- ✴︎ 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.
Vande Bharat Parcel Train Hits 130 kmph on Ahmedabad-Mumbai Trial
A Vande Bharat freight EMU ran Ahmedabad to Mumbai at 130 kmph in RDSO trials. The railways have set no launch date or tariff for fast parcel services yet.
- ✴︎ Bhuj (Kutch)
Kutch Bustard Plan Aims for 30 Birds Where Only Three Females Remain
Gujarat’s new Great Indian Bustard plan wants 30 birds on up to 500 sq km of Kutch grassland. The wild population today is three females and no males.
- ✴︎ Surat
Surat Slips to Fifth in Clean Air Survey as PM10 Fails to Improve
Surat fell from first in 2024 to fifth in Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2026, losing marks on PM10 and industry fuels. Rajkot and Ahmedabad scored 187 and 186.
Tukda Dhara Rewrite: Gujarat Pardons 78 Years of Farm Plot Violations
Gujarat’s amended Tukda Dhara regularises farm plot sales that broke the 1947 law, sets a 10-guntha minimum and exempts cities. What landowners should know.
- ✴︎ Junagadh
Gujarat Lost 62 Lions to Disease in a Year, Nearly Half of Them Cubs
Disease killed 62 Asiatic lions, 28 of them cubs, in the year to July 2026, the forest minister told the Assembly. What the figure shows and leaves out.
Gujarat Gets 17 GW of Data Centre Proposals for a 7.5 GW Policy
Gujarat’s data centre policy has drawn 17 GW of interest, over twice its 7.5 GW first-phase target. Who gets picked, and why Porbandar and Surat matter.
