Gandhinagar: The revered Ram Katha narrator in Gujarat, Morari Bapu, who had pledged a total of Rs five crore for the Ram temple construction in Ayodhya, on Sunday raised it to a total of Rs 18.61 crore. Addressing the online viewers of the Ram Katha from the Pithoriya Hanuman temple, Morari Bapu said, “I had […]
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Rs 10,000 fine for spitting ‘paan’ in Ahmedabad
Gandhinagar: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has ruled that a hefty Rs 10,000 fine will be imposed on ‘paan’ shop owners if public spitting is noticed near their shops. The AMC has also raised the fine on spitting in public and not wearing masks from Rs 200 to Rs 500. Both the decisions have been […]
Gujarat MLA fears for life, writes to President for security
Gandhinagar: The Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) leader and MLA from Jhagadia Chhotubhai Vasava in a letter to President Ram Nath Kovind has expressed fear of being eliminated in an encounter and has sought adequate protection at the earliest. The BTP chief and his son, the BTP MLA from Dediyapada constituency Mahesh Vasava, didn’t vote in […]
Gujarat Congress leader Bharatsinh Solanki tests Covid-19 positive
Gandhinagar: Bharatsinh Solanki, the Congress nominee for the Rajya Sabha elections in Gujarat, tested positive for coronavirus on Monday. He has been admitted to a private hospital in Vadodara. Solanki, former Minister in the UPA II government, was the second nominee from the Congress for one of the four Rajya Sabha seats. “Solanki was feeling […]
Gujarat sees highest daily Covid tally, Ahmedabad crosses 17K
Gandhinagar: Gujarat’s financial capital Ahmedabad crossed the 17,000-mark with 332 more positive cases as the state recorded 524 cases on Tuesday – the highest number of positive cases in a single day so far, taking its tally to 24,628. The death toll also continued its upward trend to reach 1,534. In the last few day, more […]
Gujarat’s Covid toll inches towards 1,500, cases now 23,590
Gandhinagar: With a mortality rate of 6.26 per cent and almost 30 deaths daily due to Covid-19 since the start of this month, Gujarat’s toll climbed to 1,478 on Sunday, while the coronavirus case tally rose to 23,590. Meanwhile, 442 patients were discharged from hospitals across the state on Sunday. On Sunday, the health authorities […]
517 new corona cases in Gujarat, active cases 5,739
Gandhinagar: Gujarat saw the highest number of coronavirus positive cases in a single day as 517 more persons were found positive on Saturday, taking the total cases to 23,079. Corona claimed 33 more lives in the state, taking its deaths toll to 1,449. Ahmedabad’s total cases climbed up to 16,306. As many as 366 patients […]
Gujarat’s corona death toll reaches 1,416, active cases 5,645
Gandhinagar: With 31 more coronavirus patients succumbing on Friday, Gujarat’s death toll climbed to 1,416 even as the state’s total tally climbed to 22,562, in which Ahmedabad is the main contributor so far with 15,962 cases. There are 5,645 active cases in Gujarat, of which 5,577 patients are stable, whereas 68 critical patients are on […]
Hotspot Ahmedabad crosses 15K Covid case mark, Gujarat toll 1,347
Gandhinagar: Gujarat’s financial capital Ahmedabad crossed the 15,000 coronavirus case mark on Wednesday as 343 more positive cases took its total to 15,305, while the state recorded 510 cases to take its tally to 21,554. The death toll also continued its upward trend to reach 1,347. For a month now, more and more positive cases […]
Big Cat Roar: Gujarat’s lion count rises to 674
Gandhinagar: The population of pride of Gujarat, the Asiatic Lion, has grown from 523 in 2015 to 674 in 2020, a growth of about 29% as per the latest census. The territory or the distribution area of the big cat has also increased by 36% from 22 thousands square kilometre to 30 thousands km during […]