Crippled by poverty and the coronavirus lockdown, Sunil's family in Dumrikhurd village in Chauri Chaura police station area was forced to conduct a dummy funeral for him, setting an effigy on fire.
Fresh sexual assault complaints have been registered against controversial self-styled godman Asaram Bapu and his son Narayan Sai in Surat after two sisters accused the duo of abusing them.
Migrants are no longer sure if they would be able to live by Modi's mantra of "Jaan Bhi Jahaan Bhi".
In a major setback to the Mumbai police, a court here today dropped the charges under stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act against the 23 persons arrested for having links with terrorist group Indian Mujahideen.
The movie, Padmavati, continues to be dogged by controversy.
In a bizarre incident, primary section students of a private school in Surat were compelled to parade barefoot on a bed of ignited coal and glass pieces, as a confidence building measure."Primary school students aged between 10 to 14 years of Riverdale Academy in Surat were paraded barefoot on a fire bed of coal and glass pieces, to help them gain confidence," revealed an employee of Riverdale School.
A roundup of the Vijay Hazare Trophy one-day matches played on Friday.
Ola and Uber said they have resumed services in areas within orange and green zones, and have introduced requirements like wearing masks to ensure safety of riders and driver partners.
The ministry of home affairs on Wednesday issued a fresh set of guidelines to let migrant workers, students, tourists and pilgrims stranded in different parts of the country to get back home.
Star of the match Deepti said her effort was the "best bowling performance" of her career.
The employers, many of whom had virtually abandoned the migrant labourers, are sending them train and even flight tickets to fetch them back as factories whir back to life, construction activities pick up and the sowing season sets in.
Surat resident Ashfaq Shaikh, a prime suspect, allegedly replaced his colleague Rohit Solanki's photo on the latter's Aadhaar card with his own. He also changed the birth date on the Aadhaar card.
With export orders going down, the textile industry in Surat has been feeling the heat of the global financial crunch.
Gujarat high court on Tuesday said there is prima facie case of sedition against Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel, while refusing to quash the FIR filed against him in Surat.
Migrant workers are leaving Gujarat, PM Modi's home state, as they have no work.
Devdutt Padikkal continued his terrific form ahead of the IPL with a third successive century as the defending champions stormed into the Vijay Hazare Trophy quarterfinals
The Congress, which described the note ban decision as the "biggest scam" and "the largest government-abetted money laundering scheme", has asked all its state units to organise protests, processions and marches to mark the day.
Kanubhai was a former NASA scientist and was famously captured in a photograph pulling Mahatma Gandhi's stave as he led the Salt Satyagraha at Dandi.
Kickstarting the Aam Aadmi Party's campaign for the 2017 Gujarat assembly polls, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday asked the people to get rid of "hooligans" and "corrupt" persons.
The impact of GST is particularly stark in the highly fragmented synthetic textile industry, which attracts different GST rates at different stages of production and sale
A compilation of results from the Vijay Hazare Trophy matches played on Saturday.
It took a lockdown for us in India to even recognise that the plight of migrants needs to be addressed. They were faceless and unrecognised. They were unappreciated and even hounded. They were poorly paid and exploited, notes Ramesh Menon.
A pall of gloom descended on the airport as the plane landed.
Entertainment! Entertainment! Entertainment! Amitabh Bachchan and Kapil Sharma make sure Surat had a blast at the grand premier of Kaun Banega Mahacrorepati.
'What Jaishankar says is simplistic.' 'The past does not matter that much.' 'If we think that it does it is because we are not good enough at running the nation competently today and are searching for excuses why,' argues Aakar Patel.
'We may have moved back three decades on the fiscal situation,' notes T N Ninan.
Jasprit Bumrah and Shikhar Dhawan are also back in both the squads, while pacer Mohammed Shami got a break from the T20 series.
The Students Islamic Movement of India activists arrested for their alleged involvement in the serial blasts in Ahmedabad on July 26 are also suspected to have planted bombs in Surat, Crime Branch officials said on Thursday.
Cautioning that there will be social and psychological consequences for the rest of the country too, Guha said the migrant tragedy could have been averted or at least minimised if Prime Minister Narendra Modi had given them a week's notice to return home before the lockdown kicked in.
Sreesanth, who was not shortlisted in IPL 2021 auction's final list, returned figures of five for 65 in his first List A game in more than eight years.
The 15-year-old Shafali, who was dismissed for a four-ball duck on her debut in the opening match, laid the foundation for a good total with a 33-ball innings, while Jemimah Rodrigues (33) provided the stablity, scoring a 22-ball 33.
Asserting that the way in which the entire country has fought the battle against coronavirus unitedly under Modi's leadership is laudable, BJP president J P Nadda asked party workers to spread the prime minister's message to light lamps or mobile phone torches at 9pm on Sunday among the masses.
'The world and India likely won't have a vaccine that is widely administered till the end of 2021.' 'In the meantime, clear communication would help,' observes Rahul Jacob.
Spinner Deepti Sharma bowled three maiden overs in her four-over quota, apart from taking three wickets, as the Indian women team edged past South Africa by 11 runs in the first T20 International.
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The national capital received heavy precipitation resulting in waterlogging on several roads and traffic jams at various intersections.
Opener Shikhar Dhawan was ruled out of the upcoming three-match T20I series against West Indies with an injury and was replaced by Kerala's wicketkeeper-batsman Sanju Samson.
In the Mumbai game, the spotlight was on Shaw, who proved his mettle, by toying with the Jharkhand attack
Veteran Mithali Raj's retirement from the T20 format paved the way for the induction of youngsters such as 15-year-old rookie Shafali Verma in the Indian women's team for the upcoming home T20 Internationals against South Africa.
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