Ahmedabad: A 27-year-old labourer was allegedly attacked with a sharp weapon by his brothers-in-law in Shahpur late on Saturday night. Police said both the accused were unhappy over his marriage with their sister. The complainant told police he was returning home around 10.30pm when he saw the accused near Sai Baba temple opposite RC High…
Ahmedabad: A youth (25) allegedly made obscene gestures at a 7-year-old girl as she was returning home from a tuition class on the night of Sept 17. Based on a complaint filed by the girl’s father, Danilimda police registered an FIR and arrested the accused on Sunday. According to the complaint, the man allegedly followed…
Many exporters say maintaining the set export targets in a volatile global environment is difficult Gujarat remained India’s biggest exporting state for the sixth consecutive year in 2025-26, even as exporters faced a challenging global environment characterised by steeper US tariffs, subdued demand in key markets and persistent supply-chain disruptions. However, the scheme designed to…
Saroja Valarivan (left), mother of Elavenil Valarivan, celebrates her win, in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Ahmedabad: A sense of palpable relief enveloped the Valarivan household in southern Ahmedabad’s Khokhra locality after ace shooter Elavenil Valarivan clinched silver medals in Aichi-Nagoya. Elavenil had returned empty-handed from the three major multi-sporting events, the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta,…
Experts say dependence on private vehicles is high in Surat because of inadequate public transport Ahmedabad/Surat: The state’s traditional leader in vehicle registrations, Ahmedabad, is now trailing Surat.By Sept 15, Surat had registered 1.8 lakh vehicles, nearly 80% of the 2.2 lakh it registered in all of 2025. Ahmedabad (in the GJ01-Subhash Bridge series) recorded…
Ahmedabad: A few minutes spent watching a Facebook reel cost a 70-year-old Ghatlodia resident Rs 6.7 lakh after an APK file was allegedly downloaded on his phone while he was scrolling through the platform. The file allowed fraudsters to gain access to the device and conduct multiple bank transactions.A complaint was registered on Saturday with…
Gujarat High Court, Ahmedabad Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court on Saturday evening issued a notice to the state govt during an urgent hearing following the jailing of journalist Ravi Nair by a Gandhinagar district court. The district court rejected his application to cancel a non-bailable warrant, ordered his immediate judicial custody, and sent him to jail.On…
Ahmedabad: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday announced its first list of 23 candidates for the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation elections, set for Oct 11.The Arvind Kejriwal-led party had won one seat and secured 21% of the votes in the last civic election, its Gujarat unit general secretary Manoj Sorathiya said.The upcoming elections will see a…
Ahmedabad: A 59-year-old sub-postmaster at HSG-2 was allegedly caught red-handed accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 at the sub-post office in Paldi on Saturday.According to Gujarat Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), the sub-postmaster had allegedly demanded Rs 30,000 from a citizen to block an order concerning an NDC parcel office.Disturbed by the continuous corruption and the unfair…
Ahmedabad: AMC has spent more than Rs 2,000 crore over the past five years on laying new stormwater and drainage lines and desilting the old ones, but the number of flood-prone spots in the city continues to rise.During the 2025 monsoon, AMC identified 147 flood-prone spots across Ahmedabad. Before this year’s monsoon, AMC claimed to…
