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

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

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

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 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

New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has authorised district collectors in several border states and Union Territories to receive, scrutinise and decide citizenship applications filed by eligible religious minorities from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019. Th...Read More

Gandhinagar: Students of private schools in Gujarat will now be able to order Gujarat State School Textbook Board textbooks online through Amazon and have them delivered to their homes at the printed price, without any delivery charges. The Gujarat State School Textbook Board on Thursday signed an MoU with Amazon Indi...Read More

Navsari: The Navsari district administration on Wednesday carried out a demolition drive against alleged encroachments on government land, razing an unauthorised ashram associated with Asaram Bapu in Onjal (Machhiwad) village of Jalalpore taluka. The action was carried out under the direction of Navsari District Col...Read More

Ahmedabad: Symbiotec Pharmalab Limited proposes to open the Bid/Offer Period in relation to its Initial Public Offer of the Equity Shares on Monday, August 24, 2026, the company said today. As per the company, the Offer comprises a fresh issue of such number of Equity Shares by the Company aggregating up to ₹1,500...Read More

Bhavnagar: The State Monitoring Cell (SMC) has arrested 13 people in connection with the spurious liquor case in Bhavnagar, in which people allegedly consumed methanol-laced liquor sold in bottles bearing fake Royal Stag stickers. Police have recovered liquor bottles, chemicals allegedly used to manufacture the spuriou...Read More

Surat: The Gujarat Health and Family Welfare Department has suspended Dr. Sumaiya Mulla, a Class-I professor in the Department of Microbiology at Government Medical College, Surat, for 90 days over alleged negligence in preventing a ragging incident involving first-year resident doctor Dr. Harsh Pandya, who later died ...Read More

Ahmedabad: A Gota-based farmer has alleged that he was cheated of Rs 18.5 crore in a Rancharda land deal after seven people, including landowners and brokers, allegedly took payments but failed to complete the transaction. He also alleged that he was threatened with death when he demanded the documents or a refund. ...Read More

Gift City: Amid financial irregularities and ongoing legal challenges, the Gujarat Real Estate Regulatory Authority (GujRERA) has issued a public notice to begin proceedings under Section 8 of the RERA Act for the stalled WTC GIFT Tower C project in Phase I of GIFT City. The move marks a first-of-its-kind intervention ...Read More

Vadodara: Jambusar police have arrested one Faizal Majeed Diwan, a resident of Kia village in Karjan taluka, after the family of a 24-year-old Hindu female BHMS doctor alleged that she was allegedly abducted and a fake marriage certificate was later submitted to police. The woman, who was working at a hospital in Gotr...Read More

Sabarmati: For the convenience of passengers and to provide better connectivity, Western Railway has decided to extend Train Nos. 19223/19224 Sabarmati–Jammu Tawi–Sabarmati Express up to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra. According to a press release issued by Vineet Abhishek, Chief Public Relations Officer of Wester...Read More

Valsad: Train services on several routes will be affected on August 21, 22 and 23 due to infrastructure work at Valsad Railway Station, Western Railway has announced. The changes include short termination and short origination of several trains, partial and full cancellations, as well as delays and regulation of tra...Read More