The man’s body was discovered by his son Ahmedabad: A 61-year-old retired Gujarat secretariat employee was found murdered inside his locked flat at Priyanka Gold Society on Ambod highway in Mansa on Tuesday. Police suspect he was killed by someone known to him as no valuables or household items appeared to have been taken.Babulal Dodiyal…
Ahmedabad: The city crime branch has arrested two brothers in connection with the murder of a 25-year-old man following a violent clash in Trikampura Char Rasta area of Vatva GIDC on Monday night.The accused have been identified as Ravi Solanki (31) and Haresh Solanki (35), an autorickshaw driver. The arrests came after Vatva GIDC police…
Gandhinagar: A two-day ‘Open Hearing and Camp Sitting’ organised by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) began in Gandhinagar on Wednesday. NHRC chairperson Justice V Ramasubramanian and two other members heard complainants from across the state.Top officials from the administration and police officers from various districts were also present as the NHRC heard explanations from…
Gandhinagar: Aimed at ensuring equal opportunities for NCC cadets irrespective of the type of educational institution they attend, the Gujarat govt on Tuesday announced that camp allowance for NCC cadets will be extended to private schools and colleges.Until now, NCC cadets from govt and grant-in-aid schools and colleges were eligible for camp allowances as per…
Ahmedabad: An Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) employee was allegedly threatened with a knife and abused by a man who objected to civic staff taking away his unregistered pet dog, police said.The incident occurred near Amber Tower in Sarkhej on Monday afternoon when AMC sanitary sub-inspector Nitin Solanki (45) was accompanying colleagues after they had caught…
Ahmedabad: Senior cop Piyush Patel was given additional charge of director general of police (armed units), Gandhinagar, following the retirement of IPS officer Raju Bhargav on Monday.Patel, a 1998-batch IPS officer of ADGP rank, will hold the additional charge alongside his existing responsibility as director of state Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). The order was issued by…
Ahmedabad: The report on the Air India AI-171 crash is in its final stages and is likely to be completed soon, civil aviation minister K Ram Mohan Naidu said on Tuesday in Ahmedabad. He addressed the media after inaugurating hub-and-spoke operations at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport.Naidu said the investigation was being conducted in…
Railway technician pulls passenger to safety as he hangs from moving train Ahmedabad: A railway technician’s presence of mind at Ahmedabad railway station saved life of a passenger who was left hanging from a moving train.The incident occurred on Platform No. 1 on Monday when the Jabalpur–Veraval Express was preparing to leave for Veraval. Video…
Gandhinagar: Gujarat govt will organise a three-month-long ‘Reform Utsav’ from Oct 2, Gandhi Jayanti, to Dec 25, Good Governance Day, to gather citizens’ suggestions and feedback and use them to drive administrative reforms.According to an official statement issued on Tuesday, the campaign would focus on identifying, categorising and implementing suggestions received from citizens in a…
Ahmedabad: A demand of Rs 40 lakh with a promise to make a departmental complaint disappear has triggered a CBI probe against a senior official of the department. The action was initiated after a CGST superintendent approached the CBI on Aug 25, claiming that a man who said he represented a senior GST officer demanded…
