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Thursday, January 15, 2026
TopicGujarat

Topic: Gujarat

Gujarat cabinet expansion: 6 ministers retained, 19 new faces, Harsh Sanghavi is deputy CM

Governor Devvrat administers oath to 25 ministers. Sanghavi, former MoS Home, is a 3-time Gujarat MLA from Majura constituency. Cabinet strength now at 26, including CM Bhupendra Patel.

BJP playbook, with a twist: (Almost) entire Gujarat cabinet resigns ahead of local polls

16 cabinet ministers quit, new council to be sworn in Friday. After recent controversies, the BJP wants to plug perceived inefficiencies and holes in the administration, say sources.

TN planning body lauds ‘Dravidian model’, asks govt to take cue from Gujarat, others for start-up reforms

State Planning Commission's report on ‘Start-up Ecosystem in Tamil Nadu' calls for regulatory reforms, while referring to well received schemes in states like Gujarat, Odisha, Kerala, etc.

Muslims at garba—whenever a festival becomes exclusionary, we lose a piece of India

Conservative clerics warned Muslims against garba as impermissible; now Hindu right-wing groups call their presence provocative—different reasons, same outcome.

Delhi-NCR garba comes with Punjabi tadka. Yet Gujarat never felt closer

From Purana Quila hosting the first-ever dandiya at any monument in Delhi to the Global Garba Festival at Sunder Nursery, Delhi residents are spoilt for choice.

One killed, several hospitalised after gas leak at Gujarat Fluorochemicals factory in Ranjitnagar

Gujarat Fluorochemicals said the leak was caused due to a minor rupture in the gas pipeline and it was a temporary disruption that is being probed by the company.

3 engineering students die, 8 others injured after SUV overturns in Gujarat’s Rajkot

The accident occurred near Jangvad village in Jasdan taluka when a group of students was travelling to Diu. The one who was driving lost control of the vehicle at a bend.

PM Modi flags off Suzuki’s first global battery electric vehicle ‘e-VITARA’ in Ahemdabad

The Made-in-India Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) will be exported to over 100 countries, including Europe and Japan, making India Suzuki’s global hub for EV production.

VHP, Bajrang Dal’s Garba action plan—women helpline to report harassment, prevent ‘love jihad’ 

In Surat, Bajrang Dal asked organisers to ensure those performing are not scantily clad. It said those attending should also refrain from wearing ‘backless’, ‘deep neck’ outfits.

Man rescued as car swept away in Gujarat’s Valsad, wife & child among 4 missing

Car was swept away in Desai Creek after high water levels due to rain. National Disaster Response Force has launched a search operation.

On Camera

Geoeconomic confrontation top trigger for global crisis, cyber insecurity biggest risk for India—WEF

WEF report flags growing erosion of multilateralism, long considered stabilising force. 'Declining trust, heightened protectionism are threatening trade, investment.'

The curious case of Pakistan’s JF-17 ‘orders’

Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines. 

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.