Okha: Indian Coast Guard Ship (ICGS) Meera Behn was decommissioned with full Armed Forces honours at Okha Port, marking the end of more than two decades of distinguished service to the nation. The decommissioning ceremony was presided over by DIG Manjeet Singh Gill, Commander, Coast Guard District Headquarters No. 15 ...Read More

Surat: Frustrated by soaring yarn and raw material prices and inadequate market rates, around 600 yarn weavers in the Un area of the city have decided to shut their units for two days a week to minimise mounting losses. The decision has been taken as rising yarn costs have pushed up production expenses, while weavers ...Read More

New York: US-based nuclear technology company Holtec International has expressed interest in setting up a small modular reactor (SMR) manufacturing facility and a research and development (R&D) centre in Gujarat as the State seeks to build a domestic nuclear equipment ecosystem. The proposal was discussed during...Read More

Junagadh: The historic Durbar Hall Museum in Junagadh, which remained closed for nearly a year for renovation, is set to reopen after a facelift undertaken at a cost of ₹2.14 crore. The renovated museum will be inaugurated on Saturday, August 22, at 12 noon. The museum will subsequently reopen for visitors interes...Read More

Ahmedabad: Questions have been raised over the handling of a ₹40 crore Central government grant sanctioned to Gujarat University under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK), with documents reportedly indicating concerns over the creation of a project post for former Vice-Chancellor Dr Neerja Gupta, payments ...Read More

Daman: Daman will get direct air connectivity with Ahmedabad and Mumbai from August 25, with Alliance Air set to launch a new flight service connecting the Union Territory with the two major cities. The service will operate three days a week, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and is expected to make travel to and from Da...Read More

Premiums are priced on mortality data, and Indian women, on average, live longer than Indian men. A longer expected life lowers the chance of a claim during the policy term, the number of years the cover runs. So, the premium that you pay, and how often you pay it, usually comes out lower for a woman of the same age, h...Read More

Ahmedabad: The CBI Court in the city today convicted and sentenced Jarnail B. Singh, then an Income Tax Officer (OSD) attached to the office of the Joint/Additional Commissioner of Income Tax (Audit), Pratyakshkar Bhavan, Ahmedabad, to three years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of ₹20,000 in a bribery case. The...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Food Department of the Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has sealed three food businesses after inspections found expired food products, unhygienic conditions and food samples that had earlier been declared uncertified. 3,000 kg of expired food found at Rakhial godown The AMC sealed Shri Krishna Sa...Read More

Lakhs of candidates who appeared for the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) GD Constable Computer Based Examination 2026 are now eagerly checking official website of Sarkari Result and the SSC website for the SSC GD Constable Result 2026. Approx. 48.83 lakh candidates appeared for this CBT exam, making it one of the larg...Read More

Ahmedabad: Two new penguins have been added to the Aquatic Gallery at Gujarat Science City in Ahmedabad, taking the total number of penguins at the facility to 10. The two male African penguin chicks were named Shaurya and Veer and are being exhibited alongside the other penguins at the Aquatic Gallery. The addition ...Read More

Jamnagar: Joymoti, a 53-year-old female elephant rescued from the devastating floods in Nagaland and Assam in July, is being airlifted to Vantara, Jamnagar, for immediate and specialised veterinary treatment. Joymoti was swept away by floodwaters in Nagaland during the second week of July and was subsequently rescued...Read More

Ankleshwar: The Gujarat government has resolved a long-pending issue over the allotment of residential plots to industrialists and employees in the Ankleshwar GIDC area. Following Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi’s visit to Ankleshwar on August 17, the Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) completed t...Read More

Gir Gadhada: The carcass of a five-year-old male lion was found inside a 60-foot-deep well on a farm on the outskirts of Dhokadwa village in Gir Gadhada taluka, under the Jasadhar range of the Gir East Forest Division, creating a stir in the area. The carcass was found after the farm owner noticed a strong foul smell ...Read More

Bharuch: Lemon Tree Hotels has opened a new property in Bharuch, marking its 12th operational hotel in Gujarat. The company said it has 20 more hotels in the pipeline across the state, highlighting Gujarat’s importance to its expansion strategy. The new Lemon Tree Hotel, Bharuch is managed by Carnation Hotels Priv...Read More

Ahmedabad: Western Railway has decided to operate the weekly clone special train running between Ahmedabad and Bhagalpur as a regular service. The train will now operate as train number 19423/19424 Ahmedabad-Bhagalpur-Ahmedabad Amrit Bharat Express. The regular service of train number 19423 Ahmedabad-Bhagalpur Amrit...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Police Recruitment Board will conduct written examinations for the recruitment of Police Sub-Inspector (Wireless), Technical Operator, Police Sub-Inspector (Motor Transport) and Head Constable Driver Mechanic (Grade-1) in Ahmedabad on August 23, 2026. Around 25,000 candidates have downloaded call...Read More

Gandhinagar, August 21: The Gujarat government has allowed the registration and modification of motorcycles fitted with sidecars for persons with disabilities, in a move aimed at improving mobility, independence and safe transportation. The Commissioner of Transport has issued a circular directing all RTO and ARTO o...Read More

Rajkot: A senior doctor at Pandit Dindayal Upadhyay (PDU) Civil Hospital in Rajkot was detained by police today after allegedly slapping and threatening a female resident doctor during an argument over the treatment of a critically ill patient in the emergency ward. The incident on August 20 triggered a protest by r...Read More

Jamnagar: Vantara today announced that John E. Scanlon AO has accepted its invitation to serve as the inaugural Chair of its newly established five-member Governing Council. The Council has overall responsibility for overseeing Vantara's conservation, care and rehabilitation, and compliance activities, including final...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Food Department of Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has seized 408 kg of suspicious low-fat paneer allegedly brought from Rajasthan and intercepted while being unloaded from a luxury bus in the city. The consignment was reportedly transported from Jodhpur and Pali and was suspected to be intended for ...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has imposed a ₹25,000 fine on Jeeman restaurant in Motera after a customer allegedly found a fly in a roti served at the eatery. An inspection by the AMC Food Department also found unhygienic conditions at the restaurant. The incident came to light when a family v...Read More

Palanpur: Two absconding accused allegedly linked to a child trafficking racket have been arrested in Mumbai by the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU) and Special Operations Group (SOG) of Sabarkantha police. The accused have been identified as Sitaram Parmar of Rajasthan’s Udaipur district and Kavita Patel of Dom...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) has opened 72 new Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) across various states and Union territories for the 2026-27 academic session, including a new school in Ahmedabad’s Vastral area. With the addition of the Vastral KV, Gujarat now has 49 Kendriya Vidyalayas, and the total ...Read More

Valsad: A burglary attempt in Valsad took an unexpected turn late Wednesday when two suspected thieves found themselves trapped inside the shop they had allegedly broken into and were forced to call the police for help. According to police, one of the accused dialled the emergency helpline 112 and told the operator ...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is planning to simplify the process of booking its halls for weddings and introduce a new policy for decoration arrangements at its halls and party plots, Standing Committee Chairman Kamleshbhai Patel said on Thursday. Under the proposed changes, citizens booking ...Read More

Valsad: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has registered a case against the sarpanch, deputy sarpanch and a ward member of Udwada Gram Panchayat in Valsad district for allegedly demanding and accepting a ₹3 lakh bribe in connection with the proposed conversion of agricultural land for residential use. The accused hav...Read More