Rajkot/Surat: What began as a relatively quiet morning, with barely an inch of rainfall till noon, snowballed into monsoon mayhem in Junagadh’s coastal Mangrol taluka by evening, leaving the region battered by nearly 500 mm (about 20 inches) of rain in just 14 hours on Friday.Though there were no deaths or mass shifting of people…
Ahmedabad: A special Pocso court in Ahmedabad on Friday sentenced a man to 20 years in prison for raping his minor stepdaughter, an ordeal that resulted in the birth of a child.Special judge N H Vasvelia, delivering the verdict, also imposed a fine of Rs 1.05 lakh on the convict and directed the state govt…
Ahmedabad: Eight letters allegedly addressed to Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar and recovered during raids on eight arrested terror suspects have revealed how some of the accused sought to join the banned outfit, praised its leadership and sought religious guidance on participating in jihad, according to the Gujarat ATS.In a statement issued on Friday, ATS…
Ahmedabad: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday arrested an assistant clerk posted in the appeals department of the City Civil and Sessions Court at Bhadra here after allegedly catching him red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000.The accused, identified as Ashok Patel, allegedly demanded the bribe in connection with proceedings related to a court…
Ahmedabad: Body of an unidentified man, believed to be around 30 years old, was found near a glass factory on the Por-Kudasan Road in Gandhinagar on Thursday evening.According to police, passers-by alerted the police after finding the body opposite the factory. After preliminary investigation the case was handed over to the Adalaj police.Officials said there…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) on Friday declared the results of the Class XII supplementary examination for the general stream, with 60.86% of students clearing the exam.The supplementary examination was conducted for students who were unable to clear the Feb-March 2026 Class XII board examinations. According to the board, 40,233…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court dismissed a petition by an income tax informant seeking a higher reward after his inputs helped the department detect tax evasion by the Ahmedabad-based Sheladiya Group and recover Rs 8.12 crore. The court held that informant rewards are ex gratia and discretionary, and judicial interference is unwarranted unless there is manifest…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Friday said that eight alleged operatives of the banned terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), arrested earlier this week, were working to establish an active network in Gujarat and were planning terror attacks in the state as well as other parts of the country.According to ATS officials, the accused were acting…
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) reported that over 4,000 benefited from the ‘best of two’ scoring system introduced to improve academic performance. According to official data, a total of 12,885 students from Classes X and XII registered for the supplementary of which 10,359 appeared and 4,078 successfully improved their results….
Commuters wade through a waterlogged road, in Valsad on Friday Ahmedabad: For the second consecutive day, the state recorded progress of the southwest monsoon. While the northern limit passed through Porbandar and Vallabh Vidyanagar on Thursday, the limit reached Jamnagar as rain covered the majority of central Gujarat districts. Conditions are favourable for further progress…
