The Samajwadi Party’s decision to nominate Dhanraj Parimal Nathwani for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh has drawn attention to his corporate career, longstanding Gujarat connections and involvement in cricket administration. Nathwani was named alongside senior party leader Ram Gopal Yadav as one of the party’s candidates for the biennial Rajya Sabha elections....
Three residents of Gujarat who were travelling towards the United States through an alleged illegal migration route have gone missing in Ethiopia, with their families claiming that they were abducted and that a ransom of ₹1 crore has been demanded for their release. The missing individuals have been identified as Rutvik Jansari, Mamta Chavda and...
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is facing an internal challenge in Gujarat’s influential sugar cooperative sector, with recent elections exposing divisions among party leaders and a growing willingness among rebels to contest against officially backed candidates. The developments are particularly significant in South Gujarat, where sugar cooperatives have traditionally played an important role in the...
A 12.6-tonne liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanker overturned on the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Gujarat early Tuesday morning, disrupting traffic on the busy Vadodara-Bharuch stretch and prompting authorities to launch a precautionary emergency response. The incident occurred at around 1 am near Saraswani village in the Padra area of Vadodara district, when the LPG tanker collided...
Police in Gujarat’s Kutch district have uncovered a suspected illegal liquor manufacturing operation in Adipur, seizing around 10,000 liquor flasks, more than 600 litres of an unidentified chemical and equipment allegedly used to prepare counterfeit liquor. Two men have been detained in connection with the operation. The raid was conducted on Tuesday at a shop...
A fresh political confrontation over government education has emerged between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), with AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal challenging the BJP to conduct a direct comparison of government schools in Gujarat and Punjab. Kejriwal has proposed that 1,000 government schools from each state be selected and...
The death toll in the spurious liquor tragedy in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar district has risen to 11, with three more people succumbing to the effects of suspected toxic alcohol, police said on Saturday. The incident has triggered an intensified investigation into the manufacture and distribution of illicit liquor and raised serious questions about enforcement failures in...
At least four people have died and 19 others have been hospitalised in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar district after allegedly consuming spurious liquor at Kharadi village in Ghogha taluka. The incident, which reportedly occurred on Tuesday night, has triggered a police investigation into the manufacture, distribution and sale of suspected counterfeit liquor. According to police, the victims...
Gujarat has made significant progress in its ongoing electoral roll revision exercise, with approximately 77% of the collected electoral forms now digitised, according to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO). The initiative is part of a statewide effort to create a more accurate, transparent, and updated voter database ahead of future elections. The digitisation process plays...
A court in Gujarat’s Surendranagar district has rejected a police closure report concerning the deaths of a wanted criminal and his minor son during a police operation in 2021, directing that a criminal case be registered against seven police personnel. The order marks a significant development in a case that has remained under scrutiny over...