedabadLesbian couple commits suicide after throwing baby in Sabarmati river
A lesbian couple allegedly committed suicide after throwing a child of one of them in the Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad in Gujarat today.
11 Jun 2018
Pakistan NewsGujarat fisherman died in Pak-jail in March; family learns now
More than three months after a Gujarat fisherman in Pakistan jail died, his family now came to know about the demise through a letter written by one of his cellmates.
10 Jun 2018
Narendra ModiModi's "Pakistan involved in elections" remark based on informal-sources: RTI
Almost six months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi hinted at Pakistan's involvement in the Gujarat assembly elections, an RTI reply has revealed his claim was based on informal sources.
09 Jun 2018
Delhi PoliceJNU student leader Umar Khalid receives death threat, files complaint
JNU student leader, Umar Khalid has filed a complaint with the Delhi Police, alleging he has received death threats from a man who identified himself as fugitive gangster Ravi Pujari.
07 Jun 2018
Gujarat High CourtGujarat HC refuses to stay JEE-Advanced results; students seek re-evaluation
The Gujarat HC today refused to stay the results of the 2018 JEE (Advanced) examination scheduled to be declared on June 10, saying the announcement of the results has all India ramification.
06 Jun 2018
Narendra ModiIshrat Jahan case: CBI wanted to arrest Modi, says Vanzara
In controversial claims, former Gujarat DIG DG Vanzara told a court yesterday that the CBI wanted to arrest then CM Narendra Modi and then Gujarat Home Minister Amit Shah in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case.
05 Jun 2018
Indian Air ForceAir Force's Jaguar aircraft crashes in Gujarat, officer killed
A commanding officer (CO) of the Indian Air Force was killed when the fighter plane he was in crashed in Kutch district of Gujarat this morning.
03 Jun 2018
IndiaDalits are adding 'Sinh' to their names to reclaim dignity
The 2016 Una uprising lit a fire in India's Dalit community that shows no signs of stopping. After the viral moustache social media campaign, it is now about the name 'Sinh.'
03 Jun 2018
Mayawati2019 Elections: Meet 5 potential PM candidates for general elections
About a year before the 2014 general elections, the then Gujarat CM Modi had taken everyone by storm with his incessant attacks on UPA 2.
03 Jun 2018
IndiaGujarat Government to start dedicated ambulance service for infants
Gujarat Government has decided to launch a dedicated ambulance service to shift critically ill infants to better-equipped hospitals.
01 Jun 2018
RamayanaGujarat board textbook blooper: Sita was "abducted" by Rama
A paragraph in Class XII Sanskrit textbook of the Gujarat board seems to have got some basic facts wrong about Ramayana as it reads, "There is a very heart-touching description of the message conveyed by Laxman to Ram when Sita was 'abducted' by Rama."
01 Jun 2018
State Bank of India (SBI)ED attaches assets of Gujarat firm in Rs. 5,000cr bank-fraud
The Enforcement Directorate has attached Rs. 4,701cr worth of assets of Gujarat-based pharmaceutical company Sterling Biotech Group in connection with a Rs. 5,000cr bank fraud money laundering case, the ED said today.
27 May 2018
IndiaGujarat: ISR launches 'earthquake hazard map' to mitigate earthquake impact
The Institute of Seismological Research (ISR), a Gujarat state agency, has come out with an 'earthquake hazard map' of the state, which provides information about how intense the ground movement can be if earthquake hits a particular place.
26 May 2018
India111 newborns dead at Adani-run hospital in 5-months; probe ordered
The Gujarat Government has ordered an inquiry into the deaths of 111 newborns in five months at the Adani Education and Research Foundation-run GK General Hospital in Bhuj, Gujarat.
23 May 2018
Narendra ModiRajasthan officers to learn 'good-governance' from book on Modi's speeches
Rajasthan IAS officers will now learn 'good governance' from speeches by PM Narendra Modi, which he made when he was the CM of Gujarat.
23 May 2018
Narendra ModiRajasthan IAS officers to get a book on Modi's speeches
A book comprising PM Narendra Modi's speeches on "good governance" during his tenure as Gujarat's CM will be distributed among IAS officers in Rajasthan.