Ahmedabad: A 74-year-old retired consultant from Maninagar allegedly lost Rs 15.5 lakh after clicking on an APK file sent to him on WhatsApp in the guise of a wedding invitation.According to a complaint registered with the cybercrime police on Wednesday, the victim had previously interacted with a Gujarat Pollution Control Board official in connection with…
Ahmedabad: GIFT City has climbed nine places to 37th globally in the 40th edition of the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI 40).It ranked 46th in the previous edition.GIFT City also ranks among the top 15 financial centres in the Asia-Pacific region. In the GFCI fintech ranking, GIFT City moved up three places to 26th globally…
Ahmedabad: A 15-year-old boy, Mohammed Shaikh, sustained serious injuries after a pickup truck allegedly hit him while he was crossing a road near Sarkhej Dhala crossroads on Wednesday morning. The driver, Rohit Chauhan, was arrested by M division traffic police.According to a complaint filed by Khalid Shaikh, the boy’s father, the accident occurred around 11.30am…
Ahmedabad: A pregnant woman from Chandkheda has alleged that her husband assaulted her and attempted to strangle her amid repeated quarrels over his alleged video calls with other women. The complainant had left her matrimonial home and sought shelter with her parents.According to complaint filed with Chandkheda police on Wednesday, the woman married in May…
Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s (AMC) garden department on Thursday received a complaint alleging that a petrol pump operator near Shyamal Cross Roads in the Satellite area of Jodhpur Ward had heavily trimmed five trees. A garden department team visited the spot to investigate the complaint. The operator is likely to be penalised, said AMC…
Ahmedabad: A woman from Gota has alleged that the sister of a rape accused threatened to circulate her morphed nude photographs unless she withdrew the case against her brother. The woman approached Sola High Court police with the complaint, which was registered on Wednesday.The complainant said she feared the photographs would be made public and…
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat govt is set to undertake GIS-based geo-tagging and mapping of manufacturing MSME units registered on the state’s Udyog portal. The move is aimed at creating a comprehensive database for infrastructure planning and policy formulation.The project is being implemented by the state MSME commissionerate under the Union govt’s Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance…
Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah offers prayers at Hatkeshwar Mahadev Temple on the occasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday in Vadnagar, Gujarat, on Thursday Gandhinagar: Union home minister Amit Shah and Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel led the BJP’s statewide ‘Ashirwad ka Diya’ programme on Thursday evening by lighting a lamp at…
Ahmedabad: Students of govt engineering and arts-commerce colleges in Gujarat have raised objections after colleges changed examination timings and directed students to remain present on campus in the evening for programmes linked to Vishwakarma Jayanti celebrations.At Govt Vishwakarma Govt Engineering College, mid-term examinations in departments including computer engineering were scheduled at different times on Thursday….
An elderly woman’s hands hold a smartphone showing a suspicious video call beside blurred bank documents and a police-style insignia, illustrating a TRAI–Mumbai police impersonation scam and “digital arrest” cyber fraud targeting seniors in India. Ahmedabad: Investigations into a Rs 3.8 crore ‘digital arrest’ fraud case filed with CID Cyber Crime Cell had led sleuths…
