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Cyclone Tauktae makes landfall in Gujarat, Army called in for rescue ops

May 18, 2021, at 03:28 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Cyclone Tauktae, which has been categorised as 'extremely severe' in nature, made landfall in Gujarat on Monday evening, the Indian Meteorological Department informed in a tweet.

PM Modi holds high level meeting to review preparedness on Cyclone ‘Tauktae’

May 16, 2021, at 03:51 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: PM Narendra Modi held a high-level meeting on Saturday to review the preparedness of states and central ministries concerned to deal with the situation arising out of Cyclone ‘Tauktae’, which intensified into a "very severe cyclonic storm" over east-central Arabian Sea.

Gujarat: Hospital fire leaves 18 COVID-19 patients dead

May 01, 2021, at 03:01 pm

Bharuch: At least 18 COVID-19 infected patients died as a fire broke out at a hospital in Gujarat's Bharuch region on Saturday.

BJP heads towards big victory in Gujarat local polls

Mar 02, 2021, at 11:32 pm

Ahmedabad/IBNS: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is marching towards a big win once again in Gujarat local polls with victory on 2,085 of 8,474 seats across  municipalities that polled on Sunday, establishing a wide gap with next in lead rival Congress.

Gujarat, Narendra Modi won't rule Bengal: Mamata Banerjee attacks BJP

Feb 24, 2021, at 08:49 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Giving fuel to the insider-outsider debate in poll-bound West Bengal once again, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said the state won't be run by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), while speaking at a rally in Hooghly.

BJP set for sweep in Gujarat municipal polls as counting of votes underway

Feb 23, 2021, at 09:26 pm

Ahmedabad/IBNS: The country's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to sweep the civic polls in six municipal corporations of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state Gujarat as the counting of votes are underway.

Gujarat renames dragon fruit as 'Kamalam', CM Vijay Rupani says 'nothing political'

Jan 20, 2021, at 04:42 pm

Gandhinagar/IBNS: The Gujarat government on Tuesday renamed the dragon fruit as "Kamalam" in the state, media reports said.

Gujarat: 40 arrested in Ayodhya Ram Temple fund collection violence

Jan 20, 2021, at 12:32 am

Ahmedabad/IBNS: At least 40 people have been arrested in connection with violence that broke out on Sunday in Gujarat's Kutch district during a procession to collect funds for the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, leaving allegedly one man dead and several others injured, including policemen, said media reports.

Covid-19 situation grim, likely to worsen in December: Supreme Court

Nov 23, 2020, at 08:15 pm

New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Monday said it has been informed that the Covid-19 situation in the country is grim and likely to worsen in December.

Truck accident near Gujarat's Vadodara kills 10, injures 16

Nov 18, 2020, at 04:36 pm

Vadodara/IBNS: An accident involving two trucks near Gujarat's Vadodara killed 10 people and injured 16 others in the wee hours on Wednesday, media reports said.

Gujarat bypolls: BJP leading in all eight seats

Nov 10, 2020, at 09:33 pm

Gandhinagar/UNI: In the by-elections for eight Assembly constituencies which went to polls last week, Bharatiya Janata Party was leading in all the seats, as per Election Commission trends.

Ministry of Shipping to be renamed to bring clarity; Ro-Pax Ferry Service in Gujarat to aid ease of doing business, reduce transportation costs, says PM Modi

Nov 08, 2020, at 09:35 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the Ministry of Shipping is being named as Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways as the ministry also takes care of ports and waterways and "clarity in name will also bring about clarity in work".

Pakistan's Pulwama terror attack admission exposed Opposition: PM Modi

Oct 31, 2020, at 05:43 pm

Gandhinagar/New Delhi/IBNS: In an unsparing attack on the Opposition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said a Pakistani minister's admission on his country's involvement in the Pulwama terror attack last year has exposed the rival parties.

PM Modi inaugurates development projects in Gujarat's Kevadia

Oct 31, 2020, at 04:28 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated various projects under Integrated Development of Kevadia in Gujarat.

PM Narendra Modi inaugurates three key projects in Gujarat

Oct 24, 2020, at 10:25 pm

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated 3 key projects in Gujarat on Saturday through video conferencing.

Gujarat: 8 patients die as fire breaks out at Covid-19 hospital in Ahmedabad

Aug 06, 2020, at 05:13 pm

Ahmedabad/UNI: At least eight patients lost their lives in a major fire that broke out at a Covid-19-designated private hospital in Ahmedabad's Navrangpura area in the wee hours of Thursday.

Congress appoints Hardik Patel as working president of Gujarat unit

Jul 12, 2020, at 04:12 am

New Delhi/Gandhinagar/UNI: Hardik Patel, known as the face of the Patidar agitation in Gujarat, was on Saturday appointed as the working president of the state Congress.

COVID-19 cases surpass 22k mark in Gujarat, 38 die in last 24 hours

Jun 11, 2020, at 11:37 pm

Gandhinagar/UNI: The total number of coronavirus cases in Gujarat rose to 22,067 with 513 new cases while the death toll surged to 1385 with 38 more deaths in the last 24 hours.

Ahead of Rajya Sabha polls, two Gujarat Congress MLAs resign

Jun 04, 2020, at 05:36 pm

Gandhinagar/IBNS: In a jolt to the grand old party ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls scheduled to be held on Jun 19, two Gujarat Congress MLAs resigned on Thursday making it tough for the outfit to win a second seat in the upper house from the western state, media reports said.

Cyclone Nisarga weakens into deep depression; Mumbai spared from its wrath

Jun 04, 2020, at 12:04 am

Nashik/IBNS: Severe cyclonic storm Nisarga has weakened into a deep depression and is travelling towards Nashik, Dhule and Nandurbar districts, travelling at a speed of 20 kmph, with wind speeds ranging between 90-100 kmph, gusting to 110 kmph, the Indian Meteorological Department has said.

Gujarat: Blast triggers major fire in chemical factory in Dahej Industrial Estate, 40 hurt  

Jun 03, 2020, at 04:55 pm

Ahmedabad/IBNS: At least 40 workers were hurt as a blast in a chemical factory in Dahej Industrial Estate of Bharuch district in Gujarat.

Cyclone Nisarga to cross North Maharashtra, South Gujarat coasts on Jun 3; Met issues red alert

Jun 01, 2020, at 02:47 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned that cyclone Nisarga will cross North Maharastra and South Gujarat coasts late in the evening on June 3, said reports.

India reports 6,535 fresh Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, tally crosses 1,45,000

May 26, 2020, at 11:53 am

New Delhi/IBNS: India, a country of 1.3 billion people, reported fresh 6,535 fresh Covid-19 cases in 24 hours taking the tally over 1,45,000 on Tuesday.

Ahmedabad administration identifies over 300 high-risk super-spreaders of coronavirus

May 10, 2020, at 07:24 pm

Ahmedabad/IBNS: In a major development to contain the spread of coronavirus, the administration in Ahmedabad has identified as many as 334 coronavirus "super-spreaders", who are the carriers of the contagion with the potential to spread it to a large number of people, said reports.

Govt should ensure well being of Andhra fishermen stranded in Gujarat: Rahul Gandhi

Apr 25, 2020, at 04:49 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that the NDA government should ensure safety and well being of fishermen from Andhra Pradesh stranded in Gujarat due to the lockdown.

Gujarat: Bank robbed 

Feb 23, 2020, at 07:38 pm

Anand/UNI: A private sector bank in Anand town of Central Gujarat was robbed on Sunday and cash worth Rs 70-75 lakh was taken away by the robbers, police said.

Gujarat: Go Air flight with 180 people on board suffers bird-hit during take off roll at Ahmedabad airport

Feb 18, 2020, at 05:15 pm

Ahmedabad/UNI: A Bengaluru-bound flight of private airliner Go Air from the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad with 180 people on board, suffered a bird hit and sustained damage in it's engine during the take-off roll on Tuesday, Airport Director Manoj Gangal said.

Gujarat: Gas leak leads to fire, four injured

Feb 17, 2020, at 05:16 pm

Bhuj/UNI: At least four people were injured, when a fire broke out due to leakage in a gas cylinder during a marriage ceremony in Adipur area of Kutch district in Gujarat on Monday.

Namaste Trump: Gujarat government renames welcome ceremony of US President

Feb 17, 2020, at 11:18 am

Ahmedabad/IBNS: Dropping "Kem chho" Trump, the Gujarat government has embraced "Namaste Trump" as the new name of the welcome ceremony of US President Donald Trump who will be in India on Feb 24 and 25.

Over 103 Gujaratis returned from China till Saturday

Feb 01, 2020, at 11:35 pm

Gandhinagar/UNI: With the return of 39 more Gujarati-origins from China on Saturday, the total number of returnees from neighbouring country have reached 103 after the Centre sounded alarm against novel coronavirus infection.