Gujrat

The Railway ministry has ordered for a permanent closure of the 107-year-old Gujarat’s Billimora-Waghai heritage train, calling it "uneconomic". Started in 1913 by British, 63 Km narrow gauge train service was mainly used by the tribal to carry their vegetables to Billimora. Moreover, the labourers working in chickoo and mango farms of Billimora used this. However, the service has been stopped since the Covid-19 pandemic.

Rajkot police have registered a case against the chairman of Uday Shivanand COVID-19 hospital Dr prakash Modha, his son, and three doctors in the fire accident , which killed five patients. According to the police, the emergency-exit of the ICU was blocked and there was 'no adequate ventilation system'.… read-more

Eleven people died and 17 others have been hospitalised after two trucks collided on the Waghodia Crossing Highway on November 18 at Vadodara, Gujarat. The accident took place while the victims were travelling from Surat to Pavagadh. However, the deceased and injured has been admitted to Vadodara's Sayaji Hospital. Moreover, OM Birla, a member of Lok Sabha offered his condolences to the family members of the deceased.

Gujarat's Kutch district, a very high-risk seismic zone experienced a mild earthquake of 3.6 magnitudes on October 25 at 8:18 AM. Authorities from the Institute of Seismological Research, Gandhinagar claimed that the earthquake was detected with an epicentre 12 Km west-south-west of Anjar town in Kutch and had a depth of 19.5 Km. Reportedly, no injuries or destruction of property were recorded.

Students of Fashion Designing in Surat performed Garba in unique costumes made of PPE material. The creative performance was staged as the pandemic-imposed restrictions do not allow traditional Garba performances on a large scale, during Navratri. The head-to-toe hand-painted costumes which look similar to the traditional ones are colourful and have full-length skirts with sparkling dupattas. Reportedly,… read-more