Ahmedabad: A special court here on Friday convicted a 41-year-old woman from the Philippines for smuggling 2.1kg of heroin in India at the behest of an international drug syndicate, and sentenced her to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment. The court also fined her Rs 4 lakh. According to the case details, Ginalean Padiwan Limon, a…
Ahmedabad: Perched atop a hill in Kutch’s Anjar, the historic bungalow of Captain James MacMurdo — the first British Resident of Kutch — stands as a crumbling testament to a forgotten era. Once a sanctuary for the rare Kamangari wall paintings, this place, which is today listed as a state-protected monument, is now a derelict…
Ahmedabad: The city’s heritage is seeing a rare double revival. As the civic body restores Ellis Bridge into the new avatar of a pedestrian pathway, a few streets away in the Walled City, its maker’s home is being brought back to life after more than a century. Together, they resurrect a piece of the city’s…
Ahmedabad: A new eligibility rule under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) is quietly threatening to upend cancer care across Gujarat, by barring hundreds of experienced oncologists from treating the scheme’s patients.The revised recruitment and empanelment norms require oncology specialists to hold doctorate of medicine (DM), magister chirurgiae (MCh) or doctorate of national board…
Ahmedabad: A 32-year-old driver living in Sanand taluka has been arrested for allegedly threatening to kill Samrat Choudhary, a day before the latter was sworn in as Bihar’s chief minister.“Shekhar Yadav, a native of Banka district in Bihar, allegedly called Choudhary’s office in Munger last Tuesday and issued death threats over the phone,” said SP…
Ahmedabad: On the second day of the GATE-26 expo organized by the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) in Gandhinagar, sessions were held on semiconductors and emerging investment thinking in AI products and deep technology.Addressing the gathering, Shekhar Patel, national president, Credai, said, “Ahmedabad is set to host the Commonwealth Games in 2030, and…
Ahmedabad: A sales manager of a private bank has been accused of cheating a customer of Rs 1 lakh on the pretext of opening a current account. The complaint filed with Navrangpura police on Thursday states that the accused, in Aug, took Rs 80,000 first and Rs 20,000 the next day for opening the account…
Ahmedabad: A woman allegedly bit off a grocery shop owner’s ear after she was asked to clear pending dues at a shop in the Sarkhej area of the city, police said. A 23-year-old woman from Fatehwadi has filed a complaint with Sarkhej police on Thursday. According to the complaint, the incident occurred on Wednesday, at…
Vadodara: Once a quiet spiritual journey undertaken by a few thousand devotees, the Uttarvahini Narmada Parikrama has seen a sharp surge in participation over the past three years, transforming into a major annual pilgrimage.The 18km circumambulation, held during the holy month of Chaitra, drew around one lakh devotees in 2023. The number rose to five…
Ahmedabad: Hiding his true income and wealth in a matrimonial maintenance case proved costly for a 32-year-old jeweller from Jhalod town in Dahod district, as the Gujarat high court has ordered contempt of court proceedings against him. Describing him as “a poor son of a wealthy father”, the court ordered action against the jeweller for…
