Ahmedabad: The recent Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation elections have delivered a split verdict for prominent leaders from the BJP, Congress and AIMIM. While some heavyweights extended their winning streaks, others faced unexpected defeats. Key wards saw close contests and surprising outcomes. Party loyalties and local factors played a major role. The results underline a changing political…
Ahmedabad: A quiet residential lane on Rajpath Road in Bodakdev turned tense after a man allegedly staged a noisy protest outside his estranged wife’s home. The incident, reported around 11.30pm on Monday, involved firecrackers, loud music and repeated attempts to draw attention, leaving residents and the woman’s family alarmed.The family says the incident is part…
Ahmedabad: Amdavadis handed BJP its fifth consecutive victory in the city’s municipal corporation election on Tuesday. The party swept 160 of 192 seats across 48 wards, the same tally it posted in 2021. Two of those seats, in Thaltej and Vasna wards, required no contest at all.Congress, which fielded candidates in all 192 seats before…
Ahmedabad: The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) has secured its first victory on the Bahiyal seat, which has an overwhelming Muslim majority, in the Gandhinagar district panchayat. Six months ago, the town witnessed communal riots for the first time, leading to a mega demolition drive.The Congress party has been winning this seat since independence. The Muslim…
Ahmedabad: The Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) police on Tuesday registered another cheating complaint against a finance operator with the Economic Offences Wing (EOW), initiating a detailed investigation. This is the fifth complaint lodged against the accused with the EOW, raising concerns over a pattern of alleged financial fraud.According to the complaint, a 40-year-old businessman…
Ahmedabad: The ruling BJP yet again underlined its supremacy over Gujarat’s political landscape on Tuesday as it swept the local body polls, winning all 15 municipal corporations and 78 of the 84 municipalities, reiterating its complete dominance in cities and towns. The saffron party also posted a spectacular performance in villages, winning 33 of the…
AHMEDABAD: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) suffered a major setback in the Gujarat local body elections, failing to make any significant breakthrough as counting trends pointed to a sweeping performance by the BJP across key municipal corporations and local bodies.In a notable blow, AAP’s leader of opposition in the last general body of Surat Municipal…
AIMIM chief and Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi campaigned till the final stage of the polls. AHMEDABAD: As the ruling BJP appeared set to tighten its grip over municipal and panchayat bodies in Gujarat on result day, Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM saw a silver lining in select pockets, particularly in Bhuj and Bharuch municipalities in Kutch…
Ahmedabad: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has imposed a strict ceiling of 60 tax audit assignments per chartered accountant from the financial year 2026-27, tightening scrutiny over the manner in which audits are allocated within partnership firms. The regulation, coming into force on April 1, 2026, will cover all tax audits carried…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court on Monday granted regular bail to a 17-year-old juvenile delinquent accused of killing his father to end the domestic abuse of his mother.According to the prosecution, the teenager and his two relatives conspired to kill his father, who had a history of domestic abuse.Police alleged that the deceased came to…
