Gujarat

According to the rule book, the Speaker is well within rights to disqualify the Wayanad MP following his conviction in the case.

The Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday offered rare support to the Congress party on the issue of Rahul Gandhi's sentencing in the criminal defamation case filed against him for his Modi surname jibe.

The Railways Ministry said that while 36.93 per cent of the overall work had been completed in Gujarat, 13.72 per cent of the work had been completed in Maharashtra.

The bill, introduced by state Education Minister Kuberbhai Dindor, was passed unanimously by the 182-member House, with support from both the opposition parties, the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party.

The Congress is considering a Pasighat-to-Porbandar yatra, party general secretary Jairam Ramesh said. He said that an east-to-west yatra, probably from Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh to Porbandar in Gujarat, was being considered but its format could be a bit different from the Bharat Jodo Yatra.

The findings from the 'Preliminary Report on Morbi Bridge Incident' submitted by the Gujarat government-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) found several lapses in repairs, maintenance and operation of the bridge with nearly half of the wires on one cable corroded.

It can be seen that this is the first Budget of the state after the BJP retained power with a thumping majority in the December 2022 Assembly polls and Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel returned for a fresh term in office.

The court ordered the company that the kin of each deceased and every injured person be paid interim compensation of Rs 10 lakh and Rs 2 lakh, respectively, within four weeks.

On February 27, 2002, as many as 59 people were killed when the S-6 coach of the train was burnt at Gujarat's Godhra, triggering riots in the state. The state government has come in appeal against the commutation of death penalty into life term for 11 convicts.

The SIT also found that during the renovation work, "old suspenders (steel rods which connect the cable with the platform deck) were welded with the new suspenders. Hence the behaviour of suspenders changed. In these types of bridges, single rod suspenders should be used to bear the load"