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…
Ahmedabad: The Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) police on Thursday registered a cheating case against four partners of a Chennai-based jewellery firm for allegedly failing to pay Rs 1.6 crore for gold and silver jewellery supplied by a Ahmedabad jeweller despite repeated demands and assurances.According to the FIR, the complainant, a Navrangpura resident who runs…
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) estate department on Thursday cleared a 700m stretch of a sanctioned 30.5-metre-wide road in Rakhial, removing 88 structures that fell within the proposed road line.The drive was carried out along the road from Trikamlal Crossroads to Potalia Crossroads, via Everest Crossroads, up to Rakhial Crossroads in the…
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat assembly on Thursday passed two bills, one amending the Gujarat Goods and Services Tax (GST) Act to bring it in line with decisions of the GST Council and other seeking to regulate the manufacture, storage, distribution, sale and quality control of livestock and poultry feed.The Gujarat GST (Amendment) Bill, 2026 was brought…
Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad and Surat together recorded 30,859 cases of theft, robbery, rape, murder, molestation, kidnapping, extortion, prohibition, gambling and cyberfraud in a year, according to data tabled by Gujarat govt in state assembly.The govt furnished the figures in response to a question raised by senior Congress MLA from Anklav, Amit Chavda. Of the total cases…
Ahmedabad: An incorrect code in an income tax return (ITR) has put several business taxpayers under the department’s compliance scanner. Several from Ahmedabad have received defective return notices, flagging returns in which the selected business or profession code is absent, incorrect or does not correspond with the taxpayers’ activities reported in the financial statements. Tax…
Ahmedabad: AMC’s Health Department on Thursday inspected construction sites across the city as part of measures to curb vector-borne diseases. Mosquito breeding was found at several locations. The civic body sealed nine construction sites, issued notices to 80 others and collected penalties totalling Rs 2.8 lakh.The sealed sites include Athithi Prime in Vatva, Zainab in…
Ahmedabad: A 28-year-old social media influencer and makeup artist has claimed she was subjected to a caste-based derogatory comment after she posted a video alleging that a temple did not allow her to make Janmashtami reels. A video the influencer posted talking about the alleged experience went viral. Another Instagram user made a derogatory comment…
Gujarat Legislative Assembly Gandhinagar: The issue of Congress MLA Imran Khedawala not standing through the entire rendition of Vande Mataram song rocked the assembly on Thursday, with ruling BJP seeking action against the Congress MLA for “disrespecting” the national song.A defensive Congress, terming Khedawala’s stance “unfortunate”, said not standing through the entire rendition of the…
Gandhinagar: Congress MLAs staged a protest on the Gujarat assembly premises on Thursday over the Bhavnagar hooch tragedy, demanding the resignation of state home minister and accusing the government of failing to curb the illegal liquor and drug network.Wearing aprons and carrying posters, the MLAs raised slogans such as “stop drugs and liquor, save the…
