Ahmedabad: A bullion trader from Naranpura has accused a man who claimed to head a charitable foundation of taking gold and silver jewellery worth Rs 2.9 crore from his Ranip shop over 10 months and failing to pay Rs 1.8 crore of the dues. Economic Offence Wing (EOW) has begun examining the complaint.According to the…
Ahmedabad: A 47-year-old lawyer from Gota allegedly lost Rs 7.9 lakh from his overdraft account after cyberfraudsters posing as employees of a gas company sent him a malicious APK file on WhatsApp on the pretext of updating his gas bill.The lawyer approached the city cybercrime police on Wednesday, alleging that an unidentified caller contacted him…
Ahmedabad: A woman left home with her five-year-old child after a spat with in-laws in an eastern city area. She was rescued by a team from Abhayam women helpline.“She told us that her in-laws asked her to give her gold ornaments that she had received from her family at the time of marriage. When the…
Gandhinagar: On the eve of Gandhi Jayanti, the state govt on Thursday announced a 30% special market incentive on khadi and polyvastra produced by recognised institutions and cooperatives in the state. The timely festive initiative is designed to give a massive boost to traditional handloom weavers and local textile artisans. The scheme, effective from Oct…
Miriam Haenen spinning on a bamboo charkha during her exploration of Gandhi’s spinning wheel Ahmedabad: Dutch educator Miriam Haenen came to Ahmedabad in 2015 carrying an 18-year-old dream: to study Gandhian thought and finally spin Gandhi’s charkha. However, the two-year master’s programme she had enrolled in at Gujarat Vidyapith could not proceed as planned due…
Gujarat High Court at Sola in Ahmedabad. Photo by Kevin Antao. 12-07-11. Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court has upheld the dismissal of a judicial magistrate accused of corrupt practices and found to have used three benami mobile phones to remain in contact with a practising lawyer. Describing his conduct as “unbecoming of a judicial officer”, the…
The grisly story began to unravel when police quizzed Madhavdas in Afzal’s presence. (Representative Image) AHMEDABAD: A man who informed police about the alleged murder of his grandmother-in-law in Gujarat’s Surat district was himself involved in the killing and two other murders in 2022, allegedly with the intention of grabbing property, police said.Accused Madhavdas Sadhu…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court has appointed Farana Sumra from Porbandar as guardian and manager of her husband, who has been in a vegetative state since a road accident in Jan 2017, ending the woman’s five-year-long legal battle to resolve the family’s financial crisis.In her petition, Sumra submitted that her husband Mushtaq Sumra suffered irreversible physical…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI) has written to Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, urging her to resolve a continuing compliance issue involving input tax credit (ITC) on imported goods.The chamber said IGST paid on imports was often not reflected in the auto-generated GSTR-2B statement, even though the corresponding bill of entry (BoE)…
Children’s Research University Ahmedabad: Gandhinagar-based Children’s Research University (CRU), in association with NJ Charitable Foundation, will organise the SIDI State-Level Athletics Meet – Season 5.0 at Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VNSGU) in Surat from Dec 31 to Jan 3.The athletics meet poster was launched on Wednesday.Online registration for the competition will begin on Oct…
