Hiral Dave is Senior Assistant Editor based out of Ahmedabad and covers developments in Gujarat. She has sixteen years of working in the field of journalism.
Articles by Hiral Dave
Hardik Patel, Gujarat Congress MLA planning jal samadhi detained by police
The Patidar leader and five other Congress MLAs were present at the Bhuki village near Jetpur, where Vasoya planned to immerse himself
Published on Aug 11, 2018 07:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ahmedabad | Hiral Dave
Gujarat becomes drier as govt raises liquor prices, tightens permits issuance
To increase revenue, the Gujarat government has hiked excise duty on spirit and wine by three fold and increased special fees on premium Indian Made Foreign Liquor and imported brands.
Updated on Aug 04, 2018 05:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ahmedabad | Hiral Dave
Hardik Patel sentenced to two years in jail in Visnagar rioting case, gets bail
Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel was on Wednesday held guilty by a Gujarat court in the 2015 Visnagar rioting case
Updated on Jul 25, 2018 02:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ahmedabad | Hiral Dave
RSS office bearers meet to avoid political discussions
The annual meet takes stock of the overall performance and policies of the organisation that runs more than 58,000 sakhas across the country, and formulates its strategy for the next one year.
Updated on Jul 15, 2018 11:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Gir Somnath | Hiral Dave
5-time Congress MLA joins BJP in Gujarat, made a minister in Rupani govt
Kunwarji Bavalia had met Congress president Rahul Gandhi less than a fortnight back to express his unhappiness over the state of affairs in Gujarat under the young leadership.
Updated on Jul 03, 2018 06:37 PM IST
Gandhinagar, Hindustan Times | Hiral Dave
Vadodara student stabbing: Teen killed junior to take revenge on school, say police
The Vadodara murder suspect, a Class 10 student of Shree Bharti Vidhyalay, confessed to killing Dev Tadvi, a junior.
Updated on Jun 24, 2018 06:43 AM IST
Hindustant Times, Ahmedabad | Hiral Dave
Class 10 student accused of killing junior in Vadodara school toilet arrested
The incident has brought back memories of a similar murder last year, when a Class 11 student allegedly slit the throat of a seven-year-old schoolmate in the toilet of a Gurugram school.
Updated on Jun 23, 2018 12:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ahmedabad | Hiral Dave
Gurgaon murder redux: Class 9 student allegedly killed by senior in Vadodara school toilet
A Vadodara police official said the body of the 14-year-old was found from the first-floor toilet near Class 10 with multiple wounds all over his body inflicted with sharp weapons.
Updated on Jun 23, 2018 12:01 AM IST
Ahmedabad, Hindustan Times | Hiral Dave
Gujarat govt orders inquiry by cyber cell into rumours of CM Rupani’s resignation
The Gujarat home department ordered an inquiry two days after Patidar quota leader Hardik Patel in Rajkot claimed that CM Vijay Rupani has resigned and a Patel or Kshatriya leader would replace him.
Updated on Jun 16, 2018 11:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ahmedabad | Hiral Dave
Gujarat Dalits’ struggle for rights turning into fight for prestige
People from the Dalit community have started social media campaigning by using “Sinh” in names.
Updated on Jun 03, 2018 10:00 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Ahmedabad | Hiral Dave
Ravindra Jadeja’s wife attacked by policeman in Jamnagar
Gujarat police has begun the procedure to book the constable for attacking Indian cricket team player Ravindra Jadeja’s wife.
Updated on May 21, 2018 10:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ahmedabad | Hiral Dave
Dalit man flogged to death in Gujarat factory, five arrested
Mukesh Vaniya, 40, his wife, Jaya, and another person were collecting trash near a factory on the outskirts of Rajkot when they were attacked by its workers on suspicion of theft, police said.
Updated on May 21, 2018 11:06 PM IST
Ahmedabad, Hindustan Times | Hiral Dave, Ahmedabad
Una Dalits victims to convert to Buddhism to highlight caste discrimination
Ramesh Sarviya and his brothers Vasram and Ashok and cousin Bechar were tied to a car, flogged and paraded half-naked for 15km only to be thrashed outside the Una police station for allegedly skinning dead cattle.
Updated on Apr 27, 2018 03:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ahmedabad | Hiral Dave
Victim says Asaram asked her to ‘surrender’, boasted of officers bowing at his feet
In her statement, the victim said Asaram had asked her to “surrender” to him.
Updated on Apr 26, 2018 05:31 PM IST
Press Trust of India, Jodhpur | Hiral Dave
Asaram rape case verdict: Buzz missing outside ashram of ‘godman’ in Ahmedabad
Gujarat police have stepped up security outside Asaram’s two ashrams in Ahmedabad and Surat.
Updated on Apr 26, 2018 12:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Ahmedabad/Jodhpur | Hiral Dave and Salik Ahmad
Una Dalit victims allege threatened by accused, police to register case
Police said Sarviya family has been provided security cover that includes four armed guards and more forces will be deployed if required.
Updated on Apr 25, 2018 10:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ahmedabad | Hiral Dave
Asaram’s daughter running empire of 400 ashrams spread over India
The Sant Shri Aasaramji Trust is registered as a charitable body with headquarters in Ahmedabad, where the self-styled godman established his first religious retreat.
Updated on Apr 26, 2018 07:36 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Ahmedabad | Hiral Dave
Asaram case: Self-styled godman’s journey from puritanical preacher to rape convict
In 2008, Asaram’s spiritual empire was worth nearly ₹5,000 crore.Then his troubles started.
Updated on Apr 25, 2018 05:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ahmedabad | Hiral Dave
Surat rape and murder case: Minor, mother killed by contractor who bought them from traffickers
Gujarat police said that DNA tests confirmed that the woman whose body was found from Pandesara area in Surat on April 9 was the mother of the girl whose body was found with 86 injury marks in the same area.
Updated on Apr 24, 2018 07:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ahmedabad | Hiral Dave
The boy who gave up his Ferrari, riches and became a Jain monk
Son of Surat diamond merchant rides a chariot like the one in the movie Bahubali before his renunciation.
Updated on Apr 20, 2018 12:51 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ahmedabad | Hiral Dave
Andhra couple claims minor found raped and murdered in Surat is their daughter
The body of the girl, believed to be between nine and 11 years old, was found with as many as 86 injury marks in a field at Pandesara in Surat city limits on April 6.
Updated on Apr 18, 2018 06:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Surat/Ahmedabad | Shiv Sunny and Hiral Dave, Surat/ahmedabad
Man chops girlfriend into 11 pieces, caught disposing body parts in Surat
Police in Surat said the 32-year-old woman’s head was recovered from the flat of the accused, Shahnawaz Sheikh.
Updated on Apr 17, 2018 05:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ahmedabad | Hiral Dave
Gujarat: Parents of family missing in US hopeful of reunion
Sandeep’s parents, Babu Subramnium Thottapilly (68) and Rama (62), preparing to leave for the US, said that even 1% chance of their survival is enough to keep their hopes alive.
Published on Apr 12, 2018 03:40 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ahmedabad | Hiral Dave, Ahmedabad
Population spurt, space crunch drive lions of Gir into death traps
Gir lost 184 lions in past two years, compared to the yearly average of 62 deaths between 2010-2015.
Updated on Apr 01, 2018 09:54 AM IST
Sasan (Gujarat), Hindustan Times | Hiral Dave
Twist in Rajya Sabha polls in Gujarat as BJP names third candidate to counter Congress
Congress leader P K Valera filed his nomination papers as an independent candidate to compensate for a possible rejection of nomination papers of its second candidate Naran Rathwa.
Updated on Mar 12, 2018 06:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ahmedabad | Hiral Dave
60 years on, Gujarat Dalits’ wait for land is over
The district collector, however, said the land in question was gifted and did not come under the Gujarat Agricultural Land Ceiling Act.
Updated on Feb 27, 2018 10:50 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ahmedabad | Hiral Dave
Gujarat communities invest in the business of summits
The state’s influential Patels organised their maiden Global Patidar Business Summit from January 4-6 in Gandhinagar. The event drew over 100,000 visitors and 10,000 delegates from 32 countries
Updated on Feb 25, 2018 10:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ahmedabad | Hiral Dave
Dalit self-immolation: Gujarat govt accepts demands, allots land to family
The Gujarat government has ordered a probe into the death of a Dalit activist who had warned of self-immolation before carrying out the threat on Thursday.
Updated on Feb 17, 2018 10:44 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ahmedabad | Hiral Dave
For harmony and more, mothers- and daughters-in-law come together in Gujarat
Under the slogan ‘ek bija ne gamta rahiye’ (let’s keep liking each other), the daughters-in-law and mothers-in-law vowed to ease out differences between them and keep their houses in order.
Updated on Feb 11, 2018 02:05 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ahmedabad | Hiral Dave, Ahmedabad
No water from Narmada, crisis looms large over Gujarat
Within a month of retaining power for the sixth consecutive time, the Vijay Rupani-led BJP government appealed farmers to not sow any crops this summer.
Published on Feb 09, 2018 08:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Ahmedabad | Hiral Dave