Gujarat
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Crime
12-year-old differently-abled girl raped, beheaded in Gujarat
Banaskantha: Gujarat Police has arrested a man for raping and killing his 12-year-old specially-abled cousin in Dantiwada area of Banaskantha district on Saturday. “The case came to light when Dantiwada police…
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Bilkis Bano provided Rs 50 Lakh and job; Bano expresses dissatisfaction
New Delhi: The Gujarat government on Monday informed the Supreme Court that it has complied with its order and paid Rs 50 Lakh and also provided a job to Bilkis…
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Ahmedabad’s COVID cases go past 39,000
Ahmedabad: The COVID-19 tally in Ahmedabad district mounted to 39,109 on Monday with the addition of 184 fresh cases, the Gujarat health department said. With three persons succumbing to the…
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16-year-old arrested for sending rape threats to Dhoni’s daughter Ziva
Ahmedabad: Police in Gujarat arrested a 16-year-old boy from Mundra in Gujarat for allegedly sending threats against cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s minor daughter Ziva. The teenager has accepted to the…
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Twenty years of Narendra Modi’s leadership
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s journey as head of an elected government started on this day 20 years ago. It was a very difficult time for Gujarat, when the…
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Crime and Accident
Farm owner booked for raping woman labourer in Gujarat
Ahmedabad: A 22-year-old tribal woman has been allegedly raped by a farm owner at a village in Kutch district of Gujarat, police said on Tuesday. The alleged incident had occurred on…
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Gujarat teen’s gang-rape: 4th accused held from Jamnagar
Jamnagar: An absconding accused in the rape of a 17-year-old girl in Jamnagar in Gujarat was held on Monday, a day after three of his alleged accomplices were arrested, police said.…
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Ahmedabad reports 193 new COVID cases, 256 recoveries
Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad district of Gujarat recorded 193 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, taking its tally to 37,040 on Thursday, the state government said. With the death of three…
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Surat district reports 298 COVID cases, 297 recoveries
Surat: The coronavirus tally in Surat district rose to 28,192 on Wednesday with the addition of 298 new cases, the highest for a district in Gujarat in the last 24 hours,…
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Ahmedabad adds 197 new COVID cases, 267 recover
Ahmedabad: The COVID-19 caseload in Ahmedabad district rose by 197 to 36,847 on Wednesday, while three persons succumbed to the infection, taking the total toll to 1,828, Gujarat health department said.…
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Dalit lawyer killed over anti-Brahmin posts on social media in Gujarat
Gandhinagar: A Dalit lawyer and activist in Gujarat’s Kutch district was killed by a man from Mumbai on Monday, allegedly over his social media posts criticising Brahminism, The Indian Express reported. The accused and…
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Gujarat adds 1,411 new COVID cases, 1,231 recover
Ahmedabad: Gujarat on Sunday reported 1,411 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the total count of infections to 1,33,219, the state health department said. With 10 more persons succumbing to the infection, the…
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Hand sanitiser made of cow urine set to hit market
Ahmedabad: A Gujarat based co-operative has manufactured a hand sanitizer made from cow urine which is all set to hit the market next week, The Times of India reported. Women’s cooperative…
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Gujarat: Boy mauled to death by a lioness
Ahmedabad: A lioness is suspected to have killed a boy in a village which is part of the Visavadar forest range in Junagadh district of Gujarat on Tuesday morning, an official…
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Gujarat’s coronavirus caseload crosses one lakh mark
Ahmedabad: Coronavirus cases in Gujarat crossed the one lakh mark on Thursday with an addition of 1,325 cases, also the highest single-day spike. The first confirmed case of coronavirus in Gujarat…
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Gujarat records 1,280 COVID-19 cases; 14 die, 1,025 recover
Ahmedabad: Gujarat’s COVID-19 tally on Monday rose to 96,435 with 1,280 new cases, the state health department said. With 14 fresh fatalities, the death toll rose to 3,022, it said.…
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Record 1,272 new coronavirus cases in Gujarat, 14 deaths
Ahmedabad: Gujarat recorded a highest single-day spike of 1,272 coronavirus cases since previous evening, taking its case tally to 92,601 on Friday, the health department said. Fourteen patients died during this…
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Ganesh Chaturthi: Gujarat artist creates Ganesha idol on chalk, matchstick
Vadodara: Amid the ongoing 10-day festivities of Ganesh Chaturthi, an art teacher from Vadodara, Prajesh Shah has drawn images of Lord Ganesh on a piece of chalk, a matchstick and…
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Gujarat reports 1,212 fresh Covid cases, tally at 85,678
Gandhinagar: Gujarat on Saturday reported 1,212 new Covid-19 cases taking the state’s tally to 85,678, health officials said. The overall death toll in the state mounted to 2,883 with 14…
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Record spike takes Gujarat’s COVID tally to 84,466
Gandhinagar: Gujarat on Friday reported a record 1,024 new Covid-19 cases, taking the state’s tally to 84,466, while the death toll reached 2,869 after 14 more succumbed to the deadly virus.…
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Crime and Accident
Gujarat: Woman cop commits suicide in Bharuch district
Bharuch: A woman police constable committed suicide at the police quarters in Gujarat’s Bharuch district, an official said on Wednesday. Dipika Parmar (25), who was attached to Hansot police station,…
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Gujarat: Leopard kills girl in Dahod district
Dahod: A 7-year-old girl has been mauled to death by a leopard near Sangasar village in Gujarat’s Dahod district, a forest official said on Tuesday. This is the third such incident…
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Massive fire at a chemical factory in Vapi GIDC, Gujarat
Valsad: A massive fire broke out at a chemical factory in Vapi city of Valsad district in Gujarat on Saturday afternoon. More than eight fire tenders are on the spot. Even during the monsoon, fire incidents are on…
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Gujarat govt orders police transfers, including 58 IPS officers
Gandhinagar: The government of Gujarat on Saturday issued transfer orders of 74 police officers including 58 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers in the state. The notification in this regard was…
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Guj: Scrapped notes of Rs 4.76 crore face value seized, 2 held
Ahmedabad: Demonetised currency notes with the face value of Rs 4.76 crore were recovered in Godhra town of Gujarat and two persons were held in this connection, police said on…
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Gujarat: ATS arrests three people involved in Pathalgadi movement
Gandhinagar: Three people involved in the Pathalghadi movement in Jharkhand have been detained by the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) in Gujarat for “trying to incite people” against the present government in…
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Two medium-intensity quakes hit Assam, Gujarat
New Delhi: Two medium-intensity earthquakes of magnitude 4.1 and 4.5 hit Assam and Gujarat respectively on Thursday, the National Centre for Seismology said. The epicentre of the quake in Gujarat…
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Crime and Accident
Palghar: Guj-bound truck catches fire, traffic hit for an hour
Palghar: A truck carrying plastic granules burst into flames on Mumbai-Ahmedabad Highway in Talasari in Palghar on Sunday morning, leaving traffic stalled for over an hour as firemen tried to…
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Gujarat: Seven booked in Tocilizumab black market racket
Gandhinagar: The Food and Drugs Control Administration (FDCA)has filed an FIR with the Surat police station against seven individuals who were involved in black marketing of an immunosuppressant drug, Tocilizumab injection,…
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Gujarat sees highest spike of 783 new corona cases
Gandhinagar: For the eighth consecutive day of July, Gujarat continued to set record in the number of daily corona cases, as 783 new ones were detected on Wednesday. Gujarat’s total tally…
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