Amitabh's mother Jigna Chauhan is a professor at R J Tibrewal Commerce College in Ahmedabad and his father Pankaj Chauhan is a doctor at Dr Jivraj Mehta Hospital.

This year, the state government had made it mandatory for medical aspirants to obtain a domicile certificate, which requires them to be a resident of the state for at least 10 years. Also, students are required to have completed classes X and XII in Gujarat.

The Akhil Gujarat Truck Transport Association (AGTTA), deciding to stay away from the strike. “In fact I am not aware of what and why have they called for a strike in absence of an issue,” said Mukesh Dave, general secretary of AGTTA.

The accused allegedly stopped one Prashant Solanki, a resident of Mehsana town, and objected to his riding a horse in Parsa village where he was to get married.

MSU syndicate member Dr Jivrajbhai Chauhan was elected deputy Mayor. Chauhan served as state president of the BJP's Scheduled Caste Cell from 2010 to 2013.

More than 15 persons, including policemen, are accused in the extortion case. The order stated, “A written proclamation be published under section 82 of the code of criminal procedure (CrPC) against Nalin Kotadiya.”

According to another councillor, who did not wish to be named, the seven were rumoured to have been taken to an undisclosed location and were incommunicando since then and that their families too were unaware of their whereabouts.

The notification of the decision is expected soon and appropriate changes will be made to the Law Officers’ Rules, according to senior government officials.

With many attributing the party’s loss in western UP bypolls to the distress of sugarcane farmers of the region, Adityanath attempted to allay these fears.

On Monday, a medical examination of the victim was conducted and the report is awaited. Meanwhile, police personnel have been deployed in the village.

The accused was arrested on Monday evening and booked for rape and relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.

Purohit had filed an appeal before the High Court in February, against the sessions court’s order passed in December 2017, rejecting his discharge application.

The strike has been called to protest the hike in prices of petroleum products like diesel, petrol etc, the increased rates of third party insurance premium.

In view of the heat wave like situation here, the state government announced 10-day holiday in all state-run schools.

Shiv Sena leaders said that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called up Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday to apprise him about the situation in Delhi.

State Finance Minister Amit Mitra on Monday claimed that exporters across the country have been awaiting refunds worth Rs 250 billion from the Centre.

A student at IIT-Bombay allegedly 'came out' on social media last week and revealed that he was molested by a senior student who graduated this year.

Hariram Mahato alleged that his son, Trilochan, was murdered by goons backed by the ruling Trinamool Congress.

Last month, Fadnavis had criticized Bandekar for releasing purported audio clip of him during the Palghar Lok Sabha bypoll. In the tape, Fadnavis had reportedly urged the party workers to ‘use all means’ to win the poll.