Tag: Gujarat

A massive fire broke out in a firecracker wholesale shop in Anand, Gujarat on Monday.

Surat: In a bid to woo Odia voters in Surat, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today announced a slew of measures during his visit to the city in Gujarat. Addressing a gathering during the Odisha Mahotsav in Surat, Patnaik said his government is trying to establish a Plus-II college for Odia students in Surat city. […]

India’s nomination of Dholavira, the Harappan City in the Rann of Kutch, Gujarat was inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage list on Tuesday (July 27).

Dholavira became an attraction for tourists interested in ancient sites during the Kutch Rannotsav that was started by Modi during his term as the chief minister.

Surat/Bhubaneswar: Duped depositors of chit fund companies today protested Odisha Finance Minister Sashi Bhusan Behera in Surat during his visit to Gujarat. Demanding immediate refund of money, the protestors held placards and banners and shouted slogans against Behera, who was in Surat to attend a meeting at the Chambers of Commerce at Nanpura. Under the […]

Surat: Surat Crime Branch Saturday arrested Pramod Sahu who was wanted in connection with 2017 gang rape incident which took place in Gopalpur area of Ganjam district. Sahu was nabbed basing on a tip-off from Odisha police regarding his presence in Surat, police sources said. Confirming the development, Surat SP JK Pandya informed that the […]

Surat/Bhubaneswar: A woman from Ganjam district of Odisha allegedly committed suicide today in Surat, Gujarat. The deceased has been identified as Rinku Patra, who was running a beauty parlour in Surat. The reason behind her death is yet to be ascertained. Colleagues of the deceased informed that after Rinku didn’t respond to calls regarding some […]

  The Gujarat High Court on Friday acquitted former Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) Minister Maya Kodnani while upholding the conviction of Bajrang Dal activist Babu Bajrangi in the 2002 Gujarat riots case. Out of the 32 convicts in the case, Gujarat High Court acquitted 17 people including Maya Kodnani; conviction of 12 was upheld, verdict on […]

Surat: At a time when the identity of the minor girl, who was brutally raped and murdered in Surat, is yet to be established, the Gujarat government suspects that the victim might be from Odisha. Gujarat Home Minister PS Jadeja on Monday stated that “The identity of the victim minor girl is still not clear […]

Bhubaneswar: After Gujarat assembly election, the BJP seems to be reassessing its claims of winning 120 or more seats in Odisha since its calculations went awry in the ‘Modi’fied state. The saffron party which had set a target of 150 seats in Gujarat before the election, managed to grab only 99. The party said the […]

New Delhi: The dates for the assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh are likely to be announced on Thursday. The three-member Election Commission headed by Chief Election Commissioner A.K. Jyoti will address a press conference at 4 p.m. at which the full poll schedule for the two states was likely to be released. The […]

Bhubaneswar: Agents and investors from Gujarat, duped by the chit fund company Oscar, on Friday, staged a demonstration in front of Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch here in Bhubaneswar demanding return of money. The agents in their protest urged for strict action against the ponzi directors and have demanded return of their […]

Puri: A gang of girls sporting jeans and t-shirts along with some women found begging near Gundicha temple in Puri were detained by police today. The incident came to light when the girls fled the spot after seeing an approaching police control room (PCR) van near Gundicha Temple. Later on it was found out that […]

New Delhi: BJP president Amit Shah is scheduled to begin a 15-day ‘Vistaar Yatra’ (party expansion tour) covering five states including Odisha, Telangana, Gujarat and Lakshadweep from today from Naxalbari in West Bengal. Informing newsmen about Shah’s plans at the saffron party headquarters in New Delhi, Union Minister Smriti Irani said 3.68 lakh BJP workers […]

Surat/Bhubaneswar: In another act of inhuman conduct, a husband’s cry for help fell into deaf ears of onlookers as his stabbed pregnant wife bled to death in Pandesara area near Surat in Gujarat. The victim, identified as Anita hails from Odisha and was married to Dharmesh, who is from Gujurat. The incident occurred on Sunday […]