₹30 lakh with fake temple job promise Ahmedabad: A 20-year-old man from Kheda district was allegedly cheated of Rs 32,890 by fraudsters posing as recruiters from a leading automobile company. An FIR was registered with Gujarat University police on Thursday.The complainant, who lives in a paying guest facility near Vijay Crossroads in Ahmedabad, told police…
Ahmedabad: A special Pocso court on Friday sentenced two persons to 14 years’ rigorous imprisonment for trafficking and sexually exploiting two minor girls who were brought from Bangladesh and forced into prostitution.The convicts were identified as Sagar Mandal from West Bengal and Mohammed Faruq Mandal from Bangladesh. The court convicted both accused under the BNS…
Ahmedabad: The admission process for medical and dental courses after Class XII Science has officially commenced in the state, with the distribution of online PINs, and registration starting from July 31. Students can buy the PIN and complete online registration until Aug 12. After completing the registration, candidates will be required to visit designated help…
Ahmedabad: Despite the commencement of inter-college sports tournaments, Gujarat University (GU) is yet to allot seats under the sports quota even as intercollege tournaments have begun, and the admission process has reached its final stages. This has raised concerns among applicants and stakeholders.While Gujarat Common Admission Services (GCAS) has collected sports quota details from universities…
Guj HC to hear case again on Aug 6 Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court issued a notice to Australian consulate general in India over a legal bottleneck faced by Australian adoptive parents in getting immigration clearance for their adopted children.Justice Nirzar Desai sought a response from the Australian authority by raising concerns over the fate of…
Vadodara: When most children of his age are learning to count, Arjun Vishal Prajapati is trying to understand why numbers never end. He also wonders what came before the Big Bang or what infinity minus infinity is, questions that leave most stumped.That insatiable curiosity has earned 4-year-old Arjun membership of Mensa, the world’s oldest IQ…
Ahmedabad: A 64-year-old consultant from Ellisbridge lost Rs 99,000 after cyberfraudsters allegedly used fake bank credit messages and a fabricated medical emergency to convince him to transfer money.According to an FIR registered with Ellisbridge police, the alleged fraud happened on July 23 when the complainant received a call from a man claiming that his friend…
Ahmedabad: A retiree has accused the directors and managers of an investment company of cheating him and several investors of Rs 21.8 lakh by allegedly failing to honour fixed deposit and monthly income schemes after collecting investments over several years.An FIR was registered with Navrangpura police on Thursday against the directors and managers of Unique…
AMC cancels Jaya-Parvati Vrat events at Riverfront, Kankaria Ahmedabad: In view of the India Meteorological Department’s forecast of extremely heavy rainfall across Ahmedabad and other parts of Gujarat over the next few days, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has cancelled special arrangements planned for women and girls observing Jaya-Parvati Vrat. Acting on instructions from mayor Hitesh…
Pic: AI Generated Used For Representational Purpose Only A submerged structure the size of a small town sits 120 feet under the Arabian Sea, off Gujarat’s coast. Two decades on, nobody has proven it’s man-made — or that it isn’t.The story doesn’t start with archaeologists. The site, located about 36 metres underwater off India’s western…
