Ahmedabad: An AMC team from the cattle nuisance department was allegedly attacked and threatened during a drive against stray cattle in Nava Vadaj on Friday afternoon.According to a complaint filed at Vadaj police station by Hiralkumar Dhakiya, an AMC livestock inspector, the team was patrolling the Sabarmati Riverfront area when officials received information about nearly…
Gandhinagar: A salon owner who was cheated with the promise of a London work permit allegedly attempted suicide after being duped of Rs 24 lakh by a visa agent.The 26-year-old allegedly ingested a poisonous substance and is being treated at Gandhinagar Civil Hospital.According to the complaint filed with Gandhinagar police, the salon owner had met…
Ahmedabad: A white scooter captured on CCTV footage led police to two men accused of snatching Gujarati author Kaajal Oza Vaidya’s luxury handbag from an autorickshaw.The incident occurred early on Wednesday after Vaidya, who had boarded Gujarat Mail in Mumbai, got off at Maninagar railway station. The accused allegedly followed her autorickshaw and grabbed the…
Ahmedabad: A 26-year-old man from Nadiad was allegedly cheated of Rs 2.6 lakh after being promised a work permit and a visa for Luxembourg by an international consultancy in Navrangpura.According to the complaint registered with Navrangpura police on Friday, he came across a mobile number while searching online for overseas employment opportunities in Sep 2024….
Couriers to key overseas destinations such as the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia are seeing the sharpest impact Ahmedabad: For sisters in Gujarat whose brothers live abroad, the thread of affection now comes with a steeper delivery bill. Sending a rakhi overseas costs 7-10% more than it did last year.The hike is being…
Amitkumar Dongre (L) and Bhavsinh Zala Ahmedabad: Within hours of being arrested in a Rs 36,000 bribery case, Ahmedabad chief fire officer Amitkumar Dongre was sacked by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) late on Friday.Dongre, 47, who was appointed Ahmedabad’s chief fire officer two years ago, was still on probation. The civic body acted after Anti-Corruption…
Heavy deluge last month triggered flood-like conditions across several parts of the city Ahmedabad: The state govt has announced a special financial assistance and rehabilitation package to support micro, small, and medium units hit by severe flooding this July. Heavy deluge last month triggered flood-like conditions across several parts of the city, including Bopal, inflicting…
With land parcels in core city areas becoming saturated, developers are using transferable development rights (TDRs) and floor space index (FSI) to build vertically in the city’s periphery In Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, 4,164 homes are worth Rs 33,000 crore. That is less than 1% of the 5.05 lakh units registered in the twin cities. Yet…
The complainant, who is married and has two sons aged 28 and 24, conducts spoken English classes at her home in Juhapura 50-year-old tutor Ahmedabad: A 50-year-old tutor endured months of alleged harassment after rejecting a marriage proposal from a former student less than half her age. The woman had asked the 22-year-old to stop…
Official registration data confirms the move up in size Ahmedabad: There’s no place better than home for residents of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, so long as it comes with a little more room. A three-bedroom apartment has overtaken the traditional two-bedroom home as the most preferred residential format in the twin cities.Official registration data confirms the…
