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8 students test +ve at tuition centre in Surat

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Eight students of a tuition centre in Gujarat's Surat city tested Covid-19 positive after testing of samples, an official said on Saturday...

Gujarat high court comes to rescue of interfaith couple

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The Gujarat high court has come to the rescue of an interfaith couple and ordered police protection for them till they go to the registrar’s office to get their marriage registered...

guj: High gold prices take lustre off festival purchases

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Increased prices of gold took the sheen off sales in Gujarat on Dussehra, on Friday. Even though the consumer sentiment has remained upbeat, a surge in prices over the past fortnight kept purchases under check. Estimates of the India Bullion and Jewellers’ Association (IBJA) suggest that some 200kg of gold was retailed in Gujarat in a single day on Dussehra which is considered auspicious for buying the precious metal...

Ahd's Shivranjani crash injures 2, car overturns

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Barely 100m from where a woman was crushed by the car driven by Parv Shah with two others injured, another accident was witnessed when a speeding compact car turned turtle after colliding with the BRTS corridor railing...

How to hush the Ahmedabad’s screams?

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In a city like Ahmedabad, there is an omnipresent din — from vehicles, construction work, or a raucous event at a party plot. This soundscape is hellish for anyone trying to read in peace, or attempting to talk over the phone, or making desperate efforts to sleep...

Gujarat: Sons of tea vendor, scrap dealer shine in JEE exam

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Gujarat candidates have put up a stellar performance in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced, the results of which were announced on Friday...

Semiconductor shortage slams brakes on Dussehra car sales

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Even though demand for cars is high this year, dealers failed to cash-in due to supply constraints caused by the global semiconductor shortage. Data from the Federation of Automobile Dealers’ Associations (FADA) show that vehicle sales on Dussehra fell by 7.7% in Gujarat this year, compared to purchases last year, when the Covid pandemic was raging and several restrictions were in place...

Gujarat: 3 die while removing hoarding

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Hiralal Rawat (22), Vivek Meena (18) and Mahesh Parmar (20), all employees of Swagat Dining Hall situated on the busy ST road, had gone to the terrace of the two-storey dining hall to remove an old signboard, which was nearly 10 feet long and made of steel rods, said inspector BD Parmar...

Guj fisherman hits jackpot with catch worth Rs 2cr

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A fisherman of Saiyad Rajpra village near Nava Bandar in Una taluka of Gir Somnath district hit the jackpot on high seas after he netted a huge catch of giant croaker or ghol fish, which are highly valuable for their air bladders. Fisherman Bhikha Puna’s total catch is valued at around Rs1...

Ahd: Man kidnapped, forced to work in call centres

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When Sagar Mehta borrowed Rs 25 lakh from a money lender in Khodiyarnagar, little did he know the ordeal he would have to face. The 31-year-old from Bopal claimed that, despite paying back Rs 85 lakh, the money lender’s goons abducted him, took him to various states, and forced him to work in call centres there...

Guj: Insurance firm to pay anaemic man’s hospital bill

yesterday

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Weakness and body ache due to anaemia cannot be seen as a rundown condition or cause of nutritional deficiency, ruled a consumer court here...

Woman tortured to death during exorcism ritual; 5 held

yesterday

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A 25-year-old woman was allegedly thrashed to death with a hot iron chain by an exorcist and some of her relatives during an exorcism ritual to "free her from the influence of an angry deity" in Gujarat's Devbhumi-Dwarka district, police said on Thursday...

Ahmedabad airport shuttle bus service to restart soon

2 days ago

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If all goes to plan, the shuttle bus service from SG Highway to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) airport is set to resume operations in a week...

Gujarat: Prepare to pay more for gold this season

2 days ago

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Are you planning to buy gold during this festive season? Be prepared to shell out extra as gold prices are rallying ahead of run up to the season, with good sales expected...

Gujarat agrees to Tata’s revised power tariff

2 days ago

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With load shedding looming as power projects shut down or work at lower capacity due to coal supply problems, the Gujarat government has decided to buy power from Tata Power’s Mundra project at a higher tariff, Rs 4.5 per unit, for one month...

Guj: Industries to provide land in lion, GIB areas

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In a boost to wildlife of Gujarat, the government has begun implementation of a scheme where industries that have acquired forest land are to compensate by providing private land in the Asiatic lion landscape spread in various districts of the state and the Great Indian Bustard (GIB) habitat in Kutch...

Gujarat: Adani CNG, PNG prices up third time in 2 weeks

3 days ago

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Adani Total Gas Limited has once again raised retail prices of compressed natural gas and piped natural gas for residential consumers. This is the third hike by the city gas distributor in October...

Surat: Four-year-old girl raped in Sachin GIDC

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A four-year-old girl was raped allegedly by an unidentified man in Sachin GIDC area of Surat on Tuesday. The girl, who had been missing since morning, was found after a joint search operation involving various agencies. The girl’s parents are industrial labourers...

Gujarat: Husband gets divorce, wife conjugal rights!

3 days ago

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In what has ended up as one big paradox, one family court granted a divorce decree to the husband, while another court on the same campus has allowed the wife’s request for restitution of conjugal rights thereby directing the husband to dispense his matrimonial duties...

Gujarat receives 102% rainfall of annual average

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The southwest monsoon withdrew from the remaining parts of Gujarat on Tuesday, marking the end of the monsoon season for the state. Compared to the normal withdrawal date of September 30, overall withdrawal was extended by nearly a fortnight this year, said India Meteorological Department (IMD) officials...

Ahmedabad: 40-year-old teacher abducted, raped

4 days ago

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Touted as one of the safest cities for women in the country, Ahmedabad reported two cases of rape on Monday. While a 40-year-old woman from Ghatlodia was abducted and raped by her online friend in one case, a 20-year-old from Ranip was illegally confined and raped by her husband’s contractor in the other case...

Surat: To spite brother, man throws nephews off terrace

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Wanting to exact revenge on his elder brother, a 22-year-old man pushed his two nephews — one 13-year-old and other 11-year-old — from the third-floor terrace of an industrial unit in Pandesara on Sunday evening...

Gujarat govt to notify 1,500 new panchayats

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After reaping huge benefits of a meticulous delimitation exercise in the recently concluded Gandhinagar civic body election, the Bharatiya Janata Party is looking to replicate the same formula in rural areas of the state as well. Even as more than 10,000 village panchayats go to polls in December this year, the ruling BJP is looking to increase the number of village panchayats by about 1,500...

Guj firms’ IPO mop-up to cross Rs 10,000cr in 2021

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Riding on the current initial public offering (IPO) boom, Gujarat-based companies’ mop-up from the public issues—both mainboard and small and medium enterprises (SME) IPOs--is set to cross Rs 10,000 crore-mark in 2021...

Gujarat reports 21 Covid cases, zero death

4 days ago

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Gujarat reported 21 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, raising the overall tally to 8,26,162, while no fresh death due to the infection was reported in the state, the health department said...

Missing Class XI girl from Junagadh found in Delhi

5 days ago

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A 16-year-old girl from Junagadh, who had gone to Delhi to meet her lover from Bihar, was rescued by Junagadh police and handed over to her parents...

Covid-19: Over 64,000 get jabs in Surat on Sunday

5 days ago

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Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC), which claimed to have achieved 100 percent of targeted first dose vaccination to 34.36 lakh population last week, on Sunday administered 64,773 more doses of vaccines. Thise jabbed included migrant population and those who are not residents of the city...

Guj: Schoolgirl raped by teacher, 4 others for 2 yrs

5 days ago

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A torturous period of molestation and rape, spanning nearly two years came to an end for a 16-year-old schoolgirl from Gadu village in Maliya-Hatina taluka of Junagadh district on October 8, when she finally took courage and revealed the horrific details of exploitation to her parents...

Father abandoned Shivansh after killing live-in partner

5 days ago

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The sensational case of abandonment of a toddler – identified as Shivansh – at Swaminarayan Gurukul Gaushala at Pethapur on Friday night took a murderous turn as probe during the weekend revealed that Sachin Dixit, the child’s father, had killed his live-in partner and Shivansh’s mother in Vadodara before deserting the child in the cow shelter...

Number of PG medical seats may decline in Gujarat

6 days ago

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Some of the leading medical colleges of the state may see a decline in the number of seats for postgraduate courses due to unfilled faculty positions. Many doctors, who were transferred to government-run medical colleges in Ahmedabad, Vadodara and Rajkot to fill up vacant positions ahead of the Medical Council of India’ (MCI) inspection, are yet to be re-transferred, three months after the inspection is completed, said sources close to the development...

Baby dumped, Guj cops bundle up culprit with joy in 20 hrs

6 days ago

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His cherubic face and angelic eyes melted hearts of people across the state. One question was on everyone’s mind and lips as pictures of the infant happily playing with keys and drinking from a milk bottle were flashed on media and social media-- how could anybody have the heart to abandon such a lovable child!..

Olympics: 'Ahd will be India’s choice for opening ceremony'

6 days ago

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Cementing Ahmedabad’s chances for India’s possible bid to host the 2036 Olympics, Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Narinder Batra on Saturday said, “Right now, if someone asks me about the venue for the Olympic’s opening ceremony, it is definitely going to be the Motera stadium in Ahmedabad.”..

NTPC, Gujarat Gas to blend hydrogen for CGD networks

7 days ago

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At a time when leading Indian companies like Reliance Industries Ltd and Adani Group are betting big on renewables with a special focus on hydrogen production, Indian government-owned National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) in association with Gujarat Gas is also planning an ambitious project to blend hydrogen with piped natural gas (PNG)...

Gujarat government to strengthen coastal security

7 days ago

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After the recent seizure of drugs valued Rs 21,000 crore from the Mundra port, the Gujarat government has reviewed the state’s coastal security and taken steps to preempt any such incident. Gujarat’s minister of state, home, Harsh Sanghvi, held a meeting with senior IPS officers and discussed issues related to coastal security...

Ahmedabad set to wear a green ring soon

7 days ago

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The concrete jungle of Ahmedabad will be encased in energizing lushness: 200 hectares of green public space has been planned, manifesting in 212 parks and gardens along the 76km SP Ring Road. The ring road will be lined by continuous cycling and walking tracks, open gyms offering indoor sports facilities, and outdoor grocery vends and food courts...

Diwali to be under night curfew in Gujarat

7 days ago

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The state government extended the night curfew till November 10 – covering the Diwali festivities – in eight major cities of Gujarat...

Ex-banker commits suicide in Gujarat

8 days ago

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A former manager of a nationalized bank and a resident of Junagadh city committed suicide by consuming poison on Thursday. According to the police, body of Sanjay Bhrambhatt (53) was found in a car near Tatkal Chokdi of Jetpur...

Man razing old building falls to death in Surat

8 days ago

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A 30-year-old man, demolishing a dilapidated three storey building in Parle Point area, died after he fell off the third floor. Labourer Sandip Gavit’s body was removed from the debris by the fire team and shifted to hospital where he was declared brought dead...

Guj: Festive demand revs up Sept car sales by 44%

8 days ago

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Backed by a good demand during the Janmashtami-Ganesh Chaturthi festive season, car sales showed a 44% growth in September this year...

Ahmedabad: Rain fails to dampen Navratri spirit

8 days ago

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Even though heavy rains lashed Ahmedabad on Thursday evening, festive spirits remained upbeat on the first day of Navratri. As garba had not been held for almost two years due to the Covid pandemic, Amdavadis were determined to organise Navratri this time around, even if it was allowed only in the form of sheri garba...

Petrol crosses Rs 100/litre-mark in Gujarat

8 days ago

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Petrol prices crossed the Rs 100 per litre-mark for the first time in Gujarat on Thursday following a fresh hike...

Petrol pump dream costs man Rs 40 lakh in Ahmedabad

9 days ago

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A retired employee of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Tuesday filed a complaint of cheating against an unknown person, who took Rs 39.60 lakh from him after promising to get him an Indian Oil Corporation petrol pump dealership...

26 held in Surat for booze party

9 days ago

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Police arrested 26 persons, including six women, from a bungalow in Avadh Shangrila, a township of lavish bungalows in Palsana of Surat district, while enjoying a booze party early on Wednesday. Two of the women are from Thailand and all the accused women were present at the spot for prostitution, police suspect...

At 9.2 Mbps, Gujarat 7th in download speed

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Even as the IT industry in Gujarat is expanding its services and workforce to cash in on the post-pandemic digital boom, consistent internet speed and connectivity seems to be a challenge. With 9.2 megabytes per second (Mbps), Gujarat circle ranks seventh among all Indian states when it comes to the m..

Ahd: From today, vax status checks at your office

9 days ago

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After randomly preventing visitors without vaccination certificates from entering shopping malls and eateries, the AMC from Thursday will visit offices of both public and private sector organizations to carry out jab-status inspections...

Seven movie theatres, nine schools sealed in Ahmedabad

10 days ago

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Continuing with its drive to seal establishments without fire safety NOCs, the Ahmedabad fire and emergency services (AFES) sealed two multiplexes, five cinema halls and nine schools for not having valid fire safety certificates...

Divorce through consent? Woman in Ahmedabad alleges fraud

10 days ago

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A woman has approached the Gujarat high court challenging a divorce decree obtained with mutual consent and claimed that she was made to sign divorce papers while she was heavily intoxicated under drugs to treat her severe depression...

Roused economic activity lift Gujarat’s GST mop-up

10 days ago

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As industrial production has returned to full-throttle after the second wave of Covid cases with a massive increase in raw material prices across sectors, GST collection in Gujarat grew by 28% in September 2021 against the same month in 2020. Total GST collection in the state stood at Rs 7,780 crore in September, up from Rs 6,090 crore in September 2020, according to data from the Union finance ministry...

Petrol price in Ahmedabad on brink of Rs 100

10 days ago

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With a 29-paise increase in just a single day, the price of petrol touched Rs 99.75 per litre on Tuesday while the price of diesel was Rs 98.53 per litre, up by 39 paise. Over the past six months, petrol has got 14% dearer and diesel 13%. With higher fuel costs, some industries are battling added cost pressures as other raw material costs have also increased...

Gujarat: 'Over 27k posts in police dept to be filled'

10 days ago

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The state government announced on Monday that it will soon start the process of recruiting 27,847 police personnel, including sub inspectors and home guards. A detailed plan to recruit the personnel will be chalked out in the next 100 days, minister of state for home Harsh Sanghavi said...

Gujarat: Sabarmati high-speed rail hub to house hotel

11 days ago

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The Sabarmati high-speed rail (HSR) hub will get a 76-room five-star hotel and commercial offices over it. The bullet train station in Kalupur, will come up over the current railway platforms 10, 11 and 12...

Gujarat’s Covid cases rise by 33% in just 4 weeks

11 days ago

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Gujarat in the first week of September had recorded 105 new Covid-19 cases, averaging 15 daily cases. From September 29 to October 4, the state recorded 120 cases in six days, averaging 20 cases a day, recording a 33% spike...

Honour killing: Gujarat HC orders action against cops

11 days ago

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The Gujarat high court has ordered action against the Banaskantha district police for their inaction to probe a case of suspected honour killing in which a 22-year-old man, Chandubhai Samaratabhai Chenabhai, was found hanging from a tree. His in-laws were against the marriage...

First liver transplant carried out in Surat

12 days ago

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A young yoga trainer infused life into five persons when her family donated her organs after she was declared brain dead on Friday...

Iran drug crew Bollywood addicts, give dope in Hindi

12 days ago

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After seven Iran nationals were arrested with 30kg of heroin, Indian investigators feared that interrogation will fall into the Persian gulf of language. But the drug couriers’ addiction — to Bollywood — is making dialogue possible...

Gujarat: Woman brands stepdaughter, booked

12 days ago

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A 30-year-old woman living in Jamkhambhaliya was booked on Saturday for inflicting burns on her stepdaughter for eating food without asking her permission...

Gujarat: Covid-hit CA beats cytokine storms, lung ruptures

12 days ago

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Covid-19 pandemic saw many patients on recovery path suddenly collapsing and then some unbelievable turn arounds where patients came back from the brink...

PM's mother casts her vote in Gandhinagar civic polls

12 days ago

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Hiraba reached a polling booth at a government school at Raysan in the city's ward number 10, where she cast her vote...

Lions dumped in Gandhinagar parking lot!

12 days ago

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The lion family, often showcased at major junctions during VIP visits, is gathering dust in the open at Aranya Bhavan in Gandhinagar. These exhibits, along with a whale shark, a male lion, a walking lioness, have been dumped in the parking lot without any care...

Zero Covid deaths in past 30 days in Gujarat

12 days ago

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The last death attributed to Covid-19 in Gujarat was recorded on September 3, a month ago. The state is one of the few in India to achieve the feat. Neighbouring Rajasthan is one such example. It’s for the first time in the 18-month long pandemic that the state has not recorded any deaths...

First test for new Gujarat CM as GMC goes to polls

12 days ago

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The people of Gandhinagar city will vote Sunday to choose representatives to the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC). The election promises to be a tri-cornered contest between the ruling BJP, opposition Congress, and new entrant AAP...

Gujarat records 27 Covid-19 cases, no deaths

12 days ago

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Gujarat on Saturday reported 27 new coronavirus cases which raised its caseload to 8,25,979, a health department official said...

PM Modi likely to visit Gujarat on October 31

12 days ago

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit Gujarat on October 31, the first time after Bhupendra Patel took over as chief minister. The PM is expected to share the dais with the newly sworn-in CM and also meet cabinet members of Patel’s government...

Baby crocodile run over by train in Vadodara

12 days ago

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A two-and-half-feet long crocodile died after a train ran over it in Karjan late on Thursday night...

After record high, Guj sees 59% dip in daily Covid cases

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After an 82-day-high in the number of daily cases at 34 on Thursday, Gujarat saw a drop of 59% to 14 on Friday...

Bapu’s ashram road is noisiest spot in Ahmedabad city

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Back in 1917, Mahatma Gandhi chose a large swathe outside the walled city to set up his satyagraha ashram. He sought the quiet — away from the roaring mills and humdrum of city life — where he could carry out his experiments with nonviolence in peace. Almost 103 years later, constant honking from vehicles fighting for space on the road outside Bapu’s ashram has shattered its peace. In fact, the stretch between the Sabarmati ashram and Vadaj Circle records the highest noise levels in the city...

Girl, 8, mauled to death by lions in Amreli

18 hours ago

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An eight-year-old girl was mauled to death by lions at a village in Gujarat's Amreli district, an official from the state forest department said on Friday...

Woman branded as witch killed in temple in Gujarat

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Ironically, at a time when devotees are steeped in worshipping the divine feminine powers of Goddess Durga, a young woman in Arambhada village in Devbhumi Dwarka district on Wednesday couldn’t resist the forces of evil after she was killed most brutally after being branded as a witch inside a temple...

Covid cases double in five days in Gujarat

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Call it the effect of Navratri swirl -- Gujarat has recorded a sharp spike in Covid cases during the festivities...

Gujarat: CCTV to spy on wife turns against NRI

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An NRI from Chicago and his parents installed CCTV cameras in every corner of their house here to keep his wife under constant surveillance. Now, the NRI has been caught on the same cameras beating his wife and the surveillance system has become evidence against him and his parents...

Surat: Father of 3 held for raping 4-year-old girl

2 days ago

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A 39-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly raping a four-year-old girl in Sachin GIDC area on Tuesday. The accused Ajay alias Hanuman Nishad Kevat, was remanded to police custody for six days by a local court here on Wednesday...

Gujarat: Light-weight stab-proof jackets for armed forces

2 days ago

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Frontline forces like security guards, bodyguards, coastal guards, police and army personnel can look forward for lightweight, easy-to-wear, cost-effective and fire-resistant body armours while they perform their duties...

Gujarat govt to provide gap education to students

2 days ago

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With a large number of students, especially those in rural areas, being deprived of education during the lockdown and subsequent online education, the Gujarat government plans to provide gap education to students who are facing subject difficulties because of online classes...

Vadodara: Salesman held for killing wife, daughter

2 days ago

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The recovery of 36-year-old woman and her six-year-old daughter’s bodies has turned out, as expected, to be a cold-blooded murder executed by her own husband, who was in a one-sided love with a colleague...

Gujarat: Man held for killing wife, 6-yr-old

2 days ago

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The police on Wednesday arrested Tejas Patel for allegedly killing his wife Shobhna (36) and daughter Kavya at their residence in Sama area on October 10, deputy commissioner of police Lakhdhirsinh Zala said...

Disowned by AMC, heritage haveli razed

3 days ago

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A Grade 2B category heritage haveli bearing the Unesco tag has been demolished right under the nose of the AMC in the Kalupur area. The process of razing had been underway over the past two weeks...

Vadodara: Dalit barred from garba, 4 held

3 days ago

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Four persons, including a woman, were arrested on Monday for not allowing a Dalit woman and her niece to participate in garba at Pilol village in Savli taluka...

Ahd: Dengue cases climb 321% in Jan-Oct compared to '20

3 days ago

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Various hospitals in the city have recorded a total of 1,820 cases of dengue during January to October 9 this year, alarmingly up by 321% from 432 cases registered in the whole of 2020 in the city...

Guj: 3 students test Covid positive in Junagadh

3 days ago

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Three girl students of a government-run primary school have tested positive for coronavirus in Junagadh district, forcing the authorities to shut the educational institution for a week...

Man sets ablaze wife, 8-mth-old son in Jamnagar

4 days ago

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A 32-year-old man was arrested on Monday for allegedly setting ablaze his wife and eight-month-old son following a domestic dispute in Methan village of Jamjodhpur taluka of Jamnagar on Sunday evening...

Gujarat: 50% eligible population in 6 districts vaxxed

4 days ago

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The urban-rural divide is apparent when it comes to Covid-19 vaccination in Gujarat. While 89% of the eligible population has been administered the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine in the state, the rate is as high as 97% for the eight municipal corporations. However, this rate dips to 85% for the rest of the state (other than the municipal corporation areas). Similarly, against 52% eligible population getting both the doses in eight cities, the number in case of the 33 districts was 41.5%...

Why are Ahmedabad roads still so bad? HC asks AMC

4 days ago

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The Gujarat high court on Monday asked the AMC why the city’s roads continue to be in a bad shape even three years after the court’s directions to keep them in good repair...

No cargo from Pak, Iran and Afghanistan: Adani Ports

4 days ago

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Nearly a month after 2,998 kg of heroin valued at about Rs 20,000 crore was seized from two containers at Mundra Port, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) on Monday said it will not handle any containerised cargo originating from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran from November 15 onwards...

Gujarat: 3 women of family found dead

5 days ago

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An elderly woman, her daughter and granddaughter were found dead at the house of an acquaintance in Gujarat's Devbhumi Dwarka district early Monday morning, with police suspecting it to be a case of suicide...

Rajkot: Mother-in-law booked for harassment

5 days ago

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A day after a woman set herself and her two sons ablaze, the cops booked her mother-in-law for abetment of suicide. The shocking incident occurred at Nakravadi village near Rajkot city on Saturday...

NTPC, Gujarat Gas ‘blend’ hydrogen for homes

5 days ago

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Women should not go out alone during Navratri: Police

5 days ago

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Even as Gujarat is often portrayed as the safest state for women, Vadodara rural police believe that for their own safety women should not venture out alone during Navratri, especially at a time when it is celebrated at people’s doorsteps and not in big venues...

Covid cases dip slightly in Gujarat

5 days ago

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The daily Covid-19 positive cases went down by 25% from 24 on Saturday to 18 on Sunday. However, with discharge of 17 patients, the active cases rose by 1 to 183. For Ahmedabad city, the daily cases rose slightly from 5 on Saturday to 6 on Sunday...

Gujarat’s inbound tourism gains from travel upsurge

6 days ago

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With more people getting fully vaccinated, the number of Covid-19 cases remaining capped, and consumer sentiment optimistic, tourism within Gujarat is set to gain this festive season. People cooped up within their homes over the past year and a half are pining for their favourite escapades and are decidedly more confident about travel, suggest tour operators. With restrictions on international travel continuing, the preference for domestic and short-distance travel remains strong...

Four Covid deaths in Gujarat in five days

6 days ago

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Gujarat’s death toll reached 10,086 with death of a Covid patient in Tapi district. It was the fourth death in five days for the state, one of the highest since July. The state recorded a rise of 26% in daily cases in 24 hours with 24 cases. As 17 of the patients got discharged, the active cases rose by 7 to 182...

Baby loser: Kid’s play for Gujarat cops with tech toys

6 days ago

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CCTV footage and cellphone surveillance helped Gandhinagar Police track the man who abandoned Shivansh at the Swaminarayan Gaushala in Pethapur, near Gandhinagar...