Sabarkantha: A man hailing from Sabarkantha, trying to illegally enter the United States of America along with his family, has reportedly passed away in Nicaragua, a country in Central America. A resident of Moyad village in Prantij, he was attempting to enter the US via an illegal route with the help of an agent. During the one-and-a-half-month-long journey, he fell sick and passed away. The youth, allegedly suffering from diabetes, could not get the necessary medication and went into a coma. ...Read More

Mahesana: A 31-year-old Indian man from Kalol, Gujarat, has been deported from the United States after illegally entering the country using a fake passport and assuming a Muslim identity. Jignesh Jagdishbhai Patel, who initially traveled to Canada before crossing the border into the US, was apprehended by immigration authorities within a month of his arrival. Patel's case highlights the lengths to which individuals go in their pursuit of the "American Dream," often resorting to illegal means ...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government has moved for an amendment to the Gujarat Fisheries Rules, 2003, to introduce new regulations for trawl net fishing and making compulsory the use of a Turtle Excluder Device (TED) in trawl nets to protect marine life. The State government has published the draft of new rules under Section 30 of the Gujarat Fisheries Act, 2003 for public awareness. The government will  consider these rules after 30 days from the date of publication in the Official Gazette. ...Read More

Anand: Indian-origin Kash Patel officially took charge as the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Friday, with his sister Nisha Patel, girlfriend Alexis Wilkins, and other relatives in attendance. Patel, who took the oath of his office on the Bhagavad Gita, has ancestral ties to Bhadran village in Gujarat’s Anand district. His family migrated from Bhadran to Uganda nearly 70 to 80 years ago, according to members of the Patidar community. Born in New York in 1980, the 4...Read More

Orlando: A Canadian citizen has been charged with three counts of illegally using a drone to capture images of critical defense sites and equipment, as part of an ongoing multi-agency probe involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). According to a criminal information filing, 71-year-old Xiao Guang Pan allegedly used a drone to photograph sensitive military locations at Cape Canaveral Space Force Base in Florida. On three separate occasions in January 2025, he took aerial images ...Read More

Gandhinagar: US President Donald Trump gifted PM Narendra Modi the book ‘Our Journey Together’ when they both met at the White House in Washington DC, today.President Trump showed Prime Minister Modi several photos from 'Howdy Modi' and 'Namaste Trump' events, which are a part of the book. It's worth noting that 'Namste Trump' event was held in Ahmedabad, Gujarat at the largest Cricket stadium of the world 'Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium'. Prime Minister Modi while speaking to media pe...Read More

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit France and the United States of America from February 10 to 13, the Ministry of External Affairs announced on Friday. During a special press briefing, Vikram Misri, Foreign Secretary of the country, said, "I'll just share a few pointers about these two very important visits that the Prime Minister will be undertaking next week. First, at the invitation of President Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting France from 10th ...Read More

Ahmedabad: With President Donald Trump in power, illegal immigrants are being deported daily via military planes back to their countries of origin. The first C-17 military aircraft carrying Indian illegal immigrants landed at Amritsar airport around 2 pm on Wednesday. According to reports, there were 104 Indian illegal immigrants aboard the US military aircraft, with 33 of them hailing from Gujarat. Today, at around 6:15 AM, a plane carrying individuals of Gujarat origin landed at Sardar Vallab...Read More

Mumbai: At the Private Reception in Washington, Mrs. Nita and Mr. Mukesh Ambani extended their congratulations to President-Elect Mr. Donald Trump ahead of his inauguration. With a shared optimism for deeper India-US relations, they wished him a transformative term of leadership, paving the way for unprecedented progress and collaboration for the two nations and the world. Mukesh Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Industries, and his wife Nita Ambani are set to attend Trump's swearing-in ceremon...Read More

New Delhi: The U.S. Mission to India issued more than one million nonimmigrant visas for the second year in a row, including a record number of visitor visas, for travel to the United States for tourism, business, and education. In the past four years, visitor numbers from India have increased by five times, and more than two million Indians traveled to the United States in the first eleven months of 2024, a 26 percent increase over the same period in 2023.  Over five million Indians already...Read More