According to the ACB, the application had been filed at the L Division station, and Rajput was assigned to investigate it. Ahmedabad: An alleged demand for Rs 10,000 to settle an accident-related matter landed an Ahmedabad traffic police officer in an ACB trap on Tuesday.ASI Mukesh Rajput of the L-Division traffic police station was caught…
Ahmedabad: A 17-year-old college student was robbed of a gold chain worth about Rs 1 lakh by two bike-borne snatchers while he was out for a walk near his house in Chandkheda, police said. An FIR was registered on Monday.According to the complaint, the robbery occurred around 10pm on July 21 when the teenager was…
Ahmedabad: Indian gem and jewellery exporters will continue to face an additional 10% US tariff after US brought a new Section 301 tariff regime into force on July 24. Industry leaders said the move would hurt exports despite giving India an edge over several competing manufacturing hubs.Calling the levy “unjustified”, Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion…
Ahmedabad: Work on the New Integrated Terminal Building (NITB) at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport has begun, with the airport operator aiming to make the facility operational by 2029-30, sources close to the development said.The first phase of the terminal will come up on the right of the existing domestic terminal, extending from the…
Ahmedabad: A city-based trader on Monday lodged a complaint with Gujarat University police, alleging that a visa consultant from Makarba duped him of Rs 16.7 lakh on the pretext of securing an Australian visa for his son.According to the FIR, the complainant, who runs a saree business in Ratanpol, came across an advertisement by a…
Two held with 2kg ganja worth Rs 1.6L in Narol Ahmedabad: Narol police arrested two persons and seized 2kg of ganja, an autorickshaw and two mobile phones, with the total value of the seized property estimated at Rs 1.6 lakh, officials said on Sunday.The arrests were made near the AMTS bus stop at Narol Circle…
Protests erupt over alleged BAMS exam paper leak at Jamnagar University Ahmedabad: Protests erupted across Gujarat following allegations of a paper leak in the third-year BAMS examination conducted by Jamnagar Ayurvedic University. The National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) and Youth Congress have condemned the incident and demanded stringent action against those responsible.According to reports,…
Govt to provide free textbooks to flood-affected students Ahmedabad: As excessive rainfall has inundated many homes and schools, damaging students’ textbooks, the Gujarat State School Textbook Board will provide replacement textbooks free of cost to all affected students.The initiative aims to ensure that children from economically weaker and middle-class families in flood-affected areas can continue…
Gandhinagar: Industrial projects worth Rs 2,999 crore were approved by state govt under the Industrial Policy 2015 on Monday. The projects were approved at a meeting chaired by deputy chief minister Harsh Sanghavi in Gandhinagar.An official statement said that the policy has so far attracted investments worth Rs 1,48,366 crore and has generated direct employment…
Some Ahmedabad areas have been flood-prone for decades Ahmedabad: Between 6am and 4pm on July 23, the city received an average rainfall of 95.9mm. Ninety per cent of the flood-prone spots cleared before this monsoon were inundated again —including 34 in the city’s west.The infrastructure failure at three locations is glaring because Rs 60 crore…
