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  Three men who were arrested by the Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Wednesday in the Dhandhuka murder case were held for their alleged involvement in procuring weapon and providing shelter to the shooters who killed 30-year-old Kishan Bharwad over an objectionable Facebook post, according to officials.   The three — Rameez Seta, Matin […]

  In a bid to promote use of electric vehicles and renewable energy, Ahmedabad Municipal Commissioner Lochan Sehra in the draft budget for 2022-23 tabled on Wednesday proposed a solar rooftop incentive policy and incentives for use of electric vehicles.   The budget, tabled in the election year, has proposed no increase in property tax, […]

SURAT : A division bench of the Gujarat High Court on Tuesday dismissed a public interest litigation by Ahmedabad-based trade union Bandhkam Mazdoor Sangathan that sought the rehabilitation of 75 slum-dwellers evicted in Ahmedabad for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project. The verdict by a division bench of Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice AJ Shastri, […]

SURAT : A division bench of the Gujarat High Court on Tuesday dismissed a public interest litigation by Ahmedabad-based trade union Bandhkam Mazdoor Sangathan that sought the rehabilitation of 75 slum-dwellers evicted in Ahmedabad for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project. The verdict by a division bench of Chief Justice Aravind Kumar and Justice AJ Shastri, […]

  Daily Covid-19 cases in Gujarat continue to decline with 6,679 new cases on Monday even as the state government has decided to continue with online teaching for Classes 1 to 9 till February 5. The number of fatalities in the state is rising gradually with 35 patients succumbing to the infection on Monday.   […]

  A division bench of the Gujarat High Court granted relief to an interfaith couple and cautioned the woman’s parents to not “misbehave” due to their opposition to the marriage.   The court also directed the woman’s parents to share the books and clothes of the woman that are in the parents’ possession as the […]

  The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday admitted an appeal against a Bharuch court order rejecting anticipatory bail to a maulvi accused for alleged forced religious conversion.   The maulvi, Varvaya Abdul Vahab Mahmood, was arraigned as an accused in December 2021 on addition of new charges in an existing FIR of November 2021 at […]

  With Gujarat recording 24,485 Covid-19 new cases and 13 fatalities due to the infection on Thursday, daily test positivity rate (TPR) for the state continues to be on the rise — over 17 percent — as does the weekly TPR of Ahmedabad, at approximately 30 per cent.   Ahmedabad recorded 9,957 new cases and […]

  Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Tuesday chaired a meeting with a panel of experts to assess the Covid-19 situation even as Gujarat recorded the highest single-day surge of 17,119 new cases and 10 deaths. Ahmedabad district, too, recorded a new high of 6,078 new Covid cases and three fatalities.   At the meeting, sources […]

SURAT : Noted industrialist from Surat and Patidar leader, Mahesh Savani, who joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in June 2021, announced his exit from the party on Monday citing “personal reasons”. Savani’s exit came just hours after Gujarati folk singer Vijay Suvada left AAP and joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Savani had sat on […]

SURAT : The Congress on Wednesday appointed 35-year-old Vishwanathsinh Vaghela as the Gujarat Youth Congress president. Vaghela, who holds an MSc degree along with a diploma in management, took the oath at a ceremony held at the Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan in Paldi of Ahmedabad in the presence of senior Congress leaders Srinivas BV, president of […]

SURAT: The city’s detection of crime branch (DCB) arrested four more people, including three directors of the Maharashtra’s Taloja-based chemical company, Hikal Ltd, in connection with the Sachin GIDC gas leak tragedy. Even as Hikal Ltd issued a statement claiming that the discharged chemical was not the same the same that had left the company’s […]

AHMEDABAD: His life was lush with luxuries in Germany — he drove a swanky sports car, dined at the finest restaurants, and lived in plush homes. But he shrugged off the high life in a snap to find meaning in spiritual life. In his journey, Chris Muller met Julia Ukhwakatina, a school teacher from Russia […]

SURAT: A 32-year-old employee of a diamond firm who had returned from Botswana on December 12 tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday. He was under isolation as per guidelines for individuals coming from ‘at risk’ countries. Total 61 persons who had come in contact with the man have been tested for Covid-19 and reports are […]

Surat: As part of its drive against drugs, the city police will be organizing a three-day national powerlifting championship from Friday. Over 500 weightlifters from 14 states will vie for top honours in the event to be held at Katargam Community Hall. The meet is being jointly organized by the city police and the Sports […]

Rs 163 crore IGST refund fraud busted in Surat, kingpin held SURAT: In a major breakthrough, sleuths of the anti-evasion unit of Central GST, Surat, busted an Integrated GST refund fraud amounting to a whopping Rs 163 crore. Kingpin of the racket, Abdul Samad Kapadiya, a former garment retailer, was arrested by the CGST on […]