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Gujarat: Illegal structure around ‘dargah’ inside Heritage Complex in Surat demolished

Nirwa Mehta - 25 April, 2022

According to sources, the illegal structure was demolished on Wednesday itself last week after authorities were made aware of the encroachment.

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Gujarat: Viral video shows dargah constructed in Heritage complex in Surat

Nirwa Mehta - 24 April, 2022

The video shows that new stones are laid in cement and the person who shot the video alleged that the dargah has come up overnight and that the same did not exist till recently and had been constructed overnight.

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Hardik Patel says, ‘not joining BJP’ after speculations surfaced, decides to distribute copies of Bhagavad Gita as he expresses ‘hope’ from Congress

OpIndia Staff - 23 April, 2022

Gujarat's Congress leader Hardik Patel said on the 22nd of April that he is not joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

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Gujarat: Christian family booked for forcibly converting Hindu girls in the Tapi district

OpIndia Staff - 22 April, 2022

The complainant said, "His father told us that we were unclean and we were called there only to make us pious by converting into Christianity."

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson visits JCB’s new ‘bulldozer’ plant in Gujarat

OpIndia Staff - 21 April, 2022

Britain's PM Boris Johnson visited the heavy construction machines giant JCB plant in Halol today to inaugurate a bulldozer plant.

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Mazaar illegally constructed inside Civil Hospital, Surat, administration writes to police to get it removed

Nirwa Mehta - 21 April, 2022

On condition of anonymity, the people in the know said that they were not aware since when the mazaar has been around on campus but they have now requested the police to remove the illegal construction.

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PM Modi renames WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus as “Tulsi Bhai” at Global AYUSH Investment and Innovation Summit

OpIndia Staff - 20 April, 2022

PM Modi said Tedros Ghebreyesus had asked him to give him a Gujarati name since he had become a “pakka Gujarati”

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Watch: PM Modi gets emotional as women of Banaskantha bless him for delivering Narmada Canal project

OpIndia Staff - 19 April, 2022

PM Modi, who is on his three-day visit to his home state Gujarat, was cheered and welcomed by the women of Banaskantha.

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Gujarat: Communal clash in Vadodara leaves a temple, idol of Sai Baba broken, locals say sword wielding Muslim mob pelted stones

OpIndia Staff - 18 April, 2022

A mob of about 300-400 people came on roads and it is reported they beat up people who were driving past. The mob then also broke the idol of Sai Baba in nearby temple.

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