Ahmedabad: The equity turnover of Gujarat’s individual investors swelled nearly sixfold over the past decade, even as the number of active equity investors in the state expanded eightfold.The numbers are highlighted in a National Stock Exchange report tracking retail participation in the stock market. Surat district ranked first in India in terms of growth rate…
Palanpur: An expansive probe initiated after the rescue of a four-year-old boy kidnapped for trafficking in Banaskantha on April 6 has exposed a sinister multi-state racket of abducting and selling newborn babies, mostly those whose parents were in dire need of money due to poverty.On Monday, the Banaskantha police caught three members of the Telangana-based…
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat forest department has drawn up ambitious plans to set up distinct corridors for three big cats — tiger, cheetah and leopard. While the tiger and leopard corridor is proposed to be set up from Aravalli in North Gujarat to Dang in South Gujarat, the cheetah corridor will come up at the Banni…
Ahmedabad: From more than 1.5 million candidates nationwide, Nimay Purohit of Rajkot has emerged as Gujarat’s sole candidate student to secure a perfect 100 percentile in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE)-Main. Results of the two-session examination were announced by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on Monday, with the total number of candidates rising to 15.38…
Ahmedabad: A 22-year-old woman sought the Abhayam helpline’s intervention over her elder sister’s behaviour. The helpline received a call from the woman complaining that her elder sister was posting her pictures on social media without her consent. An Abhayam counsellor said, the woman had taken up the issue with her sibling, but there was no…
AHMEDABAD: More than 400 people fell ill after a suspected food poisoning incident at a wedding in Abhlod village of Gujarat’s Dahod district, officials said on Tuesday. Several of the affected people were hospitalised, and a probe has been initiated by health authorities to determine the cause.In a separate incident, a suspected food poisoning case…
Ahmedabad: Damaging public property to fix private problems has landed the owner of a restaurant in Gota in hot water. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) sealed the eatery and on Monday after the owner dug up a newly constructed footpath to repair the establishment’s private sewer line.Taking a strict stance against the destruction of civic…
Ahmedabad: As the probe intensified into violence in Dhandhuka allegedly after a fatal stabbing, Ahmedabad rural police on Monday focused on reconstructing the sequence of events. The key accused were taken to key locations to recreate the crime scene where 29-year-old Dharmesh Gamara was stabbed and where the violence started. The police team took the…
Ahmedabad: It starts with a WhatsApp message; a location pin. By the time most people look up from their phones, young volunteers are already on their way to a construction pit, a mobile tower, or a burrow in the ground. Across Gujarat, students, mechanics, accountants, and teenagers, some as young as 12, are building informal…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court has directed the Gujarat Adani Institute of Medical Sciences in Bhuj to deposit Rs 12 lakh with the Krantiguru Shyamji Krishna Verma Kachchh University, which is demanding Rs 34 lakh towards affiliation fees and penalty for late submissions and Goods and Services Tax (GST).The university has asked for Rs 1.65…
