AHMEDABAD: The tragic deaths of a father and daughter in a Virginia shooting have sent shockwaves through the Gujarati community in the US and Kanoda village in Mehsana. Pradeep Patel, 56, was shot dead on the spot, while his 24-year-old daughter, Urmi, succumbed to her injuries two days later. Police have arrested a man in…
AHMEDABAD: Getting a divorce decree from her previous marriage paradoxically resulted in the nullification of her second marriage for a Rajkot woman. Her second husband obtained evidence to establish that her first marriage was still valid when the second marriage took place.The wife maintained that she separated from her first husband through a deed of…
AHMEDABAD: A city sessions court here on Saturday permitted the state govt to withdraw the sedition case filed 10 years ago against BJP MLA Hardik Patel and his four associates during the Patidar quota agitation in 2015.The detection of crime branch (Ahmedabad) filed an FIR against Hardik, then convener of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS),…
NEW DELHI: A high alert was sounded after a threatening letter was found at Sardar Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, warning of an attack, officials said on Monday.According to the joint commissioner of police (JCP) Sharad Singha, the letter, written by an unidentified person, threatened to blow up the airport.Security has been tightened in and…
NEW DELHI: Five people were killed and 17 others sustained injuries after a private bus carrying 48 pilgrims plunged into a deep gorge near Saputara hill station in Gujarat’s Dang district early Sunday morning. The accident occurred at around 4.15am near the Saputara hill station when the driver lost control of the vehicle, causing it…
AHMEDABAD: Mohammed Irshad Ansari, a resident of Chartoda kabrastan in Gomtipur, knocked on the Gujarat high court‘s door to save his mother’s grave, which has been demarcated by the civic body for demolition along with variuos shops and residential units for road expansion.Ansari was among 41 petitioners who filed the petition in the HC. Rest…
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat recorded its fourth and Ahmedabad its third case of human metapneumovirus (HMPV) on Friday, after a nine-month-old boy admitted to a hospital tested positive.It is the second case on the second consecutive day for the city.According to Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) data, the child was admitted to a private hospital in South Bopal….
AHMEDABAD: Eleven security guards hired by an industrial unit in Sanand GIDC to protect the premises, themselves turned thieves and stole submersible pumps worth Rs 4 lakh. Deciding to take advantage of the Diwali holidays when the factory was closed for five days, they allegedly crafted an elaborate plan which involved switching off the power…
Image used for representative purpose only AHMEDABAD: Nearly a fortnight after a 54-year-old man was arrested over allegations of sexual harassment of four girls aged between 8 and 11, investigations have revealed that the accused had raped them all and also recorded the act on his phone. Vaso police of Kheda had arrested Chandrakant Patel…
Image used for representative purpose only NEW DELHI: Seven laborers died after soil caved in on them at a construction site in Gujarat‘s Mehsana district on Saturday, according to police. The tragic incident took place near Kadi town, approximately 37 km from the district headquarters.The laborers were digging a pit for an underground tank at…
