Gujarat
- India
Newly-elected members take oath in Rajya Sabha
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Chairman C P Radhakrishnan on Monday, July 20, administered oath to nine newly-elected members of the Upper House. The members who took the oath represent the states of…
- 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…
- Telangana
Telangana ranks 10th in NITI Investment Friendliness Index
Hyderabad: Telangana ranked 10th among states and Union Territories in NITI Aayog’s Investment Friendliness Index (IFI) 2026, placing it in the “frontrunner” category with an overall score of 47.3 among large states.…
- India
Gujarat ATS arrests five JeM suspects in Patan; 8 held earlier
Mehsana: As many as five persons were arrested by the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Thursday, July 16, in connection with its probe into a terror module of the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM)…
- India
Congress slams PM Modi’s anti-graft pitch
New Delhi: Launching a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress on Monday, July 13, said his ‘na khaunga na khane doonga’ statement was a “hoax” as he has delivered…
- 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
Maharashtra rains: Shah dials Fadnavis, assures all help
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday, July 8, spoke to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and took stock of the situation in the state arising out of heavy rains,…
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Video: Lion attacks cattle herder in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar
Ahmedabad: A cattle herder was injured after a sub-adult Asiatic lion attacked him in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar district on Monday, July 6, forest officials said. A video of the incident went viral on…
- 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
NCERT adds Emergency chapter in Class 9 textbook for first time
New Delhi: Nearly five decades after the Emergency was declared in India, the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has incorporated the subject into a Class 9 Social Science textbook…
- India
Surat: Elderly couple seeks euthanasia over ‘unbearable’ harassment
Surat: An elderly couple in Gujarat’s Surat city has sought permission for euthanasia, alleging “financial harassment” by civic authorities and local leaders after their shops were sealed. Shyam Gehlot (73) and his…
- 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…
- 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
MP couple elopes to Gujarat, woman killed in honour killing
Madhya Pradesh/Gujarat: A case of honour killing has come forward from Gujarat, after a young couple from Madhya Pradesh‘s Shivpuri district had eloped to the state in search of a dignified life.…
- India
No Muslim neighbours: Gujarat’s locals oppose housing allotments
Surat: Hindu residents of several housing societies are objecting to the alleged allocation of more than 60 government houses to Muslim families in Gujarat’s Surat. It shows a group of people sitting…
