Gujarat
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Prez approves Gujarat bill giving police power to take action against protesters
New Delhi: A Gujarat bill facilitating registration of criminal cases against persons who stage protests in violation of Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) has received Presidential assent, officials said…
- India
BSF caught 22 Pakistani fishermen, seized heroin in Guj in 2022
New Delhi: The Border Security Force’s (BSF) Gujarat Frontier achieved great success in thwarting infiltration and drug smuggling in 2022, arresting 22 Pakistani fishermen on the international border in the state and…
- India
India building permanent bunkers for BSF along Pakistan border
New Delhi: For the first time, India is constructing “permanent vertical bunkers” of concrete to station BSF troops right at the strategically significant Sir Creek and ‘Harami Nalla’ marshy area along the…
- India
Two cops suspended in Gujarat for beating youth
Surat: Two policemen have been suspended and a departmental inquiry ordered for beating two youths in the Udhna area here on December 31 night. Udhna Police inspector H.S. Acharya told the mediapersons…
- India
Gujarat: Nine killed, 29 injured as SUV collides with luxury bus in Navsari
Navsari: Nine persons were killed and 29 others injured after a sports utility vehicle (SUV) collided with a luxury bus after jumping the road divider on a national highway in Navsari district of…
- India
Professor suspended for demanding sexual favours from female students in Gujarat
Rajkot: A science professor was suspended by the M.V.M. Science and Home Science College trustees on Thursday for demanding sexual favours from female students. The students had complained three months ago to…
- India
PM Modi’s mother hospitalised
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Heeraben Modi who is 99-year-old has been admitted to a hospital in Ahmedabad. Her health deteriorated last night. Releasing a press note, the UN Mehta Institute of…
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7 held for BSF jawan’s murder in Gujarat sent to judicial custody
Kheda: A court in Gujarat’s Kheda on Monday sent seven accused of attacking and murdering a BSF trooper and injuring his son on Saturday night to judicial custody. On Saturday night, BSF…
- India
Gujarat: 2 blind school students suspended for beating classmates
Bhavnagar: The trustees of a school for visually impaired children in Bhavnagar on Tuesday suspended two students and asked 10 others to apologise for allegedly beating two fellow students from the same…
- Pakistan
Pakistan national held while trying to cross border in Gujarat
Ahmedabad: A Pakistani national was apprehended while trying to enter India through Nadabet border in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district, the Border Security Force (BSF) said on Tuesday. As per a release issued by the…
- India
Gujarat BJP leader booked in extortion case
Palanpur: Banaskantha police have booked BJP leader and a candidate from the Danta Assembly seat, Ladhubhai Parghi and his son Rohit, in an extortion case. Parghi was defeated by Congress candidate Kanti…
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Gujarat: Principal beats up student for singing Telugu film song ‘Ramuloo’ in class
Amreli: A principal of a Gurukul has been booked on charges of abusing and assaulting a 12th grade student for singing a Telugu movie song ‘Ramuloo’. He has been booked for voluntarily…
- Hate Crime
Guj: Videos of namaz inside varsity campus in Vadodara spark row
Vadodara: A video of two students offering namaz on the Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU) campus in Gujarat’s Vadodara city went viral on Monday, with authorities saying they will counsel the duo to…
- India
Christmas: ‘Santa’ beaten in Gujarat; Kerala cops celebrate with kids
In India this year, two types of Christmas were celebrated – one with hatred and the other with love and brotherhood. Following are two stories from two states of India – Gujarat…
- India
Gujarat victory will have ‘positive impact’ on 2024 Lok Sabha polls: Amit Shah
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday noted that the BJP’s massive victory in the recently concluded Gujarat Assembly polls will change the “entire political picture”, while also confiding that…