AHMEDABAD: Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Tuesday inaugurated the All Gujarat Caterers Association (AGCA) Expo 2025 in Ahmedabad, a two-day event showcasing the state's growing catering and culinary sector.

GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat’s unique initiative ‘Tera Tujhko Arpan’, launched in 2022, has emerged as a model for speedy recovery of stolen and seized property to rightful owners without bureaucratic hurdles.

AHMEDABAD: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for parts of Gujarat, warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall over the next 48 hours, particularly in northern districts where the monsoon remains highly active.

AHMEDABAD: Widespread rainfall continued across Gujarat, with 195 talukas receiving rain in the past 24 hours. Umarpada in Surat topped the charts with eight inches of rainfall, while Jambughoda and Bodeli recorded over six inches.

GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat has received widespread rainfall this monsoon, with an average of 92.64 per cent recorded across the state till Thursday, according to the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC).

GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has raised the financial powers of municipalities by 50 per cent for approving technical and administrative sanctions for projects funded through state schemes and decentralised district planning grants.

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat is set to witness a fresh spell of intense monsoon activity this week, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing multiple yellow and orange alerts for heavy to very heavy rainfall across the state.

GANDHINAGAR: In a statewide crackdown on adulterated and substandard food products, the Food and Drug Control Administration (FDCA) of Gujarat seized 46 tonnes of inedible items valued at around Rs 1.8 crore in August.

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat this year has received 90 per cent of its seasonal rainfall so far. According to official data, the state has recorded an average of 31.5 inches of rainfall this season.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a two-day visit to Gujarat on Monday, during which he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for multiple infrastructure and development projects worth over Rs 5,400 crore.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat on August 25 and 26, inaugurating and laying the foundation stones of urban development projects worth Rs 2,548 crore in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar.

GANDHINAGAR: Heavy rainfall continued across Gujarat over the past 24 hours, with showers reported in 212 talukas across 33 districts.

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat is witnessing its second spell of monsoon showers, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall in several parts of the state over the next 48 hours.

AHMEDABAD: In a shocking case, a Class 10 student of Seventh Day School in the Khokhra area of Gujarat's Ahmedabad died following a knife attack allegedly carried out by a Class 8 student.

NEW DELHI: The man who attacked Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta during the weekly 'Jan Sunvai' event at her official residence has been identified as Rajesh Bhai Khimji Bhai Sakariya, a resident of Gujarat's Rajkot, sources said.

SHIVPURI: Four people died and 11 others were injured in a tragic road accident in Shivpuri district of Madhya Pradesh on Saturday morning. All were members of a Gujarat-based music group returning from Varanasi after performing at the Kashi Vishwanath Temple.

BHOPAL: At least four people were killed and nearly a dozen others injured when a Traveller vehicle collided with a loaded truck in Madhya Pradesh’s Shivpuri district early Saturday morning, police said.

GANDHINAGAR: The Gujarat government on Wednesday relaunched nine upgraded websites under the Education Department.

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat Police have taken a major leap forward in underwater search and surveillance capabilities with the purchase of state-of-the-art Deep Tracker remotely operated vehicles (ROVs).

AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat Police have created WhatsApp groups linking village sarpanches with local police stations in order to strengthen coordination between law enforcement and rural communities, officials said on Sunday.

NEW DELHI: After days of anxiety and disrupted communication, ten pilgrims from Banaskantha district of Gujarat, who were stranded near Dharali in Uttarakhand following a devastating cloudburst, were successfully rescued by the Indian Army and airlifted to Rishikesh.

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat has crossed the milestone of opening more than 1.94 crore bank accounts under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), enabling access to essential banking services for millions of citizens in both rural and urban areas.

BENGALURU: The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has arrested an alleged female Al Qaeda operative in Bengaluru, police sources said on Wednesday.

GANDHINAGAR: Rainy conditions have re-emerged across Gujarat as a fresh weather system takes shape over the Arabian Sea, triggering widespread showers across the state.

GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat has recorded 55.26 per cent of its average seasonal rainfall as of Friday, with the Kutch region leading at 64 per cent.

NEW DELHI: Gujarat has witnessed registration of 37,56,390 new Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the last five years, said Union Minister of State for MSMEs, Shobha Karandlaje, in the Parliament.

AHMEDABAD: A late-night police raid late last week at Glade One Resort near Sanand in Gujarat's Ahmedabad district exposed a high-profile liquor party allegedly organised as a birthday celebration for real estate businessman Pratik Sanghvi, police said on Monday.

AHMEDABAD: AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal and Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann are scheduled to visit Gujarat on July 23, party leader Isudan Gadhvi announced on Friday.

AMRELI: A 25-year-old woman from Bhad village of Gujarat's Amreli district allegedly committed suicide after consuming poison-laced food at her workplace.

DHARAMSALA: In a tragic paragliding accident on Sunday afternoon, a 25-year-old tourist from Gujarat lost his life while a local pilot sustained serious injuries in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh.

VADODARA: Three people were killed and several vehicles fell into the Mahisagar (Mahi) River after a section of the Gambhira-Mujpur bridge in Padra taluka of Gujarat's Vadodara collapsed on Wednesday,

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat witnessed rainfall across 153 talukas in the last 24 hours, though only 12 talukas recorded more than one inch of precipitation. Heavier showers were concentrated in select regions, with Borsad in central Gujarat receiving the highest downpour at 99 mm, said officials on Tuesday.

GANDHINAGAR: A bomb threat email sent to the Veraval Court in Gujarat’s Gir Somnath district triggered a major security scare today. The threat, addressed to District Judge Vikram Singh Gohil, claimed that a bomb had been planted on the court premises.

NEW DELHI: At the foundation stone laying ceremony of India’s first National Cooperative University -- Tribhuvan Sahkari University -- in Anand, Gujarat, Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah highlighted that the initiative embodies Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s steadfast commitment to empowering and advancing the cooperative movement across the country.

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat State Monitoring Cell (SMC) from Gandhinagar seized foreign liquor worth Rs 1.19 crore during a raid in Chotila taluka of Surendranagar.

ANAND SHAHR (GUJARAT): With a view to giving a fillip to dairy farming in the state, Punjab Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal on Friday visited Amul plants in Anand Shahar and Gandhinagar. The Minister also held significant discussions with the experts and sought cooperation from Amul to further quality improvement of dairy products.

HYDERABAD: Telangana is considered as mini-India because of its true cosmopolitan nature and the language sentiments here not being asstrong as in Tamil Nadu or Karnataka, but Union Home Ministers Amit Shahs recent statement that Hindi should be the alternative to English for communication among Indians has drawn the ire of all.

NEW DELHI: On the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually unveil a 108 feet statue of Lord Hanuman in Morbi, Gujarat on Saturday.

AMRITSAR: Officials of Yuva Unstoppable, a Gujarat-based NGO, who paid obeisance at Sachkhand Sri Harmandir Sahib, were felicitated by the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) officials.

MUMBAI: Former India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh feels that the responsibility of captaincy will only make Gujarat Titans' skipper Hardik Pandya a bettercricketer and person.

MUMBAI: Actor Ranveer Singh, who is playing a Gujarati once again on the big screen after essaying Gujarati romeo in the Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Goliyon ki Raasleela - Ram Leela', is thrilled about the prospect of getting 'the same amount of love from Gujaratis across the world, all over again' with his performance in the upcoming film 'Jayeshbhai Jordaar'.

NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Gujarat polls, political strategist Prashant Kishor's team has landed in Gujarat to assess the situation for the Congress in the state, sources said. However, there is no clarity on Kishor joining the grand old party.

GANDHINAGAR: The Gujarat assembly on the last day of the budget session on Thursday, saw the ruling party and the opposition almost coming to blows on the issue of India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru being mentioned during the discussion on the proposed Kalpasar project.

NEW DELHI: Former Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday alleged that the government has put on hold the river-linking project in Gujarat due to the opposition from the tribal population and the upcoming state polls.

GANDHINAGAR: The National Students Union of India (NSUI) on Monday burnt an effigy of the BJP government in Gujarat in front of the state Assembly building, opposing the repeated exam paper leaks in the state.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's two-day visit to Gujarat begins on Friday, during which he is scheduled to address the 'Gujarat Panchayat Mahasammelan'.

ROBERTAGANJ: Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Saturday said that the people have to take a lead and find a solution to their problems as the state government has failed.

AHMEDABAD: Karandeep Kochhar carrying forward his rich vein of form from last season, lifted the title on a dramatic final day at the Gujarat Open Golf Championship 2022 presented by Gujarat Tourism held at the Kalhaar Blues & Greens Golf Club in Ahmedabad.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday accepted the compromise reached between Adani Power (Mundra) Ltd. and Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd. (GUVNL), over the supply of electricity.

TORONTO: The four members of a Gujarati family, who froze to death in minus 35 degrees temperatures on January 19 near the Canadian town of Emerson while trying to cross illegally into the US, have been officially identified after autopsies.

TORONTO: The four members of a Gujarati family, who froze to death in minus 35 degrees temperatures on January 19 near the Canadian town of Emerson while trying to cross illegally into the US, have been officially identified after autopsies.

TORONTO: Although some media outlets have identified the four members of a Gujarati family who froze to death on January 19 near the Canada-US border as residents of Dingucha village near Gandhinagar, authorities in Ottawa have refused to confirm their names.

NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal has directed a Joint Committee to look into a plea against illegal shrimp farms in violation of Coastal Zone Regulation Notification and norms for the protection of flood plain area of the Kim and Sena rivers in Surat and Bharuch districts of Gujarat.

AMRITSAR: The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) has taken a strong notice of a video posted on social media, children playing the role of the tenth Guru Sri Guru Gobind Singh's Sahibzadas during a program organized by a school in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

GANDHINAGAR: Following huge surge in Covid-19 cases in the state, the Gujarat government on Thursday decided to cancel the biennial Investment event, the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit (VGGS) which was to be held in Gandhinagar from January 10 to 12.

NEW DELHI: With around 90 per cent of rural households across the state having access to piped drinking water supply, Gujarat is now aiming to achieve 100 per cent saturation by October 2022 under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM).

GANDHINAGAR:The single-day Covid caseload in Gujarat crossed the 200-mark to touch 204 on Monday, against 65 recoveries, taking the state's active Covid caseload to 1,086.

GANDHINAGAR: In another round of signing of Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) ahead of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit (VGGS) in Gandhinagar, the state government inked a pact on Monday with the Taj group of hotels for the construction of a hotel at the Statue of Unity fame Kevadiya.

GANDHINAGAR:Gujarat on Wednesday reported nine new Omicron cases, taking the state's tally for the new variant to 23.Out of the 9 new cases, Ahmedabad reported five, while two cases each were reported from the districts of Mehsana and Anand.

GANDHINAGAR:In a joint operation, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and the Gujarat-Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) have seized 77 kg of heroin worth around Rs 400 crore from a Pakistani fishing boat off the Gujarat coast, officials said on Monday.

GANDHINAGAR:The Gujarat High Court has issued notices to the state and Centre in response to a PIL challenging the constitutional validity of marital rape.

PUNE: Hockey Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh Hockey, Kerala Hockey, Hockey Unit of Tamil Nadu, Hockey Bihar and , Hockey Maharashtra were among the winners on day four of the 11th Hockey India Senior Men National Championship Pimpri Chinchwad 2021 in Pune today.

GANDHINAGAR: The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has seized 120 kg of heroin valued at around Rs 600 crore from Zinzuda village in Morbi district and arrested three persons in connection, police said on Monday.

GANDINAGAR: A POCSO Court has sentenced a 39-year-old man to life imprisonment till death for raping a four-year-old girl in Surat in just 29 days.

GANDHINAGAR: A man has been arrested for sexually abusing three infants and killing one of them, the police said on Monday.

GANDHINAGAR: A few weeks after the Gujarat High Court lambasted the use of externment orders as an atrocity on the people, the Gujarat Assembly was provided data on the total externment cases in the state. The government declared that there were 16,20 such cases in the last two years in Gujarat.

GANDHINAGAR:With an entirely new treasury bench of the House to face the opposition, the two-day Monsoon Session of the Gujarat Assembly will begin on Monday. This will be the first session of the Assembly after the swearing-in of the Bhupendra Patel government and is likely to be stormy.

GANDHINAGAR: The Gujarat High Court appointed Joint Task Force (JTF) has submitted that the waterbody in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet project Sabarmati Riverfront is a stagnant water body, which has been polluted by illegal dumping of industrial effluents through Sewage Treatment Plants (STP) waters.

NEW DELHI:There will be an increase in rainfall activity over east Rajasthan and Gujarat and a fresh spell of heavy rainfall is likely over east India from Saturday, while the intense spell of rainfall over Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand will see a reduction from Friday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday.

GANDHINAGAR:According to a tweet by the Gujarat CMO on Wednesday, the swearing-in ceremony of the new Gujarat Cabinet under Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel will be held at 1.30 pm on Thursday at the Raj Bhavan.

GANDHINAGAR: In a shocking incident, three members of a family committed suicide in the wee hours of Friday after cremating the head of the family who succumbed to Covid-19 in Gujarat's Devbhumi Dwarka district.

GANDHINAGAR: As voting continues in the Morva-Hadaf Assembly constituency by-polls in Panchmahals district, around a 30 per cent voter turnout was reported till 2 p.m. The by-poll is witnessing a three-way fight between the BJP, the Congress and an Independent for the seat reserved for the Scheduled Tribes (ST).

GANDHINAGAR: The Gujarat government on Thursday decided to postpone the Board examinations for Classes 10 and 12 and also announced mass promotion for all the rest of the classes in view of the Covid resurgence.

GANDHINAGAR: The Gujarat Chief Minister, Vijay Rupani on Wednesday evening, will hold a virtual meeting with various religious leaders of the state on the prevailing situation of Corona infection in the state. The CM will hold discussions with them and request cooperation from every community in the fight against the virus.

GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat on Thursday saw its daily Covid tally cross the 4,000 mark, to reach 4,021, taking its tally to 3,32,474, while its death toll also climbed to 4,655 with 35 more succumbing to the disease.

GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat's coronavirus situation worsened on Tuesday, with the state seeing a spike of 3,280 new cases, taking its tally to 3,24,878, while the death toll rose to 4,598 with 17 more succumbing.

GANDHINAGAR: The Gujarat Assembly on Thursday passed a Bill to amend the 'Dharma Swatantrya' (Freedom of Religion) Act, 2003 which aims to combat forceful religious conversions, better known as 'Love Jihad', on the concluding day of the Budget session.

GANDHINAGAR: Sparks flew in the Gujarat Assembly on the concluding day of the Budget session on Thursday with Congress legislator Imran Khedawala tearing a copy of the Bill proposed to amend the 'Dharma Swatantrya' (Freedom of Religion) Act, 2003 aimed to combat forceful religious conversions, better known as 'Love Jihad', that was tabled in the House by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

GANDHINAGAR: With an intention to provide more space and time to the police in discharging their duties, the Gujarat government on Wednesday amended the provisions of Section 195 of the CrPC by passing the Criminal Procedure (Gujarat) Amendment Bill, 2021 on the penultimate day of the Budget session of the state Assembly amid opposition from the Congress.

GANDHINAGAR: On the penultimate day of the Budget session on Wednesday, the Gujarat Assembly passed eight Bills, including one to amend Section 195 of the CrPC and sanctioning of eight new private universities.

GANDHINAGAR: Data tabled in the Gujarat Assembly on Tuesday showed that only two out of the 33 districts in the state -- Mahisagar and Bharuch -- have allotted land to landless farmers belonging to the backward communities, while the rest did not even hold a single meeting for the purpose.

GANDHINAGAR: As the month-long Budget session nears its end in the Gujarat Assembly, a total of 13 lawmakers have so far tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 30 days.

GANDHINAGAR: The Gujarat government in all likelihood will table a Bill to amend the 'Dharma Swatantrya' (Freedom of Religion) Act, 2003 in the ongoing Budget session of the Assembly to combat forceful religious conversions, better known as 'Love Jihad'.

CHANDIGARH: The arrest of Chaudhry Yudhvir Singh, National General Secretary of All India Jatt Mahasabha and Spokesperson of Sanyukt Kisan Morcha in Gujarat on the occasion of 'Bharat Bandh' today was strongly denounced by Mr. Rajinder Singh Badheri, Chandigarh unit president of the Mahasabha.

GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat on Wednesday saw its daily Covid tally rise to 1,790, taking its tally to 2,92,169 cases, while eight more succumbed, taking the toll to 4,466.

GANDHINAGAR: Despite having one of the best healthcare facilities and infrastructure, the Vijay Rupani-led government has disclosed before the state assembly that more than 18 newborns died everyday within hours of their birth in Gujarat in the past two years.

GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat on Tuesday saw 1,730 new Covid cases, taking its tally to 2,90,379, while the death toll climbed to 4,458, with four more succumbing.
In March so far, the state has added 20,490 cases at a daily average of 891.

GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat on Tuesday saw 954 new Covid cases, taking its tally to 2,80,051, while the death toll climbed to 4,427, with two patients succumbing.

GANDHINAGAR: As soon as Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the 'Azadi Mahotsav' commemorating 75 years of the country's independence from the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, parallel programmes will be held at six other places in Gujarat on Friday.

GANDHINAGAR: The Vibrant state of Gujarat is also vibrant as far as rapes of adolescent girls is concerned. The state has seen more than three rapes of adolescent girls everyday during the past 5 years. According to the state government figures released in the ongoing Assembly session there were 6,215 incidents of adolescent girls raped in the period from October 2015 to September 2020.

GANDHINAGAR: Some 178 women ended their lives due to dowry demands in a span of three years while 529 arrests have been made in cases related to dowry, the Gujarat government stated in the Assembly.

GANDHINAGAR: On the first day of the discussion on the Budget in the Gujarat Assembly on Wednesday, the Congress attacked the Vijay Rupani-led government saying that the state's increasing debt was because of the BJP's policies, which were being directed from its party headquarters 'Kamalam'.

GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel, who also holds the Finance portfolio, on Wednesday presented the state's annual budget for the financial year 2021-22 running to Rs 2,27,029 crore with an overall surplus of Rs 588 crore.

GANDHINAGAR: The Gujarat Congress chief Amit Chavda and the Leader of Opposition Party (LoP) Paresh Dhanani tendered resignations from their posts on Tuesday, following the party's debacle in the local body elections in Gujarat. The Congress leadership accepted their resignations. However, both will continue till the party finds their replacement.

GANDHINAGAR: From the poll results unfolding on Tuesday of the local bodies in Gujarat, it is clear that the people of the state have rejected the relatives of sitting legislators from major parties. Around ten such legislators' kin contesting these elections have been shown the door.

GANDHINAGAR: As counting of the votes cast in Gujarat's local body polls was underway on Tuesday, trending figures showed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading in majority of the areas.

 GANDHINAGAR: Delhi Chief Minister and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convener Arvind Kejriwal, on Friday asked the people of Gujarat to give the AAP party a chance to form the local bodies in the upcoming polls on Sunday for Tehsil, district and municipality elections in Gujarat.

CHANDIGARH: Gaining momentum and receiving an overwhelming response from the people in various states, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has now entered the stronghold of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Gujarat. The AAP had won 27 seats in the local bodies' polls held in Gujarat on Tuesday. In a statement, the Aam Aadmi Party said that Gujarat used to be a state where the BJP held the bastion and no other party stood any chance to contest with the BJP and its leaders. However, the AAP has changed that and has made its inroads in Gujarat. "By winning 27 seats, the AAP now stands second in Surat Municipal Corporation," it added.

GANDHINAGAR: As the counting for the local body elections in six Municipal Corporations in Gujarat progresses on Tuesday, the trending figures show that the BJP is leading in majority of the seats, but it is the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) which is giving surprising results in Surat.

AHMEDABAD: Om Prakash Chouhan of Mhow didn’t have the best of days on the golf course on Thursday but he still continued to enjoy a substantial lead for the third consecutive day at the Gujarat Open Golf Championship 2021 Presented by Gujarat Tourism being played at the Kalhaar Blues and Greens Golf Club in Ahmedabad.

GANDHINAGAR: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani collapsed on the stage while giving an election speech in Vadodara on Sunday. He was quickly checked by a doctor and his condition is said to be fine now

GANDHINAGAR: As part of the decision to resume normal classes in schools in Gujarat, the state government on Saturday decided to restart classes 6 to 8 from next Thursday.

GANDHINAGAR: Claiming the Aam Aadmi Party was the best alternative for Gujarat, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday said the AAP government in Delhi has revolutionised the health care system as well as the education system in just five years and has achieved what the BJP government in Gujarat has not been able to do in its 25-year rule.

GANDHINAGAR:The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will launch its campaign for the local body polls in Gujarat, which are scheduled to be held at the end of this month, by holding roadshows in Ahmedabad and Rajkot on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.

GANDHINAGAR: With the Gujarat government joining hands with the Tata group to set up Indian Institute of Skills (IIS) at Nasmed village in Gandhinagar, the industry group will shortly commence project work to be executed in the not-for-profit Public Private Partnership mode.