In the wake of the terror attacks in Mumbai, Ahmedabad Police has decided to install 300 CCTV cameras at over 100 important locations across the city.
RR Verma today took charge as the fourth chief of the Special Investigation Team probing the Ishrat Jahan police encounter case at the agency's office in Shahibaug area in Ahmedabad.
The special investigation team (SIT) probing the 2004 police encounter of Ishrat Jahan and three others had submitted a progress report in the Gujarat high court, officials said on Thursday.
IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt, who has accused Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi of misusing state machinery during 2002 post-Godhra riots, has alleged that SIT probe details on riot cases were leaked to a top law officer of the state government.
Gujarat additional advocate general Tushar Mehta has accused IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt of hacking his e-mail.
In an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court, Gujarat police officer Sanjiv Bhatt has indicated that N Ram, editor-in-chief of the daily The Hindu, had offered to brief an unidentified person on matters related to the 2002 Gulberg Society massacre, on a request from Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ideologue S Gurumurthy.
In less than one year, the special investigation team (SIT) probing the alleged fake encounter death of Mumbra girl Ishrat Jahan and three others has got its fourth chief.
Gujarat home department has made a clarification on the issue of destruction of Intelligence Bureau records related to 2002 riots, saying that all crucial records were intact and available.
In a major reshuffle at the districts level in the state administration, the Gujarat government transferred 49 IAS officials including collectors in 12 districts, 14 district development officers and three municipal commissioners.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT), probing the 2004 police encounter of Ishrat Jahan and three others, along with forensic experts, on Thursday reconstructed the events that took place on the day of the incident at the original site near Kotarpur area of the city.
In a major overhaul of the state administration, the Narendra Modi government on Friday transferred 34 senior IAS officials including secretary in the crucial departments like home, revenue, urban development and municipal commissioners of Ahmedabad, Surat and Vadodara.
Body of a man was recovered from inside a corrugated box lying on the road side in Asarwa area here, police said.
A leading TV actress Smriti Irani, president of All-India BJP Mahila Morcha, and a local old time Jan Sangh leader Dilip Pandya were on Saturday selected for nomination in Rajya Sabha by the BJP from Gujarat.
The Ahmedabad police are looking for a moneylender whose loans at high rates of interest were allegedly responsible for the suicides of a builder and a stockbroker.
A trial court has convicted six persons while acquitting four others in a post-Godhra riot case from Viramgam taluka of the district.