Ahmedabad

Vaghela, 80, who currently heads a little-known political outfit called the the Praja Shakti Democratic Party (PSDP), issued a statement in which he claimed that many Congress workers and leaders have been urging him to return to the party.

IPL will feature 10 teams from the 2022 edition, with the BCCI approving the decision in the Annual General Body meeting held in Ahmedabad on Thursday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet members of the farming community, including Sikh cultivators in Gujarat, during a visit to Kutch district on Tuesday.

The AAP has also appointed Gopal Italia, who had hurled a shoe at Minister of State for Home Pradipsinh Jadeja in 2017 alleging corruption in the state government, as its state convener

The service was suspended less than a month after it was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 31 to mark the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, to whom the 182-metre tall statue is dedicated.

The fire broke out in the ICU of Uday Shivanand Hospital in Mavdi area, where 33 patients were admitted, around 1 am on Friday.

The Sola civil hospital is one of the 130 centres across the country where the third phase of clinical trials of Covaxin would be conducted, said H G Koshia, Commissioner, Gujarat Food and Drug Control Administration (FDCA).

Voting for the eight seats was held on November 3 and counting of ballots was taken up on Tuesday. The Congress, disappointed by the results, said they had expected voters will teach a lesson to party MLAs who resigned and switched sides.

The 92-year-old BJP stalwart died here on Thursday morning due to prolonged illness. Modi paid rich tributes to Patel through a series of tweets and said the veteran leader had mentored and groomed many younger workers, including him.

Often called the "grand old man" of the BJP in Gujarat, he mentored a generation of BJP leaders including Narendra Modi, who succeeded him in the state as chief minister and later went on to become the prime minister.

Atiq Ahmed, who is currently lodged in Ahmedabad jail in Gujarat in a 2016 murder case, had earlier filed a petition to be exempted from being personally present at the court.

Devotees offer cigarettes and roses at the shrine,which happens to be the 'samadhi of Aghori Dada', every Thursday.

Remdesivir is in high demand and dealers are supposed to keep record of sales of the drug, which can only be sold against doctors’ prescriptions.

Ahmedabad and Surat cities have been affected most by the pandemic in the state.

All religious places, hotels and restaurants, shopping malls, and street vendors will be allowed to operate as per the standard operating procedure (SOP) issued earlier, the guidelines stated.

With 535 patients getting discharged in the day, the number of recovered cases rose to 18,702.