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A late-night dispute between neighbours in Ahmedabad’s Bopal area ended in tragedy after a man with a criminal record allegedly fell from the fourth floor of a residential building while trying to escape from police. The deceased has been identified as Mahavir Singh Sindhav, who had recently moved into a flat in Bopal. According to […]
The practice of cleaning sewers and septic tanks by sending people inside continues to be a serious and inhumane problem in Gujarat, despite being prohibited by law. According to the report, 73 sanitation workers have lost their lives in the state over the last 10 years while carrying out sewer or septic tank cleaning work. […]
Adani Energy Solutions Limited (“AESL”), India’s largest private transmission company and one of India’s leading energy solutions providers, has executed a binding securities purchase and subscription agreement (“SPSA”) to acquire a 100% equity stake in IntelliSmart Infrastructure Private Limited, a leading smart metering JV between National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (“NIIF”) and Energy Efficiency Services […]
The Gujarat High Court on Monday raised serious questions over former Indian cricketer and Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Yusuf Pathan’s occupation of a government plot in Vadodara, asking how he could take possession of the land without completing the required allotment formalities. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Sunita Agarwal and Justice D.N. Ray was […]
Former Indian cricketer and Gujarat-born Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Yusuf Pathan has found himself at the center of a growing political controversy after senior party leader Mahua Moitra publicly questioned his reported visit to Delhi amid an internal crisis within the party. Yusuf Pathan, who hails from Vadodara, Gujarat, entered politics ahead of the 2024 […]
A tragic incident has been reported from Gujarat, where a 14-year-old girl suddenly collapsed while playing with her cousins during her summer holidays. Doctors suspect that she may have suffered a heart attack, although the exact cause of death will be confirmed only after medical examinations. The girl, identified as Khushi, was a resident of […]
Ahmedabad has been ranked among the world’s most vulnerable cities when it comes to heat risk, according to a new study conducted by researchers from the University of Oxford. The study placed Ahmedabad second on a global heat-risk index, with a composite risk score of 0.79. Only Basrah, Iraq, ranked higher with a score of […]
Bharuch BJP MP Mansukh Vasava has advised people that instead of drinking chemical-laced liquor, it is better to drink homemade Mahuda (Mahua) liquor. He said that if people want to consume liquor, they should prepare traditional Mahuda liquor at home rather than consume chemically mixed liquor that can be dangerous to their health. Mansukh Vasava […]
Ahmedabad continues to experience intense heat even as the monsoon season is approaching. In the first week of June, the city remains under extreme heat conditions. On Friday, the maximum temperature reached 41.3°C, showing that the heat has still not eased. According to data from the India Meteorological Department (IMD), 53 of the last 56 […]
The Ahmedabad District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has ruled that diabetes and high blood pressure (hypertension) are lifestyle diseases and not illnesses that must automatically be disclosed while buying a health insurance policy. Because of this, the commission rejected the insurance company’s reason for denying a medical claim and ordered it to pay the insured […]
Imagine a person who has passed away years ago suddenly appearing in government records as a successful learner’s licence applicant. It sounds impossible. Yet that is exactly what investigators uncovered while examining irregularities in the learner’s licence system. What began as a probe into suspected malpractice soon exposed a reality, an agent was allegedly able […]
A Surat court has sentenced a 62-year-old man to death for the 2019 murder of a young businessman, citing his long history of violent crimes involving acid attacks. The court noted that this was the third serious crime in which the accused had used acid, and described the case as one of the “rarest of […]
In a major move aimed at improving supervision and strengthening national security, the Gujarat government has divided the areas along the International Border (IB) with Pakistan into two separate police ranges. Until now, the entire border area was managed under the existing Border Range, which included Kutch, India’s largest district. With the new arrangement, a […]
What began as a journey in search of better job opportunities turned into a frightening ordeal for two sisters from Gujarat’s Anand district, who were allegedly trapped in Laos after being lured abroad with promises of employment. The sisters had travelled to Thailand hoping to secure jobs and build a better future. However, according to […]
In a significant crackdown on cybercrime, Ahmedabad police arrested a local resident in Danilimda area for allegedly operating a high-tech loan scam targeting American citizens from his Ahmedabad home. The suspect, identified as Sahil Mustaqali Mirza, 28, residing in Sridevi Park Society, Danilimda, was taken into custody on June 3 after a surveillance squad from […]
In one of the biggest anti-illegal immigration drives in recent months, Gujarat Police detained 362 suspected Bangladeshi nationals from different parts of the state. Of these, 166 were found in Ahmedabad, the highest number among all districts. The statewide operation, named Operation Delta Hunt, was launched following intelligence inputs and technical surveillance. Police teams carried […]
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, one of India’s fastest-growing airports, has strengthened its aviation infrastructure by operationalising its new Aviation Fuel Station (AFS). Ahmedabad Open Access is the country’s largest standalone refueller-based Into-Plane operation, and the commissioning of this 8,000 KL facility will significantly strengthen overall operations. The enhanced storage capacity will improve refuelling reliability […]
At the peak of mango season, a major food safety raid in Gujarat has raised serious concerns about the quality of fruit being used in some food products. Officials discovered a large stock of rotten, worm-infested and fungus-covered mangoes that were allegedly meant for juice production in Mehsana district. The spoiled fruit was seized before […]
More than 10 days after a series of lion deaths shocked the Gir landscape, the Gujarat government is still waiting for laboratory confirmation on what caused the deaths of the state’s prized Asiatic lions. At least 13 lions, including 10 cubs, have died in the past 10 days in parts of the Somnath and Amreli […]
The Gujarat State Football Association (GSFA) is making extensive efforts to boost the popularity of football in Gujarat and to ensure more promising players from the state rise to prominence. As a result, players from Gujarat are being selected for national and international level tournaments in both football and futsal. At the 48th Annual General […]
