Ahmedabad: A 48-year-old Shahpur resident was allegedly defrauded of Rs 3.3 lakh by cyber criminals posing as Punjab National Bank officials who enticed him with promises of enhanced credit card benefits and higher spending limits.According to a complaint lodged with Shahpur police, the complainant Yash Shah (48) received a call on April 16 from a…
Ahmedabad: The CID Crime’s Cyber Centre of Excellence on Saturday arrested another accused in the Rs 226-crore cryptocurrency laundering and terror-funding case that allegedly has links to Hamas and international drug syndicates. Officials said the latest arrest takes the total number of accused held in the case to 10.The arrested accused, identified as 25-year-old Ghulam…
Ahmedabad: A Gujarati woman, aged around 30, holding a US green card was arrested in the US on May 19 for allegedly acting as a courier in a multi-million-dollar fraud in which a 74-year-old was duped into handing over more than $3 million worth of gold. This is a rare incident where a green card…
Ahmedabad: While the public debate circles endlessly around carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxides, a new study has found a “significant yet underexplored factor” in Indian cities and towns, toxic smog — chlorine produced by human activity.The study was published in the journal ‘Nature’ and was titled “Linking anthropogenic chlorine emissions to regional air quality in…
Ahmedabad: A Kutch crater that was long thought to have been blasted into existence by a meteorite could actually be evidence of a civilization extracting metal.In April 2024, a picture of the ‘Luna crater’ in the Banni area of Kutch, known for its grasslands and sites such as Dhordo, was picked up as the Image…
Ahmedabad: On Sunday, the city’s maximum temperature stood at 42.2°C, which was 0.3°C above normal, or near normal. Meanwhile, the minimum temperature at 29.6°C was 1.7°C higher than normal. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the maximum temperature is likely to hover around 42°C on Monday.It was the second consecutive day of maximum temperature…
A protest by pastoralists near Chhari-Dhand in Kutch AHMEDABAD: On May 22 – International Day for Biological Diversity – more than 500 Maldharis and other villagers from 16 Banni villages gathered near Fulay in Kutch to protest a proposed solar project of NTPC Renewable Energy Ltd. The villagers were joined by some conservationists.The villagers said…
Ahmedabad: A 38-year-old divorcee who resides in Nava Vadaj has filed a police complaint alleging that a man lied about being divorced and repeatedly raped her by promising marriage.The complaint was registered with Madhvpura police on Friday under BNS Section 69 (sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means). In her complaint, the woman stated she lives…
Ahmedabad: A 50-year-old woman, identified as Ramila Panchal, died by suicide at Kankaria lake on Saturday morning, police said. Panchal was a resident of Ramol and is survived by her husband, who works with a group of labourers, and a daughter who is married and has children.Kankaria police inspector J P Jadeja said that Panchal…
Gujarat’s cumulative renewable energy capacity rose to 49,115MW from around 47,178MW in the previous month Ahmedabad: Gujarat added nearly 2GW of fresh renewable energy capacity in April, solidifying its position as India’s top renewable energy-producing state. Latest data from the Union ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) showed Gujarat’s cumulative renewable energy capacity rising…
