The Latest Breaking News from Junagadh

Gondal and Bhavnagar: The Saurashtra Palace Towns Where Royal Homes Still Take Paying Guests

The families who stayedMost Indian palace hotels were sold, converted, or handed to hotel chains that stripped them of everything except the architecture. Gondal went a different way. The Jadeja Rajput royal family of Gondal still lives in the Orchard Palace, a late-19th-century riverside property that takes paying guests into…

Times Life · Sep 14

Girnar's 9999 Steps: What the Climb Actually Takes and the Hour You Must Start By in Junagadh

The Number Is Real, and So Is the Gap Between Step One and Step 9999The official count is 9999 steps. That figure is not a legend, it is the number carved into Gujarati pilgrimage history and confirmed by the stone beneath your feet. What the number does not tell you…

Times Life · Sep 13

Gujarat's Sidi Community Has Kept African Music and Dance Alive in India for Four Centuries

The Drum That Crossed the OceanThe Goma drum does not sound like anything else in Gujarat. It is lower, older, more insistent, the kind of sound that gets into the sternum before the ear has caught up. In Jambur village, about 65 kilometres from Junagadh, the Sidi community brings it…

Times Life · Aug 12

Four die after building collapsed due to rain in Junagadh district

Four dead and several trapped as a two-storey building collapsed in Junagadh, Gujarat, due to floods. Incessant rains caused extensive damage in Junagadh, Porbandar and Gir Somnath districts. Several villages remained cut off due to the floods and people were shifted from low-lying areas.

The Hindu · Jul 24, 2023

Gujarat: Many feared trapped after building collapses in Junagadh

As soon as information was recieved, a team of officials reached the spot for rescue work, they said. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Jul 24, 2023

As flood water recedes in Gujarat’s Junagadh, officials to focus on restoring normalcy

Two national highways, 10 State highways and 300 rural roads were closed in Gujarat on Saturday due to flooding.

The Hindu · Jul 23, 2023

Heavy burst of rain turns streets into rivers in Gujarat’s Junagadh; cars and cattle swept away

Heavy rain in Gujarat's south and Saurashtra regions caused a flood-like situation in urban areas and isolated villages. Two drowned and two were swept away in a swollen drain, and 250 were evacuated. Vehicles were damaged and cattle were swept away in Junagadh. IMD issued a red alert for 8…

The Hindu · Jul 22, 2023

Cattle, vehicles swept away as heavy downpour maroons Junagadh city in Gujarat

RAJKOT: The Junagadh town of Gujarat was marooned on Saturday after it received heavy downpour of around 238mm in a single day, paralysing the city.

The Times of India · Jul 22, 2023

Flood-like situation in Gujarat as heavy rains lash State

Heavy rains lashed several parts of Gujarat in the last 24 hours, inundating low-lying areas in cities and villages and creating a flood-like situation.

The Hindu · Jul 1, 2023

One person killed during clashes over proposed demolition of shrine in Gujarat

A civilian was killed and some policemen injured during clashes over the proposed demolition of a shrine at Junagadh in Gujarat on June 16. The police said that the Junagadh Municipal Corporation (JMC) had given notice to Geban Shah Masjid near Majewadi gate on June 14 stating that it had…

The Hindu · Jun 17, 2023