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The raid on a 12th-floor office in Sakar-9 on Ashram Road earlier this week has blown the lid off what investigators now believe is a sprawling international herbal-remedy fraud targeting NRIs across the US, Canada and Europe. While the operation initially appeared to be a bogus call centre selling fake ayurvedic treatments, police say the […]
Ahmedabad has been officially named the host city for the 2030 Centenary Commonwealth Games, marking India’s return to staging a major global multi-sport event for the first time since the 2010 Delhi Games. The decision was endorsed by delegates representing 74 Commonwealth nations and territories during the Commonwealth Sport General Assembly in Glasgow on Wednesday. […]
At the 20th meeting of the Conference of Parties to CITES held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan last Sunday, the Standing Committee and a majority of member states have decisively supported India’s stance on the matter, confirming that there is no sufficient evidence or basis to take any action against India regarding animal imports. This outcome has given strong recognition to Vantara’s […]
Ahmedabad Police have uncovered a sprawling call-centre operation that allegedly swindled Indians living abroad by selling fake medical packages and collecting payments in US dollars. At least 24 employees, including women along with the suspected mastermind, 35-year-old Abhishek Ramnarayan Pathak, have been picked up after searching a commercial office on Ashram Road. Pathak has been […]
For many Indians, especially students in Gujarat, the US dream is slipping out of reach. Visa refusals are growing by the day. And this uncertainty is pushing thousands to abandon America and look elsewhere for a secure future. According to reports, the student visa rejection rates have reached record highs. Foreign education consultants note that […]
Canada is set to overhaul its citizenship-by-descent rules, offering long-awaited relief to thousands of families, including many of Indian origin. The federal government has passed Bill C-3, which scraps the controversial “second-generation cut-off” — a rule that stopped Canadians born abroad from passing on citizenship to their own children born overseas. The bill received royal […]
Volcanoes are undoubtedly the most powerful forces of nature. They remain dormant for ages. When they erupt, they do so with so much fury that humankind has barely any time to react. That is exactly what happened on Sunday. Satellite images show Ethiopia’s Hayli Gubbi volcano erupting for the first time in nearly 10,000 years. […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has once again pushed back his planned trip to India, which was expected to take place later this year for talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. According to reports in Israeli media, the visit was postponed due to heightened security concerns following a deadly terror attack in New Delhi two […]
A celebrity-studded wedding in Udaipur has propelled previously low-profile US-based pharmaceutical billionaire Raj Ramalinga Mantena into the public eye. The festivities, held for Mantena’s daughter Netra and US tech entrepreneur Vamsi Gadiraju, co-founder of the startup Superorder, have dominated social media in recent days and drawn global attention to the reclusive businessman. The celebrations featured […]
Indian-origin industrialist Lakshmi N. Mittal, long regarded as one of Britain’s wealthiest residents, is preparing to leave the UK amid growing concern over the Labour government’s forthcoming tax measures for high-net-worth individuals, according to a report published in UK newspaper. The steel magnate, who hails from Rajasthan and built a global empire through ArcelorMittal, has […]
At a time when both brothers have simultaneously returned to the centre of national attention, one confined inside Sabarmati Central Jail under renewed movement restrictions and the other freshly brought back to India and placed in NIA custody, the actions of the Ministry of Home Affairs and the courts have brought the Bishnoi syndicate back […]
A young Pakistani couple that claimed they were underage when they were apprehended near the Kutch border last month have been found to be adults after medical examination, leading to charges for attempting to enter India unlawfully. Police identified the pair as Toto, also known as Tara Chudi, and Meena, also known as Puja Chudi, […]
A 22-year-old student from Gujarat, currently enrolled at a Massachusetts college, was arrested by Newport, Rhode Island, police on November 13 after he allegedly turned up at a pre decided spot to collect $ 45,000 in cash from an elderly scam victim. According to emerging details, court documents say that the victim had previously lost […]
Returning to India under heavy scrutiny, Anmol Bishnoi — long linked to several high-profile crime cases — was deported from the US and immediately taken into NIA custody. Accused in the murder of former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique and connected to the firing outside actor Salman Khan’s residence, he was brought to Delhi’s Patiala House […]
Aakar Patel Illustration: Pariplab Chakraborty Some years ago, the Niti Aayog had said it would prepare a “single, informative dashboard for all the twenty-nine (later 32) global indices” on which India was ranked. This monitoring exercise was “not just to improve rankings but to improve systems and drive reforms to attract investments and to shape […]
The Gujarat Cyber Centre of Excellence (CCoE) has busted an international human trafficking and cyber-slavery ring, apprehending its alleged leader, Nilesh Purohit, also known as Neel or “The Ghost.” Alongside him, five associates—including a married couple—have been taken into custody. The syndicate, which operated out of Southeast Asian nations, specifically targeted Indian citizens, including numerous […]
It’s been testing times for Gujarat’s textile exporters, with the sector, strained by US tariffs, hitting a low. Data revealed by a national daily indicates a dip in shipments. India’s textile exports, as reported by the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI), were said to have fallen 12.9% year-on-year in October 2025. Apparel exports reportedly […]
Our days overflow with advice on how to live long and stay healthy. Wellness professionals present a long checklist. It could be burning a certain number of calories, sleeping early, never missing the sunrise, monitoring diet by eating according to age, and eliminating stress. Sometimes ‘keeping going’ could just be the right formula to reverse ageing, […]
India once again topped the charts as the largest source of international students in the US in 2024-25, sending 3,63,019 students. It’s reportedly a 10% rise over last year, though lacking the drama of 2023-24’s 23% jump, which now seems to have set unrealistically high expectations. Tougher visa scrutiny, longer appointment queues and jitters over […]
A series of unrelated federal prosecutions in the US has brought some individuals from Gujarat under scrutiny, with investigators uncovering one network accused of engineering fabricated robberies for immigration benefits and another involving a student who moved illicit funds in a large-scale fraud targeting elderly Americans. Together, the cases describe two separate operations in which […]
