Ahmedabad: City police and the crime branch have registered three cases under the NDPS Act after recovering ganja, mephedrone and charas in raids carried out in different parts of the city over the past two days.In the biggest seizure, the crime branch arrested an individual named Satish Mehta in Ranip and recovered 17.812kg of ganja…
Gandhinagar: Seeking to position itself as a hub for the fast-growing data centre industry, Gujarat govt is expected to announce a dedicated data centre policy within two weeks, offering incentives that go beyond those available under the state’s newly announced industrial policy.The proposed policy aims to attract data centres with a combined capacity of 2…
High-speed overtaking bid ends in four-car pile-up Ahmedabad: A pile-up involving four cars on the SG Highway near Sargasan Bridge left four men injured, one of them critically, early on Friday.Police said a speeding car first hit an electric SUV from behind, pushing it into another vehicle ahead and setting off the four-car pile-up. The…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has seized 2.08 lakh tramadol tablets worth an estimated Rs 8.3 crore and arrested a medical stockist for his alleged involvement in an interstate psychotropic drug network. Cops claimed the accused had sourced more than 62.5 lakh tablets in a month and supplied them to buyers in Rajasthan and…
Ahmedabad: The mock round for degree and diploma pharmacy courses concluded with the allotment of 6,784 out of 8,637 available seats. A total of 9,464 students participated in this trial phase to understand the process before the actual round begins.The admission committee drew up a merit list of 13,488 students based on GujCET scores. Since…
Ahmedabad: The CBI has booked senior manager of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) for allegedly siphoning Rs 1.5 crore using fake payment vouchers, misuse of SAP IDs and showing fraudulent payments to vendors.According to the FRI registered with CBI Gandhinagar unit, Sejal Kolhatkar, senior manager (finance) at IOCL’s refinery in Vadodara between March 2024 and…
Ahmedabad: A fire broke out in a main gas pipeline near Kudasan on the Por road in Gandhinagar on Thursday after it was damaged during sewer line excavation, triggering panic among residents and shopkeepers, who rushed to safer places. Firefighters brought the blaze under control after the gas supply was cut off. No casualties were…
Ahmedabad: Maheshwari Dodiyar, 19, a native of Godhra, cannot see and hear and has very limited speech capabilities. Conventionally, she could have been seen as the proverbial ‘burden’ on her family. On the contrary, Maheshwari is shouldering the financial burden of her family of labourers. She earns Rs 14,000 per month working as a serving…
Ahmedabad: Securing a driving test slot at the regional transport office (RTO) in Surendranagar or Bardoli has become an exercise in patience for applicants who must wait as long as five months. But they would not have it any other way because the reward is a comparitively much easier driving test. These two RTOs do…
Ahmedabad: For members of Ahmedabad’s notorious ‘Toofani Gang’, every successful theft ended not with laying low but with a celebration. Police said the gang members would use money from stolen vehicles, chain-snatching and street robberies to fund parties, nightlife and gatherings, turning crime into a means of financing a carefree lifestyle.This pattern of post-crime revelry…
