Gujarat has 88,119 primary cooperative societies, second only to Maharashtra’s 227,177 Gandhinagar: Gujarat accounts for more than a tenth of India’s primary cooperative societies, making it the state with the second-highest number of such institutions after neighbouring Maharashtra. However, official data tabled in Parliament shows that nearly one in four of the state’s functional cooperative…
Ahmedabad: Patience finally ran out for an Ellisbridge resident 16 years after paying upfront for a plotting scheme near Viramgam. With neither the 1,000 sq ft plot handed over nor his Rs 2.95 lakh refunded, the buyer has now filed a complaint against three directors of a real estate firm with Navrangpura police.In 2010, the…
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Ahmedabad: All eyes are on a deep depression churning westward toward Gujarat, threatening to unleash another relentless two-day spell of heavy rain. Backed by a convergence of weather systems, including a shear zone and offshore trough, the state is bracing for a wet Friday and Saturday before conditions ease by Sunday.According to the India Meteorological…
Ahmedabad: A mild tremor of 2.6 magnitude was recorded in Ahmedabad district early on Thursday, the Institute of Seismological Research (ISR) said.The tremor was recorded at 4.39am, with its epicentre located 29km south-southwest of Ahmedabad, the Gandhinagar-based institute said.According to ISR, the depth of the tremor was recorded at about 20km below the ground surface….
Ahmedabad: A digital smart lock on the main door was supposed to keep intruders out of the locker, but it couldn’t protect a firecracker businessman and his family from a betrayal within. By coaxing her young nieces to reveal the code to the lock, a 27-year-old woman bypassed high-tech security to pull off a seamless…
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Heavy rain alert shuts schools, colleges across Ahmedabad Ahmedabad: In view of the heavy rainfall forecast and red alert issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), all schools and colleges in Ahmedabad city and district will remain closed on July 31. The decision was taken on the instructions of the Ahmedabad collector, with student safety…
Through its stay, the tiger has fed entirely on wild prey, with nilgai and wild boar making up much of its diet Ahmedabad: Gujarat’s only wild tiger has completed 17 months of continuous stay in the state, a boost to its claim as a tiger-bearing state. The big cat crossed into Gujarat from Madhya Pradesh…
Ahmedabad: What began as a seemingly harmless Facebook advertisement promising a “pensioner card” ended up costing an 89-year-old senior orthopaedist from Satellite Rs 2.7 lakh in a sophisticated cyberfraud that exploited mobile app permissions and call forwarding to siphon money from his credit cards.Satellite police registered an FIR after the veteran doctor, who continues to…
