Gujarat

Scotland Yard arrests Indian national wanted in murder case after Interpol notice

10:05 pm March 19, 2021

London: Scotland Yard has arrested an Indian national wanted for his alleged involvement in a murder case in India after an Interpol Red Corner Notice was issued against him. Jaysukh Ranpariya, 41, who is also known as Jayesh Patel, was arrested in south London on Tuesday by officers from Scotland Yard’s Extradition Unit on an Indian extradition warrant and produced before Westminster Magistrates’ court here on Wednesday. He was remanded […]

Books tell interesting stories of Parsis, Anglo-Indians

4:12 pm March 19, 2021

New Delhi: As the Parsis celebrate Navroz Saturday, a new book will help children learn more about one of the oldest communities that sailed from Iran to India on large wooden boats, landed in a town called Sanjan in Gujarat and blended in peacefully with the people. Puffin India has come out with two illustrated […]

Gujarat: AIMIM backs Independents, denies BJP power in Godhra

9:49 pm March 17, 2021

Godhra : Seven AIMIM members in Gujarat’s Godhra municipality on Wednesday extended support to 17 Independents to deny the BJP another term in power after being the ruling party since 2002. The AIMIM, which won seven Godhra municipality seats in its debut in the state’s politics, extended unconditional support to 17 Independents to form the board, with the posts of president and vice president going to Independents Sanjay […]

PM to launch ‘Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav’ on Friday, flag off march from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi

11:20 pm March 11, 2021

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the ‘Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav’ event on Friday by flagging off a 241-mile march from Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad to Dandi in Gujarat’s Navsari district to celebrate 75 years of India’s Independence, Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel said Thursday. Addressing the media, the culture and tourism minister […]

Goyal, Shiv Sena members spar in LS over stalled work of bullet train, Metro project

11:14 pm March 10, 2021

New Delhi: BJP and Shiv Sena sparred in Lok Sabha on Wednesday, accusing each other of non-cooperation over important infrastructure initiatives like the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train and Mumbai Metro project in Maharashtra. While Railway Minister Piyush Goyal charged the Uddhav Thackeray-led Mahavikas Aghadi government of stalling the bullet train project, the Shiv Sena accused the Centre of not cooperating with the state dispensation over the Metro car […]