Latest Gujarat News & Updates

New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) With temperatures soaring in different parts of the country, Dr. Anubhuti Rana, associate professor from the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi, said that heatwave is a serious situation for pregnant women. She urged the expectant mothers to take special precautions during the prevailing weather conditions.Speaking to IANS, Dr. Rana said: “Pregnancy is anyway a special condition for women where there is an in…

Gandhinagar, May 23 (IANS) A major coordinated cybercrime investigation in Gujarat has led to the arrest of 13 accused allegedly linked to a cyber fraud network involving transactions worth over Rs 631.86 crore through mule bank accounts, shell companies and multi-state operations, officials said on Saturday.The action was carried out under ‘Operation Mule Hunt 2.0’ by the Cyber Centre of Excellence following directives from senior police officials amid a rise in cybercrime cases across the …

Bengaluru, May 23 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Saturday that the state government has taken a major step towards the overall development of Bengaluru by initiating the construction of an international-standard cricket stadium at Suryanagar near the city, which he added would boost sports, tourism, employment generation and economic growth. Speaking after inaugurating and laying foundation stones for multiple housing and infrastructure projects organised jointly by the Hou…

Gandhinagar, May 23 (IANS) Gujarat is set to scale up the use of green construction methods in its road infrastructure with the commencement of 20 road projects across multiple districts, under a Rs 1,147 crore programme aimed at improving durability, reducing construction costs and promoting large-scale reuse of existing road materials. The initiative forms part of the state’s infrastructure development programme aligned with national development priorities associated with Prime Minister Nare…

Gandhinagar, May 23 (IANS) A total of 44 inmates lodged in various prisons across Gujarat have successfully cleared the Class 10 and Class 12 examinations conducted by the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSEB), marking a significant outcome of education-based rehabilitation efforts within the state’s correctional system.According to the Prison Department, the results this year include 22 inmates who passed the Class 10 examination and another 22 who cleared the Class 12 e…

Ahmedabad, May 23 (IANS) At Ahmedabad’s Science City, children who had recently regained hearing and speech through Gujarat’s cochlear implant support programme met Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel in an interaction that brought together medical rehabilitation outcomes and personal milestones in child health care.The visit took place at the Aquatic Gallery of Science City in Ahmedabad, where 20 children who had benefited from the state’s Cochlear Implant External Speech Processor Replacement Pro…

New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Recruits from Jammu and Gujarat, who received their appointment letters under the 19th Rozgar Mela, said that it is their family’s support which enabled them to work hard towards achieving the opportunity. They thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for focusing on the welfare of the country’s youth.Prime Minister Modi distributed more than 51,000 appointment letters to newly-appointed youths in various government departments and organisations at the 19th Rozgar Mela on Sa…

New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) The cumulative petrol and diesel revision of just under Rs 5 a litre in three days this month is the “smallest material upward movement” of any major economy outside the directly subsidising Gulf producers, and the states that tax fuel most heavily are governed by the political opposition, according to data.For example, states with the highest pump prices concentrate in the Congress-ruled and INDIA-bloc south (Telangana, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu) and in a single…

New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi distributed more than 51,000 appointment letters to newly-appointed youth in various government departments and organisations at the 19th Rozgar Mela on Saturday and said that the world is very excited about India’s youth and technological progress.Addressing the gathering virtually, PM Modi said, “Today, more than 51,000 youth have received appointment letters for government jobs and all of you are becoming key partners in the ‘Vikas Yatra’ …

Ahmedabad, May 23 (IANS) More than 2,000 athletes from 27 states are expected to participate in the fourth National Armwrestling and Para Armwrestling Championship 2026 at Gujarat’s Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU), making it the largest edition of the national event so far, officials said. Officials on Friday added that this is the first time the championship will be hosted on the university’s campus at Lavad in Gandhinagar.The championship will be organised jointly by the People’s Armwrestlin…