Ahmedabad: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast widespread rain and thunderstorms across Gujarat over the next seven days, with heavy to very heavy rainfall likely at isolated places in several districts from September 12 to 15. According to the IMD's weather bulletin issued on September 10, a low-pressure area has formed over the north Bay of Bengal and its neighbourhood. An upper-air cyclonic circulation over Saurashtra and adjoining areas is also persisting, influencing w...Read More

Paris: The Eiffel Tower was closed on Monday after staff staged a walkout over the treatment of female employees during a visit by a delegation from BAPS (Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha). The protest followed a visit on Saturday by around 100 BAPS delegates, who were in France for the inauguration of a major Hindu temple near Paris. Employees alleged that female workers were moved away from their workstations and, in some instances, replaced by male colleagues as the ...Read More

Ahmedabad: As many as 2,212 medical and dental seats across Gujarat are vacant after the first round of counselling conducted by the Admission Committee for Professional Undergraduate and Postgraduate Medical Educational Courses (ACPMEC). The committee has now opened the second round of counselling, with 16,196 candidates eligible to participate. The eligible candidates include 234 newly registered students whose names have been added to the provisional merit list for MBBS and BDS admissions ...Read More

Ekta Nagar: In a first time for Gujarat, the 72nd  National Film Awards will be presented by the President of India on 22 September 2026 at Ekta Nagar (Kevadia). The ceremony will bring together filmmakers, actors, technicians and other artists from across the country to celebrate outstanding achievements in Indian cinema for the year 2024. Instituted in 1954, the National Film Awards are country’s most prestigious honours for excellence in cinema. Over seven decades, the Awards have recog...Read More

Panaji: Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah on Monday chaired the 28th meeting of the Western Zonal Council in Panaji, Goa. The meeting was attended by Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, and Administrator of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Praful K. Patel. Senior officials from the Centre, the States and the Union Territory also participated in the meeting. Addressing the gat...Read More

Vadodara: Registration for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s programme in Vadodara filled up within an hour of opening on BookMyShow, with more than 42,000 additional applicants placed on the waiting list. The government described the digital registration initiative as a first-of-its-kind effort to facilitate public participation in the event. The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) is using the private digital platform to provide free registration for the programme scheduled for Tuesday. Wit...Read More

Ahmedabad: Over the decade since its commercial launch, Reliance Jio has transformed the wireless market in Gujarat. Starting from no reported subscribers in August 2016, Jio recorded 14.6 lakh users in its first month of operation (Sep 2016) and reached 335.5 lakh by June 2026, an absolute gain of 320.9 lakh subscribers and a compound annual growth rate of 37.9%. As of June 2026, Jio is the market leader in the circle, holding roughly 46.2% of the circle's 727.0 lakh wireless connections, a pre...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Crime Branch rescued three minor boys, including a teenager who had allegedly been kidnapped in 2022 and forced into labour, and arrested two men in connection with the case, police said on Sunday. The rescue was carried out during a drive by the Crime Branch and Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) to trace missing and kidnapped children. Acting on a tip-off, police raided Nadisar village near Godhra in Panchmahal district and found the three boys, aged between 16 and ...Read More

Surat: Surat police busted a gang and arrested five people, including a delivery executive, for allegedly stealing original electronic products worth Rs 8.82 lakh from Amazon consignments, replacing them with dummy items and returning the shipments to a warehouse. According to an FIR registered at Pal police station on September 5, the key accused, Jay Virash, was working as a delivery executive handling Amazon shipments through Intex Transportation Services Pvt Ltd. The matter came to lig...Read More