Ahmedabad: The Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) has made Aadhaar-based biometric attendance compulsory for postgraduate (PG) pharmacy students, extending a system already in place for faculty members in pharmacy colleges. The step aims to ensure transparency in the disbursal of scholarships and to curb misuse of govt funds.According to official data, students who qualify for…
Ahmedabad: Kinjal Lathi, 33, a resident of Ahmedabad, is a proud mother of a 7-year-old daughter. “I was just three months old when I was diagnosed with thalassemia major. Since then, I have been on regular blood transfusions. My parents were unaware of the condition, but today there is far greater awareness — I married…
Ahmedabad: A city-based architect was robbed of Rs 4.6 lakh by two unidentified motorcycle-borne men who used a diversion tactic to steal a cash-filled bag from his BMW car in Ahmedabad’s Sola area on Wednesday evening.According to a complaint filed with Sola police, Jagrut Shah, 33, a resident of Bopal and owner of an architecture…
AHMEDABAD: The investigation into the Air India flight AI 171 crash is in its final stages, and the report is expected within a month, Union civil aviation minister Rammohan Naidu said on Friday.Speaking to the media on the sidelines of an event at GIFT City, Naidu said, “Based on the information we have received, the…
Ahmedabad: Four members of a family, including two minor girls, were feared drowned in the Narmada main canal near Fatiyavad village in Kheda’s Kapadvanj taluka on Thursday. Police are not ruling out the possibility of the case being a mass suicide.Police said the woman allegedly jumped into the canal along with her two daughters, both…
Ahmedabad: An incident of an alleged illegal tree felling is being probed by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s parks and gardens department. The tree outside Madhuban Complex near Madalpur underpass in the Ellisbridge area was felled under the cover of darkness. Videos of the incident went viral on social media, prompting the probe. It has been…
Representational picture of cheetahs. Gujarat plans to translocate two pairs from Kenya by August 2026 Prabhash and Paavak, two male Cheetahs to be transported from Kuno on Sunday morning to release in Gandhi Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary. Courtesy- MP Forest department Ahmedabad: The long wait to bring the world’s fastest land animal — the cheetah —…
Ahmedabad: A 23-year-old man booked under the Pocso Act allegedly escaped from custody outside Vadaj police station late on Thursday night after pushing away two policemen. He was traced and re-arrested within hours, police said on Friday.According to Vadaj police inspector H G Garasia, the accused, Ashok Dabhani, a resident of Vadaj, had allegedly eloped…
AMC forms parking policy, sets up implementation committee Ahmedabad: Hunting for a parking space in the city could soon become far less frustrating. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s Smart City Ahmedabad Development Limited (SCADL) is preparing to launch an AI-powered video analytics platform that will provide motorists with real-time parking availability across 135 parking locations in…
Past complaints of extortion by cops Ahmedabad: Two city traffic policemen were suspended after allegations that they had detained travellers for nearly an hour during a late-night highway checking drive, searched their phones without justification, threatened them with cybercell action and sought “chai-pani”. The complaint came from a Madhya Pradesh-based startup founder who shared his…
