Vadodara, March 21 (IANS) Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi on Saturday said Gujarat is increasingly leveraging technology to strengthen both development and public safety, as he announced and inaugurated projects worth Rs 538 crore across Vadodara city and district. Speaking at a programme where around 55 projects were inaugurated or had their foundation stones laid, Sanghavi said the scale of works reflected the state government’s commitment to overall development.“Through the coo…
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Kolkata, March 11 (IANS) The police investigation into the recent wave of bomb threats targeting courts, post offices, and passport offices across West Bengal has revealed that the perpetrators utilised Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and foreign servers to conceal their identities. Investigators on Wednesday said that the digital trail behind the hoax bomb threats points to servers outside India. A senior intelligence officer with the West Bengal Police said that the mastermind behind the panic…
Anand/Gandhinagar, March 7 (IANS) Police in Gujarat’s Anand district have secured convictions in all seven cases registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act between March and December 2024, with six offenders sentenced to life imprisonment and another awarded a 20-year prison term.Two additional judgments delivered on Friday sentenced the accused in both cases to life imprisonment.With these verdicts, six of the seven convicted offenders have received life terms …
Gandhinagar, March 5 (IANS) The Cyber Centre of Excellence of the Gujarat Police has arrested two men accused of recruiting individuals and sending them abroad to work in cyber fraud operations linked to international cyber slavery networks, officials said on Thursday.The accused have been identified as Kaushik Pethani from Amreli and Dhruv Dobariya from Surat. The arrests were made following specific intelligence inputs received by the police.According to investigators, the two allegedly target…
Gandhinagar, Feb 18 (IANS) Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi inaugurated and laid the foundation for multiple police welfare and infrastructure projects in Gandhinagar on Wednesday, marking a significant investment of Rs 273 crore aimed at improving the living conditions of police families and enhancing law enforcement facilities across the state.Addressing the event, Sanghavi said, “The Gujarat Police stand guard day and night to ensure the safety of citizens, and under the guidance of Chi…
Gandhinagar, Feb 12 (IANS) More than 15.27 lakh students across Gujarat will appear for the Class 10 and 12 board examinations beginning on February 26, following a comprehensive review of preparedness by the state government in Gandhinagar.The review meeting on Thursday, chaired by Education Minister Dr Pradyuman Vaja at the Vidya Samiksha Kendra, was attended by Minister of State for Education Rivaba Jadeja, senior officials of the Education Department, the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Seconda…
Ahmedabad, Feb 9 (IANS) Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi on Monday virtually inaugurated a series of police projects worth approximately Rs 202.85 crore across Ahmedabad, aimed at strengthening the state’s security framework and improving the welfare and efficiency of law enforcement personnel. The projects include a new Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) building at Chharodi (Rs 47.98 crore), an urban police station at Bodakdev (Rs 33.49 crore), police housing and PSI quarters at Amraiwadi …
Kolkata, Feb 4 (IANS) Enforcement Directorate’s Kolkata Zonal Office has filed the third supplementary chargesheet against Tushar Patel and five others before a Special Court (PMLA) in connection with the ongoing investigation in the matter of TP Global FX/ IX Global under the Money-Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. In a statement issued on Wednesday evening, the central investigation agency said the Special Court, while taking cognisance of the complaint on the same day, issued Non-Bailable Warran…
Rajkot, Feb 2 (IANS) A 27‑year‑old man suffered a fatal heart attack moments after completing the physical test for Gujarat police recruitment at the SRP ground in Gondal, Rajkot, on Monday morning, officials said.The deceased has been identified as Nitinbhai Chauhan, a resident of Malarwadi in Kodinar (Gir Somnath).Police said Chauhan completed the stipulated 5 km run in 23 minutes, ahead of the prescribed qualifying time, as part of the physical endurance test. Immediately after leaving th…
Gandhinagar, Jan 29 (IANS) Gujarat Police have attended 382,728 emergency cases under the ‘112’ service in the last four months, with an average of more than 12,000 calls handled daily, officials said on Thursday. In January 2026, the service recorded an average response time of 11 minutes and 56 seconds.State Police Director General of Police (DGP) K.L.N. Rao visited the advanced ‘112’ Emergency Response Centre along with senior officers to review the functioning of the service and identify way…