Ahmedabad: A special Pocso court in Kalol of Gandhinagar district has sentenced a 32-year-old man to 20 years in prison and imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on him for rape and abduction of a minor girl.Additional public prosecutor Jignesh Joshi said that Mahesh Raval was put on trial under the provisions of Pocso…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat International Finance-Tec City (GIFT City) in Gandhinagar, which houses the country’s first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC), employing nearly 27,000 people, has announced the setting up of a sports arena, a golf club and a mall within the Domestic Tariff Area (DTA) of GIFT-IFSC.According to GIFT City officials, key projects include an…
Ahmedabad: A seemingly routine WhatsApp message carrying what appeared to be a traffic challan ended up costing a Nikol-based businessman nearly Rs 10 lakh, highlighting the growing threat posed by malicious APK files being used by cyberfraudsters to gain control of victims’ smartphones and banking credentials.According to a complaint lodged with the cybercrime police, the…
Ahmedabad: A Gandhinagar woman has accused a man she met through a matrimonial website of concealing his identity, luring her into a relationship on the promise of marriage and later blackmailing her with their private photographs and videos. The complaint, registered with the Women’s Police (West), was the second FIR of a similar nature lodged…
Medical workers dressed in personal protective equipment (PPE) disinfect their equipment at an Ebola treatment centre during a ceremony to present recovery certificates to patients at the Rwambara General Reference Hospital in Bunia, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo Gandhinagar: The state govt has facilitated the return of a professor, who had been stranded in Ebola-affected…
St Xavier’s College, Ahmedabad Ahmedabad: For thousands of students and parents, this year’s college admission process has become an exercise in patience. While Gujarat University’s admission process under the Gujarat Common Admission Service (GCAS) has completed two rounds, candidates are still waiting for clarity. At the centre of the uncertainty is St Xavier’s College, one…
Ahmedabad: Residents rushing to work early on Tuesday were confronted with a distressing sight near Anupam Cinema — a woman running on the road without clothes. Concerned citizens quickly covered her and called the Abhayam helpline. Her initial account pointed to abduction and sexual assault. But as investigators dug deeper, several inconsistencies emerged. Police eventually…
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel Gandhinagar: Chief minister Bhupendra Patel on Wednesday presided over an orientation session of govt officials ahead of Praveshotsav, the annual school enrolment drive of the state govt which will be held across the state later this month.The CM also launched State Curriculum Framework and School Quality Assessment and Assurance Framework…
Gandhinagar: Aimed at extending healthcare services to remote tribal settlements, the state government on Wednesday launched 51 two-wheeler mobile health units. Chief minister Bhupendra Patel also flagged off 9 mobile health vans that will operate in 14 districts, from an event held in Gandhinagar.The initiative of the state health department, aims to strengthen healthcare delivery…
Ahmedabad: IIM Ahmedabad (IIM-A) on Wednesday inducted the new batch of its flagship PGP programme and PGP-FABM programme with 414 and 44 students respectively. About 61% of PGP students are engineers, whereas 31% of the batch consists of female students.Encouraging students to leverage technology and AI responsibly, Prof Ankur Sinha, chairperson, PGP, noted that learning—not…
