Ahmedabad: Panic gripped parts of Vadaj after a video surfaced on social media showing a man brandishing a knife and threatening people in the Ramapir Tekra area. The incident, reportedly occurred on a busy public road near a BRTS bus stand.In the widely circulated video, the man is seen waving a knife at motorists and…
Ahmedabad: A 57-year-old businessman on Monday lodged a complaint at Bodakdev police station after unknown persons allegedly assaulted staff and looted cash and valuables worth Rs 92,000 from his guest house in Thaltej during the early hours of Sunday.According to the complaint, Mulsingh Purohit, a resident of Ghatlodia, owns Hotel Rajvanshi, a guest house near…
Ahmedabad: The Khari river in Mehsana has virtually been reduced to a toxic stream, with successive Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) reports from 2022 to 2025 confirming serious pollution caused by untreated sewage and industrial effluents.Details obtained through an RTI application back long-standing complaints from residents about foul smells, murky water and fish kills, highlighting…
Ahmedabad: The equity turnover of Gujarat’s individual investors swelled nearly sixfold over the past decade, even as the number of active equity investors in the state expanded eightfold.The numbers are highlighted in a National Stock Exchange report tracking retail participation in the stock market. Surat district ranked first in India in terms of growth rate…
Palanpur: An expansive probe initiated after the rescue of a four-year-old boy kidnapped for trafficking in Banaskantha on April 6 has exposed a sinister multi-state racket of abducting and selling newborn babies, mostly those whose parents were in dire need of money due to poverty.On Monday, the Banaskantha police caught three members of the Telangana-based…
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat forest department has drawn up ambitious plans to set up distinct corridors for three big cats — tiger, cheetah and leopard. While the tiger and leopard corridor is proposed to be set up from Aravalli in North Gujarat to Dang in South Gujarat, the cheetah corridor will come up at the Banni…
Ahmedabad: From more than 1.5 million candidates nationwide, Nimay Purohit of Rajkot has emerged as Gujarat’s sole candidate student to secure a perfect 100 percentile in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE)-Main. Results of the two-session examination were announced by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on Monday, with the total number of candidates rising to 15.38…
Ahmedabad: A 22-year-old woman sought the Abhayam helpline’s intervention over her elder sister’s behaviour. The helpline received a call from the woman complaining that her elder sister was posting her pictures on social media without her consent. An Abhayam counsellor said, the woman had taken up the issue with her sibling, but there was no…
AHMEDABAD: More than 400 people fell ill after a suspected food poisoning incident at a wedding in Abhlod village of Gujarat’s Dahod district, officials said on Tuesday. Several of the affected people were hospitalised, and a probe has been initiated by health authorities to determine the cause.In a separate incident, a suspected food poisoning case…
Ahmedabad: Damaging public property to fix private problems has landed the owner of a restaurant in Gota in hot water. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) sealed the eatery and on Monday after the owner dug up a newly constructed footpath to repair the establishment’s private sewer line.Taking a strict stance against the destruction of civic…
