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Lead information technology firm Cognizant announced plans to establish a technology-finance (tech fin) centre in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City), Gandhinagar, by February 2025. The company said it aimed to bring solutions from India to the world, with the facility delivering technology solutions for clients in the banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI) industries. […]
The Gujarat High Court granted bail to five men in connection with the boat capsize incident in Vadodara’s Harni lake that took place in January this year. A single judge bench of Justice MR Mengdey while pronouncing the order said, “All applications are allowed”. The five men granted bail – Pareshbhai Shah, Shantilal Solanki, Nilesh […]
The CBI has initiated a probe against 18 people from across India, including 11 from Gujarat, for allegedly duping US citizens through fake call centres. After extensive investigation, the CBI carried out searches at 32 locations in cities like Pune, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Visakhapatnam last week after registering a case against 22 persons. According to […]
A Rajkot district and sessions court rejected the regular bail pleas of four accused, including three suspended civic officials, in the May 25 TRP Game Zone fire tragedy in the city, which claimed 27 lives. The court of additional sessions judge ES Singh rejected the bail pleas of suspended chief fire officer Ilesh Kher, suspended […]
In a new development regarding the alleged suicide of Akshit Hemant Bhukya, a 24-year-old second-year MBA student at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), police have sent his mobile phone, tablet, and laptop to the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) for further analysis. Bhukya was found hanging from the metal grille of a ventilator in […]
The Shivam Residential Society in the Chanakyapuri area of Ahmedabad witnessed chaos on Sunday night as a group of armed miscreants attacked the gated community. The incident, which has gone viral through video clips on social media, occurred after society members discovered an illegal liquor party in a rented flat. The local police have arrested five […]
The lone Congress MP from Gujarat Geniben Thakor has slammed the Maitri Karar, a traditional contract practice of Gujarat to legitimise live-in relationships as ‘dangerous’ that must be ‘abolished’. Speaking at an event in Patan to felicitate her, the Banaskantha said, “Maitri Karar, which is dangerous, should be abolished. Married daughters and mothers are lured […]
A few days after a 24-year-old MBA student was found dead in his hostel room at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), the police stated that, on the face of it, they have not found any evidence indicating that there was any instance of abetment to suicide. This occurred a day after Telangana-born Akshith […]
Gujarat Crime Branch busted a gang posing as officials and promising lucrative government jobs in Ahmedabad. The Crime Branch said that four individuals had been arrested in connection with the scam, who had been identified as Jaldeep Tailor, Jitendra Prajapati, Ankit Pandya and Hitesh Sen. The investigation revealed that the group targeted around 40 people, […]
With Gujarat leading the country in its renewable energy goals with a 100GW capacity target by 2030, it is also paving the way of it being the one of the largest generators of solar waste in India. According to a recent study commissioned by the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE), the state is […]
Gujarat police arrested 24 more accused in the alleged stock market investment fraud of over Rs 32 crore involving scores of gullible investors, taking the total arrests in such cases to 29. A special investigation team (SIT) of Gujarat Police arrested the 24 accused. Total 29 people, who have been caught so far, reportedly cheated […]
A court in Gujarat’s Dahod extended the police custody of the school principal accused of killing a six-year-old student of the school, till Monday, The police informed the court on Friday that the accused, identified as Govind Nat, principal of a primary school in Singvad taluka of Dahod district, had been ‘uncooperative’ during the investigation. […]
Ahmedabad police has issued a notification instructing citizens not to turn up in ‘see-through’ or ‘indecent attire’ at garba venues in the city. The notification has come from police commissioner GS Malik, just ahead of Navratri, when garba events are organised on a large scale across the state. However, what constitutes indecent clothing remains unclear […]
The naming of the newly constructed Hirasar Airport in Rajkot has again taken centre stage, with Rajya Sabha MP and Director of Corporate Affairs at Reliance Industries Limited Parimal Nathwani weighing in on the matter. In a recent social media post, Nathwani proposed that the airport be named after former Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel, a […]
The Gujarat government on Thursday issued a new order amending the regulations governing gaming operations and issuing licenses based on the previous GDCR requirements, providing relief to owners of gaming zones. In the announcement, Prakash Dutta, Joint Secretary of the state urban development department, stated, “The government has decided to exempt certain existing gaming establishments […]
A second-year PGP student from the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) was found dead in his hostel room at the B-school’s new campus in Vastrapur area on Thursday. Akshith Bhukya, 24, a native of Warangal, Telangana, was found hanging in his hostel room around 10.45 a.m., according to Vastrapur police. Police officials suspect that stress […]
As the coveted Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) is implementing reservations in PhD admissions from the new academic session, there is a story of a three-year long legal battle behind this. It must be recalled that IIM-A was the only institute among the 20 premier Indian management institutes in the country that did not […]
A 21-year-old woman from Gujarat was coerced into slashing her wrists by an online ‘friend’ she had befriended on a popular social media platform. An Instagram ‘friend’ exerted influence on the woman from Shela and allegedly forced her into recording herself naked on video and cutting her wrists. Accused Sahil Satarkar, a resident of Pune, […]
Gujarat boy Drona Desai, all of 18, has scripted history by amassing a whopping 498 runs in an Under-19 inter school match in Gandhinagar. Desai, who played for his school St Xaviers (Loyola), in the Diwan Ballubhai Cup Under-19 multi-day tournament, took only 320 balls to reach the incredible score that included seven towering sixes […]
Starting academic year 2025, IIM Ahmedabad will have reservation of seats for its PhD programme. According to the PhD Admission 2025 information brochure, this year’s intake will follow the government’s reservation guidelines. The premier B-school will now reserve seats for candidates from Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC), and persons with […]
