Vaibhav Jha is a senior correspondent at The Indian Express, Ahmedabad. He tracks crime, politics and central agencies as beats.

March 28, 2020 00:35 IST
As of Friday, 3.98 crore people were screened, with Jayanti Ravi stating that each household took up to seven to eight minutes of a health worker’s time. Screening is also being undertaken through telephonic follow-ups.
Sat, Mar 28, 2020
March 26, 2020 22:46 IST
Tuteja is one among over 500 independent volunteers in Ahmedabad who have come forward to don the roles of cooks and delivery boys, and are providing home cooked food to college students and senior citizens.
Fri, Mar 27, 2020
March 26, 2020 04:13 IST
Left stranded by a nationwide lockdown, which has halted all public transport, hundreds of labourers devoid of work have started leaving big cities on foot.
Thu, Mar 26, 2020
March 25, 2020 22:04 IST
Gujarat has the longest coastline in the country at 1650 kilometre. Fishing is also an important contributor to the state's GDP and Rs 7,000 crore worth of seafood is annually exported.
Thu, Mar 26, 2020
March 25, 2020 19:53 IST
The labourers, most of whom are daily wage earners, reached Bichhiwara tehsil under Dungarpur of Rajasthan – the nearest border which is 125 kilometres away from Ahmedabad-- by Wednesday afternoon.
Wed, Mar 25, 2020
March 25, 2020 14:00 IST
Thirty two-year-old Dashrath Yadav, a native of Banswara in Rajasthan, employed as a labour contractor, started walking with 12 of his daily wage-earning friends around 7 pm on Tuesday from Asarwa area of Ahmedabad.
Thu, Mar 26, 2020
March 23, 2020 06:04 IST
In Ahmedabad, police booked two people on Sunday for deserting home quarantine and attending a birthday party, despite a clear advisory issued by the health department to them
Mon, Mar 23, 2020
March 22, 2020 21:07 IST
After the patients were shifted to isolation wards and their respective families were kept in quarantine, the AMC asked the Fire department to conduct the decontamination exercise, officials said.
Sun, Mar 22, 2020
March 22, 2020 15:46 IST
One of the nine persons, a 24-year-old woman who is employed as a call centre executive in an IT consultancy company, spoke to The Indian Express, where she said that a police team from Sola police station reached their office at Sola road in Ahmedabad around 9 pm on Friday night.
Sun, Mar 22, 2020
March 19, 2020 23:38 IST
Hundreds of protesters assembled outside Tapi Apartment at Haridarshan Cross Road in Ahmedabad on Wednesday, after Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) trucks moved into the society to set up beds and other household items
Thu, Mar 19, 2020
March 17, 2020 01:43 IST
Of the five, Patel, Jadeja and Kakadiya had been with the BJP earlier. All the five have been suspended from the Congress, state chief Amit Chavda said.
Tue, Mar 17, 2020
March 16, 2020 04:44 IST
Speaking to The Indian Express, Speaker Rajendra Trivedi confirmed that he had accepted the resignations of four MLAs of the Opposition party. Trivedi, however, refused to share their names, saying he would do so only in the House.
Mon, Mar 16, 2020
March 09, 2020 00:42 IST
Six years after his retirement, former IPS officer D G Vanzara wore the Gujarat police uniform at an event in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
Mon, Mar 09, 2020
March 01, 2020 19:44 IST
After the video went viral on Saturday, police identified the six accused and booked them under nine sections of the Prohibition Act.
Sun, Mar 01, 2020
February 26, 2020 04:07 IST
Police said the accused, Jigar alias Jignesh Solanki, 19, was held under preventive detention under Indian Penal Code section 151 on Monday night for allegedly “fighting” with an unidentified woman who called on 100 number.
Wed, Feb 26, 2020
February 25, 2020 04:40 IST
For the next three hours, the residents watched as police secured the area for the roadshow of US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Tue, Feb 25, 2020
February 25, 2020 02:30 IST
Behind grand show at Motera: 10,000 cops securing the city, 700 buses ferrying people and a once-in-a-lifetime tagline to woo crowds.
Tue, Feb 25, 2020
February 24, 2020 12:42 IST
Donald Trump Speech Today at Motera Stadium HIGHLIGHTS: US President Donald Trump said on Modi. Trump, who was addressing over one lakh people at Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad, also said that "India is the country that has always been admired and where millions of Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Jains, and Christians worship side by side".
Wed, Feb 26, 2020
February 23, 2020 15:41 IST
Donald Trump India Visit, Namaste Trump Event 2020 highlights: After a quick handshake and a hug, PM Narendra Modi introduced the Trumps to the welcoming party at the airport. A tri-services guard was also present at the airport to honour the US President.
Tue, Feb 25, 2020
February 21, 2020 09:14 IST
The Trumps are expected to land in Ahmedabad around noon from where they will head straight to the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel stadium, popularly called the Motera Stadium, for the ‘Namaste Trump’ event designed on the lines of the Howdy Modi event in Houston September 2019.
Fri, Feb 21, 2020
February 12, 2020 04:30 IST
Less than a fortnight to go, their first stop, Ahmedabad, is in a rush to get ready for the visit that has been awaited since 2017, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi first extended an invite.
Fri, Feb 14, 2020
February 10, 2020 02:04 IST
Security agencies say Gujarat coast is being used as a gateway by international drug smugglers and Gujarat waters are also used to ship the contraband such as opium from the landlocked area between Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran to Europe and other countries.
Mon, Feb 10, 2020
February 05, 2020 12:17 IST
An estimated six to seven thousand women protesters joined the protest in Modasa town in Aravalli many of whom were draped in tricolour-themed Hijabs.
Wed, Feb 05, 2020
January 13, 2020 00:22 IST
As part of VISWAS - Video Integration and State Wide Advanced Security - over 7,000 CCTV cameras are being installed at traffic junctions, entry and exit points and other strategic locations in 41 cities of Gujarat.
Mon, Jan 13, 2020
January 09, 2020 03:50 IST
Dozens of parents went to the office of the school trustee-cum-owner to protest against the exercise.
Thu, Jan 09, 2020




