Ahmedabad: A suspected Ebola case has been reported in Gujarat after a 37-year-old businessman from the Republic of Congo was quarantined at the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. The man arrived in India around 10 days ago and has travelled to Mumbai, Vadodara and Silvassa/Daman during this period. Hospital authorities said he has been…
Ahmedabad: Residents of Punjavala ni Chali in Khokhra on Wednesday blocked traffic to protest against polluted drinking water supply and draw attention of authorities to the issue. Around 3pm, they placed cement blocks across the road outside the chali, bringing traffic to a halt. A team from the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and policemen arrived…
Ahmedabad: With just a day left for the deadline to register under the Gujarat Common Admission Services (GCAS), undergraduate admissions across the state have witnessed only a moderate response so far, raising concerns over a large number of vacant seats in colleges and universities.Against 5.5 lakh undergraduate seats available across govt universities and select private…
The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and the Indian Coast Guard uncovered a sophisticated international drug trafficking syndicate using sea routes from Latin America to India by seizing 115kg of cocaine worth Rs 1,150 crore Ahmedabad: In one of the biggest maritime anti-narcotics crackdowns in the country, a joint operation by the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS)…
Gandhinagar: Chief minister Bhupendra Patel has asked the administration to prepare a standard operating procedure (SOP) at the earliest to prevent delays in implementing development projects across sectors and departments. The SOP will also cover issuance of no objection certificates (NOCs) by various departments.The state cabinet, which met on Wednesday, also reviewed the situation arising…
E&C seat occupancy recorded over 70% in both 2024 and 2025, a dramatic climb from 63% in 2023 and a dismal 39.4% in 2022 Logo: Mission AdmissionAhmedabad: The race to build India’s semiconductor ecosystem is now changing classroom choices too. With global chip companies setting up projects in Sanand and Dholera, the impact is already…
Ahmedabad: Fifteen Asiatic lions have been placed under observation following the death of five, including two cubs, due to the Babesia infection, with the current outbreak being the third over the past eight years.In the first significant outbreak, which occurred in 2018, a combination of the canine distemper virus (CDV) and Babesia killed 11 lions.In…
AHMEDABAD: Police have registered a murder case against a woman for allegedly poisoning and strangling her three children before attempting suicide by consuming phenyl, officials said on Wednesday. She is currently undergoing treatment at a hospital.According to Valsad deputy superintendent of police (DSP) JK Patel, police received information that a woman had killed her children,…
One accused, identified as Juma Nasir Omar (left), was apprehended from the boat. AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) and the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) jointly seized 118kg of cocaine worth nearly Rs 1,000 crore from the Arabian Sea off the Kutch coast. Officials said the contraband was being smuggled from Brazil and was meant…
The 27-year-old was arrested on Monday and produced before an additional chief judicial magistrate on Tuesday Ahmedabad: A local court on Tuesday granted three-day police remand of a 27-year-old Ghatlodia man who was arrested for allegedly planting ganja outside a woman’s house after she refused to continue a relationship with him.The 27-year-old was arrested on…
