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Gold paste in shirt collars: 2 Maharashtra men held at Ahmedabad airport | Ahmedabad News

Gold paste in shirt collars: 2 Maharashtra men held at Ahmedabad airport | Ahmedabad News

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1 min readAhmedabadJul 23, 2026 12:37 AM IST The Customs department in Ahmedabad on Wednesday said they have apprehended two  passengers from Maharashtra while they were trying to smuggle 129.18 grams of gold worth Rs19.48 lakh in paste form by hiding it under their shirt collars. They were apprehended at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad. While one is a resident of Mumbai, the other hails from Ulhasnagar. A statement from the department said, “Acting on specific intelligence received from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), officers of the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU), Ahmedabad Customs,  intercepted two male passengers who arrived from Dubai at Ahmedabad on July 22 by Flight No. 6E-1478.” It further said, “Upon detailed examination, the passengers were found to have ingeniously concealed gold paste inside the collars of their shirts. The recovered gold paste was processed and converted into TT bars of 24 Kt purity, having a net weight of 129.18 grams and a total market value of Rs 19,48,034.” Further investigation is underway.   Disclaimer: We do not own …

Three lions captured after fatal attack on boy at Girnar Wildlife Sanctuary

Three lions captured after fatal attack on boy at Girnar Wildlife Sanctuary

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Three lions believed to have been involved in the fatal attack on an 11-year-old boy at Girnar Wildlife Sanctuary have been captured and shifted to Sakkarbaug Zoo for scientific examination, the Gujarat Forest Department said on Saturday, as investigators continue to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident. The victim, Mayur Chauhan, from Kheda district, was killed after being attacked near the 50th step on the newly constructed Girnar staircase route earlier in the day. Following the incident, the Forest Department launched a large-scale operation involving forest officials, veterinarians and wildlife trackers. Providing an update on the rescue operation, Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF) Akshay Joshi said the group of lions involved had been successfully captured. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Lost in Surat flood, a 17-yr-old walking home, a school van driver: As water recedes, a terrible tragedy emerges | Ahmedabad News

Lost in Surat flood, a 17-yr-old walking home, a school van driver: As water recedes, a terrible tragedy emerges | Ahmedabad News

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One of them used to be the driver of a van ferrying schoolchildren; another was the owner of a garage. A third had taken loans to start an embroidery business; the fourth was a teenage powerloom worker. All of them had been missing for the past few days. As floodwaters in Surat continued to recede, the worst fears of their families and the administration were confirmed on Thursday. By late evening on Thursday, the Surat police and fire department had recovered another 22 bodies, many of people who had been missing since Tuesday (July 7), when the city saw unprecedented rainfall. The death toll for the week had risen to 34 on Friday. Darshak Chovatiya watched his 27-year-old brother Sandeep Mansukh Chovatiya, the owner of a garage, being swept away by the water on Tuesday afternoon. The brothers were returning to their home in Swastik Residency in Pasodara in a customer’s car when both the vehicle and Sandeep were lost in a swollen rivulet. “We were crossing the rivulet in the Amroli area, and Sandeep …

Ahmedabad 2008 serial blasts: Hunt continues for IM commanders on NIA Most Wanted List | Ahmedabad News

Ahmedabad 2008 serial blasts: Hunt continues for IM commanders on NIA Most Wanted List | Ahmedabad News

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4 min readRajkotUpdated: Jul 8, 2026 02:42 AM IST NEARLY 17 years after blasts ripped through Ahmedabad City, killing 56 people and injuring hundreds more, many already in hospital premises, even as the Gujarat High Court  (HC) on Tuesday upheld the trial court’s order of death sentence for 38 convicts and life imprisonment for 11 of them, three high ranking members of the Indian Mujahideen (IM) continue to evade the authorities who, in turn, are still pursuing them. The Gujarat Police had, in December 2022, nine months after the trial court verdict in this case, announced rewards of Rs 2 lakh each for anyone stepping forward to give credible information leading to the arrest of four absconders accused in the 2008 serial bomb blasts in Ahmedabad. Of the 77 arrested by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch, Gujarat Police, 49 were convicted by the trial court in February 2022. Of these, 38 convicts were given the death sentence and 11 were handed down life sentences by the court. This was confirmed by the Gujarat HC on July …

Gujarat ATS arrests eight alleged JeM operatives

Gujarat ATS arrests eight alleged JeM operatives

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Eight alleged members of Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) have been arrested by Gujarat’s Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) for seeking to establish an active network in the western state, officials said on Friday. Police said the accused were working to establish an active terror network in Gujarat. On Thursday, the ATS arrested seven of them from Gujarat and one from Madhya Pradesh. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

CM, Bhupendra Patel Governor dine at farmer’s home, underline importance of water conservation & tree plantation | Ahmedabad News

CM, Bhupendra Patel Governor dine at farmer’s home, underline importance of water conservation & tree plantation | Ahmedabad News

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2 min readSuratJun 19, 2026 01:47 AM IST SETTING ASIDE protocol, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Governor Acharya Devvrat had dinner on Thursday evening sitting on the floor of a thatched house, belonging to Jitendrabhai Chunilal Desai, a farmer residing in Panikhadak village of Navsari district. CM Patel and Governor Devvrat, who are on a two-day visit to the south Gujarat district, were accompanied by senior district officials. Inside the small residence, nestled amid lush green fields and winding roads, the duo enjoyed desi nagli-chokha roti, khichdi, curry and mixed vegetables served by members of the Desai family. District Collector Manish Gurwani, District Development Officer Kartik Jiwani, district police chief Rahul Patel and others were also present. CM Patel urged people to use resources wisely, considering the current situation. He said PM Modi has linked the environment protection campaign with sensitivity and called upon every citizen of the state to plant and grow a tree in the name of his mother. A total of 1,600 trees of 28 species including Neem, Peepal, Banyan, Bili, Cashew, …

NEET aspirant dies after fall from residential building in Ahmedabad days before retest; probe underway

NEET aspirant dies after fall from residential building in Ahmedabad days before retest; probe underway

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A 17-year-old NEET aspirant died after falling from the sixth floor of a residential apartment building in Ahmedabad’s New Ranip area, just three days before the nationwide NEET-UG retest scheduled for June 21.  According to Sabarmati Police, the teenager, a student preparing for the medical entrance examination, fell from the balcony area of a flat in Aristo Anandam Apartments. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Single-window clearance needed for space tech growth in India: Industry | Ahmedabad News

Single-window clearance needed for space tech growth in India: Industry | Ahmedabad News

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A single-window clearance system and focus on policies and schemes to develop indigenous capabilities in the space sector to reduce the over-dependence on other nations were the demands raised before the Union Minister of State for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Jitendra Singh, during an interaction with startups and industries in the space tech sector. The interaction was part of an event organised by Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe) — an autonomous nodal agency under the Centre—here on Thursday. IN-SPACe chairman Pawan Goenka said the roundtable with about 80 CEOs and CXOs held on Wednesday gave ideas on what needs to be done to push the space sector forward. “The recommendations that emerged from the roundtable on what the industry is looking for from the government include the concern that we still do not have a truly single window system. Also, some of the current regulations, like export clearance, result in delaying the process. Sometimes, they have a time-bound dispatch for satellites. The clearances don’t come and they miss their slot. …

CMO, RSS office and Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation get threat emails; probe launched

CMO, RSS office and Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation get threat emails; probe launched

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A bomb threat email sent to the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) in Gandhinagar on Wednesday triggered a major security response across Gujarat, prompting police and intelligence agencies to launch an extensive investigation, reported the IANS. The officials said that similar threatening emails were also received by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) headquarters and a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) office, raising concerns about a possible coordinated attempt to create panic. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

PM Modi to visit Surat, Daman on June 5; launch major development projects

PM Modi to visit Surat, Daman on June 5; launch major development projects

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat and the Union Territory of Daman and Diu on June 5, where he is scheduled to inaugurate, dedicate and lay the foundation stone for development projects worth more than Rs 22,600 crore. The projects span sectors such as transportation, healthcare, industrial infrastructure, power, aviation, tourism and maritime connectivity. The visit will cover key infrastructure and public service initiatives aimed at improving connectivity, healthcare facilities and economic development across multiple regions. Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link