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Hiral Dave

Hiral Dave

Hiral Dave is Senior Assistant Editor based out of Ahmedabad and covers developments in Gujarat. She has sixteen years of working in the field of journalism.

Articles by Hiral Dave

Ram Nath Kovind gives nod to Gujarat anti-terror law

Ram Nath Kovind approved the Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime Bill.

Updated on Nov 5, 2019 19:14 IST

2 more accused arrested from Gujarat in Hindu outfit leader Kamlesh Tiwari’s murder

Updated on Oct 22, 2019 16:49 IST

Gujarat family rejects murder charge, says sons innocent

Police interacts with Hindu Samaj Party supporters as they demand the mortal remains of their party President Kamlesh Tiwari brought to the home, in Lucknow on Friday.

Updated on Oct 20, 2019 21:11 IST

Gujarat by-elections 2019: BJP looks to hurt Congress with aid of rebels, Thakor and Jhala

Alpesh Thakor had won the 2017 elections on a Congress ticket but is now contesting from Radhanpur as a BJP candidate.

Updated on Oct 20, 2019 15:13 IST

Kamlesh Tiwari murder: Key conspirator returned to Surat from Dubai 2 months ago

Gujarat Anti-terrorist squad (ATS) officers produce and hand over three suspect related to the murder of Hindu Samaj Party founder-leader Kamlesh Tiwari to UP Police, in Ahmedabad.

Updated on Jul 12, 2020 21:44 IST

‘Rural India open-defecation free’: PM Modi declares on Gandhi Jayanti

Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared rural India open-defecation free (ODF) on the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi .

Updated on Oct 2, 2019 20:20 IST

Revisiting Sabarmati central jail where Gandhi was first imprisoned in 1922

Updated on Oct 2, 2019 08:07 IST

Good rain, new jewellery units save Surat diamond industry from slowdown

Diamond polishers at work in Surat, Gujarat.

Updated on Sep 30, 2019 05:48 IST

Gujarat HC dismisses farmers’ pleas against bullet train land acquisition

Bullet trains between Mumbai and Ahmedabad will mark India’s shift to an era of high-speed trains capable of hitting speeds of up to 350 km per hour.

Updated on Sep 19, 2019 22:43 IST

Gujarat HC gives green signal to Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe during the Ground Breaking ceremony of Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project, in Ahmedabad

Updated on Sep 19, 2019 14:00 IST

Gujarat rolls back some penalties for traffic offences, 2-wheelers to pay less

Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has permitted ease of road penalties.

Updated on Sep 10, 2019 13:30 IST

Gujarat to put up pictures of women icons in schools to create awareness about gender equality

Schools across Gujarat will see posters of female literary, political and sports icons in their hallways.

Updated on Sep 3, 2019 15:15 IST

Gujarat man arrested for raping minors for 6 months, crime caught on camera

A 52-year-old man in Gujarat’s Surat was arrested for allegedly raping two minor cousins

Updated on Aug 29, 2019 11:36 IST

15 fishermen dead, 2 missing after boats capsize off Gujarat

A view of flooded area after heavy rainfall in Surat, from last week.

Updated on Jun 14, 2020 02:18 IST

World’s diamond polishing hub loses its shine as demand plummets

The Surat diamond industry accounts for 80% of the world’s polished stones with an annual turnover of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>1 lakh crore.

Updated on Aug 13, 2019 24:19 IST

Six dead as heavy rain batters Vadodara; airport shut, army on standby

A view of the Siddharatha Bungalows on Sama-Savali Road, Vadodara. The city has been lashed by heavy rainfall leading to water-logging in many areas.

Updated on Jun 7, 2020 06:55 IST

United in grief: Parents of Surat fire victims refuse to immerse ashes

More than one-and-a-half-months after the tragedy at Taxshilla Arcade at Varachha, the parents are yet to immerse their children’s ashes.

Updated on Jul 15, 2019 08:54 IST

In Gujarat’s ‘disturbed areas’, no sale of property without collector’s nod

After the riots in 1992 and 2002, parts of cities notified under the law are in Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat Godhra, Himmatnagar, Kapadvanj and Bharuch. (Photo @vijayrupanibjp)

Updated on Jul 8, 2019 17:11 IST

33 quarantined Gir lions may never stalk the wild

The state forest department is now charting out a plan to use these lions for gene pool research, breeding, and animal exchange programmes between zoos.

Updated on Jul 1, 2019 02:44 IST

Surat fire toll rises to 22, one held

“Butani was among those who jumped off. He received some injuries on his hands,” said commissioner Sharma.

Updated on May 25, 2019 16:56 IST

17 teens die in Surat coaching centre fire; 15 jumped off building. Many survived

Students jumping out of windows from the top floor of the four-storey building to escape the blaze after a fire broke out on the second floor of a building in Sarthana area of Surat on Friday.

Updated on May 24, 2019 16:24 IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: BJP shakes off Patidar stir in Gujarat, farm crisis to take over home turf

Supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) celebrate the party's victory in the Lok Sabha elections, at party headquarters, in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

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Updated on May 23, 2019 19:15 IST

Ishrat Jahan case: Charges dropped against Gujarat former police officers DG Vanzara, NK Amin

A CBI court ordered dropping of charges against formerp police officers DG Vanzara (in pic) and NK Amin, saying that the probe agency couldn’t get the required sanction to prosecute the officers.

Updated on May 2, 2019 07:19 IST

Asaram’s son Narayan Sai convicted in rape case, sentencing on April 30

One of the women had accused Narayan Sai of repeated sexual assaults when they were living at Asaram’s ashram between 2002 and 2005 in Surat.

Updated on Apr 26, 2019 08:30 IST

Lok Sabha election 2019: ‘Voter ID more powerful than IED’, says PM Modi after casting vote in Ahmedabad

Prime Minister Narendra Modi shows his ink-marked finger after casting his vote outside a polling station during the third phase of general election in Ahmedabad, India, April 23, 2019.

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Updated on May 2, 2020 19:32 IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Saurashtra with 7 seats focus of all parties

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an election rally in Gujarat. All 26 seats of the state will vote in a single phase on April 23.

lok sabha election 2019

Updated on Apr 22, 2019 10:35 IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: With turncoats from Congress, BJP looks to regain ground in Saurashtra

Four-time lawmaker Jawahar Chavda won a cabinet berth after he quit the Congress a month ago to join the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gujarat.

lok sabha election 2019

Updated on Apr 20, 2019 03:39 IST

Alpesh Thakor resigns from Congress, says party ‘betrayed my community’

Thakor’s exit had been speculated for months. But the Gujarat legislator had insisted that he was upset with the party but not on his way out.

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Updated on Apr 10, 2019 17:38 IST

‘Tughlaq Road poll scam’, says PM Modi as he targets Congress over tax raids

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses an election rally in Junagadh, Gujarat on Wednesday.

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Updated on Apr 10, 2019 12:09 IST

‘This Lok Sabha election is all about Narendra Modi’: Vijay Rupani

The PM has earned the people’s confidence that he is a chowkidar, said Rupani.

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Updated on Apr 8, 2019 03:40 IST

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