So far, this months, 22,500 people have tested positive. (Representational)
Gujarat on Thursday reported 1,115 new Covid-19 cases taking the case tally to over 2.32 lakh. For the last five days, the state has been recording around 1.100 cases every day.
So far, this months, 22,500 people have tested positive. Fatalities due to Covid-19 appear to be declining, with eight such deaths being reported on Thursday.
Ahmedabad added 232 new cases and four deaths as 105 private hospitals’ critical bed quota of approximately 800 critical care units, see nearly 57 per cent vacancy.
Over 4.54 crore ITRs for 2019-20 fiscal (assessment year 2020-21) were filed till December 28
Just two weeks before “Vivad se Vishwas” direct tax resolution scheme ends, the declarations for dispute resolution made from Gujarat stand at a dismal 12 per cent, income tax officials said on Friday.
“Over the years, the pendency of appeals filed by taxpayers as well as the government has increased. The number of appeals filed is much higher than the number of appeals disposed. As a result, a huge amount of disputed tax arrears is locked up in these appeals. At present, there are 4.83 lakh direct tax cases pending in various appellate forums,” said Amit Jain, Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax and Director General of Income Tax (Investigations), Gujarat.
Ahmedabad: Former SRP constable held for extorting money
According to police, the accused Salim Rathod (45), a resident of Vatva and native of Prantij in Sabarkantha, was dismissed from service in 2012 on charges of extorting money from couples who visited hotels in Ahmedabad. December 18, 2020 4:28:19 am
The gang approached the diamond broker, a resident of Girgaon who has an office at Bharat Diamond Bourse in BKC, on Instagram on October 10, last year.
The Ahmedabad Police Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) on Thursday arrested a former constable of the State Reserve Police (SRP) for allegedly threatening couples after they checked out of hotels in Ahmedabad and extorting money from them.
According to officials, Tanti is one of the accused in the biggest gold smuggling racket in Gujarat.
The Gujarat Police brought Bhargav Tanti, an accused in Rs 1400-crore gold smuggling case, to Ahmedabad on Wednesday, two weeks after he was held in Amreli after Ahmedabad Customs alerted the police.
Tanti had turned Covid-19 positive, a day after he was held in Amreli on December 3 and for two weeks he was kept in quarantine at the Amreli Civil Hospital.
According to officials, Tanti is one of the accused in the biggest gold smuggling racket in Gujarat that was discovered by Ahmedabad Customs officials in July 2019 in which almost 4 tonnes of gold were smuggled into Gujarat thr- ough Sardar Va- l labhbhai Patel International air port in Ahme-dabad in the past six years. The smuggling racket was unearthed by customs officials when an airline employee Jignesh Savaliya was arrested in July 2019 helping a carrier named Lokesh smuggle 24.5 kg of 24 carat gold bars and biscu
Survey by IIM-A and UNICEF in Ahmedabad: 85 % parents got nothing in lieu of mid-day meals since March
Survey by IIM-A and UNICEF in Ahmedabad: 85 % parents got nothing in lieu of mid-day meals since March
The survey was conducted among 375 low-income parents residing in urban Ahmedabad between July to September, of which nearly 31 per cent had children attending government schools.. December 18, 2020 5:39:45 am
A recent UN report presented evidence on the potential short and long-term negative effects of the disruption to school meal schemes during the COVID-19 pandemic globally.
A survey conducted by the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) and UNICEF Gujarat revealed that among households which had children enrolled in government schools, 85 per cent of the parents reported that they were not able to access anything in lieu of mid-day meals since March, when schools were closed due to the Covid-19pandemic.