Crime
A complete ban on manufacture, sale, storage, distribution of gutkha in Gujarat was made effective from September 11, 2012. The ban covers gutkha and pan masala that contain tobacco or nicotine. Pan masala without tobacco/nicotine was not banned under the same notification at first; only those versions with tobacco/nicotine were prohibited. There was an exemption […]
Gujarat High Court has dismissed both applications filed by Sevanth Day School, upholding the actions taken by the DEO District Education Officer and the State Government. High Court observed that the school neither provided any information to the DEO and State Government nor cooperated, and instead attempted to mislead. HC has issued strict instructions that […]
In a recent, heartbreaking boating tragedy at Sakri (also called Shakri or Shakari) Lake near Sarkhej in Ahmedabad. The incident occurred on Tuesday evening, September 2, 2025, at Sakri/Shakri Lake, an under-construction waterbody in Sarkhej, Ahmedabad. Four youths found an abandoned municipal corporation boat and took it onto the lake. While on the boat, they […]
Surat based engineer named Pratik Shah (also known as Abhijit or Prateek Nilesh Shah) was arrested in a joint operation by the Surat PCB Prevention of Crime Branch and SOG Special Operation Group.The raid conducted at his flat in the Rander area of Surat, specifically near Zaghadiya Chowki or in Samor Residency. Ready-made fake visa […]
Locks of shops broken in Bareja town of Ahmedabad district. Locks of more than 16 shops were broken in Bareja in one night. Thieves steal lakhs of rupees from shops and hospitals. Entire Bareja was under shock and fear with 16 thefts in just one night.
On the Seventh Day Adventist School (Maninagar, Ahmedabad) case: Ahmedabad Crime Branch has officially lodged a complaint under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) against the principal and two teachers of the school for criminal negligence in handling the fatal stabbing of Class 10 student Nayan Santani.Charges include Sections 211 (omission to inform a public servant) […]
Tragic stabbing at the Seventh Day Adventist Higher Secondary School in Ahmedabad. A 15-year-old Class 10 student, identified as Nayan Santani, was fatally stabbed by a junior student outside the school premises on Tuesday, August 19, 2025. He later succumbed to his injuries during treatment. Eyewitnesses and students report that no ambulance (108 service) was […]
In Labor & Sex Trafficking at Hotels in Nebraska, 5 people from North Gujarat including Ken Chaudhari, Amit Prahlad Chaudhari, Amit Babu Chaudhari, Maheshkumar Chaudhari, and Rashmi Ajit Samani were arrested in Nebraska on charges including labor trafficking, sex trafficking, and harboring illegal migrants. The alleged trafficking happened in 4 hotels owned or managed by […]
Ahmedabad: lady attempted self-immolation in Jashodanagar. She was being treated in the ICU at LG Hospital.City Congress President Sonal Patel has made allegations in the case, stating that AMC Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation officials demolished a structure without issuing any notice and even demanded a bribe. Family members of victim lady made ruckus at LG Hospital.
Ahmedabad : On August 15, 2025, Vrajendra Prasad — son of Gadipati Kaushalendra Prasad Maharaj of the Kalupur Swaminarayan Temple and the appointed successor to the Acharya position — filed an FIR in Ahmedabad. In his complaint lodged at the Ghatlodia police station, he alleged that his wife and her relatives had attempted to extort […]
