Ahmedabad: In a standing committee meeting held on Thursday, a proposal was cleared to increase fire vehicle and fuel charges for AMC-run fire and emergency services when responding to fire or rescue calls beyond Ahmedabad city limits or within GIDC areas. After a gap of 15 years, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation raised the fire vehicle…
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat govt’s proposed new industrial policy has rolled out multiple fresh incentives for startups while tightening the selection mechanism governing them. The draft of the new policy, likely to be unveiled in the coming days, has introduced an added layer in the startup selection process and brings in a new feature to encourage…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Director General of Police (DGP) G S Malik on Thursday issued an order directing police officers across the state to devote two hours every day to hearing public grievances and ensuring their timely disposal.The order mandates that senior police officers, including police commissioners, joint, additional, deputy and assistant commissioners of police, as well…
The new requirement came into effect on April 1 under the Income-Tax (I-T) Rules, 2026 Ahmedabad: Filing taxes has remained a complex exercise for businesses and professionals who fall in higher tax brackets. Between audits, record-keeping requirements, and compliance deadlines, the paperwork was already extensive. Now, taxpayers who maintain electronic books have one more obligation…
Ahmedabad: Justice Niral Mehta of the Gujarat high court on Thursday recused himself from hearing St Xavier’s College’s petition challenging the state govt’s decision compelling it to join the Gujarat Common Admission Services (GCAS) system for intake of students in its undergraduate courses.On Thursday morning, the college’s counsel sought early hearing, citing urgency in the…
Dr Jitendra Singh, Union minister of state (MoS) for science and technology; and Dr V Narayanan, chairman of ISRO; along with senior govt and private sector officials Dr Pawan Kumar Goenka, chairman of the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe), Dr Jitendra Singh, Union minister of state (MoS) for science and technology; and…
The man carrying the gold hooks arrived in Ahmedabad on a flight from Sharjah The gold was brought shaped as tiny hooks used in jewellery, customs officials at the Ahmedabad airport said after the seizure on Thursday, June 11 The man carrying the gold hooks arrived in Ahmedabad on a flight from Sharjah The gold…
The canteens are spread across eight hostel blocks of BJ Medical College Ahmedabad: On Thursday afternoon, the ground floor of the Sopan block at BJ Medical College students’ hostel buzzed the way a college canteen should, trays clattering, students hunched over plates in the narrow window between a lecture and a hospital shift. Nothing aOn…
The photo of Hardik and Vibhuti brings their families a strange comfort Surat: For the Avaiya and Patel families of Surat, the mind still refuses to believe what the heart already knows. Even a year after the AI 171 tragedy, they cannot bring themselves to accept that Hardik Avaiya and Vibhuti Patel are gone.The two…
The flyover was scheduled to be completed by July 2026. The new project completion deadline is June 2027 Ahmedabad: The completion deadline for the Naroda Patiya flyover – to be the city’s longest at 2.5km – has once again been extended. Scheduled to be completed by July this year, the project will continue till June…
