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Durban's Indian Diaspora: How KwaZulu-Natal Became Home to a Community That Never Forgot India

The Crossing That Was Never Meant to Be PermanentIn November 1860, a ship called the Truro docked at Port Natal carrying 342 Indians from Madras. They had signed five-year indenture contracts to work the sugar cane fields of the Natal colony. The British needed labour after emancipation freed enslaved Africans.…

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India's Mugger Crocodile Is Thriving in Urban Waterways, and What That Tells Us About Adaptation

An Ancient Animal in a Changed WorldCrocodylus palustris, the mugger crocodile, has been swimming through the Indian subcontinent's rivers for roughly 26 million years. Today, a significant number of them are swimming through sewage-fed lakes on the edges of Ahmedabad, irrigation channels outside Vadodara, and the silted reservoirs that supply…

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Champaner, Lothal, and Modhera: Gujarat's Three Sites That Rewrite Indian Civilisation's History

The city that was already ancient when history beganYou arrive at Lothal expecting ruins. What you find is a city. Not the idea of one, the actual grid of it, the drainage channels running parallel to streets, the raised citadel platform, the brick-lined dock that archaeologists date to around 2400…

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Ahmedabad police arrest suspects in Sabarmati parcel bomb explosion

Police acted swiftly and arrested three suspects involved in a parcel bomb explosion in the Sabarmati area of Ahmedabad. Read further on Dynamite News:

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4 coaches of Sabarmati-Agra superfast train derail in Rajasthan's Ajmer, no casualty

Four coaches of Sabarmati-Agra train derail near Ajmer station, no casualties reported, train services resume.

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PM Modi inaugurates Mahatma Gandhi Sabarmati Ashram redevelopment project worth ₹1,200 crore

PM Modi emphasizes the importance of cherishing heritage for a bright future during Gandhi Ashram Memorial launch in Ahmedabad.

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Railways links popular area with Station Name for passenger convenience

Indian Railways has linked 175 cities/areas to 725 stations, making it easier to identify small stations near popular areas/cities. Passengers can now look up Sarnath near Varanasi or Sabarmati near Ahmedabad when booking tickets on website/app. This will help with better journey planning and ease station search for tourists. Changes…

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PM Modi to flag off new Jodhpur-Ahmedabad Vande Bharat Express on Friday

JAIPUR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually flag off the inaugural run of the second Vande Bharat Express train of Rajasthan, connecting Jodhpur-Ahmedabad (Sabarmati) on Friday.

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Umesh Pal Murder: Atiq Ahmed to be taken to Prayagraj again from Sabarmati jail after fresh warrant

A Warrant has been issued against gangster Atiq Ahmed. He will be taken to Prayagraj. Read further on Dynamite News:

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'We are only worried about Atiq Ahmed's safety in UP', says his sister Ayesha Noori

A day after the UP Police took gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed in custody to transit him from Sabarmati Jail to Prayagraj Jail, Atiq Ahmed's sister said that they are ready to accept judgement and are only worried about Atiq safety. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Atiq Ahmed, currently lodged in Sabarmati jail, to be shifted to high-security barrack in Prayagraj prison

A 45-member team of Uttar Pradesh Police will shift gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed, who is currently lodged in Gujarat's Sabarmati Jail, to Prayagraj jail. Read further on Dynamite News:

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UP police reach Gujarat's Sabarmati jail for mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed

AHMEDABAD: A team from Uttar Pradesh police reached Sabarmati Central Jail in Gujarat's Ahmedabad on Sunday for mafia-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed, who has been lodged here since June 2019, an official said. According to sources, the Uttar Pradesh police had arrived here most likely to take Ahmed, who is a key…

The Times of India

President Droupadi Murmu pays floral tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Sabarmati Ashram

AHMEDABAD: President Droupadi Murmu on Monday started her maiden visit to Gujarat by visiting the Mahatma Gandhi Ashram at Sabarmati and described the experience as "indescribable inspiration".

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Forced confinement is loss of dignity, says Teesta Setalvad

The activist describes her incarceration at the Sabarmati jail, and the highs and lows of it all

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Modi chief architect’s Pune riverfront project faces scrutiny

In 2015, the Pune Municipal Corporation, then run by Nationalist Congress Party, invited bids to clean up and “rejuvenate” the polluted Mula and Mutha rivers. The riverfront development project, the PMC said, would cut the risk of flooding in the rivers and beautify stretches of their banks totalling 44 km.…

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Ahmedabad: Three hospitals among 73 units sealed

AHMEDABAD: The civic body intensified its drive against buildings that do not have 'building use' permission. Three hospitals, 67 industrial units and three commercial units were sealed by the civic body on Tuesday. Hospitals near Acher Depot in Sabarmati, in Naroda and Thakkarbapanagar, which were operating from of a commercial…

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Ahmedabad: 23-year-old films her suicide statement, saved

AHMEDABAD: A 23-year-old woman from Shahibaug tried to commit suicide by jumping into the Sabarmati, driven into despair by her husband’s violence. But she was spotted by passersby on the riverfront and was handed over to police. She eventually filed a complaint of domestic violence against her husband.

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Ahmedabad: At last, 2 floating restaurants to surface

AHMEDABAD: Since 2009, the project of floating restaurants on Sabarmati riverfront had been dead in the water for the city’s civic body. After numerous attempts, Sabarmati Riverfront Development Corporation Limited (SRFDCL) finally awarded the tender to a private firm on Monday, not for one but two restaurants. After the work…

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Contract allotted without tender in Ahmedabad

AHMEDABAD: The Rs 20-crore sports complex behind NID campus on the west bank of the Sabarmati riverfront, was handed over to the Ahmedabad City Tennis Foundation for ‘operation and maintenance’ for three years without competitive bidding. On Monday, a proposal was placed before the Sabarmati Riverfront Development Corporation Limited (SRFDCL)…

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Woman’s boyfriend on the run booked for abetment in Vadodara

VADODARA: The JP Road police registered an offence against the estranged boyfriend of Nafisa Khokhar who had ended her life by hanging herself at her residence in the Tandalja area of the city on June 20. Nafisa (25) had recorded a series of videos at the Sabarmati riverfront in Ahmedabad…

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President lauds Gujarat model of development

In his address to Gujarat Assembly, Kovind stresses that the model can be replicated in any part of the country

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Sabarmati man helps with Covid pyres, eases grief

AHMEDABAD: For many residents of D Cabin and Dharmanagar localities in Sabarmati, the name Dharmendra Nayak may not ring a bell, but ask for ‘Bakabhai’ and they will immediately point you to the crematorium in the area. The Sabarmati resident has been helping people cremate bodies of Covid patients since…

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