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The Kalyanpur police in Gujarat’s Devbhumi Dwarka district booked operators of 23 fishing boats on Wednesday for allegedly going on fishing trips without registering online with the government. (Express Photo)

Fishing boat stolen from Gujarat harbour located, fisherman arrested

December 22, 2022 10:48 IST

Fishing boat ‘Barkat’ was reportedly stolen from Navadra harbour in Gujarat’s Devbhumi Dwarka district on Sunday.

The bridge collapse in Gujarat’s Morbi killed 135 people. (File Photo)

Gujarat HC allows to summon Ajanta as respondent in bridge collapse case

December 22, 2022 06:07 IST

On December 19, the councillors made a representation to Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, requesting him to not supersede the municipality and thereby allow them to complete their five-year tenure as councillors.

Singh, further in his complaint said, that on Friday, the said student, along with his brother, had assaulted him on the school premises.

Auto driver stabbed to death in Gujarat; tea stall owners booked

December 21, 2022 15:03 IST

According to police, the tea stall owners took offence at the auto driver’s behaviour of teasing their attendant and assaulted him.

Choudhary said that with this, Rajkot district panchayat becomes the first among 33 district panchayats in the state to go paperless.

Rajkot district panchayat goes paperless, moves to e-Sarkar platform

December 20, 2022 23:44 IST

“From now on, everything, including letters that the district panchayat receives will be made available to the concerned branch of the panchayat in a digital form,” the DDO told The Indian Express.

BJP had won all of the 52 seats of Morbi municipality in the civic body polls conducted in 2021. (File)

Morbi councillors request CM to not supersede civic body over bridge tragedy

December 21, 2022 03:39 IST

The councillors did not get any direct reply and are waiting for what the government tells the Gujarat High Court on Wednesday.

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Gujarat AAP chief arrested over his election campaign speech on Sept 2

December 21, 2022 02:06 IST

The Umrala police in Bhavnagar registered an FIR against Italia on September 4 based on a complaint alleging that he had compared Lord Krishna with “demons” in his speech at the AAP’s public meeting in Dwarka a couple of days earlier.

An official release said that the police post is located in a “very sensitive” area and the new building will help police staff posted there to discharge their duties efficiently. (Representational/File)

Cops reconstruct police chowky with public help

December 20, 2022 03:40 IST

Rambharosa post gets its name from the place where it is located, Ram Bharosa Chowk, a square in the heart of old Veraval town near the famous Somnath temple. It is manned by a police sub-inspector (PSI) rank officer.

This will be the seventh edition of SaptaSangeeti, which literally translates to seven harmonies. (Express Photo)

Music fest to go fully offline Hariprasad Chaurasia to perform at Rajkot’s famed SaptaSangeeti

December 20, 2022 03:41 IST

To be held between January 2 and 7, flute maestro and Padma Vibhushan recipient Hariprasad Chaurasia will be the biggest attraction of the festival that is being organised by NeoRajkot Foundation (NRF).

Devayat Khavad is known for his presentation of Gujarati folk literature at concerts. (Facebook/ Devayatbhai Khavad)

Folk artist arrested for ‘assaulting’ owner of Gujarati daily in Rajkot

December 16, 2022 21:24 IST

Khavad and two other men allegedly assaulted Mayursinh Rana, who owns Gujarati Daily Samay Mirror, with iron pipes while he was trying to get into his car during lunch break.

Suspended police inspector Pankesh Tandel.

Police inspector in Diu dismissed from service for acquiring Portuguese citizenship

December 16, 2022 13:23 IST

The dismissal of Pankesh Tandel comes even as a criminal case is pending against him for allegedly submitting a forged birth certificate to enrol with the UT police

Farmers have sown mustard in 2,98,504 hectares. (File)

Gujarat sees 23 per cent rise in mustard sowing area in Rabi

December 16, 2022 03:30 IST

The total area of Rabi sowing so far stands at 37.29 lh, which is 83 per cent of the normal average.

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Teacher, principal of govt school booked for harassing, threatening girl students

December 16, 2022 00:07 IST

Some the students who faced alleged sexual harassment are Dalits, police said, adding the harassment was, prima facie, going on for the past two years.

Around 45 of the BJP 52 councillors held a meeting at the residence of newly elected Morbi MLA Kantilal Amrutiya and resolved to meet the CM and submit a memorandum. The draft memorandum has names of 49 of the 52 councillors and bears signatures of 47.

Morbi bridge collapse: 49 councillors to meet CM, to plead not supersede civic body

December 15, 2022 23:41 IST

The councillors claimed they were “not involved directly or indirectly" in handing over the bridge to the private firm. In a meeting held Thursday, the coucillors decided to meet Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel Monday.

Police said she had gone to the home of her former in-laws to hand over the custody of two of her children from the previous marriage.

Police: Deceased husband’s kin assault woman for remarrying

December 14, 2022 07:48 IST

According to an FIR registered Monday night, the 35-year-old woman got married to a man from a village in the neighbouring Jasdan taluka around 15 years ago.

In 2016, a similar incident occured, where 12 out of 25 patients who had undergone cataract surgery had reported complications. (Representational Image)

Eyesight of 10 feared hit after cataract surgery

December 14, 2022 03:10 IST

Dr Swati Devanhalli, head of MJ Institute of Ophthalmology, said that five patients, aged between 50 and 60 years, were referred and admitted on various dates for treatment, and were discharged as of Tuesday.

A video grab of Visavadar MLA Bhupendra Bhayani addressing a public meeting in Bhesan, Junagadh, Monday.

Gujarat AAP MLA Bhupendra Bhayani says won’t defect to BJP after feedback from voters

December 14, 2022 08:05 IST

Bhupendra Bhayani held a public meeting in his native village Bhesan in Junagadh late Monday to “clarify” that he was not changing his political allegiance.

Kandhal Jadeja is a local strongman in Porbandar who completed a hat-trick victory from Kutiyana seat. Express

Kandhal Jadeja rides Samajwadi Party cycle to Gujarat Assembly

December 10, 2022 01:06 IST

SP’s entry into state politics is courtesy Kandhal Jadeja, the local strongman in Porbandar who completed a hat-trick victory from Kutiyana seat in Porbandar district.

Suspended Crime Branch inspector booked for ‘torturing, wrongfully restraining’ Gujarat bizman

December 9, 2022 14:22 IST

A case was also registered against a former sub-inspector with the Rajkot Crime Branch for allegedly bringing an Unjha businessman to Rajkot in Gujarat, restraining him wrongfully and trying to force him to surrender documents pertaining to a piece of land in Rajkot city.

Police have recovered a motorcycle and weapons allegedly used in the incident. (Representational

Cops: Accused procured cyanide through owner of dyeing unit

December 7, 2022 03:33 IST

Autorickshaw drivers Rafiq Ghoghari (40), Bharat alias John Pithadiya (50), died minutes after consuming a drink stored in a bottle of soft drink in Rafiq’s autorickshaw on November 28.

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‘Illegal arrest’: Jamnagar court orders release of Jamnagar AAP candidate held by ATS

December 7, 2022 03:12 IST

Tyagi was detained in a cheating case by the Gujarat ATS from Salasar in Churu of Rajasthan with the help of Rajasthan police on Sunday.

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Junagadh double murder accused searched about cyanide and deleting CCTV footage on internet: Police

December 5, 2022 03:09 IST

The accused had spiked the drink stored in a bottle, which the two victims drank.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an election campaign as part of 'Vijay Sankalp Sammelan' at Race Course Ground in Rajkot on Monday. (Express Photo by Chitral Khambhati)

Gujarat Assembly Elections: This poll to make Gujarat touch new heights says PM ModiSubscriber Only

November 29, 2022 07:33 IST

“Now, we can’t afford to tread slowly. Whatever we want to do, we must do in just 25 years. This election is to resolve that we want to take Hindustan and Gujarat to that height, come what may,” PM Modi said.