Ahmedabad: Amid concerns over school dropout rates, Gujarat Police have launched a month-long campaign statewide, titled ‘Operation Childhood Freedom’. The drive aims at identifying child labourers, rescuing them and facilitating their return to education.The drive, being conducted under CID Crime (Women Cell), seeks to address one of the key factors linked to school dropouts by…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court has stayed the state-owned power distribution company, Madhya Gujarat Vij Co Ltd (MGVCL), from disconnecting power supply to the GAIL India Ltd Vadodara plant, citing submissions that any such action could disrupt natural gas supply to north India.Justice Nirzar Desai directed MGVCL “not to disconnect the electricity supply which is…
Fire brigade officials at Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation office Gandhinagar: Police and fire department launched search operations on Wednesday after an email, purportedly sent in the name of ‘Khalistan National Army’, threatened to blow up the chief minister’s office in Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and the state headquarters of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in Ahmedabad.The email,…
Ahmedabad: The haze of unanswered questions has not been cleared even on the first anniversary of one of the deadliest aviation disasters in history. For Parth Patel of Anand, June 12 is not merely the date on which Air India Flight AI 171 crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad, killing 260 passengers and people on…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court has refused to grant bail to a 32-year-old Gujarati filmmaker accused of sexually exploiting a minor aspiring actor in an alleged casting couch case. The complainant alleged that she was lured with the promise of a film role and abused over a period of two years.The case stems from an…
Ahmedabad: Two men were arrested by Ramol police for allegedly operating an unauthorised call centre from a shop in the CTM area and cheating foreign nationals by promising personal loans at low interest rates.Police identified the accused as Jay Dave (29), a resident of Amraiwadi, and Subrata Naik (35), a resident of Kailash Colony near…
Ahmedabad: Buying panipuri or vada pav from a street vendor will soon come with a quick quality check. A Gujarat Information Commission (GIC) order has directed the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation to convert its “food safety data into a publicly accessible tool”. The civic body has been directed to ensure that street food vendors display QR…
VALSAD: A Domino’s Pizza delivery worker allegedly died by suicide after jumping from the 13th floor of the Daman Ganga Building in the New Gujarat Housing Board colony area of Valsad on Sunday.Preliminary information suggests that the man, identified as Manav, was under severe financial distress. Sources told TOI, mounting debts may have contributed to…
Ahmedabad: A 34-year-old woman from the Anandnagar area of the city has lodged a police complaint against her boyfriend, alleging that he sexually exploited her on the false pretext of marriage and later refused to marry her.According to Anandnagar police, the complainant works with a private firm in the city and came into contact with…
Ahmedabad: Mahavirsinh Sindhav, 35, a history-sheeter whose name figured in several criminal cases and investigations, died after falling from the fourth floor of a residential complex in Bopal on Monday night while allegedly trying to flee police intervention following a disturbance in the society.Police said Sindhav, originally from Chokdi village in Surendranagar district, recently moved…
