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 […]
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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 […]
S. Jaishankar joins BJP, nominated to contest RS seat from Gujarat
New Delhi/Ahmedabad: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, who was nominated to contest from a Rajya Sabha seat in Gujarat hours after he joined the BJP on Monday, landed in Ahmedabad in the evening to file his nomination on Tuesday. Along with Jaishankar, who was inducted into the Union Cabinet by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month, […]
Cyclone Vayu begins skirting Gujarat coast, brings heavy rainfall: IMD
Ahmedabad: Moving north-westwards, Cyclone Vayu on Thursday afternoon started skirting the Saurashtra coast in Gujarat while heavy rains which lashed the coastal areas were likely to continue till the evening, the Indian Meteorological Department said. As was feared, the ‘severe cyclonic storm’ did not make landfall in Gujarat but was passing over the Saurashtra region, […]
Cyclone Vayu won’t make landfall in Gujarat: IMD
Ahmedabad: Cyclone Vayu will not make landfall on the Gujarat coast on Thursday as it was expected, and will pass by the Saurashtra region later in the day, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said. IMD scientist Manorama Mohanty told the media here: “Cyclone Vayu will not hit Gujarat. It will pass nearby from Veraval, Porbander and […]
Nearly 3 lakh shifted as Cyclone Vayu to be more intense
Gandhinagar/Ahmedabad: As a more intense Cyclone Vayu is racing towards Gujarat, triggered by a warmer Arabian Sea and acquiring moisture from the southwest monsoon, nearly 3 lakh people have been evacuated to safer places. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday evening revised its forecasts and stated the cyclone is likely to make a landfall between […]
Jet hijack scare: Mumbai businessman gets lifer, Rs 5 cr fine
Ahmedabad: In the first conviction under the amended anti-hijacking law, a special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Tuesday sentenced a Mumbai-based businessman with a life term and a fine of Rs 5 crore for creating a hijack scare on a Mumbai-Delhi bound Jet Airways flight on October 30, 2017. Convicting Birju Kishor Salla for […]
Cyclone Vayu may hit Gujarat coast on June 12-13
Ahmedabad: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has put Gujarat on alert with likely Cyclone Vayu closing in on the Arabian Sea coast bringing heavy rains and winds sweeping across parts of the state at speed ranging from 75 km per hour to a maximum of 135 km. “The system currently is seen as a depression […]