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…
Ahmedabad: The Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) has issued a strict directive to eliminate institutional irregularities following widespread allegations of colleges submitting fake staff documents, listing ghost faculty members, or retaining the names of professors who resigned. To enforce transparency, the apex regulatory body has introduced tighter compliance guidelines for all colleges, including those in…
Gujarat University vice-chancellor Neerja Gupta’s tenure ends on June 30 Ahmedabad: With Gujarat University vice-chancellor Neerja Gupta’s tenure ending on June 30, delays in forming the mandatory search committee have triggered intense speculation over who will head the state’s largest university next. The state govt has yet to appoint the crucial third member of the…
In Gujarat, cooperative sugar societies have ensured that farmers receive maximum benefits not only from sugar production but also from the income generated through various by-products such as molasses, ethanol, and power generation through co-generation Gandhinagar: In a major relief to the state’s agriculture sector, the Gujarat govt has officially approved the sugarcane prices paid…
Urban Gujarat residents consume only 5.251kg of vegetables per person every 30 days, less than half the recommended 12kg Ahmedabad: Gujaratis may love their fafda, gathiya, and farsan, but new govt data suggests the state’s appetite for oil is now far above healthy limits. A new analysis by the Union ministry of statistics and programme…
Ahmedabad: Two separate ATM card swap frauds reported in different parts of Ahmedabad have left customers cheated of a total of Rs 1.4 lakh. Police registered offences against unidentified accused on Tuesday.In the first case registered with Anandnagar police, a 47-year-old homemaker from Satellite alleged that two unidentified men swapped her ATM card while she…
The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board has not yet issued marksheets for the Class X results declared on May 6 Ahmedabad: It has been three weeks since the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) declared the Class X results, but students are yet to get their original marksheets. Officials have cited…
The department has begun identifying weak lions across the landscape Ahmedabad/Rajkot: A fresh health scare has gripped Gir, the only home of the Asiatic lion, after five lions died over 10 days across the Gir East and Gir West forest divisions. The deaths have triggered alarm in the forest department and revived memories of the…
The accused in custody on Tuesday. The crackdown followed a tip-off received by Gujarat ATS on May 25 Ahmedabad: A scrap warehouse in Gujarat’s Valsad district was allegedly being used as a covert drug manufacturing unit where banned mephedrone (MD) was processed into high-grade powder before being distributed to buyers, officials from the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist…
