Surat: During the festival of Diwali, issuing of platform tickets was stopped at several railway stations of Western Railway including Surat, Udhana. Along with this, a ban was imposed on the loading of goods in the train. But now as the crowd has reduced, platform ticketing has been started and baggage has also started to be loaded into the train. The migrants living in Surat regularly visit their hometown for the festival of Diwali. Now as re-development work is going on at Surat railway st...Read More

Gandhinagar: Contrary to other states, Gujarat has a provision for school vacation during Diwali. The people of Gujarat celebrate Diwali and take a pause in routine life for a few days, which is unique to the state. For this reason, during, before, and after Diwali, one can see crowds of Gujaratis touring across all major tourist destinations across Gujarat, India, and the world. Be it Singapore or Dubai or Europe or Kashmir or Kerala or Goa or Udaipur or Jaipur or Jaisalmer-Jodhpur or Diu or...Read More

Surat: With more parents wishing for birth of child on the Diwali day, the Diamond hospital in Varachha area of Surat witnessed birth of as many as 17 babies on a single day on Diwali. The doctors said, the birth was planned as per the wishes of parents in suitable case. These new-born children will celebrate their birthday on Diwali every year during their lifetime as per the Hindu calendar. DeshGujaratRead More

Rann of Kutch: Prime Minister Narendrabhai Modi today celebrated the festival of Diwali with armed forces (BSF, Army, Navy, IAF) at Sir - Creek near Indo-Pak border in Kutch district of Gujarat. After arriving at Koteshwar in Kutch from Ekta Nagar (Kevadiya), Modi visited Lakki Nala in the Sir Creek area, where he distributed sweets to the soldiers. In a video shared on an X post, Modi, dressed in a BSF uniform, was seen offering treats to the personnel aboard a patrol vessel. "Glad to hav...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Chief Minister and all ministers of his cabinet will celebrate the festival of Diwali with beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY). The Chief Minister will visit the Sargasan-Gandhinagar-based Namo Narayan Residency, where 1,208 housing units were dedicated in February this year under the PMAY scheme. Similarly, members of his cabinet will celebrate Diwali at various locations across the state with beneficiaries of the PMAY (Urban) and PMAY (Rural) schemes. De...Read More

Ahmedabad: Metro trains in Ahmedabad will run for reduced hours on Diwali festival evening. Gujarat Metro Rail Corporation(GMRC) has made this announcement today. GMRC note stated: 'Presently, Metro Train services are operational in Ahmedabad from 6:20 AM to 10:00 PM.' 'On the occasion of Diwali festival celebration, in view of public bursting of firecrackers and its possible effects on the safety and security of passengers along with the operational safety of the Metro Rail, and as foll...Read More

Gandhinagar: As many as 2.5 lakh seed balls will be made, and a long slogan will be created using these seed balls at SVIT campus in Vasad on 1st November by the Art of Living Foundation. The event will be held under the title of 'Seed The Earth' in the presence of Sri Sri Ravishankar, founder of Art of Living. 5,000 people will participate in this event and make 2.5 lakh seed balls of over 100 types of trees. Two world records will be set in this event - one for making the highest number of see...Read More

Surat: In anticipation of a heavy rush during the forthcoming festive season, Western Railway has imposed temporary restrictions on the sale of platform tickets at Mumbai Central , Dadar ,Bandra Terminus, Borivali, Vasai Road ,Vapi, Valsad, Udhna and Surat stations of Mumbai Division. The Railways stated that this step aims to manage crowding on platforms and ensure smooth passenger movement within station premises. The restriction of Sale of Platform Ticket is Effective Immediately untill 8t...Read More

Gandhinagar: Western Railway has announced operations of nine festival special trains to various destinations from/through Gujarat. These trains include 20 trips of Udhna - Bhavnagar weekly special, 2 trips of Udhna - Vadodara - Gaya special, 2 trips of Vapi - Delhi superfast special, 8 trips of Ahmedabad - Danapur weekly special, 6 trips of Ahmedabad - Banaras weekly special, 2 trips of Ahmedabad - Jaynagar special, 2 trips of Vadodara - Gaya special, 10 trips of Sabarmati - Lucknow weekly spec...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat government has declared holiday in government offices including panchayat and boards/corporations on Friday, 1st November. In place of this date, the government offices will remain open and functional on the Saturday, 9th of November. This adjustment has been made by the General Administration Department of the State government to make a way for continuous holidays in Diwali season from Thursday 31st October(Diwali) to Saturday 2nd November (Gujarati new year day) and fur...Read More