Ahmedabad | A special court designated for the speedy trial of the 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts case on Friday sentenced 38 of the 49 convicts to death under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, while 11 others were given life imprisonment. Of the 77 persons arrested in […]
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Four passengers from London to Ahmedabad found Covid positive
Gandhinagar: Four passengers from London on an Air India flight tested positive for coronavirus at the Ahmedabad airport on Tuesday, an official said. The four, all Indian citizens, have been admitted to the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Hospital, while the rest of the passengers and the crew will have to remain in home isolation for 15 days, […]
Major blast in cotton mill in Ahmedabad kills 9
Ahmedabad: Nine people were killed due to a huge blast and fire in an Ahmedabad cotton mill on Wednesday afternoon. Firefighters have rescued nine others from the site of the blast which razed an entire portion of the building. According to sources from LG Hospital, the hospital superintendent has confirmed deaths of nine persons. “Nine persons […]
Hiraba watches son Modi live on TV at Ayodhya events
Ahmedabad: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi prayed at Hanumangarhi temple and later participated in the bhumi pujan for the new Ram temple in Ayodhya on Wednesday, his nonagenarian mother Hiraba watched the events live on television. As PM Shri @narendramodi ji laid foundation stone at #RamMandirAyodhya, his mother Hiraben Modi witnessed the groundbreaking ceremony from […]
Gujarat’s Covid toll climbs over 1,500, case total crosses 24K
Gandhinagar: Gujarat, which is witnessing almost 30 deaths every day due to Covid-19 since the last 15 days, on Monday saw its total toll cross the 1,500-mark to reach 1,506, while the almost 500 cases daily since the month’s beginning, took its case tally to 24,104. A total of 514 new cases were detected from […]
Three earthquakes jolt Gujarat in less than 24 hours
New Delhi: Two mild-intensity earthquakes hit Rajkot district of Gujarat on Monday afternoon, a day after a 5.3 magnitude earthquake shook the region. According to the National Centre for Seismology, an earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale hit 132 km north by northwest of Rajkot at 3.56 p.m, while another measuring 4.1 struck 118 […]
Another earthquake measuring 4.4 strikes Gujarat’s Rajkot
New Delhi: A day after a 5.3 magnitude earthquake shook Rajkot district of Gujarat, another earthquake measuring 4.4 hit the district on Monday afternoon. According to the National Centre for Seismology, the earthquake arose 82 kilometre North West of Rajkot district. It had a depth of 13-kilometre and occurred at 12:57 p.m. No casualties or damage […]
Covid-19 cases cross 3K-mark in Ahmedabad; Gujarat’s tally 4,395
Gandhinagar: With Ahmedabad crossing the 3,000 Covid-19 positive patients mark, Gujarat reported 313 new cases on Thursday, taking the states tally to 4,395. The state on Thursday reported 17 deaths, taking Gujarat’s death toll from the virus to 214, while 86 persons were discharged from the hospitals after they were cured. The number of active cases […]
COVID-19: 8 more positive cases in Ahmedabad
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. […]
‘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 […]