The state's COVID-19 tally rose to 1,001,563 cases
Gujarat captain Sunil Kumar scored a High 5, while raider Mahendra Rajput picked 9 points
The caseload in the state rose to 977,078
Ahmedabad city alone accounted for 5,998 new cases
Ahmedabad city recorded the highest number of infections - 3,090
The decision to put a cap on participation at such events was taken by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel after reviewing the current coronavirus situation during a core committee meeting in Gandhinagar
While 1,300 teachers will be recruited for Classes I to V, nearly 2,000 teachers will be taken in for Classes VI to VIII
The number of people who have recovered from the infection caused by the Omicron variant rose to 186
The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) apprehended a Pakistani boat with 10 crew members on board in the Indian waters off the Gujarat coast
Five people were killed and 10 others injured after a minivan hit an unidentified vehicle near Dholka town in Gujarat's Ahmedabad district, police said on Sunday. The accident took place on a state highway late Saturday night when the van passengers were going from Vadodara to offer prayers at a temple in Botad district, an official from Dholka town police station said. "The speeding minivan hit the other vehicle from behind. Five van occupants died on the spot. Ten other van passengers were taken to a hospital where they are undergoing treatment," the official said. The deceased included three women and two men. The van driver was among those killed in the accident, the official said, adding that the police were yet to identify the vehicle which was hit by the van. The victims were in the age group of 27 to 48 years, the police said.
Ahmedabad city accounts for a total of 105 cases of Omicron, out of which 75 have recovered
According to the police, an amount of approximately Rs 7 lakhs was spent on the birthday celebrations of the dog named Abby.
Tension between Mr Vij, a six-term BJP MLA, and the chief minister is not new
However, offline classes for standard 10 onwards in schools till post-graduate programmes in colleges
Six people have died and 20 others have been hospitalised in an incident of a gas leak at a company in Sachin GIDC area of Gujarat's Surat on Thursday."Six people died and 20 others were admitted to the civil hospital after gas leakage at a company in Sachin GIDC area of Surat early morning today," the In-Charge Superintendent of the hospital, Dr Omkar Chaudhary informed.Further details are awaited.
Fresh Covid cases in Gujarat zoomed to 3,350 on Wednesday, taking the states overall tally to 8,40,643, with Ahmedabad alone accounting for almost half of the fresh cases at 1,660
On the other hand, 16 patients of this coronavirus variant were discharged from hospitals, which took the total of Omicron infection recoveries to 112
The Gujarat government on Tuesday announced a 20 per cent reduction in value-added tax (VAT) on aviation turbine fuel (ATF) to bring the levy at 5 per cent in a move to boost tourism in the state.
Both the plants will see an investment of Rs 7,500 crore each
The number of active cases crossed the 4,000-mark and reached 4,753 in the state