- ✴︎ Surat

Surat Transport Hub Is Half Built, With Opening Pushed to Late 2027
Surat’s multi-modal transport hub at the railway station is 51% done in Phase 1, and the target has moved to December 2027, a year later than planned.
- ✴︎ Vadodara

Vadodara Moves to Renew Third-Party Checks on Rs 10 Lakh-Plus Works
VMC’s general board meets on September 20 to decide on outside inspectors for civic works above Rs 10 lakh, months after the old contracts ran out.
- ✴︎ Mehasana

Modhera Sun Temple Gets a Rs 100 Coin for Its 1,000th Year
The Centre has notified a Rs 100 coin dated 1026-2026 for the Modhera Sun Temple in Mehsana. What the coin shows and why the temple’s date matters.

GIFT City Jumps Nine Places to 37th in Global Financial Centres Index
GIFT City rose from 46th to 37th in the September 2026 Global Financial Centres Index. What the survey-based ranking measures and what it means for Gujarat.
- ✴︎ Surat

Suchi Semicon Starts Chip Output at Palsana, Surat’s First Chip Plant
Suchi Semicon’s Rs 868 crore chip packaging plant at Palsana has begun commercial output. What it makes and what it could mean for Surat’s industry.
- ✴︎ Vadodara

New Gambhira Bridge Opens Sept 20, 14 Months After the Mahi Collapse
The Rs 212 crore bridge over the Mahi at Mujpur restores the Padra-Anand link cut by the July 2025 collapse. What changed, and what questions remain open.
- ✴︎ Junagadh

Junagadh Fake Milk Case Exposes a Gap at Village Dairies
Junagadh police say a Dungarpur man mixed palmolein and milk powder into about 800 litres of milk a day for months. What the case shows about testing.
- ✴︎ Gandhinagar

Gandhinagar Votes October 11, Six Months After Gujarat’s Other Cities
Gandhinagar picks 44 corporators across 11 wards on October 11, with counting on October 13. The capital votes alone after the April civic polls elsewhere.
- ✴︎ Ahmedabad

AMC Names FSI and Height Limits in Rs 1,010 Crore Plot Auction
Ahmedabad’s civic body is auctioning nine plots for Rs 1,010 crore and, for the first time, telling bidders upfront how tall they may build.

Rain Finally Reaches Kutch, Gujarat’s Driest District This Monsoon
Kutch sat 70% short of its seasonal rain until this week. Two days of heavy showers changed the rainfall figures, but not yet the water in its dams.

Salt Container Train Leaves Kutch as Gujarat Gets Five Cargo Terminals
India’s first salt container train ran from Kutch to Mithapur in stainless steel boxes, and Gujarat got five Gati Shakti cargo terminals on the same day.
- ✴︎ Politics

Gujarat’s Child Protection Policy Makes Reporting Abuse a Duty
Gujarat’s Child Protection Policy-2026 makes reporting suspected abuse a duty, requires police checks on staff who work with children, and covers online harm.
