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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 […]

New Delhi: Congress on Tuesday questioned the Union government for the preferential treatment given to the Bilkis Bano case convicts, alleging that it has been done for elections. Addressing a press conference, Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that the Gujarat government affidavit “proves beyond a shadow of doubt that the release was a political […]

At least six people were killed and 13 others injured when a bus collided with a container truck on the Ahmedabad-Mumbai National Highway in Gujarat's Vadodara in the wee hours on Tuesday.

Two years ago, Nana Chiloda was a village until it was merged into the Ahmedabad Municipal corporation (AMC). The villagers alleged that the Corporation has failed to provide them with the basic amenities, forcing them to come to the decision.

By Anil Kumar Hyderabad: It pays to have a former Chief Minister of the State as the Prime Minister. Any doubts? Look at Gujarat, where there is a heavy downpour of sops and even ‘revdis’ announced by none other than the man who denounced what he called the ‘revdi’ culture. Even while States like Telangana […]