Ahmedabad: An Amdavadi has landed squarely in the soup across the pond after allegedly faking US citizenship just to cast a ballot in the 2024 presidential election. The election was won by Donald Trump.A federal grand jury in Minnesota has indicted Indian national Mukesh Chaudhari on two counts. He faces one count of providing false…
Gandhinagar: Inquiries into irregularities flagged in a BEd college in Gir Somnath district have exposed potential regulatory violations in around 70 private colleges across the state. The institutions have come under govt scrutiny after they were found to be running without valid National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) approval, mandatory for university affiliation and student…
Ahmedabad: Fever, body pain and dehydration are sending more and more patients to city hospitals over the past fortnight as dengue and swine flu strike at the same time. Some of the factors driving the hospital admissions include significant platelet drop, incessant vomiting and diarrhoea, and high-grade fever for more than 3-4 days, experts said.The…
Ahmedabad: A cyberfraudster allegedly hacked a factory accountant’s mobile phone, created a WhatsApp account using the owner’s photograph and duped him into transferring Rs 80 lakh to a bank account in a suspected business payment scam.The fraud came to light on Thursday when Sanand-based businessman Pradip Ramvani visited his rice mill at Madhavnagar and met…
Ahmedabad: As the world approaches the 25th anniversary of the Sep 11 terror attacks, the memories remain vivid for Jay Patel, a New York-based third-generation Gujarati tech investor and film producer who witnessed the tragedy unfold from close quarters.Patel recalls driving towards downtown Manhattan on the morning of Sep 11, 2001, when he noticed smoke…
Ahmedabad: An IndiGo flight from Lucknow to Dammam was diverted to Ahmedabad on Thursday evening after a handwritten note mentioning a “bomb” was found on board, police said.Flight 6E97, carrying 107 passengers and six crew members, landed safely at Ahmedabad airport around 5.40pm, Airport police inspector A D Chavda said.The aircraft had taken off from…
Chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar visits Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad on Thursday Ahmedabad: Complaints of name deletion received during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) would be “110 per cent resolved” before the next Lok Sabha elections, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said in Ahmedabad on Thursday. Outlining a step-by-step appeal process, Kumar said documents would…
Gujarat Assembly building Gujarat Legislative Assembly ( Gujarat Vidhan Sabha) building Top view,Tuesday, 13,Julai,2021 Photo Yogesh Chawda Gandhinagar: The Gujarat assembly on Thursday passed the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Amendment Bill, 2026, proposing tighter regulation of schools, sharply higher penalties for violations and a statutory framework for appointing special educators for children with…
Image Credit: X (Department of Information & Publicity) NEW DELHI: The Daman administration has brought together owners of Mahindra Thar and Toyota Fortuner SUVs as part of a road-safety initiative amid growing online discussion around the two vehicles.A large number of Thar and Fortuner owners took part in the “Thar-Fortuner Sankalp Yatra” and a road…
Bomb squad at a school that received the bomb scare email Ahmedabad: A series of bomb threat emails were sent to 10 Ahmedabad schools, three courts and the Gujarat assembly on Thursday, sparking a security scare. However, security checks found nothing suspicious at any of the locations, confirming that the email threats were hoaxes.The schools…
