Gujarat Continues to Swelter, Ahmedabad Records Highest Temperature at 40.5°C
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ED Nabs Prime Accused in Mundra Drug Haul Case, Seizes Luxury Vehicles Worth ₹2 Crore

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Rain Activity Remains Limited in Gujarat; 24-Hour Rainfall Figures Here

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Surat Police Invoke GujCTOC Against Rakesh Wagh Gang Members

Jun 26, 2026 | GujaratSurat

Surat: City police have invoked the Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime (GujCTOC) Act against nine members of the alleged Rakesh Wagh gang, including its leader, Rakesh Wagh, in connection with a robbery case. The Sachin police and the Assistant Commissioner of Police (I Division) sought the court's permi...Read More

Gujarat HC Throws Out Somnath Temple PIL, Slaps ₹2 Lakh Cost on Petitioner

Jun 26, 2026 | GujaratSaurastra

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Thursday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking disclosure of the reported archaeological findings related to Buddhism beneath the Somnath temple and imposed a cost of ₹2 lakh on the petitioner. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice ...Read More

Amit Shah to open Lok Darbar event at Sabarmati in Ahmedabad

Jun 26, 2026 | AhmedabadBJPGujaratPolitics

Ahmedabad: Union Home Minister and Gandhinagar Lok Sabha representative Amit Shah will review the trees plantation drive 'Hariyali Lok Sabha, Gandhinagar Lok Sabha' at Circuit house in Shahibaug area of city on June 27. Shah will also open the 'Lok Darbar' event of Sabarmati Vidhan Sabha constituency under his Gandhina...Read More

Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Statue to Come Up at Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad

Jun 26, 2026 | AhmedabadGujarat

Ahmedabad: Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is planning to install a statue of Dr. Shyama Prasad Mookerjee, the country's ardent nationalist leader and founder of the Jana Sangh, at the Sabarmati Riverfront. The announcement was made by Kamlesh Patel, Chairman of the AMC's Standing Committee, during a conversation w...Read More

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PM Narendra Modi to Visit Seychelles from June 27 to 29

New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs today announced the state visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Seychelles from June 27-29. The MEA, in a statement, said that at the invitation of the President of Seychelles, Dr. Patrick Herminie, PM Modi will undertake a State Visit to Seychelles from June 27 to 29, ...Read More

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Energy Efficiency Guidelines for Gujarat Government Offices; ACs to Be Set at 24°C

Jun 26, 2026 | AhmedabadGujaratState Government

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat Government has issued guidelines through the Energy and Petrochemicals Department and the Roads and Buildings Department to improve energy efficiency and reduce electricity consumption across all government, semi-government offices, boards, corporations and public buildings in the state. As ...Read More

AMC Orders Legal Action Over Illegal Occupation of 17 Houses in Asarwa

Jun 26, 2026 | AhmedabadGujarat

Ahmedabad: The Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) will take strict action against those illegally occupying the EWS quarters at Jupiter Mill in the Asarwa area of the city. AMC Standing Committee Chairman Kamlesh Patel said that the Municipal Commissioner and Deputy Municipal Commissioner have been instructed to take ...Read More

Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Busts Jamtara Gang Behind Fake APK Scam

Jun 25, 2026 | AhmedabadGujaratIndia

Ahmedabad: The City Cyber Crime Branch has busted a Jamtara-based cyber fraud racket that allegedly compromised mobile phones using malicious APK files and targeted victims across the country. The probe began after one Naresh Devanand Sabnani, from Hansol, lodged a complaint stating that he had lost Rs 6.68 lakh in ...Read More

Centre Notifies Promotion of 17 GAS Officers to IAS

Jun 25, 2026 | Central GovernmentGujarat

New Delhi: The Central Government has notified the elevation of Gujarat Administrative Service (GAS) officers to the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre today. The Union Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel and Training), in a notification, said that: "In exercise of t...Read More

Centre Revises Passport Fees, New Charges to Take Effect from July 1

Jun 25, 2026 | GujaratPassportTravel

New Delhi: The Central Government has notified amendments to the Passport Rules, 1980, revising the fees for passports and other travel-related documents. The revised charges will come into effect from July 1, 2026, under the Passport (Amendment) Rules, 2026. Under the revised fee structure, applicants aged 18 years...Read More

Four Migrant Workers Held at Bhavnagar Airport for Poaching and Cooking Turtle

Jun 25, 2026 | GujaratSaurastra

Bhavnagar: The Forest Department has arrested four migrant workers from Bihar, who were involved in construction work at Bhavnagar Airport, for allegedly hunting a turtle and cooking it as a vegetable. Investigation has revealed that the workers killed the wild animal out of the false belief and superstition that it wo...Read More

Rs. 1.53 Crore Fraud at IOCL Gujarat Refinery: CBI Books Former Finance Manager

Jun 25, 2026 | GujaratVadodara

Vadodara: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), has booked one Sejal Kolhatkar, a former Senior Finance Manager at Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), for allegedly carrying out a financial fraud involving sum of ₹1.53 crore. As per the FIR filed at the CBI's Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) in Gandhinagar, wh...Read More

UGC Gets Another Complaint Over Ragging at Bhavnagar Medical College

Jun 25, 2026 | GujaratSaurastra

Rajkot: Days after seven resident doctors from the orthopaedics department of Bhavnagar Government Medical College were booked in a ragging case, the institution has received another complaint, this time involving its gynaecology department. The University Grants Commission (UGC) informed the college that it had rec...Read More

Gujarat Govt Okays ₹1,700-Crore Badalpur-Kareli Barrage-cum-Bridge over Mahi River

Jun 25, 2026 | Central GujaratGujaratVadodara

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government has given in-principle approval to the Badalpur-Kareli Barrage-cum-Bridge project to be built across the Mahi River near Dhuvaran in Anand at a cost of ₹1,700 crore. This project will greatly benefit lakhs of people in Anand, Vadodara and Bharuch districts in terms of drinking wate...Read More

BIS Raids Another Surat Firm, Seizes 2,265 Electrical Appliances Without ISI Mark

Jun 25, 2026 | GujaratSurat

Surat: The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has raided Dolphy India Private Limited, located at Kosmada, Surat, and seized 2,265 electronic products without the mandatory BIS-ISI mark. The products seized include electronic hair dryers, electric hand dryers, and electric irons. Based on specific information received b...Read More

Three GUJCTOC Accused from Cattle Theft and Slaughter Gang Held

Jun 25, 2026 | Central GujaratGujarat

Vadodara: Three members of an alleged organised cattle theft and slaughter syndicate, booked under the Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime (GUJCTOC) Act, have been remanded to police custody till July 4 to facilitate an investigation into their financial transactions and assets. The case, registered at th...Read More

Another Boy Killed in Lioness Attack in Amreli

Jun 25, 2026 | GujaratSaurastra

Amreli: A five-year-old boy was tragically killed in a lioness attack on Wednesday night in Chaturi village of Khambha taluka in Amreli. The lioness attacked the child while he was accompanying his grandfather to deliver milk and dragged him into the nearby forest. Following the incident, the Forest Department launched...Read More

CBI Searches in Gujarat, 15 Other States in Nationwide Digital Arrest Scam Crackdown

Jun 25, 2026 | GujaratIndia

New Delhi: In a major crackdown on the cybercrime infrastructure facilitating digital arrest scams, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), under Operation Chakra-VI, constituted 60 special teams and conducted coordinated searches at more than 80 locations across 16 states: Punjab, Gujarat, Delhi, Maharashtra, Harya...Read More

12 AMC Committees Get New Chairpersons

Jun 25, 2026 | AhmedabadGujarat

Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Thursday announced the names of the chairpersons of its 12 committees. Former city BJP general secretary Parag Nayak has been appointed as the chairman of the Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service (AMTS) Committee. Here is the list of committee chairpersons: 1....Read More

Ahmedabad BRTS Announces Route Changes for Muharram (Tajiya) on June 26

Jun 25, 2026 | AhmedabadGujarat

Ahmedabad: In view of Muharram (Tajia) on Friday, June 26, 2026, Ahmedabad Janmarg Limited (AJL) has announced changes to several BRTS bus routes to ensure smooth traffic movement. The revised arrangements will be in effect from 1:30 pm until further notice. Routes to remain completely closed Route No. 07: Narol ...Read More

Where Did It Rain in Gujarat? Here's the 24-Hour Rainfall Data

Jun 25, 2026 | Gujarat

Narmada : Light to moderate rainfall has been recorded in some areas of the state during the last 24 hours as the monsoon made its onset on Wednesday. According to the rainfall data for the 24 hours ending at 6 am this morning, Sagbara taluka in Narmada district recorded the highest rainfall of 85 mm (3.35 inches). ...Read More

ED Raids Delhi Locations Linked to 2021 Mundra Port Heroin Haul

Jun 25, 2026 | GujaratKutch

Ahmedabad: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday carried out searches at five locations in Delhi linked to businessman Harpreet Singh Talwar and his associates as part of a money laundering investigation connected to the 2,988-kg heroin seizure at Gujarat's Mundra port in 2021. The raids were conducted under...Read More

Tata Power's Mundra Plant Gets Extension to Continue Operations Till Sept 30

Jun 25, 2026 | GujaratKutch

Mundra: The Union government has extended the special operating framework for Tata Power's 4,000-MW Mundra thermal power plant until September 30, allowing the imported coal-based facility to continue supplying electricity under government directions for another three months. In a stock exchange filing, Tata Power s...Read More

Fly Found in Biryani on Ahmedabad-Mumbai Tejas Express, IRCTC Fines Caterer Rs 1 Lakh

Jun 25, 2026 | AhmedabadGujaratRailwayTravel

Ahmedabad: After a passenger travelling onboard the Ahmedabad-Mumbai Tejas Express allegedly found a fly in the veg biryani served to him, the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) imposed a Rs 1 lakh fine on the catering contractor. The passenger, Sumit Mehrotra, who was travelling on Train No. 82...Read More

Wrong Turn Brings Air India, IndiGo Aircraft Face-to-Face at Ahmedabad Airport

Jun 25, 2026 | AhmedabadAviationGujaratTravel

Ahmedabad: An Air India aircraft mistakenly entered the same taxiway as an IndiGo plane at Ahmedabad airport on Wednesday evening after taking a wrong turn while taxiing to its parking bay. The IndiGo flight, which was preparing to depart for Mumbai, was taxiing for take-off when the Air India aircraft moved onto th...Read More

Surat Event Manager Duped of Rs 1.41 Crore Over Promise of Arijit Singh Concert

Jun 25, 2026 | GujaratSurat

Surat: A Surat-based event manager has accused two Mumbai residents of cheating him out of Rs 1.41 crore after allegedly promising to organise a concert by popular singer Arijit Singh in the city, but neither conducting the event nor returning the money. Utran police have registered a case against the duo, who are said...Read More

Surat Man Killed in Blast at Qatar Refinery

Jun 25, 2026 | GujaratSurat

Surat: The death of Surat resident Sunny Patel has been confirmed three days after a deadly explosion at a refinery facility in Qatar on Sunday evening. His body was identified on Wednesday by his elder brother Ravi Patel, who also works in Qatar. Sunny had moved to Qatar around seven months ago to join his brother an...Read More

Soon Ahmedabad pilgrims can visit Dwarka and return same day by Vande Bharat Express

Jun 25, 2026 | AhmedabadGujaratRailwaySaurastraTravel

Ahmedabad: Soon, Amdavadis looking to seek the blessings of Bhagwan Dwarkadheesh will be able to visit Dwarka and return to the city on the same day, as the Ministry of Railways has approved changes to the timings of the Okha–Ahmedabad Vande Bharat Express. Additionally, residents of western Ahmedabad will no longer ...Read More

ACB Gujarat Nabs Cop in Bribery Case

Jun 24, 2026 | Central GujaratGujarat

Ankleshwar: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has caught a police head constable red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000 for allegedly facilitating the unfreezing of a bank account. The accused, Sunilbhai Ishwarbhai Parmar, is posted at Bhadkodra Police Chowki under Ankleshwar GIDC Police Station. According t...Read More

26 Scientists from Bhavnagar's CSIR-CSMCRI Named Among World's Top 5% Researchers

Jun 24, 2026 | GujaratSaurastra

Bhavnagar: In a significant achievement for Indian science, at least 26 scientists and staff members from CSIR-Central Salt & Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI), Bhavnagar, have been named in the official 2025 SciRank Global registry of the world's top 5% scientists. The registry, published by SciRank Glo...Read More

Elephant Maniki Shifted to Vantara for Specialized Medical Care

Jun 24, 2026 | GujaratSaurastra

Jamnagar: For 48 years, Maniki has walked this Earth. In recent years, however, every step became increasingly difficult. A long-standing deformity in her left front leg affected her gait and mobility, while age-related health concerns, infected wounds, impaired vision in one eye, dehydration, and poor body condition ...Read More

Experts Recommend Full Reconstruction of Subhash Bridge Ahmedabad

Jun 24, 2026 | AhmedabadGujarat

Ahmedabad: The country's leading bridge experts have recommended complete reconstruction of the decades-old Subhash Bridge, stating that it would be a safer and more sustainable long-term solution than building a new superstructure on the existing 53-year-old substructure, the city civic body said. Ahmedabad Municipal...Read More

Gujarat Govt Slashes Liquor VAT from 65% to 25% in GIFT City, Scraps Special Fee

Jun 24, 2026 | Gujarat

Gandhinagar: In a major move aimed at enhancing the appeal of Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City), the Gujarat government has announced significant tax relief on liquor served within the financial hub. Through two separate notifications, the state has reduced the Value Added Tax (VAT) on foreign liquor ...Read More

Ahmedabad Plasma Adulteration Scam: Detailed Probe Underway; No One Will Be Spared: Health Minister

Jun 24, 2026 | AhmedabadGujarat

Ahmedabad: After the blood plasma adulteration and manipulation scam was busted in the Changodar area of Ahmedabad district, Health Minister Praful Pansheriya said that no person or entity involved in compromising patients' health would be spared, and strict legal action would be taken against those found guilty. Th...Read More

Southwest Monsoon 2026 Makes Onset in Gujarat After Delayed Advance

Jun 24, 2026 | GujaratSouth GujaratSurat

Surat: The Southwest Monsoon 2026 made its onset in Gujarat today, covering the southern districts of the state. The monsoon, which usually arrives in Gujarat around June 15, witnessed a delayed advance this year and entered the state around nine days later than normal. According to the India Meteorological Departme...Read More