Gandhinagar: The state govt has capped deadline for processing and approving tenders for roads, bridges and other building projects to 55 to 66 days, depending on the category of tender. The decision, announced on Sunday, is intended to accelerate infrastructure works and eliminate avoidable delays in administrative procedures.According to an official statement, tenders without a…
Gujarat Police received an anonymous email threatening bomb attacks across the state (AI image) AHMEDABAD: Gujarat Police was once on alert after an anonymous email threatening to blow up several locations across the state, including Somnath temple and BJP’s state headquarters, Kamalam, was received.Senior officials said that was initially received by Punjab Police and was…
Ahmedabad: Between 3pm and 4pm, the city received an average 10.3mm of rainfall. Morning clouds gave way to thunderstorms, and most of the city experienced strong winds, lightning, and moderate to heavy rain.According to AMC data, Vasna received 34mm of rainfall till 8pm, followed by 32mm in Paldi, 26mm in Sarkhej, 23.5mm in Danapith, 21.5mm…
Ahmedabad: A jeweller in Shahibaug has accused two newly hired goldsmiths of stealing 150g of 22-carat gold worth around Rs 20 lakh from his workshop.In his complaint filed with Madhavpura police on Saturday night, the jeweller, who operates from New Madhupura Market, had recently hired two workers from West Bengal through a craftsman already working…
Slug: Rs 5 Lakh LostAhmedabad: A 46-year-old woman working at a private university has allegedly lost Rs 5 lakh after falling victim to two back-to-back cyber scams involving a fake gas bill alert and a bogus traffic challan.According to the complaint filed with cybercrime police on Saturday, the woman received a WhatsApp message on Sept…
Ahmedabad: Yet another case of cyberfraud has come to light in which the bait was a warning about possible disconnection of a PNG connection. This time, it was a 51-year-old Ahmedabad businessman who was sent a message about an unpaid gas bill and cheated out of Rs 10.1 lakh.The businessman on Saturday filed a complaint…
Ahmedabad: A 45-year-old travel agent was allegedly duped of $18,000 (about Rs 17 lakh) after a man posing as a prospective customer tricked him into a cash exchange deal and fled with foreign currency.According to the complaint registered on Saturday with city cybercrime police, the victim runs a tour and travel business in the city….
Ahmedabad: After allegedly spending nearly a quarter of a century dodging the law, changing identities, shifting homes and blending into Ahmedabad’s urban sprawl, Dinesh Desai, a murder accused wanted in Rajasthan, was finally tracked down and arrested by Ahmedabad Crime Branch. Now 54, Desai was arrested from Vejalpur’s Sagar Samrat Apartments where he was living…
Ahmedabad: A 48-year-old man wanted in an assault case registered in 2013 was arrested from Pali in Rajasthan after evading arrest for 13 years, police said.The accused, identified as Jaswant Devda, was wanted in a case registered at Shahibaug police station under IPC for assault.According to police, Devda had been living in Ahmedabad in a…
stole a total of 112 sovereigns of gold jewellery. Ahmedabad: Sola police have arrested a 21-year-old man in connection with a burglary in a locked house in Bhadaj and recovered gold jewellery worth Rs 10.7 lakh, police said.The burglary took place between 5pm on Sept 13 and 7am on Sept 14 at a house in…
