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Market cap of 16 Guj cos up Rs 6.57L cr in 2 mnths
2022-08-18T06:07:51+05:30As the BSE sensex reclaimed the 60,000-mark, Gujarat Inc gained big time too. The market cap of some 16 Gujarat-based corporates went up by Rs 6.57 lakh crore over a two-month period from June 17 to August 17. The BSE sensex closed at 60,260.13 on Wednesday against the low of 51,360.42 on June 17, up 17.3% over a two-month period. This was the seventh consecutive day of gains for the BSE sensex.
Read MoreGuj ATS detains 6 over 225-kg mephedrone seizure
2022-08-18T07:20:07+05:30Officers of the Gujarat anti-terrorist squad (ATS) on Wednesday said they have detained six persons in connection with the seizure of 225kg of mephedrone worth Rs 1,125 crore during a raid on an under-construction factory near Vadodara city.
Read MoreAwaiting deportation, 6 from Guj 'working' in US
2022-08-18T08:30:03+05:30Adamant on living the American dream despite surviving a nightmare, six illegal immigrants awaiting deportation to India are learnt to have taken up jobs in the US unlawfully, said police sources. These men, all from north Gujarat, had nearly drowned in the St Regis while illegally crossing over to the US in April. They were rescued by the agencies of Canada and the US from a sinking boat.
Read MoreAhd: Man stops to urinate, 'relieved' of scooter
2022-08-18T05:57:30+05:30Kubernagar-resident Akshay Panchal had to fight an eight-year-long legal battle to get insurance money for his two-wheeler, which was stolen when he stopped to relieve himself by the roadside and left the key in the ignition as he got busy talking on his mobile phone.
Read MoreGujarat's first lung transplant plan now live
2022-08-18T06:16:00+05:30Officials at KD Hospital on Wednesday announced Gujarat's first lung transplant programme, under its Advanced Lung Disease Clinic. Till now, lungs retrieved from cadaver donations had been sent outside the state for transplants.
Read MoreAhmedabad records 123 new Covid cases
2022-08-18T06:23:49+05:30The city on Wednesday recorded 123 new Covid cases, taking the active cases to 1,099. After two days, the city did not record any Covid patient's death.
Read MoreSort out stray cattle issue, CM tells officers
2022-08-18T06:20:32+05:30Chief minister Bhupendra Patel directed officers of the urban development department to take strict action to keep stray cattle away from roads and public places.
Read MoreReal battle between Cong, BJP: Ashok Gehlot
2022-08-17T21:19:38+05:30Expressing confidence about the Congress winning the Assembly polls due by the year-end, he attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), saying people have now understood the "hollowness" of the famed 'Gujarat Model' of development.
Read MoreGujarat okays Rs 37 cr for GMC infra work
2022-08-17T20:54:16+05:30Thus, a total of Rs 37 crore have been approved.
Read More14 fishermen rescued by Indian Coast Guard
2022-08-17T19:25:40+05:30In a rescue operation undertaken in extreme weather and sea conditions Indian Coast Guard team from Daman airlifted 14 fishermen from a fishing boat Tulsi Devi off Valsad coast on Wednesday.
Read MoreBilkis case: 'Empty words won't help women'
2022-08-17T18:29:12+05:30All the 11 convicts serving a life sentence for the post-Godhra Bilkis Bano gang rape and murder of seven members of her family walked out of Godhra sub-jail on Monday after the state government allowed their release under its remission policy.
Read More4,000 litres of spurious milk seized in Rajkot
2022-08-17T08:22:19+05:30The Rajkot local crime branch (LCB) seized a tanker ferrying 4,000 litres of spurious milk near Greenland Crossroads and arrested two persons.Acting on specific information, a team of LCB kept a watch and stopped the tanker for checking.
Read MoreGujarat: Leopard kills 4-year-old in Panchmahal
2022-08-17T08:32:02+05:30A four-year-old boy was mauled to death by a leopard in Malu village of Panchmahal’s Ghoghamba taluka after Monday midnight.The boy, Amit Rathwa’s body, was recovered with head separated, near the village after a few hours.
Read MoreCotton prices heading towards Rs 1 lakh mark again
2022-08-17T08:14:33+05:30Unprecedented ups and downs in Indian cotton prices continue as, after a sharp decline in July, cotton prices have risen to Rs 96,000 per candy (356kg). Experts believe it will once again touch Rs 1 lakh per candy.
Read MoreAhmedabad receives 96% of seasonal rain
2022-08-17T08:14:45+05:30Commuters faced problems in the city after incessant rain in the morning and evening hours caused traffic jams in several areas. The city received 36mm of rainfall till 10pm on Tuesday. Waterlogging was also reported in many areas in west Ahmedabad.
Read MoreRs 2,000 crore drugs seized in 2 raids in Gujarat
2022-08-17T05:42:02+05:30Mephedrone worth nearly Rs 2,000 crore was seized in two separate raids carried out by Gujarat ATS and Mumbai's anti-narcotic cell (ANC) near Vadodara and Anklekshwar respectively. The drugs have been seized in the two days since August 13.
Read MoreGuj woman (63) defies arthritis to conquer Himalayas!
2022-08-17T05:44:18+05:30Four years ago, she was diagnosed with osteoarthritis and doctors advised her to never trek in her life. Defying the medicos, Gangotri Soneji, a Barodian, didn't just trek but conquered the Himalayas. And that too at the age of 63!
Read MoreFed up with hubby's torture, woman kills nephew
2022-08-17T05:45:34+05:30Had it not been for stray dogs, the gruesome murder of a one-year-old boy could have got buried for ever.
Read MoreBizman's son kidnapped for Rs 15cr ransom rescued
2022-08-17T06:21:10+05:30A city-based industrialist's 25-year-old son was rescued in less than 10 hours of being kidnapped allegedly by four people who were nabbed along with two others who had plotted the abduction.
Read MoreKejri promises free and good education in Guj
2022-08-16T19:31:17+05:30Asserting that enhancing education quality of state-run schools will help eradicate poverty, Kejriwal said it is possible to secure the future of 53 lakh students who attend government schools in Gujarat like he has done with 18 lakh pupils going to such institutes in Delhi, where his party AAP is in power.
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