Gandhinagar: Eight new coronavirus positive cases were reported in Gujarat on Wednesday, all of them in state’s financial capital Ahmedabad. Till now, 82 active positive cases are present in Gujarat, with six deaths due to corona outbreak. Jayanti Ravi, Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, said: “Eight new cases have been found in Ahmedabad. […]
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‘Modi my great friend’, Trump wrote, but skips Mahatma Gandhi at Sabarmati
Ahmedabad: US President Donald Trump penned about Prime Minister Nrendra Modi as his “great friend” in the Sabarmati Ashram’s visitors’ book during his short trip there on his maiden visit to India on Monday afternoon, but did not mention Mahatma Gandhi for whom the place is famous across the world. “To my great friend Prime Minister […]
Trump indirectly asks India to knock down trade barriers, taxes
Ahmedabad: US President Donald Trump on Monday subtly asked India to remove trade barriers, eliminate red-tape and taxes to boost trade with his country while saying commerce between the two nations has increased by more than 40 per cent since he came to power. Trump, who is on a two-day visit to India, has already indicated […]
JNU: ABVP, NSUI members clash in Ahmedabad, 10 injured
Ahmedabad: At least 10 people were reported injured in clashes between ABVP and NSUI members in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. The incident occurred when NSUI activists gathered in front of the ABVP office to protest the violence that took place on Sunday at Delhi’s JNU campus. Police resorted to lathicharge and dispersed the crowd. #WATCH Clash […]
Ahmedabad court grants bail to Rahul in defamation case
Ahmedabad: An Ahmedabad court on Friday granted bail to former Congress President Rahul Gandhi in a defamation case filed by a BJP corporator for calling BJP President Amit Shah a ‘murder accused’. The Wayanad MP had come to the city to appear in court in two defamation cases filed against him. He was greeted by […]
PM Modi marks birthday releasing butterflies, amid nature
Ahmedabad: From taking a stroll along the Sardar Sarovar Dam site, visiting a cactus garden in Narmada district, to releasing a basket full of fluttering butterflies into a Butterfly Garden in Kevadiya, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took part in numerous activities in Gujarat on Tuesday to mark his 69th birthday. Modi, who arrived in Gujarat post […]
Three killed, 31 injured in amusement park accident in Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad: In a freak accident, at least three people were killed and 30 others injured when a roller-coaster ride collapsed at the public park around the sprawling Kankaria Lake here on Sunday evening. Officials said there were around 40 persons on the ‘Discovery’ ride in Kankaria Adventure Park when it collapsed, minutes after it went […]
Ahmedabad court summons Rahul on August 9 in defamation case
Ahmedabad: A metropolitan court here on Tuesday issued fresh summons to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for August 9 in a criminal defamation suit filed by a local BJP councilor for allegedly calling Union Home Minister Amit Shah a “murder accused” in the run up to the April-May Lok Sabha elections. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate D.S. […]
Dalit youth killed, state women helpline team attacked in Gujarat
Ahmedabad: In a shocking incident, a Dalit youth was on Monday night allegedly hacked to death by higher caste members in a town near Ahmedabad when he went to pick up his newlywed wife from her parents’ home along with a team of the Gujarat Government’s Abhyam Helpline. The Ahmedabad Rural police have lodged an […]
CBI court convicts former Gujarat BJP MP in RTI activist’s murder
Ahmedabad: A Special Court of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) here on Saturday convicted former Gujarat BJP MP Dinu Bogha Solanki in the murder of RTI activist Amit Jethva. The court also convicted six others in the case. The quantum of punishment will be pronounced on July 11. Jethva was shot dead outside the […]