Vijay Rupani

June 14, 2025 11:12 AM

Rajkot schools shut today to mourn ex-Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani

All government and private schools in Rajkot district will remain shut on Saturday as a mark of respect following the death of former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani in the Air India Flight AI-171 crash near Ahmedabad on Thursday. The Rajkot district administration made the announcement late Friday evening and requested all educational institutions to observe a two-minute silence in Rupani’s memory. Rupani, 68, was among the 241 people on board the flight headed to London’s Gatwick Air...

June 13, 2025 3:30 PM

PM Modi condoles demise of former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani in Ahmedabad air crash

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed deep grief over the demise of former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, who was among the victims of the Air India crash in Ahmedabad a day earlier. Rupani, 68, was travelling on board flight AI-171 to London when the aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff, claiming the lives of 241 passengers. In a post on X, the Prime Minister paid tribute to the late leader, describing his passing as “unimaginable” and recalling a long association with ...

December 2, 2024 10:14 PM

BJP appoints Vijay Rupani, Nirmala Sitharaman as central observers for Maharashtra

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appointed former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman as the party's Central Observers for Maharashtra. Despite the Mahayuti alliance’s landslide victory in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, over a week has passed without the announcement of the next Chief Minister. On Sunday, Caretaker Chief Minister and Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde stated that the decision on the Chief Minister's post rests with the BJP, ...