File photo of Hemant Nagindas Modi in police custody Ahmedabad: The cameras kept rolling, and the roles kept coming as nobody realised that Hemant Nagindas Modi had a life sentence hanging over him. The 54-year-old, arrested by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch last week, allegedly spent nearly 12 years on the run after jumping parole —…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat University (GU) has postponed more than 40 examinations that were earlier set to be conducted on May 28, following the state govt’s decision to declare a public holiday for Eid-ul-Adha on that day. The university has now issued revised dates for all the affected examinations.Earlier, the state govt had announced May 27 as…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat State Primary Education Selection Committee has announced a major recruitment drive for govt primary schools under district and municipal education committees across the state. Around 3,966 vacancies will be filled through this process, including posts for Vidyasahayak (primary teachers), special educators and head teachers under a special drive for persons with disabilities….
Ahmedabad: The city on Monday recorded a maximum temperature of 43°C, the highest in the state. This marked a rise of 0.8 degree from 42.2°C logged on Sunday. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) bulletin, the maximum temperature stood 1.1 degrees above normal.At 28.4°C, the minimum temperature in the city was 0.5 degree above…
Ahmedabad: NIFT Gandhinagar hosted the graduation project showcase for different disciplines on Monday. This year’s overarching theme is spirit of scent, aspiration, and transformative growth, said officials. Prof Sameer Sood, director of NIFT Gandhinagar, congratulated 259 graduating students and said that India’s textile industry is a cornerstone for Aatmanirbhar Bharat with farm to fibre to…
Ahmedabad: Fuel prices were raised for the fourth time in just 11 days on Monday, pushing petrol rates in Ahmedabad beyond the Rs 100-per-litre threshold. State-run oil marketing companies revised retail fuel prices with effect from 6am on May 25. Petrol prices in Ahmedabad rose by Rs 2.60 per litre from Rs 99.23 to Rs…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court on Monday allowed detained Junagadh taluka panchayat member Sanjay Paghdar, through an interim order, to be escorted by police to vote in the election for chairman and vice-chairman of the taluka panchayat. The order came on a habeas corpus petition filed by the Aam Aadmi Party legal wing president Pranav…
Dharmendrasinh Barad was shot in the foot during a scuffle with a crime branch officer Dharmendrasinh Barad, an accused wanted in an attempt-to-murder case, was shot in the foot during a crime branch operation near Sola Bhagwat in Ahmedabad on Monday, May 26 Dharmendrasinh Barad was shot in the foot during a scuffle with a…
Sanjay Thakkar, whose real name was Satish Ruparelia, beheaded a textile trader 31 years back Ahmedabad: For more than a decade, neighbours in New Ranip allegedly knew him as a soft-spoken spiritual speaker and worked as a financial consultant. Few suspected that the man living quietly under the name Sanjay Thakkar was actually Satish Ruparelia,…
Bengaluru: Two people from Ahmedabad are among six people arrested for allegedly impersonating senior Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) and duping a 74-year-old woman of Rs 24 crore. The Karnataka State Cyber Command busted the “digital arrest” fraud racket, police said on Monday.The accused were identified as Palak Patel and Amit…
