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. After he threw his shoe at Justice Jhaveri at the end of the hearing, he was booked by Sola police in Ahmedabad city.

Gujarat: Man sentenced for hurling shoe at judge to challenge verdict

June 5, 2021 02:31 IST

“I was not mentally sound when I threw a shoe at the honourable judge. I will move the sessions court against the trial court verdict,” Danidhariya told The Indian Express.

All the three accused have been detained after being booked for rape and relevant other sections in connection with the incident.

Gujarat: 3 booked for ‘kidnapping, raping’ 12-yr-old

June 5, 2021 02:10 IST

Police said the girl had come into contact with a 19-year-old youth through Instagram around two months ago.

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Rajkot residents to get subsidy for bicycles, e-bikes

June 4, 2021 03:25 IST

The announcement comes on World Bicycle Day.

The family refused to claim Dharmendra’s body until late Thursday evening, alleging police were not registering their complaint with details they wanted it to contain.

2 BJP leaders among 19 booked for murder of former Junagadh mayor’s son

June 4, 2021 02:49 IST

Dharmendra, 49, was allegedly stabbed to death by four men near Ram Nivas Society, around 500 metres away from his residence in Ambedkarnagar area on Bilkha Road of Junagadh city late on Wednesday morning.

Blue Bull hunting can result into a three months imprisonment or monetary fine or both. (Express File)

Gujarat: 2 arrested for ‘hunting’ blue bull in Kutch

May 29, 2021 01:25 IST

Blue bulls enjoy legal protection by virtue of the species having been included in Schedule-III of the Wildlife (Portection) Act, 1972.

According to GSCSCL data, 99 per cent farmers who have sold their chana to government has been paid their dues by the government. (Express Photo by Jasbir Malhi)

Gujarat: Chana procurement resumes, officers say low farmer turnout

May 29, 2021 00:41 IST

However, less number of farmers are turning up at procurement centres, officers said, adding farmers have sold their produce in open market due to good prices.

Farmers bring their produce in bags of 10 kg, and from March the market reports the arrival of 1,500-2,000 such bags daily. (File)

Gujarat: Lemon prices crash after orchards damaged by Cyclone TauktaeSubscriber Only

May 27, 2021 22:29 IST

After mango, lemon is a major horticulture crop damaged by the cyclone at peak marketing season.

The cyclone has caused extensive damage to boats of most of fishermen families in Amreli. (File)

Govt survey after Cyclone Tauktae: 900 boats damaged, minister says working on compensationSubscriber Only

May 27, 2021 05:04 IST

Rupani had said the cyclone had caused extensive damage to boats of most of fishermen families and, in these difficult times, the government would pay them cash doles and extend all possible help to overcome losses on account of damages to their boats.

People are seen in a damaged house following Cyclone Tauktae in Vadhera village in the western state of Gujarat, India, May 19, 2021. (REUTERS/Amit Dave)

709 villages in Saurashtra still face blackout

May 23, 2021 23:40 IST

Power supply to 5,425 villages in 12 districts of Saurashtra-Kutch regions was disrupted on May 17 as Tauktae made landfall between Una in Gir Somnath and Rajula in Amreli district.

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Gujarat: 842 telecom towers damaged in Amreli

May 22, 2021 00:14 IST

Of the 842 towers, 118 were damaged by gusty winds accompanying the cyclone while functions of 522 others were affected after power supply was disrupted, the release quoted Amreli district collector Ayush Oak as saying.

In the middle of summer harvest, cyclone Tauktae worries Saurashtra farmersSubscriber Only

May 17, 2021 11:43 IST

The cyclone is likely to make a landfall between Porbandar and Bhavnagar coasts on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday.

A healthcare staff moving Oxygen cylinders outside 1200 bed Covid facility at Civil hospital in Ahmedabad. (Express photo by Nirmal Harindran)

Gujarat has achieved peak in second wave, Covid cases going down gradually: CM

May 16, 2021 22:35 IST

The number of daily new infections was 14,500 on April 27-28 but it slid below 9,000 cases on Saturday, the release stated. “This is a matter of relief for all of us,” Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said.

Paresh Dhanani and other Congress leaders outside the PHC at Latipur village in Jamnagar on Friday. (Express)

Gujarat: In Jamnagar, Dhanani spots locked PHC, says people dying in villages

May 15, 2021 02:37 IST

On the second day of his Saurasthra-Kutch tour, Dhanani visited villages of Morbi, Rajkot and Jamnagar districts.

Inside the DCHC set up by Patidar community in Halvad. (Express photo)

Gujarat communities pitch in with Covid care centres, health centresSubscriber Only

May 15, 2021 02:32 IST

Being a comparatively new district, Morbi does not have a medical college or any large public or private hospital.

Forest officers said the herd of the herbivores could have fell in the canal accidentally or may have been driven into it.

Gujarat: Herd of 13 blue bulls fall in Narmada canal in Surendranagar, 5 drown

May 13, 2021 05:24 IST

The herd fell in the irrigation canal of the Narmada project at around 10.30 am Tuesday, SS Asoda, the deputy conservator of forests (DCF) of Wild Ass Sanctuary in Dhrangadhra said.

Leopard ‘attacks, kills’ girl sleeping on terrace of farm cottage in Amreli

May 9, 2021 19:14 IST

The incident comes a day after a man was allegely mauled to death by an Asiatic lion in Gir (west) wildlife division and a woman survived a leopard attack in Dhari taluka neighbouring Savarkundla.

Gujarat: Bangle seller mauled to death by lion while trying to save goat in Gir Somnath

May 9, 2021 01:37 IST

Forest officers said the big cat was rescued within hours and shifted to a facility where it will be kept under observation.

The RFO said Dabhi’s neck and belly had marks of deep injuries caused by canine teeth of lions and that he died on the spot.

Bangles seller mauled to death by lion as he tries to save his goat in Talala

May 8, 2021 12:21 IST

Bahadur Dabhi, a stove repairer-cum-bengles seller was attacked by a male Asiatic lion after he intervened when the carnivore pounced on his goat outside his hut in Madhuvpur village on Madhupur-Dhava road at around 1 AM on Saturday.

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Gujarat: Rajkot private hospitals use 103 ventilators of govt on ‘loan basis’

May 8, 2021 00:49 IST

These ventilators were originally allotted to the District Covid Hospital (DCH) set up in the multi-specialty block of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Government Hospital, popularly called Rajkot civil hospital.

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Pakistan to hand over Gujarat fisherman’s body at Wagah border todaySubscriber Only

May 6, 2021 05:15 IST

The fisherman had died on March 26 in a prison and his body has been lying in a morgue in Karachi since. The autopsy was completed on Wednesday.

Gujarat: Amended Freedom of Religion Act to come into force from June 15

Gujarat government extends deadline to repay crop loans

May 2, 2021 22:12 IST

The state government also announced to pay the Central government’s interest component on behalf of farmers for the delayed repayment.

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Gujarat: Six detained as Morbi police busts ‘fake remdesivir racket’

May 2, 2021 04:47 IST

Police also seized 3,371 vials of fake remdesivir injections of Rs1.61 crore face value and Rs 90.27 lakh cash that the accused had earned by selling the fake drug which is used in treatment of Covid-19.

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Gujarat: Muslim community donates firewood to Keshod crematorium

April 30, 2021 03:41 IST

With the sudden rise in the number of bodies coming for cremations, the Muslim Kabrastan committee in Keshod has donated firewood to the crematorium.

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Repatriation of fisherman’s body from Pakistan to be delayed: CentreSubscriber Only

April 29, 2021 06:19 IST

The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) had written to the Gujarat government on Tuesday that Pakistan will hand over mortal remains of Ramesh at Wagah/Attari border crossing on Friday.

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Thunderstorms continue in Saurashtra, agri officers say no damage to crops

April 28, 2021 21:05 IST

Almost all the 11 districts of Saurashtra region and Kutch have witnessed thunderstorms and hail-storms since mid-April. Saurashtra has recorded sowing of summer crops in 3.04 lakh hectare (lh) or around a third of entire state’s area of 10.35 lh under summer crops.