Ahmedabad: If you commute on SP Ring Road during rush hours, you will know the feeling. You are headed straight, but a vehicle going right creeps into your lane, forces you to brake, swerve or simply accept that your six-second stretch of road will now take 20 seconds. A new drone study has put exact…
Migrant worker beaten to death Ahmedabad: A 23-year-old migrant worker from Uttar Pradesh died after he was allegedly tied with a rope and beaten with sticks by a father-son duo who mistook him for a thief in the Santej police station area of Gandhinagar district, police said.The victim, identified as Itwarilal Rajput of Farrukhabad district,…
Ahmedabad: AMC’s health and food department has stepped up food safety inspections across hotels, restaurants and other food establishments over the past eight months, leading to a sharp rise in food sample collection and the detection of more violations.Between Jan and Aug 2025, the department collected 2,966 food samples, of which 86 failed quality tests,…
Representative picture for GIFT City Ahmedabad: A 51-year-old chartered accountant was allegedly assaulted by a fellow CA at a GIFT City club on Thursday evening over a dispute linked to the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) central council election. The victim suffered a head injury and required three stitches, police said.Dabhoda police registered…
Students come out from classroom Ahmedabad: The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) has operationalised 72 new Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) across states and Union territories for the 2026-27 academic year, including one in Ahmedabad’s Vastral area. With the new school, the number of Kendriya Vidyalayas in Gujarat has risen to 49.According to KVS, 85 new KVs were…
Ahmedabad: A 72-year-old retired construction contractor from Bapunagar has filed a police complaint alleging that his nephew cheated him of Rs 2.8 crore after being entrusted with Rs 4 crore for safekeeping. The complainant told police that both his sons had learning disabilities and later died of illness, one a year ago and the other…
Man arrested for insurance fraud Ahmedabad: A man who allegedly passed off his nephew’s death from cancer as a road accident death has been arrested after being on the run for 21 years.Acting on a tip-off, Gandhinagar district local crime branch arrested the accused, Mukesh Patel, from Kalol. In 2005, after a CID Crime officer…
Ahmedabad: Methanol allegedly brought from Delhi was used to adulterate liquor that killed nine people and left around 25 critically ill in Bhavnagar, exposing gaps in enforcement of prohibition in Gujarat. “One of the accused allegedly brought methanol from Delhi to Bhavnagar via Ahmedabad using two transporters. Another accused, who later died after drinking the…
Ahmedabad: A 54-year-old man allegedly attempted self-immolation inside Metropolitan Court No. 19 at Gheekanta on Thursday afternoon while attending proceedings related to a recovery warrant in a domestic violence and maintenance case.Karanj police inspector V S Vaghela said the man, identified as Parag Shah, a resident of Nadiad, poured a liquid, suspected to be petrol,…
Ahmedabad: While rain has been sparse in the city, cloudy weather has created a conducive environment for dengue-carrying Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, whose breeding is generally driven by alternating periods of rainfall and heat.This year, such cycles have been few, experts said, even as cases have started trickling in.According to health department figures, till Aug 16,…
