Officials from the state Food and Drug Control Administration (FDCA) inspect and seize suspected adulterated ghee and edible oils during a crackdown on food adulteration. Gandhinagar: Intensifying its drive against food adulteration, the state food and drug control administration (FDCA) seized suspected adulterated ghee and edible oils worth over Rs 35 lakh during raids in…
Ahmedabad: A Navrangpura woman has alleged that a dispute over a Rs 77 parcel delivery charge triggered a prolonged cyber harassment campaign against her. Days after she complained about a delivery rider’s conduct, she began receiving a flood of OTPs, payment requests and login alerts on her phone and email. Obscene material with her name…
Intoxicated SUV driver hits police barricades, riverfront wall Ahmedabad: A 23-year-old man was booked for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol, crashing into police barricades during a vehicle-checking drive at the Sabarmati Riverfront and later damaging a civic wall in the early hours of Saturday.According to a complaint lodged by Sabarmati Riverfront (West) police,…
Ahmedabad: Using a crane and posing as AMC employees, four men stole copper cables from a BSNL duct near Vasna in the early hours of Saturday. They were arrested after a BSNL security guard who got suspicious called up the telco. Around 220 metres of cable worth Rs 7 lakh was recovered from them. Police…
The competition will be intense, say academicians Ahmedabad: Admissions to medical and dental seats in Gujarat are seeing a shift this year. The number of NEET qualifiers has fallen to 38,000 from 51,000 last year. Correspondingly, the state merit list has shrunk, with 15,651 candidates included out of the 16,430 registered, against approximately 24,000 on…
Customs seizes gold, valuables from flyer in Ahmedabad Ahmedabad: A team of Customs officials at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport nabbed a couple with gold and other valuables worth Rs 32.37 lakh on Sunday.“Based on intelligence developed through passenger profiling, officers of the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU), Ahmedabad Customs, intercepted one female passenger…
Gandhinagar: State govt is set to bring a slew of changes to the Gujarat Shops and Establishments (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 2019, including allowing women to work night shifts across the state and doubling the employee threshold for licence requirement for shops and establishments, top sources in state govt said.The proposed…
Gujarat recorded merchandise exports of about $110 billion in FY26, giving its export-oriented clusters a strong base to tap preferential access to markets including the UK, EU, Oman, Australia and EFTA Gujarat Inc is looking to turn India’s expanding free-trade agreement (FTA) network into a new export growth engine, with state govt identifying textiles, gems…
Ahmedabad: The city witnessed cloudy conditions on Sunday, but the likelihood of significant rainfall remains low, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).The maximum temperature settled at 31.9°C, 0.2 degrees below normal, while the minimum temperature was recorded at 26.3°C, which was 1 degree above normal. Relative humidity stood at 85% at 8.30am and 72%…
Heavy rains inundate western Ahmedabad’s Bopal and Ghuma areas, prompting a permanent solution request (AI image used for representational purpose only) AHMEDABAD: Heavy rain has once again inundated roads and residential areas for residents of Bopal, Ghuma, Ambli and nearby parts of western Ahmedabad. This year, it has reached such a stage that Union home…
