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Flood-like situation in Gujarat's Kheda, arrangements made to shift people

A flood-like situation occurred in different areas of the Nadiad, in the Kheda district of Gujarat following heavy rainfall

Gujarat CM holds review meeting amid downpour; schools to remain closed

Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel held a meeting with District Collectors from the State Emergency Operations Center to review the measures taken to deal with the situation arising due to heavy rains

Heavy rains pound south, central Gujarat; over 1,500 people evacuated

Heavy rains pounded parts of south and central Gujarat districts, sending rivers in spate and inundating various low-lying areas, leading to the evacuation of 1,500 people, officials said on Sunday. The Met department has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall over the next five days in the Dang, Navsari and Valsad districts in south Gujarat. Very heavy rainfall lashed several parts of Chhota Udepur, Panchmahal (both in central Gujarat) and Dang district, with Bodeli taluka in Chhota Udepur receiving 433 mm rainfall in just 12 hours till 6 pm on Sunday, causing flooding of low-lying areas and raising the water level of Uchh and Heran rivers over danger mark, officials said. "We have so far rescued 65 people from low-lying areas of Bodeli town and Akona village in Nasvari taluka in the Chhota Udepur district. More than 800 people have been shifted to safer places," said deputy mamlatdar Satish Mal. Authorities in the Navsari district are also on alert with the Kaveri and Ambika rive

2 killed, 30 injured as tourist bus falls into gorge in Gujarat's Dang

A tourist bus overturned and fell into a gorge near Saputara hill station in the Dang district of Gujarat on Saturday night, killing two persons and injuring at least 30 others, police said

Gujarat sees 668 Covid-19 cases, no death; active tally crosses 4000-mark

The recovery count rose by 515 to touch 12,22,381, leaving the state with an active caseload of 4,046, up from 3,893 a day earlier, he said.

PM Modi to virtually address Gujarat's natural farming conclave on Sunday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a "Natural Farming Conclave" on Sunday via video-conference

Gujarat to host 36th National Games in September: CM Bhupendra Patel

This will be the first time the state will host the prestigious games, scheduled to take place between September 27 and October 10, 2022

Public funding, govt aid help Gujarat keep lead in DPIIT Startup Rankings

Incubators and startups in Gujarat say the state government forms more than 80 per cent of funding and market support and private capital is lacking

BJP misleading people in name of 'Vikas Yatra': Gujarat AAP leader

The AAP has accused the BJP of misleading the people of Gujarat by holding programmes like Vikas Yatra "with public money". The BJP does "contrary" to what it promises

India may not need to import urea after 2025, says Mansukh Mandaviya

This is owing to rising domestic production, nano supplies

UP, Gujarat ask Centre to restore wheat quota under two food schemes

States raise matter in central government's meeting on food security, say beneficiaries complaining

Cong to fight Gujarat polls under collective leadership: Party leader

Congress has decided to fight the Gujarat assembly elections later this year under collective leadership, a party leader said on Monday after a meeting of the party's task force for the polls

Plastic ban: Maharashtra, Gujarat among top Indian plastic waste producers

India ranks as the fifth-highest country in the generation of plastic waste with an annual discharge of 3.5 million tonne in fiscal year 2020, according to a note by Kotak Institutional Equities.

Kejriwal promises to visit Gujarat every week, raise people's issues

Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Monday promised to visit Gujarat every week and raise people's issues related to education, power, health sector, etc

6 NDRF teams on standby in Gujarat after very heavy rainfall alert

NDRF has deployed six teams in various parts of Gujarat after the IMD forecast that there will be heavy to very heavy rainfall along the coastal belt and some parts of central and north Gujarat

Accused in 2002 Gujarat's Godhra train burning case gets life imprisonment

A court here has sentenced to life imprisonment an accused in the case of Godhra train carnage in 2002 in which 59 'karsevaks' were killed, which had triggered worst riots in the history of Gujarat

Extreme rainfall activity likely over Odisha, Gujarat, Konkan, Goa: IMD

Due to a likely formation of a low pressure area over north Odisha and adjoining areas during next 48 hours, the IMD has warned of heavy rainfall activity over Odisha with an orange alert on Sunday

Gujarat's 'One Day, One District' must be replicated across India: PM Modi

On day 1 of the BJP national executive in Hyderabad, while states were doing the presentation of the work and achievements, it was the turn of Gujarat to do the same

Gujarat reports 580 Covid-19 cases, no deaths; active tally at 3,478

Ahmedabad reported 236 new cases, the highest in the state, followed by Surat with 106 cases, Vadodara 36 and Mehsana 29 cases, among other districts, an official added.