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…
Ahmedabad: After a six-month delay, AMC finally launched the smart flap-parking system for four-wheelers on Tuesday along CG Road, stretching from Stadium Crossroads to Panchvati Crossroads. Two hundred and eighty parking units have been installed, and citizens can pay to use them by scanning a QR code. No parking fee will be charged for four-wheelers…
Ahmedabad: Luring a 38-year-old businessman with the promise of a job at a Canada-based food company, cyberfraudsters duped him of Rs 28.6 lakh under the guise of immigration formalities.The victim from Isanpur approached the Cybercrime police on Tuesday and lodged a complaint against unidentified persons who allegedly posed as representatives of Indeed India and the…
Ahmedabad: Within minutes of activating her credit card, a banker was shocked to receive emails alerting her about two hefty transactions that she had not made. What made the fraud even more puzzling was that she had received no one-time password (OTP) on her phone to approve the transactions totalling Rs 1.7 lakh.She has now…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat’s revenue from State Goods and Services Tax (SGST) rose 28% year-on-year to Rs 8,312 crore in Aug 2026, compared with Rs 6,470 crore in Aug 2025. This significant growth reflects strong economic activity across key commercial sectors.The state collected Rs 41,691 crore from SGST during the first five months of FY2026-27, up 28%…
Illustration of a PhD degree certificate on a clean sheet of paper, shown without any additional text for a simple academic graduation concept. Ahmedabad: Gujarat Vidyapith has announced 43 vacant seats across various subjects for admission to its PhD programmes for the 2026 academic year under the second phase of the process. Candidates holding UGC-NET…
AMC has submitted a proposal to hire an consultant for the Local Area Plan Ahmedabad: As Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) works on a Local Area Plan for the 3.3 sq km around Kalupur railway station, it has submitted a proposal to the standing committee on the appointment of a consultant.The railway station is undergoing redevelopment…
Union minister of civil aviation K Ram Mohan Naidu (L) with Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel at the inauguration of the hub-and-spoke flight operations at SVPI on Tuesday Ahmedabad: Building airports is no longer the biggest challenge for India’s aviation sector; connecting them effectively to domestic and international networks is, Union civil aviation minister K…
Ahmedabad: A former sales manager of a money exchange firm in Navrangpura allegedly obtained foreign currency worth Rs 40.1 lakh using fake employee details of corporate companies.On Tuesday, Navrangpura police received a complaint against the accused from an authorised representative of the money exchange. When employed, the accused was responsible for bringing corporate clients to…
Ahmedabad’s landmark Heat Action Plan (HAP), born out of tragedy in the summer of 2010, is now being studied as a possible template for European cities grappling with intensifying heatwaves. The plan—credited with saving thousands of lives through early warnings and coordinated interventions—will be showcased this week at the CLARA Summer School on Climate Change…
