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- India
Blast at illegal firecracker unit in Ahmedabad, nine dead
Ahmedabad: Nine persons were killed and six others injured in a blast and fire at an illegal firecracker factory in Ramol area of Ahmedabad city in Gujarat on Saturday, July 18, officials…
- Bangalore
Hoax bomb threat delays Bengaluru-Ahmedabad IndiGo flight
Bengaluru: An FIR was registered on Friday, July 17, after a hoax bomb threat was received aboard a Bengaluru-Ahmedabad IndiGo flight shortly before its scheduled departure from the Kempegowda International Airport here,…
- India
HC confirms death penalty for 38 in Ahmedabad terror blasts
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court, while upholding the death sentence of 38 operatives of the terror outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM) in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts, cited the large number of casualties,…
- India
India among 4 nations with most cities at extreme heat risk
New Delhi: India, Pakistan, Nigeria and Ghana together host the largest number of cities at risk of extreme heat, with major tourist destinations including Jaipur and international business hubs in the top…
- India
2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts: HC upholds death sentence for 38
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday, July 7, upheld a special court order sentencing 38 convicts to death and 11 others to life imprisonment in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts, which…
- Opinions
Legislative architecture and Constitutional mandate in Conflict
Two treatises, “Socio-spatial Consequences of Disturbed Areas Act 1991 on Urbanizing Spaces in Gujarat” by Shrivastava and “Saffron geographies of exclusion: The Disturbed Areas Act of Gujarat” by Tejani, both of 2022,…
- India
Mann Ki Baat: PM hails self-reliance goals achieved by country
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, June 28, highlighted several milestones achieved by the country to become self-reliant as he cited the maiden flight of the made-in-India C-295 aircraft that…
- India
Truck fire damages electronics worth crores on highway
Palghar: A container truck carrying electronic goods caught fire on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, gutting items valued at around Rs 9 crore, fire officials said on Wednesday. No person…
- India
Tension outside Ahmedabad NEET centre over hijab, sacred thread
Ahmedabad: A brief commotion was reported outside a NEET-UG re-test centre in Ahmedabad on Sunday after some parents objected to the removal of ‘kanthi’ (Hindu sacred threads) during frisking, even as students…
- Hyderabad
Musi riverfront to surpass Sabarmati, Yamuna projects: CM
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Thursday, June 18, vowed to develop the Musi riverfront here to “international standards”, surpassing the Sabarmati riverfront in Ahmedabad and the Yamuna riverfront in…
- Hate Crime
Muslim man called Khamenei’s nephew, ordered to vacate house
Ahmedabad: A Muslim migrant worker was called “Ali Khamenei’s nephew” and asked to vacate his house in a predominantly Hindu neighbourhood in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Visuals circulating online show a Bajrang Dal worker,…
- India
Re-NEET paper leaked? NTA denies, Ahmedabad Police arrest three
Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad Police have arrested three persons in separate cases for allegedly offering the question paper of Re-NEET and hacking the accounts of NEET candidates to misappropriate their exam fee refunds, officials…
- Middle East
Video: Rs 4.26 cr gold haul uncovered inside Dubai flight toilet
Customs officials have seized gold worth more than Rs 4.26 crore from an IndiGo flight that arrived in Ahmedabad from Dubai, foiling an alleged smuggling attempt involving a concealed compartment inside the…
- India
Pilots’ body renews demand for judicial probe into Air India crash
Ahmedabad/New Delhi: The Federation of Indian Pilots (FIP) on Thursday, June 11, renewed its demand for a judicial probe into the AI-171 crash and urged authorities not to release any interim investigation…
- India
Top cop recalls Air India crash as his ‘most painful’ memory
Ahmedabad: A year after the devastating Air India crash in Ahmedabad killed 260 persons, Gujarat’s Director General of Police Gyanendra Singh Malik still carries the weight of that fateful day, describing it…