Gandhinagar: Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) on Wednesday published a report showing two Rajya Sabha members from Gujarat are crorepatis.The report also says that one member has two criminal cases.An ADR statement said the two crorepati Rajya Sabha members are Babubhai Desai, who has assets worth Rs 34.7 crore; and Govindbhai Dholakia, who has assets…
Ahmedabad: Five men from Rajasthan were arrested after police busted an alleged online betting and financial fraud operation being run from a rented house in Naranpura.Police believe the accused were acting as local operators for the controversial ‘Reddy Anna’ betting platform, managing customer registrations, handling deposits and withdrawals, and routing money through a network of…
Ahmedabad: Southwest monsoon has arrived in Gujarat, about a week behind its usual June 15 onset date.Conditions, however, are favourable for the monsoon’s progress in the state over the next two to three days, said Met department officials.Gujarat currently has two weather systems in the form of troughs, one from the southeastern Rajasthan to the…
Ahmedabad: A complaint has been filed with Bodakdev police against the directors and staff of a visa consultancy firm in Thaltej for allegedly cheating a man seeking a Canadian work permit.According to the FIR registered on Tuesday, the complainant approached the consultancy in July 2024 after seeing its Instagram advertisements offering overseas job opportunities. During…
Haren Pandya, a former state home minister, was shot dead on March 26, 2006 Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court has ordered the state govt to take a decision within six months on an application filed by the sharpshooter in the Haren Pandya murder case, Mohammed Asghar Ali. Convicted to a life term, Ali moved the HC…
Ahmedabad: A WhatsApp message carrying what appeared to be an RBI notice has cost a real estate businessman Rs 1.5 crore. Cyberscammers, allegedly, used a fake regulatory communication to hack into his office computer system and create a cloned WhatsApp account to impersonate him and trick his accountant into transferring the money.The complainant, who runs…
Ahmedabad: At the end of the first round of degree engineering admissions in Gujarat, 33,993 candidates were allotted seats out of the 61,316 available. While 41,688 students participated, 7,687 candidates missed out on allotments due to insufficient or inappropriate choice filling.Students who were allotted seats must confirm their admission by paying their fees through the…
PGCET will be held in Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, and Rajkot Ahmedabad: Postgraduate Common Entrance Test (PGCET) 2026 for admission to engineering, pharmacy and planning courses will be held on June 27 and 28 at Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, and Rajkot. Conducted by Gujarat Technological University (GTU), the exam serves students who either skipped national-level exams like…
Gandhinagar: The National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6) data has exposed Gujarat govt’s claim of women’s empowerment, the state unit of the Congress party said on Wednesday.Party spokesperson Hiren Banker said that only 16% of women in Gujarat own a house or land, showing that women still have not received equal rights. “Even in this digital…
File photo of Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel at the launch of Shala Praveshotsav and Kanya Kelavani campaign at B N High School in Vadnagar, Mehsana, on Tuesday. Gandhinagar: Over 1.31 lakh students have been admitted in schools in the first two days of the three-day Kanya Kelavani and Praveshotsav drive by Gujarat govt. On the…
