Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has seized 2.08 lakh Tramadol tablets valued at around ₹8.32 crore and arrested a Rajasthan-based medical stockist allegedly involved in the illegal trafficking of the restricted psychotropic drug. According to ATS officials, the operation was carried out on Thursday following a tip-off. A luxury private bus travelling from Ankleshwar in Gujarat to Pali district in Rajasthan was intercepted near Shahibaug in Ahmedabad. During the search, ...Read More

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Delhi resident Harpreet Singh Talwar after conducting searches at six locations across the national capital on June 24 and 25 as part of its money laundering investigation linked to the seizure of nearly 3,000 kg of heroin at Mundra Port in Gujarat in September 2021. Talwar was taken into custody on June 24 and produced before a Special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court for remand. He had earlier been arrested by the Natio...Read More

Ahmedabad: The City Cyber Crime Branch has busted a Jamtara-based cyber fraud racket that allegedly compromised mobile phones using malicious APK files and targeted victims across the country. The probe began after one Naresh Devanand Sabnani, from Hansol, lodged a complaint stating that he had lost Rs 6.68 lakh in an online fraud. He alleged that he received a WhatsApp message as an alert from Sabarmati Gas Limited, which stated that his gas connection would be cut unless he immediately upda...Read More

New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs today announced the state visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Seychelles from June 27-29. The MEA, in a statement, said that at the invitation of the President of Seychelles, Dr. Patrick Herminie, PM Modi will undertake a State Visit to Seychelles from June 27 to 29, 2026, to attend the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the National Day of Seychelles as the Guest of Honour. The Prime Minister last visited Seychelles in 2015. A contingent of the In...Read More

New Delhi: In a major crackdown on the cybercrime infrastructure facilitating digital arrest scams, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), under Operation Chakra-VI, constituted 60 special teams and conducted coordinated searches at more than 80 locations across 16 states: Punjab, Gujarat, Delhi, Maharashtra, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Assam, West Bengal, Manipur, Karnataka, and Odisha. The searches were carried out as part of...Read More

Bharuch: A fresh legal challenge has emerged for Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Chaitar Vasava, days after he and nine others were sentenced to seven years' imprisonment by a Rajpipla court in a case involving an alleged attack on Forest Department employees. A Bharuch court has now issued a fresh notice to Vasava in a separate case accusing him of tarnishing the image of the Gujarat Police through remarks made at a public event in 2024. The Narmada Additional Sessions Court had recently convic...Read More

Vadinar: The Indian Coast Guard on Monday deployed the newly commissioned fast patrol vessel (FPV) ICGS Achal at its home port of Vadinar in the North-West region, strengthening its maritime surveillance capabilities along the Gujarat coast. A ceremonial welcome was held to mark the vessel’s operational induction, attended by Coast Guard officials and local dignitaries. ICGS Achal, which was commissioned in Goa on May 9, is a 51-metre-long fast patrol vessel equipped with advanced navigatio...Read More

Surat: Though the monsoon arrival has been delayed in the state, rain clouds made a strong entry into South Gujarat early this morning, lashing Surat, Valsad, Navsari, Narmada and Tapi districts with torrential rain. According to data from the State Emergency Operation Center, rainfall was recorded in 29 talukas between 6 am and 12 noon, with the highest rainfall of 45 mm (1.77 inches) recorded in Umarpada taluka of Surat district. Between 10 am and 12 noon, 45 mm of rainfall was recorded in ...Read More

Badlapur: A high-speed BMW convertible carrying three friends crashed on an under-construction stretch of the Mumbai-Vadodara Highway near Badlapur in the early hours of Sunday, leaving two people dead and one critically injured. According to police, the luxury sports car was allegedly travelling at speeds of up to 251 kmph when it struck a divider and overturned multiple times around 2.30 am. The impact was so severe that the vehicle was reduced to a mangled wreck, while the occupants were thr...Read More

Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release the 23rd instalment of the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) Yojana tomorrow, June 20, from Hooghly (Tarakeswar) in West Bengal. On this occasion, the Prime Minister will virtually interact with crores of farmers across the country and address them. Under the 23rd instalment of PM-KISAN, Modi will release more than Rs 18,880 crore to over 9.44 crore farmer families across the country. Of this, more than Rs 1,025 crore will be dir...Read More