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Surat's diamond exporters cheered a February tariff cut, but a new US duty that took effect in July has erased much of that relief.

Unjha traders handle most of India's isabgol exports, but an unresolved GST question on seed purchases keeps locking up their working capital.

Gujarat's Saputara Monsoon Festival 2026 runs through August 29, built around Dangi tribal culture. Last year it drew 2.61 lakh visitors. Here's the context.

Gujarat will install 20,000 more household biogas plants in 2026-27, building on 14,000 already running under the GOBARdhan scheme. What it means for farmers.

VUDA has drafted two town planning schemes for Padra covering 246 hectares, the town's first new schemes in over three decades. Here's what changes.

The DRI has seized 364 tonnes of Pakistan-origin dry dates at Kandla Port after importers allegedly relabelled them as UAE goods to dodge India's import ban.

Ahmedabad's education officer has permitted schools to hold optional Sunday classes this month, aiming to make up syllabus time lost to repeated monsoon holidays.

A new broad-gauge line between Aliyawada and Jamnagar clears its safety inspection on August 7, marking a milestone in the long-delayed Rajkot-Kanalus doubling project.

A new spell of extreme rain has killed four people and forced over 16,500 evacuations across Gujarat, with five districts under red alert.

Gujarat has folded two overlapping taluka-level planning bodies into one 18-member committee, aiming to speed up rural development approvals.

Pavagadh's temple trust has urged pilgrims to skip the hill on July 31 and August 1, the latest sign Gujarat's shrines are tightening monsoon access.

Mehsana Urban Cooperative Bank has flagged a fresh Rs 10.88 crore mortgage fraud, less than a year after its own CEO was arrested in a Rs 64 crore loan scam.