In a series of tweets on Wednesday, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot questioned why Gujarat CM had not sought cooperation of bordering states for preventing alleged liquor-smuggling into Gujarat. Rupani had earlier objected to Gehlot’s claim that liquor consumption... read more

The decision to postpone the implementation of the Act comes after reports about not having enough pollution under control centers, black marketing of helmets and heavy rush for getting or renewing driving licence. read more

The BJP-ruled Gujarat government had announced a drastic cut even as the Centre was justifying the steep fine amounts under the amended MV Act. read more

The move comes a day after Odisha announced a moratorium on the implementation of the new fines following clashes over the weekend after an aggressive protest from people against the steep hike in traffic fines. read more

Gujarat is the first state to roll back some of the penalties and introduce different penalties for the same set of traffic violations. read more

Local reservations undermine constitutional rights, and discourage the private sector. read more

A better way to engage with the private sector would be to make the youth of a state employable with proper investments in education, health and skill development read more

Following a meeting with top officials in Gandhinagar, Rupani asked the authorities to let around 2.75 lakh people who had been shifted to safety to return to their homes. read more

After touching Gujarat coast, the cyclone is likely to move parallel to Saurashtra and Kutch, bringing rain to Amreli, Gir Somnath, Diu, Junagarh, Porbandar, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Dwarka and Kutch. read more

Chief Minister Vijay Rupani inaugurated the centre which will track the attendance of students and teachers and allow officials to make data entry from schools they go to inspect through GPS-enabled tablets. read more

Twenty-two students, including 18 girls, of an art and craft coaching institute died in the devastating fire that engulfed the four-storeyed Takshashila Arcade in Sarthana area of Surat on Friday. read more

Gujarat’s chief secretary Dr J N Singh said that the government will conduct fire safety audit of all the commercial buildings in the state and ensure that in future no such incident happens. read more

Municipal Commissioner M Thenarasan told reporters that Surat’s Deputy Chief Fire Officer S.K. Acharya and Fire Officer Kirti Modh were suspended with immediate effect on charges of not taking action against the Takshashila Arcade where Friday’s blaze... read more

Police said Butani was present at the institute when the fire broke out, possibly because of a short-circuit in the basement of the building, and engulfed the only wooden staircase leading to the third and fourth floors. read more

There were at least 60 students in four different coaching centres at Taxshila Arcade in Gujarat’s Surat when the fire broke out there around 4 pm on Friday. read more