Ahmedabad: He fled human traffickers’ captivity three times. But as daylight faded, so did his chances of freedom. Night blindness stymied his every attempt to escape bondage.Four years later, the boy abducted from Sola and sold for Rs 10,000 was rescued by crime branch and Anti-Human Trafficking Unit (AHTU).“He would choose to flee in the…
Para archer Sheetal Devi takes aim in the qualifying round of World Archery Para series at the Sabarmati Riverfront in city on Sunday Ahmedabad: Para archers Rakesh Kumar and Sheetal Devi scripted a new world record with a combined score of 1,400/1,440 in the Compound Mixed Team qualification rounds on the second day of the…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat delivered a stellar performance by winning four medals at the recently concluded West Zone Inter-State Badminton Championship in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh.The senior women’s team clinched a silver medal, while the senior men’s team bagged bronze. The junior (U-19) girls’ team came away with a silver, while the junior boys’ team pocketed bronze.Kavya Marvaniya, Pankti…
Illustration showing Indian police officers and community members in an urban district setting highlighting the rollout of new anti-narcotics wings to strengthen drug enforcement and public safety. Ahmedabad: Gujarat Police will set up dedicated Anti-Narcotics Wings (ANW) in every district and police commissionerate, with the units ordered to become operational within seven days, State police…
Ahmedabad: Rajkot’s Jaynil Mehta stopped Ahmedabad’s Abhilash Raval juggernaut, beating the top seed 4-1 in the men’s final of the 5th Gujarat State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament in Surat.The tournament is being organised by the Table Tennis Association of Surat District under the aegis of the Gujarat State Table Tennis Association.The second-seeded Jaynil remained in…
Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad City Tennis Foundation (ACTF) in Navrangpura will host the ITF J30 tennis tournament from Monday, Gujarat State Tennis Association (GSTA) said. Matches will be played on nine hard synthetic courts.Players from India, the USA, China, Australia, the UK and Korea will participate, GSTA secretary said.Ahmedabad’s Om Patel is the top seed and…
Ahmedabad: Twin cities of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar will need to add 22,000 rooms to the existing infrastructure to host mega-sporting events namely World Police and Fire Games in 2029 and Commonwealth Games (CWG) in 2030.The assessment, titled ‘Enabling Hospitality, Tourism, and Mobility Infrastructure for CWG in Ahmedabad’, was prepared by Harsh Shah, a student of…
Gandhinagar: To improve delivery of welfare schemes to tribal communities outside Gujarat’s traditional tribal belt, the state govt has appointed Class I officers of the tribal development department as member secretaries of district-level committees in four non-tribal districts: Ahmedabad, Surendranagar, Gir-Somnath and Junagadh.The move, implemented from the 2026-27 financial year under the Mukhyamantri Adimjuth Sarvangi…
A close-up shows a seal stamped on a sheet of paper with the bold imprint “suspended,” highlighting an official document suspension notice. Gandhinagar: Gandhinagar: Two officers of the revenue department – a superintendent of land records posted in Mehsana and a land records inspector posted in Bhavnagar — have been suspended by the revenue department….
Ahmedabad: A govt employee allegedly dumped his 52-year-old wife and two daughters on the streets saying he could not arrange for their accommodation. The woman from Kalol on Saturday filed a complaint with Sola police alleging that the husband, posted with the supply department in Una, and his family have been harassing her. The woman…
