Gujarat Village

Vadnagar Awaits Return Of Their Son As Prime Minister

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday October 7, 2017

People in Vadnagar, the ancestral village of Narendra Modi, eagerly await his first visit as prime minister.

Gujarat Teen Behind 'Mr Dalit' Campaign Faked The Attack, Say Police

India News | Written by Rohit Bhan | Saturday October 7, 2017

After Dalit teen Digant Maheria told the police that he had been slashed with a blade by two men on a motorcycle while returning from school in his village in Gujarat earlier this week, hundreds of Dalit men from neighbouring villages changed their WhatsApp display pictures in protest to photos of a large moustache with Mr Dalit written under it. I...

Amit Shah Skips Kerala In Abrupt Sked Change, Meets PM Modi, Arun Jaitley In Delhi

India News | Reported by Akhilesh Sharma, Sunetra Coudhury and Edited by Shuchi Shukla | Friday October 6, 2017

BJP chief Amit Shah today skipped a visit to Kerala, opting out of a walk through Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's village as part of the party's 15-day yatra in the state. He flew instead to Delhi from Mangalore this morning for a key meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

'Mr Dalit' Protest On WhatsApp After Attacks in Gujarat Over Moustache

India News | Reported by Rohit Bhan, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Wednesday October 4, 2017

Digant Maheria, 17, was walking back from school in Gujarat's Limbodara village on Tuesday when two unidentified men drove up on a motorcycle and slashed his back with a blade. Digant is a cousin of Piyush Parmar, one of two Dalit men who were beaten up in the village last week for wearing a moustache. The attackers were allegedly Rajput men who sa...

Gujarat Dalit Attacked After Cousin Was Thrashed Allegedly Over Moustache

Ahmedabad News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday October 4, 2017

The cousin of one of the two Dalit men thrashed last week allegedly for sporting a moustache in a village near Gandhinagar in Gujarat was on Tuesday allegedly attacked by two unidentified men, police said.

2 Dalit Men Thrashed Allegedly For 'Sporting Moustache' In Gujarat

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday October 2, 2017

Two Dalit men at a village near Gandhinagar in Gujarat were allegedly thrashed by members of the Rajput community for "sporting a moustache" in two separate incidents, the police said yesterday

Watch: 7-Foot Python Spotted In Gujarat Village, Rescued

Offbeat | NDTV Offbeat Desk | Monday August 21, 2017

A huge python, 7-foot-long, was rescued yesterday by forest officials from a village in Gujarat.

Gulp. CCTV Shows Evening Stroll Of Gir Lions Through Village

Offbeat | Reported by Rohit Bhan, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Thursday August 17, 2017

Villagers in Saurashtra who live near the famous Gir sanctuary in Gujarat found 12 lions walking through their neighbourhood on Tuesday night.

In Gujarat, The Flood-Affected Ask Where Are The Lawmakers

India News | Written by Rohit Bhan | Wednesday August 2, 2017

A week after he lost 14 members of his family in Khariya village in north Gujarat in one of the worst floods in the region, 35-year-old Javanji Sangram today returned to rubble, what once used to be his home.

17 Members Of Same Gujarat Family Found Dead In Floods: Police

India News | Agence France-Presse | Wednesday July 26, 2017

17 members of the same family were found dead today as floodwaters receded from a village in Gujarat, officials said, as the death toll from the state-wide disaster climbed above 110.

Air Force Rescues Pregnant Woman, New-Born Twins With Mother From Flooded Village

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday July 24, 2017

The Indian Air Force safely evacuated a woman and her new-born twins along with another pregnant woman from Nana Matra village in Vinchia tehsil of Rajkot district of Gujarat which was flooded due to heavy rains.

9 Killed As Bus Carrying Pilgrims Overturns Near Udaipur

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday July 22, 2017

Nine people, including six women, were killed and 22 injured when a bus carrying pilgrims from Gujarat overturned near Udaipur today, police said.

Fisherman's Wife Seeks Government's Help To Get His Body From Pak

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday July 20, 2017

A 30-year-old woman from a village in Gujarat has sought the help External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to bring back the body of her husband, who she claimed has died at a jail in Pakistan.

In Gujarat, Woman Delivers Baby In Ambulance Surrounded By 12 Lions

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday July 1, 2017

Manguben Makwana will never forget the night of June 29. The 32-year-old delivered a baby in the vicinity of the Gir forest in an ambulance after midnight - but that was not all.

Man Throws Bangles At Union Minister Smriti Irani In Gujarat

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday June 13, 2017

A man was today detained by the police for throwing bangles at Union minister Smriti Irani while she was addressing a function at Amreli town in Gujarat. The man, in his mid-20s, was identified as Ketan Kaswala, a resident of Mota Bhandaria village in Amreli district, the police said.

In Congress Stronghold, Amit Shah Sets 150-Seat Target For BJP In Gujarat

India News | Written by Rohit Bhan | Thursday June 1, 2017

Workers of the BJP will fan out in 48,000 booths to reach the maximum number of people before assembly elections Gujarat, as the party seeks to retain the state for the sixth time. The target is to win 150 of Gujarat's 182 seats, said BJP chief Amit Shah on Wednesday, offering a simple formula.

Gujarat Government To Provide Water By Tankers To 137 Villages

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday May 4, 2017

The Gujarat government on Wednesday decided to provide water by tankers to 137 village of the state.

'5,000-Strong Crowd Came With Pistols, Weapons': A Gujarat Village, Seared

India News | Written by Rohit Bhan | Tuesday March 28, 2017

The stream of mourners at the home of Ibrahim Belim has not thinned since the weekend, when a crowd of about 5,000 people attacked the main Muslim neighbourhood in the village of Vadavali in north Gujarat

13 Arrested For Communal Clash In Gujarat's Patan District

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday March 27, 2017

13 people have been arrested in connection with the communal violence which broke out in a village in Gujarat's Patan district on Saturday.

High Security In Gujarat's Patan After Communal Clashes Kill 1, Injure 6

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday March 26, 2017

Security was today stepped up in the communal violence-hit Vadavali village in Patan district where one person was killed after clashes even as members of the two communities lodged cross FIRs against 45 persons.

UP Election 2017: On Train From Mumbai, Young Men Who Didn't Find Jobs In State Return To Vote

India News | Written by Alok Pandey | Thursday March 2, 2017

By the time the Lokmanya Tilak - Gorakhpur Express, a daily train from Mumbai to eastern Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur town, pulls up at Gonda, 19-year old Rajesh Kumar Gupta has already spent 27 hours in it, a long ride back to his village in Gorakhpur for Thursday's voting. He lives and works in Mumbai along with his two older brothers, while their p...

UP Elections 2017: With 'Gujarat's Donkeys', Akhilesh Yadav's Dig At PM Narendra Modi, Amitabh Bachchan

India News | NDTV News Desk | Monday February 20, 2017

Akhilesh Yadav's outrageous dig today, apparently at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Gujarat, featured Amitabh Bachchan and donkeys. "I request the century's biggest superstar, please don't do any ad campaigns for Gujarat's gadhas (donkeys)," the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister said while campaigning in Raebareli.

Leopard Beaten To Death, Burnt In Gujarat Village, One Detained

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday February 19, 2017

A leopard was allegedly beaten to death after it injured a person, and the wild animal's carcass was then dumped in a river and later taken out and burnt, a forest official said today.

Teen Allegedly Confined In 8X8 Pit, Raped For Over 3 Weeks In Gujarat

Cities | Press Trust of India | Tuesday December 27, 2016

In a shocking incident, a 15-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped and forcibly confined in a farm pit for over three weeks in November and raped repeatedly by a teenager at Kotda Nayani village of Morbi district in Gujarat before she was freed earlier this month, police said today.

Manish Sisodia For CBI Probe Into Rape And Murder Of Gujarat Woman

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday December 27, 2016

Delhi deputy Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia on Monday visited family members of a woman who was allegedly raped and murdered at Mandvi village in Bhavnagar district earlier this month and sought a CBI investigation.

Lioness Strays Into Village; Captured In Amreli District Of Gujarat

India News | Edited by Nonika Marwaha | Wednesday December 21, 2016

An Asiatic lioness, which had entered the Virpur-Gadhia village in Amreli district of Gujarat was captured and sent to Jasadhar medical centre for treatment, a senior forest department official said today.

Gujarat To Have Wagah-Like Border Viewing Point

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday December 14, 2016

On the lines of Wagah Border point, the famous tourist attraction in Punjab, Gujarat would soon have its own "Border Viewing Centre" near Suigam, a village near the Indo-Pak border in Banaskantha district.

Girl Injured In Celebratory Firing At Wedding In Gujarat

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday December 6, 2016

A 20-year-old girl was seriously injured in a celebratory firing during a wedding at Pipardi village in Botad district of Gujarat today, police said.

Gujarat Village Thumbs Nose At Cash Crunch, Pays Through SMS

India News | Written by Rohit Bhan | Friday November 18, 2016

A tiny village in Gujarat could not be less bothered about the great cash crunch that's giving the rest of India sleepless nights, sometimes literally, waiting in queue outside ATMs. The people of Akodara are making their payments, even for sums as small as Rs 10, through a simple phone text message.

No Good Son Will Ever Want This: Congress On PM Modi's Mother Visiting Bank

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday November 15, 2016

Congress today targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi after his 97-year-old mother Hiraba visited a bank at her village in Gujarat to replace now-defunct banknotes with new ones, saying "no good son" would ever want this.