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

When asked about the status of the long-pending Water Policy, JP Gupta, Principal Secretary, Narmada, Water Resources and Water Supply department, said it will be announced soon. read more

Ahead of Monday’s election, parties hold road shows and bike rallies criss-crossing constituencies; leaders woo voters one last time read more

Political bigwigs, including PM Modi, BJP president Shah, party veteran LK Advani, Union finance minister Arun Jaitley, Congress leader Ahmed Patel and Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani, among others, exercised their franchise in the state. read more

“People want an end to terrorism and only Modi can lead this fight. People have made up their mind to re-elect him as PM,” said Vijay Rupani. read more

The airline said the passes featuring the photographs, which were third-party advertisements, would be withdrawn if they are found to be in violation of the Model Code of Conduct. read more

Vijay Rupani attacked Congress leader Sam Pitroda for demanding proof of the Balakot airstrike. read more

Within 24 hours of resigning as Congress MLA from Manavadar, Jawahar Chavda took oath of office and earned a berth in the cabinet. Jamnagar North MLA Dhavalsinh Jadeja, who defected from the Congress in 2017 ahead of Rajya Sabha polls, was inducted as... read more