Ahmedabad: For the first time after three rounds of admissions, 3,501 seats in govt and grant-in-aid diploma engineering colleges remained vacant, prompting the state admission committee to announce a fourth round following the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) extension of the admission deadline.While 27,428 seats remain vacant in self-financed colleges after completion of…
Ahmedabad: A delegation of state Congress leaders will visit Bhavnagar on Friday to conduct an on-site inquiry into the hooch tragedy, state Congress president Amit Chavda said on Thursday. Speaking to reporters at the GPCC headquarters, Chavda alleged the prohibition law in Gujarat existed only on paper and demanded the resignation of home minister Harsh…
Ahmedabad: Centre’s new one-time income disclosure scheme could provide relief to small taxpayers seeking to regularise unreported foreign assets, but tax experts warn that participation may not shield them from action under foreign exchange laws.The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) notified the Foreign Assets of Small Taxpayers – Disclosure Scheme, 2026 (FAST-DS) on Aug…
Ahmedabad: Residents seeking to book community halls managed by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) will no longer have to submit a wedding invitation card, easing a long-standing hurdle for those planning marriages.The AMC standing committee has directed officials to accept bookings on the basis of an Aadhaar card, even if the wedding invitation was not…
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Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court has refused to quash an FIR registered against Congress party leader Pragati Aahir over a social media post that allegedly disclosed the identity of a minor sexual assault victim in Rajkot district.Though Aahir had blurred the picture of the victim in her social media post, what caused trouble for her was…
File photo of those affected by the spurious liquor receiving treatment at a hospital in Bhavnagar Ahmedabad: In an unusual appeal in Gujarat, where liquor is prohibited, police have asked residents to destroy — rather than consume — bottles bearing a particular batch number after toxic liquor consumed in Bhavnagar’s Vartej area left nine people…
Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has launched a dedicated rescue initiative to help homeless people living in public spaces and shift them to safe, fully equipped shelter homes.Under the initiative, citizens can report homeless individuals taking refuge on footpaths, under bridges, at religious places, bus and railway stations, public parks and other open spaces, by…
Ahmedabad: A city civil court has turned down a teenager’s plea to restore his biological father’s name in official records, ruling that a valid adoption cannot be undone—even if the child and adoptive father both agree.The case traces back to 2015, when the boy’s widowed mother remarried a man who was a widower himself and…
Ahmedabad Crime Branch on Thursday arrested a 33-year-old man from Madhya Pradesh and seized 198.5g of mephedrone worth Rs 6 lakh from his possession near Maninagar Crossroads Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad Crime Branch on Thursday arrested a 33-year-old man from Madhya Pradesh and seized 198.5g of mephedrone worth Rs 6 lakh from his possession near Maninagar Crossroads.According…
