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The West Asia conflict has disrupted fuel supplies to Morbi’s ceramic industry, forcing widespread shutdowns due to a propane-LPG shortage. (Express Photo)

Gujarat Hardlook | West Asia conflict chokes energy supply, uncertainty looms, ceramic capital presses pause

March 23, 2026 11:18 am

The conflict in West Asia has had a direct impact on Morbi, the ceramic industry hub of India that not only ran out of gas with the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz but is also staring at additional costs of cargo, all at sea. Brendan Dabhi reports.

West Asia Turmoil | Morbi ceramics industry declares shutdown till April 15

March 17, 2026 11:55 pm

450 of 650 units, mostly using propane, have suspended production, while those using natural gas are functional depending on supply of fuel for kilns

Gujarat Hardlook: Road’s Trip

October 20, 2025 7:01 am

Since 2014, when work started, the 61-km second Ring Road project, aimed at decongesting Rajkot City from highway traffic, has been under construction. Recently, the urban development authority gave the green light to develop a 10-km stretch of RR-2

Man held for killing mother-in-law, burning her body with aides' help: Police

October 19, 2025 7:31 pm

Forensic tests revealed that petrol had been used in the act, giving the police its first clue to solving the case

A shadow of its former self: Morbi’s LEC sees dwindling admission numbers

September 19, 2025 9:00 pm

The admission numbers have registered a decline from 74 per cent to 52 per cent in the last 10 years, according to the data.

Gujarat: Part of ‘bootlegger’s’ home demolished as top cop directs dossiers on ‘hooligans’ in 100 hours

March 16, 2025 3:28 am

A group of youths, including the son of a local bootlegger, had put an open challenge to Surat police to identify them

Gujarat: How luck ran out for 2 fake toll booths, an irrigation office, and a court in state

November 11, 2024 8:43 am

The Indian Express recently visited the sites from where the fake operations were carried out and found how the illegal activities continued for months, and years, on end.

Parents, elder sister strangulate 16-yr-old girl over ‘affair’ with relative in Morbi; father arrested

March 28, 2024 9:59 pm

The family tried to pass the crime as a case of death due to heart attack; the murder took place hours after the girl’s mother caught her talking to a person related to her elder daughter’s husband over phone.

Oreva Group MD Jaysukh Patel walks out of jail after SC grants him bail in Morbi bridge collapse case

March 27, 2024 1:18 pm

Jaysukh Patel is the ninth accused to be released on bail in connection with the Morbi bridge collapse case in which 135 people were killed in 2022.

Days after Vadodara boat capsize, Morbi victims association moves SC seeking body of experts to examine repeated incidents of negligence

January 21, 2024 7:19 am

The petitioner is seeking that the Supreme Court also issue guidelines to the effect that the investigations in all such tragedies should be carried out by an independent agency and monitored by the High Court concerned or the apex court.