Lucknow: The former Chief Minister of Gujarat and current Governor of Uttar Pradesh, Anandiben Patel, set a new record on July 29 by becoming the longest-serving Governor in the state’s history, completing six years in office. Patel, who served as the first and only woman Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2014 to 2016, now also holds the distinction of being the longest-serving Governor during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tenure at the Centre. However, she is still not among the country’s ...Read More

Ahmedabad: Indigo Airlines will launch Ahmedabad - Ghaziabad flight service from 20 July. This will be the first air connectivity between Ahmedabad and Ghaziabad which is located in Western Uttar Pradesh close to the national capital Delhi. In fact Ghaziabad is part of the Delhi National Capital Region (NCR). The airport which serves Ghaziabad is known as Hindon airport. Hindon airport is located 20 kms away from Connaught Place Delhi and 36 km away from the Delhi airport. The flight to Hindon a...Read More

Gandhinagar: Uttar Pradesh Urban Development Minister A.K. Sharma and Minister of State for Skill Development Kapil Dev Agrawal met Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Governor Acharya Devvrat in Gandhinagar on Sunday. During their meeting, the ministers presented the Gujarat CM with a symbolic Kumbh Kalash filled with Gangajal, the Mahakumbh 2025 logo, an invitation, Kumbh literature, and jaggery from Uttar Pradesh. A similar gesture was extended to Governor Devvrat at Raj Bhavan, along ...Read More

Surat: Due to an extraordinarily heavy rush of passengers at Udhna railway station in Surat, some people fainted for whom ambulances were arranged. The incident happened after chaos at the railway platform due to the heavy rush of passengers who were out to travel to their native places in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. According to Navsari Lok Sabha member CR Patil, the heavy rush was due to the arrival of passengers of several trains at the same time. Patil said there was 'dhakka-mukki', and some...Read More

Surat: The investigation in a recently unfolded bank fraud case involving Rs 92 lakh has now led to a busting of a racket involved in the production and sale of counterfeit documents validating Indian identities. The city police's economic offences cell has arrested two individuals, who were producing these documents for as little as Rs 15 to Rs 50. Preliminary investigations have revealed that a minimum of two lakh fake documents, verifying Indian identities, were made at a very low cost. Th...Read More

Ahmedabad: "I got caught in the love trap of a boy from another religion, and today my life is ruined. My younger sister also fell into the clutches of a boy from another religion to such an extent that she underwent not one, not two, not three, but five abortions. The boy from another religion took me to Uttar Pradesh under the pretext of marriage but kept me as a hostage for 7 years. He tortured me so much that even today, I shudder to remember those days. These are the words of a victim of lo...Read More

Gandhinagar: As many as 1700 cops of Gujarat Police participated in search operations in 17 jails of the State. The raids were carried out in a surprising manner and the cops were wearing body-worn cameras. The updates regarding this operation are being tracked more by the people in Uttar Pradesh (UP) than in Gujarat because UP mafia Atiq Ahmed is lodged in Sabarmati Jail in Ahmedabad and recently there were reports that he was freely using mobile phone in Sabarmati jail and execute his moti...Read More

Amdavad: A person identified as Omprakash Paswan from Ballia was detained by Uttar Pradesh Police for sending a letter threatening serial bomb blasts in Ahmedabad on Republic Day. Gujarat Police received a bomb threat letter on Wednesday, mentioning a serial blast to be carried out at around 11 AM on republic day in four places in the city including Kalupur Railway station and Gita Mandir Bus stand. The letter received by Commissioners' office had Paswan's name and phone number, which helped...Read More

Gandhinagar: As many as 22 investors from Ahmedabad signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) amounting to Rs 38,000 crores during the B2G meetings and roadshows organised at The Crowne Plaza Hotel on Friday. Through these MoUs, more than 50,000 employment opportunities will be created directly or indirectly in the state. At the same time, many other investors expressed their desire to invest thousands of crores in UP. These investors will finalize their investment by participating in the UP...Read More

Gandhinagar: In order to make Uttar Pradesh the ‘growth engine’ of New India and invite investors to the GIS-23, Team Yogi, which includes a group of ministers and senior officials, reached Ahmedabad on Thursday morning on a three-day visit to conduct meetings and a roadshow. Yogi’s team also met the delegation of the Torrent Pharma plant facility at The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Ahmedabad and explained to them in detail the merits of the state, the opportunities available in different sect...Read More