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Morbi: Out of nine persons arrested pertaining to the October 30 collapse of the century-old suspension bridge, killing 135 people, Gujarat’s Morbi Court on Wednesday has sent four people to police custody and remaining five into judicial custody till November 5. Of the four persons in police custody, two are managers of the Oreva company, […]

Hyderabad: Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday alleged that AAP is contesting elections in Gujarat to help BJP. Claiming that the fight in Gujarat is between Congress and BJP, he said Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) entered the fray to cut into Congress votes. He was addressing a news conference during Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo […]

Ahmedabad: The Congress will take out the ‘Gujarat Parivartan Sankalp Yatra’ in five zones of the poll-bound state from Tuesday, during which 145 public meetings and 95 rallies will be held along the route covering more than 5,400 km. It will be launched from Vadgam, Bhuj, Somnath, Vadgam, Fagvel and Jambusar, party leaders said. The […]

Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Tuesday visit Morbi in Gujarat where 134 people were killed after a suspension bridge collapsed into the Machchhu river. Modi, who is on a visit to Gujarat ahead of the state Assembly polls due this year-end, on Monday paid tributes to those who died in Sunday’s bridge collapse. […]

In the last few years, the world has witnessed several such incidents. While sometimes, these led to the death of workers, at times, the collapse ended up killing hundreds of civilians.    

Kampala: Kuntaj Patel, a 24 year-old Indian businessman from Gujarat, has been allegedly shot dead by a police constable in Kisoro town of Uganda, local media reports said. Police constable Elioda Gumizamu, 21, a member of the Field Force Unit has been arrested after he stormed a hardware shop last week, where Patel worked, and […]

Deeply saddened by the reports of bridge collapse in Gujarat, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has written to Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel to offer condolences.

The toll was confirmed to the media by Rajkot Range Inspector General of Police Ashok Yadav.

The bridge collapsed on Sunday evening, killing 141 people.

Morbi town will voluntarily observe a bandh on Monday to mourn the deaths of people who died in the incident.

Morbi: In wake of the hanging bridge crash, which left at least 35 dead and scores missing, in Gujarat’s Morbi on Sunday evening, the Morbi Municipal Committee’s Chief Executive Officer S.V. Zala, in a shocking revelation, said that the bridge was opened for the public without a fitness certificate. Zala, addressing the local media, said: […]

Morbi: At least 35 people, including children, were killed and over 100 were missing as the hanging bridge on the Machhu dam in Gujarat’s Morbi collapsed on Sunday evening, officials said. Rescue and medical emergency personnel were rushed to the spot. Morbi’s former MLA Kantilal Amrutiya told the local media that he and his team […]

Botad police have booked five persons on charges of gang-raping a 31-year-old woman, police said on Friday.

Rajkot: Gujarat BJP chief C R Paatil has hit out at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over his government’s decision to completely ban firecrackers in the national capital, and dubbed such people “anti-religious” who were stopping citizens from celebrating their festivals. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Delhi government last month re-imposed a complete ban on […]

Hyderabad: The recommendation of a parliamentary committee that the medium of instruction in technical and non-technical higher educational institutes such as IITs should be Hindi has met with strong opposition from the state’s ruling party, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS). As a party which fought for Telangana state and claims to be the only true […]

Meet Ishan Solanki, who has already become a YouTube singing phenomenon with two of his hit songs, 'Feel Love' and 'Noways Babe,' which are gaining the hearts of millions of fans on social media.

Officials said Modi had a long interaction with Guterres, who is on a three-day visit to India since Wednesday.

With an aim to give impetus to the defence sector, India's "biggest ever" defence exhibition - DefExpo 2022 is being held in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

The cylinders are to be distributed under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) and are expected to drain the public exchequer by about Rs.650 crore.

Surat: Two sanitation workers died of suffocation while cleaning a sewer in the Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) campus in Surat on Tuesday. Another sanitation worker is in a critical condition and being treated in Surat government hospital. Talking to mediapersons, Surat Mayor Hemali Boghawala said: “A fire brigade team had received a […]