Gopal Kateshiya

Correspondent of BBC News Gujarati. Ex Assistant editor @IndianExpress @dna @sandeshnews. Retweets are for information

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6 people have been killed in alleged lion attacks in past 6 weeks in GujaratObservers say so many deaths in such a short period is a first in recent times. Howpeople&lions have been living together in Kovaya village for15years?Readdetails @bbcnewsgujarati https://t.co/Ha6cdrVcdd

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દોઢ મહિનમાં અમરેલી અને ભાવનગરમાં સિંહોના કથિત હુમલાઓમાં છ લોકોના મોત થયા. આટલા ટુંકા ગાળામાં આટલા મ્રુત્યુ કદાચ પહેલી વાર થયા છે.ત્યારે સિંહોએ 15 વરસથી જ્યાં ધામા નાખ્યા છે તે કોવાયા ગામમાં લોકો અને સિંહો કઇ રીતે રહે છે? વાંચો @bbcnewsgujaratiના આ લેખમાંhttps://t.co/Ha6cdrVcdd

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India accounts for 38% of global dates imports despite having date palm orchards in 22000 hectares. Every date produced in these orchards is consumed as fresh dates (kharek) & that crop also faces threats of rains. A farmer of Kutch has found solutions https://t.co/yqMGZjRfhO

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વાવેતર વિસ્તારમાં ઘટાડો, રોગચાળાની ફરિયાદો વચ્ચે ગુજરાતમાં જીરાની નવી સીઝનની શરુઆતે જ જીરાના બજાર ભાવ ધટવા લાગ્યા છે. તેના શું કારણ છે, ખેડૂતોને આ વર્ષે કેવા ભાવ મળી શકે છે તે જાણવા વાંચો આ અહેવાલ @bbcnewsgujarati https://t.co/2aYAuL0qWA

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A plant is swallowing up Gujarat's wetlands, threatening the rich biodiversity and birdlife of the state. Is there any cure? I explore in this article via @bbcnewsgujarati https://t.co/sCM7m1U3GF

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Quite unbelievable but a flock of more than 50 bar-headed goose landed on an open farm in my village in northern part of Rajkot district in the dying light of Dec 28, 2025. They've not been seen in these parts of the district.After a stopover of some 20 mins, they took off again

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Market prices & yields of onion have been volatile of late.This season, onion is selling at Rs3-5 per kg in Gujarat's APMCs &many farmers have ploughed their crop back into soil instead of harvesting it. And yet,they keep growing onions.Why?Read my article https://t.co/ZAtRHP2Qje

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What does Indian Supreme Court's judgement in a public interest litigation seeking restriction of solar-wind parks and powerlines in habitats of the critically endangered Great Indian Bustards mean? Why petitioners are concerned despite favourable ruling? https://t.co/8zLE1MrbZn

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Who are the Baluch people of Junagadh protesting against #DhurandharMovie? How did this community migrate from present-day Pakistan and settled in Junagadh? What are they protesting against? Read details in my ground report from Junagadh @bbcnewsgujarati https://t.co/y1U9jxxAhv

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At least 25 demoiselle cranes, the migratory birds that come from north and central Asia to Gujarat, found dead in Morbi district. Is it poaching bid or inadvertent poaching? Read details in this story @bbcnewsgujarati
https://t.co/zXcILMgehL

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A nurse at a clinic at Tata Power, Mundra,Kutch, &his wife had plans to celebrate their 2nd marriage anniversary in Mumbai on Apr22,2025. But wife died on Apr5 during an allegedly botched surgery. Now doctor has been booked by police. What went wrong? https://t.co/kNMVqOGMpK

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Even as work continues on a warfooting at Khavda Hybrid Renewable Energy Park,Kutch farmers are protesting against a transmission line being constructed to evacuate 7000MW of the 30000MW power to be generated at Khavda. Watch @bbcnewsgujarati ground report https://t.co/MhN5yhmf8L

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કચ્છના પશ્ચિમમાં ખાવડા હાઈબ્રીડ રિન્યુએબલ એનર્જીપાર્કનું નિર્માણ યુદ્ધના ધોરણે ચાલું છે તો બીજી તરફ આ પાર્કમાં ઉત્પન્ન થનાર30000મેગાવોટ વીજળીમાંથી7000 મેગાવોટનું વહન કરવા ઊભી કરાઇ રહેલ વીજલાઈનનો ખેડૂતો વિરોધ કરીરહ્યા છે.જુઓ ગ્રાઉન્ડરિપોર્ટ @bbcnewsgujarati https://t.co/MhN5yhmf8L

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In Gujarat, a video showing a herd of spotted deer scavenging in garbage dump littered with plastic bags on the outskirts of Junagadh has gone viral. What happened afterwards? To know details, read this story @bbcnewsgujarati https://t.co/OGtBIOqx0y

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Farmers of 2 villages in Kutch have been protesting against a power transmission line being constructed to evacuate power from Khavda Hybrid Renewable Energy Park, touted to be the largest of its kind in the world. Why? Read in this report @bbcnewsgujarati
https://t.co/5LKW2Yfz3w

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ગુજરાત સહીત ચાર રાજ્યોમાં ફેલાયેલ સાઇબર ગુનોગારોએ કથિત રીતે હોસ્પિટલો,બેડરૂમ,ઓફિસો,જાહેર સ્થળો વગેરેના હજારો સીસીટીવી કેમરા કઈ રીતે હેક કર્યા?અમદાવાદ સાઇબર ક્રાઇમ પોલીસે નોંધેલ કેસ ક્યાં પહોંચ્યો છે?વાંચો @BBCWorld (ગુગલટ્રાન્સલેટથી ગુજરાતીમાંભાષાંતર થઇજશે)https://t.co/zt111SeKCX

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CCTV cameras a boon or bane? How a group of individuals hacked into CCTV surveillance systems of maternity home, bedrooms, public places across India & streamed the footage live as sexually explicit content for a fee? Read details in our report @BBCWorld https://t.co/zt111SeKCX

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નીચા બજારભાવના દિવસોમાં ગુજરાતમાં સરકારે ટેકાના ભાવે ખેડૂતો પાસેથી મગફળી ખરીદવાનું ચાલુ કરી દીધું છે ત્યારે ખેડૂતોને મૂંઝવતો પ્રશ્ન છે-માવઠામાં પલળી ગયેલ મગફળી સરકાર ખરીદશે? ���વાબ છે હા,પરંતુ અમુક શરતોને આધીન.આ શરતો કઈ છે? જાણો મારા આ લેખમાં@bbcnewsgujarati https://t.co/YpdNcQ7JY2

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As government starts procurement of groundnut at MSP in Gujarat, the biggest worry among farmers is whether govt will accept groundnut damaged by unseasonal rains late October. How much damage will be acceptable? I explain in this piece @bbcnewsgujarati https://t.co/YpdNcQ7JY2