Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court has quashed rape charges against a man who fell victim to a ‘honey trap’ where the complainant allegedly extorted money from him.In this case, Dumas police in Surat registered an FIR against Manoj Vasoya in 2021 on rape charges levelled by a 38-year-old married woman who used to run a…
Ahmedabad: The porter’s number tag became a blockbuster badge of honour after adorning Amitabh Bachchan in superhit movies, but a recent Gujarat high court ruling has affirmed that the ‘coolie’ badge must follow the prosaic script of railway rules.The term ‘coolie’, though still in neutral use in India, has been flagged as offensive by both…
Ahmedabad: The city is quietly undoing some of its own urban design choices. At over 100 junctions in the western parts of Ahmedabad, paver blocks are being ripped out and replaced with trees to fight rising heat. The move comes after years of paving traffic islands that trap and reflect heat especially during peak summers….
Ahmedabad: The brief respite from the scorching summer heat proved to be short lived for Amdavadis as the mercury staged a sharp comeback on Friday. After a few days of relatively milder conditions, the city reclaimed its title as the hottest spot in Gujarat, with the maximum temperature hitting 43.3°C. This reading stood 1.5 degrees…
Ahmedabad: The civic body’s estate department has removed 6,887 handcarts and stalls between Jan 1 and April 25 this year, officials said, adding that approximately 25,089 illegal boards, banners and hoardings were also removed. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) locked 10,598 illegally parked vehicles and collected penalties besides removing 49,857 miscellaneous goods and materials from…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat’s GST collections surged 44% to Rs 9,916 crore in April, up from Rs 6,901 crore during same month last year, marking the highest monthly mop-up since the levy’s implementation, according to the office of the commissioner of taxes.Alongside GST, the state reported additional inflow of Rs 2,711 crore from VAT, Rs 1,055 crore…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) has introduced an online approval system for private schools seeking permission to start additional classes, sections, or sequential higher classes for the academic year beginning in June 2026.According to the board, schools can submit applications through the online portal from May 1 to July 15….
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court has discharged several people accused in dummy candidate scams in Bhavnagar district from offences under the Gujarat Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2023. It ruled that the law cannot be applied retrospectively to alleged exam fraud committed before the Act came into force.Quashing an order passed by a…
Ahmedabad: Four youths were killed, and three suffered serious injuries after an SUV overturned on the Dholka-Bagodara road near Valthara village on Thursday afternoon. The group was travelling from Bareja to Bhamsara to attend an engagement ceremony when the accident occurred.According to preliminary information, six occupants were inside the SUV when the driver allegedly lost…
Ahmedabad: Rising incidents of attacks and an increasing number of rescue calls has led the forest department to initiate Ahmedabad’s first-ever monkey census, which experts say, could shift the approach to addressing the issue from a complaint-driven rescue model to data-backed conflict management. The ongoing survey comes amid growing concern over feeding of monkeys including…
