Mumbai, March 23 (IANS) A 20-year-old man was brutally killed in a shocking daylight incident in Mumbai’s Dharavi area, police said on Monday. The accused has been arrested, and a case of murder has been registered. According to the Dharavi Police, the victim, identified as Ashwin Shivkumar Nadar, was attacked with over 20 stab wounds by his acquaintance, Ashiq Asim Akhtar Khan and the victim’s throat was slit.The assault is believed to have stemmed from a long-standing personal enmity between…
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Mumbai, March 19 (IANS) Singer-songwriter Papon, who is known for ‘Bulleya’, ‘Jiyein Kyun’, ‘Moh Moh Ke Dhaage’ and others, has shared that Indian festivals are a reflection of people’s relationship with nature, the moon, the sun, the seasons, and the harvest. The singer celebrated Gudi Padwa with his wife Shweta Mahanta at Karjat farm.Talking about the same, he told IANS, “What truly fascinates me is not just one festival like Gudi Padwa, but the larger cultural fabric of our co…
Ahmedabad/Surat, March 19 (IANS) A counterfeit currency racket involving the manufacture and circulation of fake Rs 500 notes has been uncovered by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch, with officers seizing Rs 2.38 crore in forged notes and arresting seven people, including a woman.The arrests were made on Wednesday night after officers intercepted a white Toyota Fortuner near Torrent Power in Amraiwadi, acting on specific Intelligence that counterfeit currency was being transported from Surat to Ahmedab…
Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar, March 18 (IANS) A state-wide ‘Millet Mahotsav and Natural Farmer Market’ will be held across 16 municipal corporations in Gujarat on March 21 and 22, with the main event scheduled at the Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad, state spokesperson and Agriculture Minister Jitu Vaghani said on Wednesday.The two-day event, organised by the Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation under the state Agriculture Department, will take place simultaneously in cities including Surat, Vadodara, …
Gandhinagar, March 17 (IANS) Travel time to several of South Gujarat’s interior forest, coastal and heritage destinations is set to be reduced following the Gujarat government’s approval of road works worth around Rs 1,185 crore under the Surat Economic Region (SER) Scheme (Phase 1). The decision will see a network of roads across Surat, Navsari, Tapi, Valsad and Dang districts widened, strengthened, and, in key stretches, converted into four- and six-lane corridors.Bypass roads are al…
Surat/Gandhinagar, March 12 (IANS) The Gujarat government is expanding its network of laboratories across the state to ensure citizens have access to pure food and quality medicines, Health Minister Praful Pansheriya said in the state Assembly on Thursday. Speaking in response to a query regarding the food and drug laboratories, Pansheriya added that a new advanced Food and Drug Laboratory is being established in Surat.”To ensure that citizens receive pure food and quality medicines, Gujarat is …
Gandhinagar, March 12 (IANS) Permanent retail spaces dedicated to indigenous products will be set up in four major Gujarat cities under a state initiative aimed at expanding markets for local artisans, self-help groups and small traders.On Thursday, the state government announced that ‘Namo Swadeshi Urban Malls’ will be established in Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot under the Gujarat Urban Livelihood Mission (GULM), creating permanent urban marketplaces where locally-produced goods can…
Mumbai, March 12 (IANS) Singer-songwriter Papon, who is known for ‘Bulleya’, ‘Jiyein Kyun’, ‘Moh Moh Ke Dhaage’ and others, recently took the route less travelled by celebrities. The singer boarded a train from Surat to Mumbai after completing his show. On Thursday, the singer took to his Instagram, and shared a video in which he can be seen walking around the Surat railway station. He was carrying Gamosa, a symbol of Assamese culture.As he embarked on his journey, he swung back to h…
Bhuj, March 12 (IANS) A fire broke out at a plastic scrap yard near Chopadva village in Bhachau taluka of Gujarat’s Kutch district on Thursday, initiating a large-scale firefighting operation and creating panic in the surrounding area, officials said.Thick plumes of smoke were seen rising from the site as the blaze rapidly intensified due to the large quantity of plastic stored in the yard.According to local officials, the fire started suddenly at the plastic yard located near the village.As the…
Gandhinagar, March 11 (IANS) The Gujarat government has placed an order for 34 new metro train sets for the Ahmedabad and Surat metro rail projects, with officials saying the additional rolling stock will increase service frequency on the Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar corridor and support the expansion of urban rail in the state.Of the total order, 10 train sets are meant for the Ahmedabad Metro Phase-2 project, while 24 will be deployed for the upcoming Surat Metro system.The train sets are being manuf…