Ahmedabad: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the city crime branch has begun investigating an alleged Rs 6.3-crore fraud case in which an accountant of a jewellery company on CG Road allegedly siphoned off 3.85kg of 24-carat gold and Rs 13 lakh in cash over a year.According to a complaint filed by the company’s director,…
Gujarat High Court, Ahmedabad Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court has directed Satellite police to decide within eight weeks whether to register an FIR against Osia Hypermarket Retail Ltd over cheating allegations made by a carry bag supplier.Green Globe International, through advocate Utkarsh Dave, submitted before the court that it had approached Satellite police on May 5…
Ahmedabad: A Himmatnagar jeweller and his relatives have alleged that a travel agent cheated them of Rs 17.8 lakh after promising a Singapore-Malaysia tour for 10 people. He alleged that the agent shut his Chandkheda office after collecting the money and later stopped responding to calls.A complaint of cheating and breach of trust was filed…
An Indian delivery man hands over a textbook to a student at the doorstep Ahmedabad: In a student-friendly move aimed at improving access to textbooks, the Gujarat State School Textbook Board on Friday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with e-commerce platform Amazon to facilitate online delivery of textbooks to students. The agreement was signed…
Wooden gavel on wooden table, on background Ahmedabad: A special CBI court in Ahmedabad on Friday sentenced an income tax department officer to three years’ rigorous imprisonment after holding him guilty of accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 from a charitable trust in 2013.According to a statement from the prosecuting agency, the court convicted I-T…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat govt’s Common Act, introduced in July 2023 to bring uniformity, consistency and a common decision-making framework across state govt universities, has itself become a source of administrative confusion, sources said.Though the act faced resistance when it was proposed, govt went ahead with its implementation. However, inconsistencies in several statutes have reportedly complicated its…
Ahmedabad: NRI deposits in Gujarat rose 12.4% year-on-year to touch Rs 1,22,363.74 crore in first quarter of 2026-27, up from Rs 1,08,897.99 crore in the same period last year, an increase of roughly Rs 13,466 crore, according to the latest State Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC) Gujarat report.Ahmedabad remained the top contributor, accounting for more than…
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He met senior executives of Kyndryl, BlackRock and Holtec International Gandhinagar: On the fifth day of his US tour to promote Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2027, chief minister Bhupendra Patel held one-on-one meetings in New York with senior executives of global companies in IT infrastructure, asset management and nuclear technology. The chief minister met senior…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee spokesperson Parthivrajsinh Kathavadiya has alleged that Gujarat University (GU) has destroyed its historic botanical garden for other projects.Addressing a news conference at GU, Kathavadiya claimed that the botanical garden, which had been maintained since 1960, has disappeared along with several natural wetlands on the campus. He alleged that decisions related…
