Ahmedabad: As the world approaches the 25th anniversary of the Sep 11 terror attacks, the memories remain vivid for Jay Patel, a New York-based third-generation Gujarati tech investor and film producer who witnessed the tragedy unfold from close quarters.Patel recalls driving towards downtown Manhattan on the morning of Sep 11, 2001, when he noticed smoke…
Ahmedabad: An IndiGo flight from Lucknow to Dammam was diverted to Ahmedabad on Thursday evening after a handwritten note mentioning a “bomb” was found on board, police said.Flight 6E97, carrying 107 passengers and six crew members, landed safely at Ahmedabad airport around 5.40pm, Airport police inspector A D Chavda said.The aircraft had taken off from…
Chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar visits Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad on Thursday Ahmedabad: Complaints of name deletion received during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) would be “110 per cent resolved” before the next Lok Sabha elections, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said in Ahmedabad on Thursday. Outlining a step-by-step appeal process, Kumar said documents would…
Gujarat Assembly building Gujarat Legislative Assembly ( Gujarat Vidhan Sabha) building Top view,Tuesday, 13,Julai,2021 Photo Yogesh Chawda Gandhinagar: The Gujarat assembly on Thursday passed the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Amendment Bill, 2026, proposing tighter regulation of schools, sharply higher penalties for violations and a statutory framework for appointing special educators for children with…
Image Credit: X (Department of Information & Publicity) NEW DELHI: The Daman administration has brought together owners of Mahindra Thar and Toyota Fortuner SUVs as part of a road-safety initiative amid growing online discussion around the two vehicles.A large number of Thar and Fortuner owners took part in the “Thar-Fortuner Sankalp Yatra” and a road…
Bomb squad at a school that received the bomb scare email Ahmedabad: A series of bomb threat emails were sent to 10 Ahmedabad schools, three courts and the Gujarat assembly on Thursday, sparking a security scare. However, security checks found nothing suspicious at any of the locations, confirming that the email threats were hoaxes.The schools…
Ahmedabad: The Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) police on Thursday registered a cheating case against four partners of a Chennai-based jewellery firm for allegedly failing to pay Rs 1.6 crore for gold and silver jewellery supplied by a Ahmedabad jeweller despite repeated demands and assurances.According to the FIR, the complainant, a Navrangpura resident who runs…
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) estate department on Thursday cleared a 700m stretch of a sanctioned 30.5-metre-wide road in Rakhial, removing 88 structures that fell within the proposed road line.The drive was carried out along the road from Trikamlal Crossroads to Potalia Crossroads, via Everest Crossroads, up to Rakhial Crossroads in the…
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat assembly on Thursday passed two bills, one amending the Gujarat Goods and Services Tax (GST) Act to bring it in line with decisions of the GST Council and other seeking to regulate the manufacture, storage, distribution, sale and quality control of livestock and poultry feed.The Gujarat GST (Amendment) Bill, 2026 was brought…
Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad and Surat together recorded 30,859 cases of theft, robbery, rape, murder, molestation, kidnapping, extortion, prohibition, gambling and cyberfraud in a year, according to data tabled by Gujarat govt in state assembly.The govt furnished the figures in response to a question raised by senior Congress MLA from Anklav, Amit Chavda. Of the total cases…
