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Bridge in Gujarat's Junagadh collapses due to incessant rains; several feared to be trapped, no deaths reported
•Daily Bulletin: Modi leaves for SCO summit; Cyclone Vayu to hit Gujarat; India to face New Zealand in World Cup; day's top stories
Fp Staff •Cyclone Vayu to hit Gujarat Thursday afternoon and three lakh people evacuated to safety, Modi takes on a seven-hour journey for Kyrgyzstan to avoid flying over Pakistan, Congress leadership crisis continues as no clarity on Rahul Gandhi's resignation
As Cyclone Vayu inches closer, Gujarat undertakes massive evacuation of around 3 lakh people from Saurashtra, Kutch
•As cyclone 'Vayu' advances towards the Gujarat coast, the state government launched a massive evacuation exercise to shift about three lakh people from low-lying areas of Saurashtra and Kutch regions, officials said on Wednesday.
Atrocities on Dalits and tribals up by 70% in Gujarat between 2003 and 2018; conviction rate below 5% in Modi's first 3 yrs as PM
Sonalkellogg •Atrocities on Dalits in Gujarat have been rising steadily in the last two decades with the state witnessing a 72 percent increase in the number of registered cases between 2003 and 2018
BJP releases 13th list for LS polls, announces four candidates from Gujarat, fields new faces from three seats
•BJP has fielded Bharatsinh Dabhi Thakur from Patan, Miteshbhai Patel from Anand and Geetaben Rathva from Chhota Udaipur.
Another lion found dead in private farmland in Gir forest; body sent for autopsy to ascertain cause
•The death comes at a time when 23 lions have died in the Gir forest in Gujarat, a majority of them due to viral and bacterial infections, since 12 September, putting the state government in a spot of bother.
Gujarat auto driver made to crawl on road for harassing woman; lodges counter-FIR alleging casteist slurs hurled at him
•Four persons have been arrested in Gujarat's Junagadh district for thrashing a Dalit auto driver and forcing him to crawl on a pubic road for allegedly harassing a woman, police said Wednesday.
Narendra Modi to visit Gujarat today, will inaugurate multiple projects, attend Somnath temple trust meet
•At a large public meeting in Jujwa village of Valsad district, the prime minister is scheduled to witness collective e-Gruhpravesh of beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (Gramin) - a flagship scheme of the Union Government which envisions "Housing for All".
Children, adults rally nationwide over Kathua and Unnao rape cases, demand justice and strict punishment for rapists
Fp Staff •Scores of people took to streets on Sunday protesting over the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district and the rape of a 16-year-old girl in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao by BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar
Gujarat Assembly Election 2017: Voting for first phase of polls begins in 19 districts
Ians •The first of Gujarat's two-phase assembly polls began on Saturday across 89 constituencies spread out in the 19 districts of Kutch, Saurashtra and southern regions.