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Ahmedabad

Government and Policy

Union cabinet approves India’s first semi-high-speed rail project between Ahmedabad and Dholera, to act as a reference model for building semi-high-speed rail networks

OpIndia Staff - 13 May, 2026

In a significant boost to India's railway modernisation, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today approved the...

Professor Kuljeet Kaur Marhas becomes first Indian woman to be elected as Fellow of the Meteoritical Society: Here is what you should know about...

OpIndia Staff - 10 May, 2026

Professor Kuljeet Kaur Marhas has become the first Indian woman and only the third Indian scientist to be elected a Fellow of The Meteoritical Society.

Crime

NIA chargesheets Dr Syed Ahmed Mohiuddin, Azad, Mohammad Suhel in ISIS-linked ricin bioterror plot to poison people in public spaces

OpIndia Staff - 6 May, 2026

The case began after Gujarat ATS arrested Mohiuddin in November 2025 with illegal weapons and four litres of castor oil. The NIA later said his Hyderabad residence had been turned into a clandestine ricin lab.

News Reports

Gujarat civic polls: BJP sweep leaves 10 out of 15 municipal corporations without official opposition as Congress fails to reach 10% seat mark

OpIndia Staff - 30 April, 2026

BJP sweeps all 15 municipal corporations in Gujarat's 2026 local body polls.

Crime

Why was a three-month-old infant given dosa to eat? Deaths of 2 kids in Ahmedabad blamed on readymade dosa batter raise concerns of deliberate...

OpIndia Staff - 8 April, 2026

Ahmedabad police are investigating the suspicious deaths of two sisters after the "food poisoning" narrative failed to explain why a three-month-old infant died.

News Reports

From Ashaval to Karnavati to Ahmedabad: How Ahmad Shah Islamised Karna Dev Solanki’s great city—the story of conquest, renaming, and a city’s changing identity

ભાર્ગવ રાજ્યગુરુ - 6 April, 2026

The Gujarat Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has appealed to the state government and the central government to immediately change the name of Ahmedabad to Karnavati.

Crime

First crime registered under Disturbed Areas Act in Bhavnagar: Case filed against buyer and seller after Muslim man buys Hindu property without government permission

OpIndia Staff - 21 March, 2026

Bhavnagar police registered their first case under the Ashant Dhara Act involving a ₹93 lakh property sale in the Crescent area.

News Reports

Protest in Gujarat’s Kheda over housing project for Muslims in Matar taluka: Here’s what local Hindus are saying

ભાર્ગવ રાજ્યગુરુ - 15 March, 2026

The Hindu organisation suspects that this scheme has been implemented to provide permanent residence to Bangladeshi infiltrators who were evicted from Chandola Lake in Ahmedabad.

Crime