Ahmedabad: A 27-year-old woman from Thaltej has accused her former boyfriend of rape, alleging that he had established a physical relationship with her on the fake promise of marriage.According to the FIR filed with Vastrapur police on Tuesday, the complainant, who works as a manager at a spa and salon in the Navrangpura area, has…
Ahmedabad: The Western Railway’s Ahmedabad Division has dispatched its first spice-loaded train from Mehsana in Gujarat to Assam.The first rake, carrying 4,200 quintals of cumin, was flagged off on Wednesday, from Mehsana station to Azara station in Assam under the Rangiya Division of Northeast Frontier Railway. Officials said that the spices were transported in an…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat’s Class 10 results are not just about student scores but also about how schools are performing overall. This year, more schools have delivered perfect results. The count of institutions with weak outcomes has come down. Yet, district-level variations remain visible.A total of 1,697 schools recorded 100% results in 2026, up from 1,574 last…
Ahmedabad: Rumours of fuel shortages that swept through Gujarat in March when the West Asia crisis was at its peak had a ripple effect on how Gujarat preferred its vehicles. Buyers walking into showrooms inquiring about petrol and CNG models of two- and four-wheelers, began leaning towards EVs. This momentum continued in April as well…
Ahmedabad: The special operations group (SOG) of the city crime branch has arrested a 32-year-old trader for allegedly storing and selling duplicate electric wires and related packaging material of multiple brands, officials said on Tuesday. Goods worth Rs 16.6 lakh were seized during the action.Acting on specific inputs received through an investigation officer associated with…
Ahmedabad: Around 500 workers at an industrial unit in the Memco area went on strike on Wednesday, raising demands over salary hikes and overtime payments. The workers staged a protest and halted operations, also listing eight demands related to wages and working conditions.Sources said employees had earlier raised concerns about pay revision and overtime compensation,…
Ahmedabad: Rumours of fuel shortages that swept through Gujarat in March when the West Asia crisis was at its peak had a ripple effect on how Gujarat preferred its vehicles. Buyers walking into showrooms inquiring about petrol and CNG models of two- and four-wheelers, began leaning towards EVs. This momentum continued in April as well…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat State Subordinate Services Selection Board’s (GSSSSB) changing stand on a basic economics principle — the law of demand — triggered a legal battle after it treated two different answers to the same question as correct in recruitment exams held eight years apart. In 2016, the board in its answer key had held…
Ahmedabad: In an incident, which locals allege was the result of civic body’s negligence, a young man on a motorbike fell into an open pit on the busy Bibi Talav Road in Vatva on Tuesday night. The pit, not repaired for over a fortnight, was also not barricaded, locals said. The youth riding by fell…
Ahmedabad: Online auctions of two commercial plots in Bodakdev have fetched the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) Rs 365.8 crore. The civic body had announced online auctions of 19 residential and commercial plots earlier this year, following which five plots in Bodakdev, Thaltej, Motera and Shilaj went under the hammer on Tuesday. There were no takers…
