Ahmedabad: After two months of blistering heat, the city finally woke up to the soothing rhythm of steady rainfall on Saturday. The southwest monsoon made a dramatic entrance late on Friday, with gusty winds, lightning, and thundershowers. The grey, rain-bearing clouds lingered through the day, turning the city delightfully cool.The mercury plummeted from a sweltering…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat HighCourt has quashed a state govt order cancelling an appointment of a teacher 33 years after he was given the job and some 17 years after his death, and stopping the pension being given to his widow.In this case, Harshad Bhavsar, along with five others, was appointed as a teacher in its…
Part of Subhash Bridge demolished Ahmedabad: The civic body is executing the phased demolition of the dilapidated Subhash Bridge. On Saturday, officials successfully dismantled the span facing Shahibaug under expert supervision. The operation was conducted within a restricted, barricaded zone, with AMC officials ensuring strict adherence to safety protocols to prevent untoward incidents. Debris clearance…
Gandhinagar: The State Examination Board has officially announced the results of the Teacher Aptitude Test-Secondary preliminary exam. A total of 75,980 candidates across the state have secured 35% or more marks, qualifying them for the upcoming main exam.The preliminary test was conducted on May 3 for candidates aspiring to become secondary school teachers. Out of…
Ahmedabad: Freshly rebuilt roads across Ahmedabad will face their first real test this monsoon. More than 220 roads across Ahmedabad have been flagged by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation as vulnerable to settlement or cave-ins during the monsoon after extensive underground utility works were carried out over the past two years.The highest concentration of such roads is…
Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw reviews the progress of the Ahmedabad Bullet Train station project and interacts with project staff in Ahmedabad Ahmedabad: Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the first section of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project will be inaugurated in 2027, adding that nearly 80% of work on the high-speed rail corridor has been…
The assessment, carried out on May 4, covered the Rajasthan and Gujarat licensed service areas from Bhagat ki Kothi in Jodhpur to Ahmedabad. Ahmedabad: Rail passengers travelling between Jodhpur and Ahmedabad can expect the fastest mobile internet speeds on Reliance Jio’s network, while BSNL users are more likely to encounter weak signals and dropped calls,…
Ahmedabad: Construction work is under way on the under-construction flyover bridge at Vadaj Junction in the West Zone of the city. As part of the construction of the Vadaj flyover bridge, the crucial work of launching 41 metre-long girders for the span between PG-1 and GP-3 on the bridge leading from Vadaj Junction towards Gandhi…
Young footballers at Rander Sultaniya Gymkhana ground Football was still a young sport on the global stage when the first FIFA World Cup was held in 1930. Yet a small trading town on the banks of Tapi took to the game so strongly that barely 10 years later, it launched an annual tournament of its…
In 2012, Pradip Trivedi showcased 100 publications covering Sachin Tendulkar’s 100th international century AHMEDABAD: For most people, old newspapers are waste. But for some, they can become a court case reference, a student research resource or a civic record. Pradip Trivedi, Tushar Shah, Haji Mamdani, Vadilal Doshi and Kanti Vadoliya have spent years preserving what…
