Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel Gandhinagar: At the state-level Independence Day celebrations in Amreli on Saturday, chief minister Bhupendra Patel announced a series of measures, including free residential plots for eligible rural families, a Rs 3,428-crore road upgrade programme and a 67% hike in supplementary nutrition rates for anganwadi children.Eligible rural families will be allotted…
Ahmedabad: A 40-year-old Gujarati doctor who was facing multiple charges related to possession and transmission of child sexual abuse material in the US was found dead in Florida’s Alachua county jail.Additional charges were filed against him just days before he was found dead on Thursday.Chintan Vimalkumar Shah, a former associate clinical professor at the University…
Relatives demand probe after 21-yr-old dies at Ahmedabad hospital Ahmedabad: A 21-year-old man from Sabarkantha died at Ahmedabad Civil Hospital on Saturday following a surgical procedure, triggering protests by his relatives, who alleged medical negligence and demanded action against those responsible.The deceased, Yuvraj Nadiya, a resident of Varvada village, had been admitted to the hospital…
Police suspect he may have died of cardiac arrest Ahmedabad: Moments after allegedly setting a woman’s scooter on fire, a rickshaw driver collapsed mid-escape and died. Police suspect 33-year-old Nitin Chauhan suffered a cardiac arrest. The incident occurred around 4.30pm on Thursday outside the woman’s house in Rukshmani Vallabh Society near Kenyug Crossroads in Satellite….
Officials from the state Food and Drug Control Administration (FDCA) inspect and seize suspected adulterated ghee and edible oils during a crackdown on food adulteration. Gandhinagar: Intensifying its drive against food adulteration, the state food and drug control administration (FDCA) seized suspected adulterated ghee and edible oils worth over Rs 35 lakh during raids in…
Ahmedabad: A Navrangpura woman has alleged that a dispute over a Rs 77 parcel delivery charge triggered a prolonged cyber harassment campaign against her. Days after she complained about a delivery rider’s conduct, she began receiving a flood of OTPs, payment requests and login alerts on her phone and email. Obscene material with her name…
Intoxicated SUV driver hits police barricades, riverfront wall Ahmedabad: A 23-year-old man was booked for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol, crashing into police barricades during a vehicle-checking drive at the Sabarmati Riverfront and later damaging a civic wall in the early hours of Saturday.According to a complaint lodged by Sabarmati Riverfront (West) police,…
Ahmedabad: Using a crane and posing as AMC employees, four men stole copper cables from a BSNL duct near Vasna in the early hours of Saturday. They were arrested after a BSNL security guard who got suspicious called up the telco. Around 220 metres of cable worth Rs 7 lakh was recovered from them. Police…
The competition will be intense, say academicians Ahmedabad: Admissions to medical and dental seats in Gujarat are seeing a shift this year. The number of NEET qualifiers has fallen to 38,000 from 51,000 last year. Correspondingly, the state merit list has shrunk, with 15,651 candidates included out of the 16,430 registered, against approximately 24,000 on…
Customs seizes gold, valuables from flyer in Ahmedabad Ahmedabad: A team of Customs officials at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport nabbed a couple with gold and other valuables worth Rs 32.37 lakh on Sunday.“Based on intelligence developed through passenger profiling, officers of the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU), Ahmedabad Customs, intercepted one female passenger…
