Gujarat S Saurashtra Region

Torrential downpours hit parts of Gujarat's Saurashtra regions today, causing flooding in low-lying areas and cutting off several villages, prompting authorities to move people to safer areas in many places.

Cyclone Biparjoy is expected to make landfall in Gujarat's Saurashtra and Kutch regions and adjoining Pakistan coasts tomorrow evening. The storm is currently located over the east-central Arabian Sea, about 350 kilometers southwest of Porbandar.

A region wise analysis of the Gujarat assembly results shows that the ruling BJP swept Saurashtra, winning 40 of 48 seats, regaining its hold over a region where the Congress held sway in 2017 polls, bagging as many as 28 seats.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will address a public rally at Veraval and offer prayers at a temple in Rajkot in Gujarat's Saurashtra region on Monday, a party official said.

Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal will address a public rally at Veraval and visit a temple in Rajkot in Gujarat's Saurashtra region on Monday, a party official said on Sunday.

The Russia-Ukraine war has adversely affected the livelihood of lakhs of workers of the diamond industry in Gujarat, especially in the Saurashtra region where many many units import small-size Russian diamonds for processing and polishing.

Even as the rain intensity reduced in parts of Saurashtra in Gujarat on Wednesday, a number of villages in the region remained cut off from the mainstream as the connecting roads were blocked due to flooding and power supply was disrupted.

Over 1,000 people have been evacuated from low-lying areas in Saurashtra in the last two day as heavy rains hit the region in Gujarat for the third consecutive day on Tuesday, an official said.

Flood waters swept away cattle in a Gujarat village after heavy and incessant rainfall in the state's Saurashtra region left many areas flooded. A video shared by news agency ANI, shows animals that appear to be buffalos getting washed away in a river of high-speed waters that filled the streets of a village in Rajkot district. At least at eight ca...

Rains are likely to continue till Wednesday in Kutch, Saurashtra and north Gujarat regions because of Cyclone Vayu's impact.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached his home turf Gujarat today for a two-day visit. In Saurashtra region's Jamnagar, the prime minister inaugurated various development projects and addressed a rally. From Jamnagar, PM Modi also visited Ahmedabad to inaugurate the first phase of the six-km-long Ahmedabad Metro service.

The BJP has won Gujarat again but was compelled to explain its lower margin of victory as the party stopped just shy of a 100 seats in the 182-member assembly in Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party chief Amit Shah's home state on Monday. The BJP needed 92 seats for a majority; it has won 99, 16 less than last time. The Congress went down fightin...

After a high-voltage polling campaign in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state, voting began at 8 am today for 89 seats of Saurashtra and South Gujarat regions as first phase of assembly elections begins in Gujarat. The polling ends at 5 pm.

Dhiru Vara, a 45-year-old farmer from Savarkundla, is clear which way he would vote in the coming assembly elections. In Amreli and Bhavnagar - located in the politically important Saurashtra region -- farmers like him, most of them Patidars, are visibly upset with the government. And the face of Patidar agitation, 24-year-old Hardik Patel, has rai...

Both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi are campaigning today in Gujarat's vast Saurashtra region, pockets of which are dominated by the Patel community whose backing both their parties hope to get in next month's assembly elections. PM Modi launched first of his four rallies today in Morbi, which has a high conce...

Torrential downpours hit parts of Gujarat's Saurashtra regions today, causing flooding in low-lying areas and cutting off several villages, prompting authorities to move people to safer areas in many places.

Cyclone Biparjoy is expected to make landfall in Gujarat's Saurashtra and Kutch regions and adjoining Pakistan coasts tomorrow evening. The storm is currently located over the east-central Arabian Sea, about 350 kilometers southwest of Porbandar.

A region wise analysis of the Gujarat assembly results shows that the ruling BJP swept Saurashtra, winning 40 of 48 seats, regaining its hold over a region where the Congress held sway in 2017 polls, bagging as many as 28 seats.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will address a public rally at Veraval and offer prayers at a temple in Rajkot in Gujarat's Saurashtra region on Monday, a party official said.

Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal will address a public rally at Veraval and visit a temple in Rajkot in Gujarat's Saurashtra region on Monday, a party official said on Sunday.

The Russia-Ukraine war has adversely affected the livelihood of lakhs of workers of the diamond industry in Gujarat, especially in the Saurashtra region where many many units import small-size Russian diamonds for processing and polishing.

Even as the rain intensity reduced in parts of Saurashtra in Gujarat on Wednesday, a number of villages in the region remained cut off from the mainstream as the connecting roads were blocked due to flooding and power supply was disrupted.

Over 1,000 people have been evacuated from low-lying areas in Saurashtra in the last two day as heavy rains hit the region in Gujarat for the third consecutive day on Tuesday, an official said.

Flood waters swept away cattle in a Gujarat village after heavy and incessant rainfall in the state's Saurashtra region left many areas flooded. A video shared by news agency ANI, shows animals that appear to be buffalos getting washed away in a river of high-speed waters that filled the streets of a village in Rajkot district. At least at eight ca...

Rains are likely to continue till Wednesday in Kutch, Saurashtra and north Gujarat regions because of Cyclone Vayu's impact.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached his home turf Gujarat today for a two-day visit. In Saurashtra region's Jamnagar, the prime minister inaugurated various development projects and addressed a rally. From Jamnagar, PM Modi also visited Ahmedabad to inaugurate the first phase of the six-km-long Ahmedabad Metro service.

The BJP has won Gujarat again but was compelled to explain its lower margin of victory as the party stopped just shy of a 100 seats in the 182-member assembly in Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party chief Amit Shah's home state on Monday. The BJP needed 92 seats for a majority; it has won 99, 16 less than last time. The Congress went down fightin...

After a high-voltage polling campaign in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state, voting began at 8 am today for 89 seats of Saurashtra and South Gujarat regions as first phase of assembly elections begins in Gujarat. The polling ends at 5 pm.

Dhiru Vara, a 45-year-old farmer from Savarkundla, is clear which way he would vote in the coming assembly elections. In Amreli and Bhavnagar - located in the politically important Saurashtra region -- farmers like him, most of them Patidars, are visibly upset with the government. And the face of Patidar agitation, 24-year-old Hardik Patel, has rai...

Both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi are campaigning today in Gujarat's vast Saurashtra region, pockets of which are dominated by the Patel community whose backing both their parties hope to get in next month's assembly elections. PM Modi launched first of his four rallies today in Morbi, which has a high conce...