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Over 100 ‘illegal’ structures razed in demolition drive at Jakhau harbour
October 14, 2022 06:55 IST
Fishermen, boat owners and labourers from many states who work in the harbour stood mere spectators as JCBs flattened godowns, dungas (facilities where fish is sorted) and cottages along the coast.
Gujarat: Question papers for BBA, BCom leaked, Saurashtra University postpones exam
October 13, 2022 21:25 IST
SU officers said that while the BBA examination was conducted with a new question paper, the BCom examination had to be cancelled and its new date would be announced later.
Gujarat: Denied food as part of ‘exorcism’ ritual, teenager dies; father, uncle booked for murder
October 14, 2022 01:23 IST
The incident took place in Dhava village in Gir Somnath district’s Talala taluka earlier this month. The father suspected that his 14-year-old daughter was possessed by an evil spirit, police said.
India’s rising global reputation had its beginnings in Gujarat: BJP chief
October 13, 2022 02:22 IST
“This Gaurav Yatra is not the gaurav yatra of only Gujarat but of the entire country because the work our yashasvi (successful) Prime Minister has done for enhancing India’s prestige in the world had its beginnings on the land of Gujarat,” said Nadda.
Villagers allege parents killed girl in ‘human sacrifice for wealth’; probe launched
October 12, 2022 23:46 IST
As per the primary information, he said, the girl died in the first week of October.
Gujarat: In veiled attack on AAP, PM says Congress has ‘outsourced’ job of attacking himSubscriber Only
October 12, 2022 03:13 IST
Addressing an election meeting at Jamkandorna village in poll-bound Gujarat’s Rajkot district, Prime Minister Narendra Modi warns BJP supporters of Congress’ ‘new trick’.
People in Delhi showed ‘who deserved the jungle’: AAP
October 11, 2022 03:55 IST
“All the abuses are being hurled at us. It doesn’t behove the Prime Minister to use such language,” Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha, AAP’s co-incharge for Gujarat, said in response to a question while addressing a press conference in Rajkot.
PM praises Gujarat CM for demolition drive in Bet Dwarka, ‘restoring its pride’
October 11, 2022 03:50 IST
On October 1, the state government launched a week-long demolition drive on Bet Dwarka, the island located off Okha coast in Devbhumi Dwarka.
Left with remains of their houses, residents say: Can’t afford a new oneSubscriber Only
October 9, 2022 16:43 IST
When The SUNDAY Express visited on Friday, The 35 sq km island was swaped by policemen, right from personnel standing guard at passenger jetties in Okha where the only boats plying to Bet Dwarka, three kms away in the Arabian sea, were those ferrying government officials.
Raptors avoid high altitude mountains for migrating from central Asia: Study by Sasan wildlife divisionSubscriber Only
October 7, 2022 03:52 IST
The tagged GSE flew 5,696 kilometres in 13 days to go to its breeding grounds in Kazakhstan via Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. In its return migration, it flew to Pakistan via Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan and established a winter home in Pakistan, covering 2,450 kms in just three days.
Domestic help among 4 booked: Robbers steal valuables worth Rs 35 lakh from Rajkot builder’s house holding son at knife-point
October 6, 2022 23:50 IST
Police said the incident took place in the bungalow of Prabhat Sindhav, a city-based builder in Royal Park Kalavad Road at around 6:15 am Thursday.
RTI activist injured, son dead after man he accused of illegal mining rams scooter
October 6, 2022 02:20 IST
According to the police, the RTI activist had filed complaints of illegal mining against Navalsinh Jadeja, 24.
BJP in video: Extremists, anti-nationals bulldozed in Bet Dwarka island
October 6, 2022 09:19 IST
The video claimed that the Bet Dwarka island is important from the national security perspective and therefore, the state government sent bulldozers and 1,000 “security personnel” for running over “anti-national activities going on there.
Prohibitory orders in parts of Porbandar after Dargah demolition
October 5, 2022 22:05 IST
Porbandar District Collector AM Sharma refused to comment, saying he was attending a meeting of the Election Commission of India. “The situation is under control now,” he said.
AAP redux of Congress, Kejriwal new Rahul of politics: ChandrasekharSubscriber Only
October 5, 2022 03:25 IST
The Union minister interacted with students and faculties of RK University and CU Shah University in Surendranagar on the first day of his two-day long tour to Gujarat Monday.
45 “unauthorised” structures removed in mega demolition drive on Bet Dwarka island
October 4, 2022 00:03 IST
The demolition drive has disrupted normal life on the island as the ferry service between Okha and Bet Dwarka, the main line of communication between mainland Devbhumi Dwarka and the island has remained “suspended” since Saturday.
Release Rs 500 crore allotted in budget to gaushalas, says AAP
October 1, 2022 02:30 IST
At an event held in Ambaji in Mehsana, Modi handed over cheques of government aid to representatives of a few gaushalas (cattle shelters run by charitable organisations) and launched Mukhyamantri Gaumata Poshan Yojana (MGPY).
Pakistan apprehends 2 fishing boats with 16 fishermen onboard
October 1, 2022 00:06 IST
"The apprehended Indian boats were well inside the Pakistani waters. The apprehensions were made by a PMSA ship during routine surveillance in maritime zones of Pakistan," PMSA stated in an official release.
Lumpy skin disease: Worry over vaccine duopolySubscriber Only
September 29, 2022 05:32 IST
Goatpox, sheeppox and lumpy skin disease viruses belong to the same capripoxvirus genus. The vaccines developed for the first two, and already being commercially produced in the country, offer up to 60-70 per cent cross-protection against lumpy skin disease in cattle.
Crisis in Rajasthan Congress an ornament of democracy: Jagdish Thakor
September 29, 2022 00:31 IST
Rupani, has in an interview to The Indian Express said that he was told only the night before September 11 last year, that he would have to step down and he did it "happily".
Past promises remain on paper as PM makes new ones now: Gohil
September 28, 2022 22:54 IST
“According a welcome to guests is the tradition of Bhavnagar. However, we also expect that today Prime Minister will also give an account of why nothing has happened about big announcements he made during his visits to Bhavnagar...,” Gohil said in a release.
Gaushalas take cows to Rajkot collector’s office, demand state aid
September 27, 2022 00:24 IST
Under the aegis of Gaushala Panjrapol Sangh (GPS) Rajkot, functionaries of atleast 10 gaushalas brought cows and their progenies inside the city by loading them on vehicles and then parked the vehicles outside the entry gate of the Rajkot District Collectorate.
300 kg of charas seized, fisherman held in Gir Somnath
September 25, 2022 23:59 IST
Acting on a tip-off, the Local Crime Branch and the Special Operations Group (SOG) of the Gir Somnath police raided the house of Shabbir Khariya in Hirakot and seized16 packets stuffed in an empty bag of rice.
We stopped ILU…ILU between BJP, Cong leaders in co-op polls: Paatil
September 25, 2022 23:43 IST
After Paatil took over as the president of the Gujarat unit of the BJP in July 2020, the party started taking keen interest in cooperative body elections which are not fought on party symbols.
Congress an aged party, Gujarat polls a fight between AAP, BJP: Raghav Chadha
September 24, 2022 13:59 IST
On Saturday, Chadha claimed that Kejriwal was the only politician whom God has “given His blessings” to make such things happen.
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