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A 24-year-old Gujarati man has pleaded guilty to ‘attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity’, the US Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Florida, announced on Thursday. Kirtan Patel who was arrested in July, now faces a minimum sentence of 10 years, with the possibility of life imprisonment. The sentencing date has yet […]
Brooklyn US Attorney, Breon Peace, has announced he will step down on January 10, concluding his tenure as a federal prosecutor. During his time in office, he handled prominent cases including the sex-trafficking trial of singer R Kelly, a fraud indictment against Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and the criminal conviction of a US Congressman. In […]
The family of an IIT Delhi PhD scholar who died in a pit collapse during a palaeoclimatology research trip near the Lothal Harappan civilisation site in Ahmedabad, has filed an application with the Ahmedabad Rural Police, requesting the registration of an FIR against those responsible for her death. Surabhi Verma’s father, Ram Khelawan Verma, a […]
At least six people lost their lives and 41 others sustained burn injuries in a devastating fire that erupted following a collision between a truck loaded with chemicals, an LPG tanker and several other vehicles near a fuel station on the Jaipur-Ajmer highway on Friday. The incident occurred in the Bhankrota area of Jaipur, with […]
The Gujarat Anti-Terror Squad (ATS), in collaboration with the local police, carried out a search operation in the western area of Godhra town on Wednesday and apprehended three suspects. During interrogation at the Godhra SP office, the apprehended individuals disclosed that they had recently returned from a 25-day stay in Pakistan. The three suspects—Miyas Usmani, […]
Thousands of Indians, seeking a better life in the United States, have been increasingly using the “dunki route” through Canada to bypass the heavily monitored US-Mexico border. This route, passing through Canada’s vast and perilous border areas, has become a popular alternative for migrants attempting to cross illegally. However, with tightening immigration regulations, stronger border […]
The Indian equity market has been a relatively safe haven amid various geopolitical unrest, attracting investments from both domestic and foreign investors, including non-resident Indians (NRIs). NRI deposits in Gujarat surpassed Rs 1 lakh crore in the September quarter of the 2025 financial year (Q2 FY25), according to statistics from the State-Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC). […]
A man sentenced to 28 years in prison for murder in the United Kingdom in 2020 has been transferred to Gujarat to complete his sentence under an extradition agreement between India and the UK. Jigu Sorthi, a resident of Umargam, was sentenced to 28 years of jail time by a Leicester court for the murder […]
The Gujarat government has announced that Masali village, located near the Pakistan border in Banaskantha district, achieved a milestone by becoming ‘India’s first border solar village’ to be fully powered by solar energy. The village, with 119 households, has successfully installed solar rooftop panels, which collectively generate an impressive 225.5 kW of electricity. This production […]
Thieves allegedly stole cash and jewellery valued at Rs 40.36 lakh by creating a hole in the wall separating a Union Bank of India (UBI) branch from a marble polishing unit’s office in Surat. Following the late-night incident on Monday, Surat rural police initiated an investigation and filed a theft complaint. The Palod branch of […]
US President-elect Donald Trump has reiterated his intention to impose reciprocal taxes on India on Wednesday. Trump, who previously referred to India as the “tariff king,” accused New Delhi of levying “high tariffs” on American-made products. At a press conference, Trump said, “The word reciprocal is important because if somebody charges us – India, we […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned the death sentence given to a man convicted of sexually assaulting and murdering a minor boy in Gujarat’s Bharuch district in April 2016. The court instead ordered him to serve 25 years of imprisonment without the possibility of remission. According to a bench consisting of Justices B R Gavai […]
A 27-year-old woman has died by suicide in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district, leaving behind recorded messages in which she apologised to her partner and expressed being weary of domestic conflicts. Radha Thakor, who owned a beauty parlour, had separated from her husband a few years ago and had been residing with her sister in Palanpur. Radha’s […]
The Gujarat government has announced that it has suspended two hospitals and imposed penalties on two others for irregularities under Prime Minister Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY). The PM-JAY’s State Anti-Fraud Unit (SAFU) and a team of experienced medical professionals visited dubious facilities that were engaged in misconduct under the scheme. Four hospitals in various regions […]
Gujarat AAP working president and Dediapada MLA Chaitar Vasava was detained on Tuesday at Navagam in Narmada district, just a few kilometres from the Bharuch district border. Vasava, accompanied by his supporters, was on his way to surrender at a police station in Bharuch as part of the Jail Bharo Andolan, a protest sparked by […]
Shashikumar Mohta, a 66-year-old stock market professional from Gujarat, has triumphed over a 24-year legal battle to secure admission into Gujarat University’s DT Law College for the LLB course. The journey began in 2000 when Mohta applied for the three-year LLB programme at DT Law College but was denied admission. The college cited Gujarat University’s […]
A Pakistani teenage boy has been reunited with his parents after spending two and a half years in Indian custody. The minor was apprehended on January 12, 2022, off the Porbandar coast along with several other Pakistani fishermen aboard a Pakistani fishing boat. He was charged with coastal border violation and sent to judicial custody […]
The BJP has dominated Gujarat for over three decades and for party members, it is a prestige issue to hold some posts. Apparently, the urge to hold a post has led Rajkot’s Bakshi Panch Morcha, Vipul Makhela to allegedly tamper with his birth certificate and Aadhar Card to be eligible to become Rajkot Ward President. […]
A 48-year-old man of Indian origin has been convicted of murdering his 76-year-old mother at their family home in Leicester, UK. Sandeep Singh fatally attacked his mother following a row over the family property, which he believed had been bequeathed to him by his late father. On December 16, Singh was sentenced to life imprisonment […]
An Indian woman, who had been living in Pakistan for the past 22 years after being deceitfully brought there by a travel agent, returned to her homeland through the Wagah Border in Lahore on Monday. Mumbai native Hamida Bano moved to Hyderabad, Pakistan, in 2002. She claims that an agent tricked her into going to […]
