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However, government officers claimed they have managed to keep the outbreak limited to one herd of whom 38 sheep have contracted the virus, and 18 have died. (Representational/File)

After lumpy skin disease: Now, sheep pox virus hits Gujarat, 18 sheep dead in Surendranagar

September 6, 2022 03:45 IST

Both lumpy skin disease and sheep pox are caused by viruses of capripoxvirus genus

Meanwhile, the Kheda district forest department joined hands with United Phosphorus Limited (UPL) to run the Sarus Conservation Project from 2015. (Photo: Mukim Mutva)

Sarus crane sighted in Kutch’s Chhari Dhand after 27 years

September 6, 2022 03:29 IST

Quoting birdwatchers, Yuvrajsinh Zala said that sighting of Sarus by Mutva was a first in 27 years in Chhari Dhand, the state’s only conservation reserve which supports a number of wetland birds, especially during winters.

AAP had organised a big public meeting at the ground of NDH High School in Dwarka of Devbhumi Dwarka Friday. (Image/Twitter @Gopal_Italia)

Dwarka speech: AAP’s Italia booked for ‘hurting religious sentiments’

September 5, 2022 23:22 IST

Italia, however, claimed the allegations were baseless. "These are totally fabricated allegations against me. I have said nothing of the sort as being claimed in the FIR," the AAP leadre told The Indian Express on Monday.

BJP MP and Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) national president Tejasvi Surya during a roadshow, in Rajkot, September 3, 2022. (PTI)

Gujarat youth won’t give an inch of space to AAP’s ‘revdi and bevdi’ politics: Tejasvi Surya

September 3, 2022 18:09 IST

Delhi CM Kejriwal hits back, points to free facilities enjoyed by BJP MPs, MLAs, ministers.

AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal addresses a public meeting at Shashtri Maidan in Rajkot . (File/Express Photo)

Don’t quit BJP but work for AAP internally: Kejriwal tells Gujarat BJP workers

September 3, 2022 14:18 IST

Addressing a press conference in Rajkot on the final day of his two-day visit to poll-bound Gujarat, Kejriwal said BJP workers will benefit from all the "guarantees" promised by him to people when his party comes to power in the state.

Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar. (PTI)

Union Agri Minister Tomar inaugurates Coconut dvpt board office in Junagadh

September 3, 2022 02:05 IST

Tomar inaugurated the CDB office in Bahumali Bhavan in Sardar Baug area of Junagadh city in the presence of Gujarat Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Raghvji Patel and Junagadh MP Rajesh Chudasama.

Arvind Kejriwal at a public meeting in Dwarka, Friday. (Express Photo)

12-hr power supply, procurement at MSP: Kejriwal tells farmers

September 2, 2022 23:54 IST

The Delhi CM was addressing a huge public meeting at the ground of NDH High School in Dwarka town of Devbhumi Dwarka district.

During primary interrogation, he said that he wrote those posts by mistake,” the sitting BJP MLA said. (Representational)

Ex-Armyman arrested for abusing BJP MLA on social media

September 2, 2022 23:32 IST

The accused is a resident of Shishali village of Porbandar district. As per the FIR, Odedra abused Bokhiria, the 68 year old MLA from Porbandar on Facebook.

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Poor condition of highways: Rajkot collector issues notice to NHAI

September 2, 2022 03:51 IST

However, satisfactory work was not done after the directives, the release suggested. However, lots of representations were received from people, complaining the work of repairing Rajkot-Ahmedabad highway and Rajkot-Jetpur highway was being done very slowly,” the release said.

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Gujarat CM: Drone technology will solve labour shortage in agriculture

September 2, 2022 03:43 IST

“The government has earmarked Rs 35 crore and a target of covering 1.4 lakh acres under this scheme has been set,” he added.

At the site of the attack on ANCD team of RMC, in Rajkot on Thursday. (Express Photo)

Cattle impounding team attacked in Rajkot as govt set to extend drive to villages

September 2, 2022 03:16 IST

Chetan Nandani, deputy municipal commissioner, said that prima facie, it seemed the assailants sprayed diluted acid on the ANCD staff.

The building on Race Course Ring Road in Rajkot. Express

Rajkot’s Galaxy awaits face-lift, shuts for ‘maintenance’

September 1, 2022 00:11 IST

The single-screen theatre located on Race Course Ring Road drew the curtain on August 4 after the last show of Ek Villain Returns. “The cinema hall is an old building—around 52-year-old.

The car involved in the incident.

2 killed after being hit by ‘speeding car’ in Rajkot, driver flees

September 1, 2022 00:07 IST

The FIR quotes Raju Pau Bhaji owner Girish Dharamdasani that after Rao and Verma left the outlet, he saw a car speeding past the shop and going in the direction of Suryakant Hotel. “I then heard a loud noise of a vehicle hitting something and soon, the electricity supply was disrupted.

In farmer’s constituency, besides the four sitting directors, nine other candidates are also in the fray for 10 seats. (File Photo)

PP Sojitra seeks fifth term as director of Amreli APMC

August 30, 2022 23:19 IST

Sojitra, a cooperative leader who pledges allegiance to the BJP, has been a director of Amreli AMPC since 2004 and has been credited for getting a modern yard at the APMC constructed at the cost of Rs 125 crore in 2017.

The Veer Bal Smarak in Anjar. (Express Photo by Gopal Kateshiya)

For Anjar residents, memories of dreadful quake hauntingly freshSubscriber Only

August 28, 2022 11:10 IST

The prabhatferi was to culminate at Town Hall where the then Anjar sub-divisional magistrate was to unfurl the Tricolour at the taluka-level Republic Day celebrations.

The PI said a case of murder has been registered against Sama. (Representational/FIle)

Riot near Bhuj after milkman stabbed to death

August 27, 2022 23:31 IST

The incident took place a day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to Bhuj Sunday for the inauguration of a slew of projects, including Smruti Van and a memorial for the victims of the 2001 earthquake.

Shah said that packaging material and chemicals used in producing edible oils account for up 25 per cent of total production cost of edible oils.  (Representational/File)

Input tax credit on edible oil: Oil millers seek reversal of GST panel’s decision to not allow refund, writes to PM

August 26, 2022 23:15 IST

The GST Council’s decision has led to price inflation of edible oil and went against the government’s strategy to soften prices of oils in the country, stated Gujarat State Edible Oils and Oil Seeds Association (GSEOOSA).

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Body of fisherman who died in Pak jail brought home in Gir Somnath

August 25, 2022 05:13 IST

The mortal remains of 38-year-old Shiyal were handed over to Indian authorities at the Wagah border in Punjab on Tuesday.

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Morbi Congress minority cell seeks in Morbi rollback of remission in Bilkis case

August 25, 2022 04:58 IST

Led by Mohammed Kadivar, chairman of the Minority Morcha of Morbi district unit of Congress, members of the minority community submitted a memorandum addressed to the President of India and Governor of Gujarat.

The move by the public sector undertaking (PSU) comes around eight months after Reliance Jio Infocomm, promoted by Reliance Industries Limited, was forced to put on backburner its plan to set up 34 telecom towers inside the Gir forest, due to opposition by wildlife activists.(Image source: Reuters)

Jio plan shelved, BSNL approaches forest dept to set up towers in Gir

August 25, 2022 04:11 IST

Around 50 colonies and forest settlement villages such as Shirvan, Amrutvel and Bhaniya, are located inside GNPWLS and are home to a few thousand maldharis or traditional forest dwellers who earn their living by cattle-herding.

Rupani, who resigned as CM in September last year, claimed at Wednesday’s event that he had laid the foundation of the Ram Van on the day Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Ram Temple in Ayodhya. (Express photo)

Urban forest project launched by Rupani in 2019 is now Ram VanSubscriber Only

August 18, 2022 05:15 IST

Rupani launched the project, then officially called Urban Forest, by planting an Arjuna (terminalia arjuna) tree downstream the Aji dam on National Highway 8 on his 63rd birthday on August 2, 2019.

As many as 457 packets of suspected narcotics were recovered from 3 districts in the first week of August.

Source of drugs found in Gujarat’s 3 districts untraced, police suspect 15 Iranians heldSubscriber Only

August 18, 2022 01:13 IST

As many as 104 packets containing suspected narcotics were discovered on Mangrol coast first by Junagadh police on August 2.

Torrent Gas cuts PNG and CNG prices by Rs 5

August 18, 2022 01:08 IST

Torrent said the price cut follows the decision of the Central government to increase allocation of natural gas to domestic PNG and CNG from 85 per cent to 95 per cent.

CM Bhupendra Patel and former CM Vijay Rupani after inaugurating the Janmashtami Mela in Rajkot. (Express)

Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel flags off 23 electric buses in Rajkot

August 18, 2022 01:03 IST

With this, the Rajkot Rajpath Limited (RRL), the special purpose vehicle of the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC), has a fleet of 46 electric buses plying on BRTS corridors as well as certain routes of city bus service.

Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal speaks during the 'Har Hath Tiranga' programme of the Delhi government, on the eve of Independence Day, in New Delhi. (PTI)

Free education to all children in Gujarat: Arvind Kejriwal

August 17, 2022 00:23 IST

Kejriwal, as his second guarantee,  promised that an AAP government “will transform existing government schools into ‘shandar’ schools which will be better than private schools.

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