Ahmedabad: A 66-year-old Vadodara woman has moved Gujarat High Court seeking to drop the Muslim name she adopted after marriage and revert to her Christian maiden name, citing social difficulties in securing housing. Upon hearing her petition, HC on Tuesday issued notices to the state govt and authorities concerned seeking reply on why her request…
The court also fined Tafzulhusen Kureshi Rs 5,000 and ordered Rs 1 lakh compensation for the child under the Victim Compensation Scheme. Ahmedabad: A special Pocso court on Tuesday sentenced an 84-year-old shopkeeper from Madhavpura to five years in jail for sexually harassing and assaulting a 5-year-old girl who visited his shop to buy chocolates.The…
The officer alleged the couple took money for a flat and two residential plots, but never executed the sale deeds or returned the cash Ahmedabad: An IPS officer, serving as an additional director in the Gujarat Anti-Corruption Bureau, has accused a builder couple of cheating him and his father of Rs 70.3 lakh. The officer…
Ten people were killed and five injured in a blast at an illegal firecracker factory in Ramol Ahmedabad: Three major cracker factory explosions in Gujarat over the past 16 months, in which 32 people died, have exposed a recurring pattern in which accused linked to earlier cases allegedly continued operating hazardous units, raising questions over…
Ahmedabad: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) caught Jay Kulkarni, a junior clerk in AMC’s property tax department (central zone, Danapith), accepting a Rs 2,000 bribe. He had allegedly demanded Rs 5,000 to register the complainant as the occupant in property tax records, of which Rs 3,000 was reportedly already paid. The complainant then approached ACB, who set…
The extension applies to proposals for increasing sections or introducing new classes, including sequential or additional divisions in Classes IX and X, first-time sections in Class XI, continuation in Class XII, and expansion of Classes XI and XII streams Ahmedabad: The Gujarat education department has extended the deadline for grant-in-aid secondary and higher secondary schools…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat State Pharmacy Council has issued an advisory for students and parents seeking admission to pharmacy courses.According to the guidelines, students must have passed Class XII Science from a govt-recognised board, with Physics, Chemistry, and either Biology or Mathematics, to be eligible for diploma or degree pharmacy courses. The council has made clear that…
Siblings Purnendu and Vashika Dhar, residents of Serenedeep Mansions in Ahmedabad’s Shela area where they spotted the leopard on Monday, July 20 at around 1.05am Ahmedabad: On Sunday night, while much of the city was glued to television screens, settling in for the FIFA World Cup final, two siblings stepped out to buy snacks for…
Ahmedabad: Doctors at UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Civil Hospital performed a surgery on a patient to remove tumour thrombus affecting the kidney and the heart. The operation on the 50-year-old woman lasted eight hours. Tumour thrombus is a collection of cancer cells extending directly into a blood vessel. The cancer tumour in the…
Ahmedabad: For the second consecutive day on Monday, teams from the Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Services (AFES) inspected 152 units for fire safety compliance and illegal firecracker manufacturing. The premises checked included factories, industries, warehouses and godowns.Fourteen units were sealed in the Central Zone. Fourteen units were inspected in the South West Zone, and operations…
