Ahmedabad: Western Railway will extend the Bandra (T)-Ahmedabad Lok Shakti Express to Vadnagar from Thursday, and from Friday on the return journey. Train No. 22927 will depart Bandra at 7.40pm and reach Vadnagar at 6.40am the next day. Train No. 22928 will leave Vadnagar at 6.20pm and reach Bandra at 5.25am. The extended service will…
Ahmedabad: A local court on Wednesday refused to send security guard Dharam Singh (27), accused of restraining and raping a 22-year-old student, to police remand, and sent him to judicial custody.Singh allegedly raped the interior design student, who lived as a paying guest in Jodhpur area, on her apartment building’s terrace. He also allegedly restrained…
Ahmedabad: A city sessions court here on Wednesday refused to grant anticipatory bail to Chetan Solanki, who had rented his house on Ramol-Gatrad road where a firecracker-making unit was being run and where a powerful blast on July 18 killed 11 persons.According to public prosecutor Sudhir Brahmbhatt, Solanki sought legal protection from the court fearing…
School sources confirmed they are attempting to comply with all DEO directions Anand Niketan School, Shilaj campus, Ahmedabad Ahmedabad: After representations, several parents along with right-wing activists protested at Anand Niketan school in Shilaj over a shard of glass found in the food served at the school. Things took a religious turn when protesters alleged…
Gujarat deputy chief minister Harsh Sanghavi during the launch of the statewide sports scheme ‘Shaktidoot 2.0’ and an ‘e-bhoomipujan-e-lokarparan’ programme of sports complexes and libraries, at Mahatma Mandir, in Gandhinagar Gandhinagar: The state govt launched the second edition of its flagship athlete support initiative, Shaktidoot 2.0, at an event presided over by deputy chief minister…
Industry estimates put the annual value of isabgol trade in Unjha at around Rs 5,000 crore Ahmedabad: A tax tangle has frozen trade at Asia’s largest isabgol market. For over a fortnight, auctions at Unjha APMC have ground to a halt as Gujarat and Rajasthan pull in opposite directions on GST treatment of fresh psyllium…
Ahmedabad: In 2013-14, AMC laid a 29km reinforced cement concrete (RCC) stormwater line in Jodhpur for Rs 34 crore. But between 2014 and 2024, AMC executed no major stormwater network project.Over the past three years, AMC has added only 60km to the city’s stormwater network. Against a total road network length of 2,732km, the city…
Ahmedabad: A 32-year-old Gujarati man from Kadi in Mehsana district has been charged with first-degree murder in Chicago for allegedly stabbing his wife to death — just months after he had publicly spoken of the “emotional distress” caused by her leaving him.Chicago police said officers found the woman, also 32, unresponsive in an apartment in…
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Fetus found floating in Sabarmati, case registered Ahmedabad: A partially developed human fetus was found floating in Sabarmati river near the Riverfront on Monday evening, prompting Sabarmati Riverfront (West) police to register a case against an unidentified woman for allegedly abandoning it to conceal a birth.According to the FIR, police received a control-room alert around…
