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The mega operation by the Income Tax officials at the premises of Khurana Group of Companies has continued even on the third day. Around 150 officials are engaged in this huge operation at more than 20 places in Ahmedabad and Vadodara. M.S. Khurana Engineering Limited is an unlisted public company incorporated on September 9, 1998. […]
The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) apprehended four suspected terrorists linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) at Ahmedabad airport on Monday. The suspects, all Sri Lankan nationals, were identified as Mohammad Nusrat Ahmed Ghani (33), Mohammad Faris Mohammad Farooq (35), Mohammad Nafran Naufer (27) and Mohammad Rashdeen Abdul Karim (43). They were […]
The escalating issue of stray dogs has become a daily concern across the state, with a recent surge in dog-related injuries. Seven individuals, including a one-year-old girl, have been hospitalised at Sayaji Hospital following attacks by stray dogs. In a separate incident, a dog attacked six residents of a housing society in Gotri, leading to […]
Vibhor Anand, an accused in the NEET Paper leak scam, is finally under police net. A team of Godhra taluka police detained the accused from Darbhanga in Bihar. He was hiding at his in-law’s place. Vibhor Anand, a native of Bihar, is residing in Vadodara, Gujarat. He called himself a consultant. During the ongoing investigation […]
The respite Ahmedabad citizens felt from the scorching heat, thanks to recent showers, proved to be brief. The IMD has predicted an intense heatwave for the coming 6 days. The authorities declared an orange alert in Ahmedabad following temperatures rising to 43 degrees Celsius on Friday. The minimum temperature in Ahmedabad was recorded at 31 […]
The Income Tax Department has undertaken a mega operation on the premises of the Madhav group of Industries in Ahmedabad and Baroda. The group is in the business of real estate and government contracts. Transactions of the partners, including Ashok Khurana, Vikram Khurana, Ashish Khurana, and Sudhir Khurana are under scanner. A total of 27 […]
Based on a circular from the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), the Gujarat State Education Department has issued a notification seeking information on various parameters from all madrasas in the state. The commissioner of schools and director of primary education are mandated to conduct the survey for this purpose. The information sought […]
The ceramic industry is staring at a dire situation with the news of US decision of Anti-dumping duty on Indian tiles. Already struggling with the consequences of falling demands in domestic market, Morbi has reasons to worry. Morbi is a huge certre for cermaic industry, contributing heavily towards Gujarat’s and by that extension, India’s economy. […]
Sandip Rajput, one of the key accused in the fake government office scam that shook Gujarat last year, died while in custody. The Chhota Udepur Jail authorities informed that Rajput, still in his 30s, complained of chest pain on Wednesday evening after which he was rushed to the Civil hospital. Sandip Rajput died while undergoing […]
Political winds are blowing hot again as the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) is undergoing the process of electing a new board. The recently concluded IFFCO elections saw a major face-off among BJP heavyweights. The IFFCO election also made public a rift between various power groups within the BJP. Similarly, in the […]
In light of the enormity of pending cases in courts, the Indian judiciary is taking several steps to respond to the continuous criticism for the continuation of British Era summer vacations. In a first, the Gujarat High Court has decided to curtail the summer vacation for attending to urgent cases. High Court decided to list […]
Akbarali Saiyad, an 85-year-old man, felt a sense of justice when, after a 20-year wait, the Gujarat HC sent his case for fresh adjudication. Mr. Saiyad, ormer COC (Clerk of the Court) cum Nazir, was found guilty under Section 409 (criminal breach of confidence by a public official) by a trial court in 2000 in […]
The hillock of Pavagadh in the Panchmahal district of Gujarat, across the UNESCO World Heritage Site Champaner, houses the shrine of Goddess Mahakali at the top. In Hindu mythology, it is one of the 51 places where the body parts of ‘Sati,” the divine consort of Shiva, fell. Pavagadh is one of the most important […]
The Gujarat High Court has ordered the reinstatement of a sacked civil judge and judicial magistrate, Kamlesh Alwani, eight years after an internal inquiry found him guilty of professional misconduct and uncivilized behaviour. Inducted into the judiciary in 2005, Mr. Alwani hit the headlines in 2016, when four of his subordinates claimed that the judge […]
The CID Crime Department of the Gujarat Police, in collaboration with the Income Tax Department, conducted late-night raids on approximately 12 Angadia firms in Ahmedabad and Surat this past Thursday. The raids resulted in the seizure of an estimated Rs 10 crore in cash, along with an undisclosed amount of jewelry and foreign currency. In […]
As part of routine exercise, the Gujarat High Court has transferred 222 district judges. 88 Senior Civil Judges. 78 District Judges and 56 Civil Judges have been affected by The exercise. Four judges from Ahmedabad CBI Court have been trasferred to Sessions Court whereas eight Judges from Bhadra Sessions Court in Ahmedabad have been shifted […]
Surat residents Chunibhai Gediya, 66, and his wife Mukta, 64, took the extreme step of taking their own lives, feeling abandoned by their Canada-based son Piyush. The elderly couple left an emotional suicide note expressing their anguish, mental trauma and feeling of having failed in life. Chunibhai and Mukta expressed their agony in the letter […]
On a sweltering Tuesday, as lakhs of voters braved the heat to cast their votes, emergency services were in high demand. Ahmedabad, with a scorching temperature of 43.3°C, was among nine locations in the state where the mercury soared above 40 degrees Celsius, posing a significant challenge to voters. Emergency services reported that by 8 […]
Talala, a town in Gujarat’s Gir Somnath district, experienced two seismic tremors on Wednesday afternoon, as reported by the Institute of Seismological Research (ISR). The ISR confirmed that the first tremor, with a magnitude of 3.7, was swiftly followed by a second tremor registering a magnitude of 3.6. The initial 3.7 magnitude tremor was detected […]
Gujarat is bracing for unseasonal rainfall due to a cyclonic circulation over the northeast Arabian Sea and the adjoining Gujarat coast, according to the latest forecast from the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD). The cyclonic circulation, which lies between 1.5 km and 5.8 km above mean sea level, is expected to bring rain from May 11th […]
