Ahmedabad: A 38-year-old divorcee who resides in Nava Vadaj has filed a police complaint alleging that a man lied about being divorced and repeatedly raped her by promising marriage.The complaint was registered with Madhvpura police on Friday under BNS Section 69 (sexual intercourse by employing deceitful means). In her complaint, the woman stated she lives…
Ahmedabad: A 50-year-old woman, identified as Ramila Panchal, died by suicide at Kankaria lake on Saturday morning, police said. Panchal was a resident of Ramol and is survived by her husband, who works with a group of labourers, and a daughter who is married and has children.Kankaria police inspector J P Jadeja said that Panchal…
Gujarat’s cumulative renewable energy capacity rose to 49,115MW from around 47,178MW in the previous month Ahmedabad: Gujarat added nearly 2GW of fresh renewable energy capacity in April, solidifying its position as India’s top renewable energy-producing state. Latest data from the Union ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) showed Gujarat’s cumulative renewable energy capacity rising…
More than 50 per cent of mango farmers are now selling directly to consumers Slice one open, and your neighbour will guess, correctly, what you have brought home from the market. The Kesar mango has always announced itself this way. It is a scent that travels farther than the fruit, and has, for nine decades,…
Ahmedabad: Humanities courses, particularly psychology, are witnessing a sharp rise in demand in the post-Covid era, with academicians attributing the trend to shifting job market realities, growing mental health awareness, and the limitations of narrow technical expertise in an AI-driven economy. Prof Kamayani Mathur, former head of the psychology department at Gujarat University, said, “Alongside…
The proposal was made at the ninth edition of the IGPC-IIMA Annual Gold and Gold Markets Conference 2026 Ahmedabad: The India Gold Policy Centre (IGPC), which is part of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA), has proposed the setting up of a ‘Gold Trust of India’, and a dedicated ministry or a centralised entity…
According to the FIR, the boy’s mother allegedly abused her in public and started hitting her Ahmedabad: A fight between children over the use of a swing in a residential society in Shela allegedly snowballed into an ugly physical fight involving their two families on Saturday.According to police, the argument began when a 5-year-old girl…
Fire in Ratnaakar Flats, Satellite, Ahmedabad, on May 24, 2026 Ahmedabad: A body was recovered on Saturday morning from Faith Industrial Ltd in Santej, a day after a massive fire swept through the chemical factory and damaged nearby units, fire officials said. The blaze broke out around 5.08pm on Friday in the area where raw…
Accused in bank fraud case on May 24, 2026 Ahmedabad: Kalupur police on Friday arrested Harsiddh Kadiyar, a joint custodian at Bank of Baroda’s Kalupur branch, for allegedly stealing Rs 8.7 crore from the bank’s currency chest. He has been remanded in police custody until May 27. The bank’s chief manager had filed a complaint…
The petition stated that the stepfather’s name was entered in official records without any formal adoption process or legal procedure Ahmedabad: For years, a 20-year-old woman’s school records carried the name of the man who raised her after her mother remarried. But the documents, she told the Gujarat high court, no longer reflect her identity…
