Gujarat
Capital: Gandhinagar
Breaking in Gujarat
Bomb threat emails hit Mumbai and Pune civic offices, and the searches find nothing
An email naming Mumbai's mayor office, a bank, a court, Amitabh Bachchan's Jalsa bungalow, Mahalaxmi Racecourse and the airport set off searches on Thursday morning. Pune Municipal Corporation received its own threat soon after. Nothing suspicious was found.
Arrogance of power: Rohit Pawar takes on Fadnavis as the NCP merger formula takes shape
Rohit Pawar accused Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis of "arrogance" and of running a politics of blackmail over the NCP merger question. In the party, the formula under discussion gives Sharad Pawar the president post and Sunetra Pawar the working president post.
No eye on Gokul: Fadnavis says the amendment only unties a legal knot
Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis defended amending the cooperative societies law, saying the government needed to end a statutory deadlock over the Gokul dairy chairmanship. Congress leader Satej Patil is going ahead with a November 9 protest, calling the move a trampling of the farmers' mandate.
Cancer bills fall from Monday: 137 drugs cut, some by 96%, ₹3,502 crore saved a year
Revised prices for 137 anti-cancer drugs take effect on Monday after the NPPA capped trade margins at 30% of the maximum retail price. Seventy-six companies have cut prices on 1,225 formulations, with 600 brands down more than half and the steepest cut at 96.45%. Estimated annual savings: ₹3,502.31 crore.
Ten thousand flagged land deals later, Telangana CID picks up four over the Dharani portal
Telangana's CID has searched the homes and offices of suspects in the alleged Dharani land records scandal and arrested at least four people, including a Bhu Bharati portal operator. The case turns on three acres in Kollur village, mutated in another man's name.
BREAKINGRs 81.5 crore in two days, and Netflix already has the papers: Suriya's Scene is on a run
Scene, the Tamil crime thriller with Suriya, Nazriya Nazim and Naslen, has grossed Rs 81.5 crore worldwide in two days. Reports say Netflix has bought the digital rights for Rs 88 crore, though no streaming date has been announced.
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Draft voter rolls out today in 13 states and 3 UTs; one month to challenge a deletion
The Election Commission's Special Summary Revision begins on Thursday, with draft electoral rolls published in 13 states and three Union Territories and claims and objections open till 11 December. Uttar Pradesh's draft roll has been pushed to 17 November. Final rolls for all these states are due on 4 January 2027.
A wellness team and a counsellor in every large school: Gujarat's new rule for Classes 9 to 12
Gujarat has mandated mental health support in secondary and higher secondary schools under the GSHSEB regulations, including a School Wellness Team in every school and a qualified counsellor in schools with 100 or more students. The rules adopt NCERT's UMMEED guidelines and follow Supreme Court directions.
Rahul Gandhi dares PM Modi to an open debate: 'You became PM with foreign help'
Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Monday challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to an open debate, alleging that Modi became and remains Prime Minister with "foreign help". The exchange follows Modi's Rashtriya Ekta Diwas speech in Gujarat, where he called the Opposition an "obstructionist bloc" rather than an opposing one.
A 9% monthly return, 15 levels of referrals: how 6.52 lakh investors lost Rs 1,211 crore
Amreli police in Gujarat have busted the 'SD Pay' app, which allegedly ran a multi-level marketing scheme that took Rs 1,211 crore from over 6.52 lakh investors across 36 states and Union Territories. Twelve people have been arrested and an SIT constituted.
A Taj at Mumbai's T2 and a Ginger in Lucknow: Adani and IHCL line up eight airport hotels
Adani Airport Holdings and Indian Hotels Company have signed a multi-hotel operating agreement for eight hotels with more than 2,000 rooms in Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Guwahati. The properties will run under the Taj, Vivanta, Gateway and Ginger brands, mostly within three to four years.
10,000 km of fibre for AI: Tata Communications bets ₹4,350 crore on data centre corridors
Tata Communications will spend ₹4,350 crore, or $400-450 million, to lay about 10,000 km of long-haul fibre linking India's AI and data centre hubs, funded from operating cash flows. The first phase covers Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad and Chennai. The company expects to add about 6 petabits per second of capacity between FY2030 and FY2036.
₹2,000 lands in 9.34 crore farmer accounts as Modi packs ₹33,000 crore into one Banaskantha morning
Prime Minister Narendra Modi released more than ₹18,690 crore under the 24th PM-KISAN instalment on Friday, reaching over 9.34 crore farmers, and launched projects worth more than ₹14,400 crore in Banaskantha. The package includes the country's first Kankrej cattle breeding centre and two Ahmedabad Metro extensions. He heads to Ekta Nagar for National Unity Day on Saturday.
Six space startups get ₹1 crore each to put AI on board Indian spacecraft
IN-SPACe has picked six private space companies for seed grants of up to ₹1 crore each under its AI INSPIRED programme, out of a ₹6 crore outlay. Agnikul Cosmos, Digantara, EON Space Labs, OrbitAid Aerospace, Omnipresent Robot Technologies and TakeMeToSpace are the grantees.
Harmanpreet's 126 and Deepti's 106 take India past 300 and into an unassailable lead
India beat Zimbabwe by 121 runs in Vadodara on Sunday to seal the three-match ODI series with a game to spare. Harmanpreet Kaur made 126 off 121 balls and Deepti Sharma an unbeaten 106 off 86.
Two wins in a day for India at the kabaddi: women beat Uganda 41-18, men see off Malaysia 37-23
India's women beat Uganda 41-18 and the men defeated Malaysia 37-23 on Sunday at the inaugural Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship in Ahmedabad. Both teams face Nigeria on Monday.
A disputed plot and a cricketer-MP: Gujarat to gift 500 sq m to Yusuf Pathan
The Gujarat government has proposed handing over a long-disputed municipal plot in Vadodara to former cricketer and Lok Sabha MP Yusuf Pathan, gifting 500 square metres and offering the rest at a concessional rate. The civic body's standing committee will decide on October 23.
Disputed Vadodara plot cleared for Yusuf Pathan months after TMC exit
The Gujarat government has proposed to hand over a long-disputed Vadodara plot to former cricketer and Baharampur MP Yusuf Pathan, gifting 500 square metres and offering the rest at a concession. The proposal goes to the BJP-ruled civic body's standing committee on October 23.