Ahmedabad: The city experienced a maximum temperature of 33.6 degrees celsius on Monday, 1.6 degrees lower than normal. At 25.1 degrees celsius, the minimum temperature was 0.7 degree higher than normal. Relative humidity (RH) in the city was between 53% and 74% during the day, according to India Meteorological Department (IMD).Partly cloudy conditions persisted over…
Ahmedabad: Autorickshaw and taxi unions agreed on Monday to continue negotiations with the state govt following assurances from the transport commissioner’s office. Officials promised action on long-pending demands, including a crackdown on private vehicles, such as bike-taxis, operating commercial passenger services, alongside a time-bound plan to regulate app-based aggregators like Ola, Uber, and Rapido.The unions…
Ahmedabad: Cardiac emergencies in Gujarat are increasingly no longer an older person’s crisis. In 2026 so far, EMRI 108 ambulances ferried 71,088 patients after cardiac emergencies—already a spike compared to the past few years. More striking, analysis of calls indicates that three out of every 10 emergencies involved a patient under or up to 40…
Two young men lost their lives in a tragic accident on the Bharatmala Highway. PALANPUR: Two young men were killed and another seriously injured after their Range Rover travelling from Rajkot towards Rajasthan, met with a fatal accident on the Bharatmala Highway near Tharad early on September 27.The accident took place near Malpur on the…
Ahmedabad: Two city residents were allegedly cheated of a total of Rs 3.2 lakh in separate cyberfraud cases involving a Facebook Marketplace mobile phone deal and a fake credit card activation link, police said.In the first case, a 41-year-old corporate firm manager came across a Facebook Marketplace advertisement offering a smartphone for around Rs 1.3…
Ahmedabad: Union Home Minister Amit Shah during the inauguration of railway infrastructure projects and dedication of the country’s first LNG-powered train at Sabarmati Railway Station, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on Sunday, September 27, 2026. (Photo: IANS/X/@AmitShah) Gandhinagar: Addressing a gathering after flagging off the country’s first LNG-powered train from Sabarmati railway station, Union home minister Amit…
Ahmedabad: A 41-year-old project manager with a corporate firm alleged that he was cheated of shares worth Rs 53 lakh after a man who offered to help him respond to an income tax notice gained access to his demat accounts and transferred the securities to another account. A colleague of the complainant was allegedly cheated…
An Indian JCB excavator driver argues with local housing society members at a construction site moments after digging work ends, in a semi-realistic news-style scene. Ahmedabad: Two separate disputes in the city, one over excavation work at a housing society in Thaltej and another linked to remarks about a young woman’s relationship in Navrangpura, escalated…
Ahmedabad: A 73-year-old retired professor who formerly taught at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and now lives at a senior citizen care centre in Ahmedabad allegedly lost Rs 16.2 lakh after cyberfraudsters posing as police and ATS officers subjected him to a prolonged “digital arrest” through WhatsApp video calls.According to an FIR registered with the Cybercrime…
Ahmedabad: Eleven young students showed their memory prowess in the finale of Shatavdhan 3.0 on Sunday. The event, held at Gujarat University, tested the students’ memory, concentration, and mental abilities.Shatavdhan is a concept of remembering 100 things simultaneously and retrieving them based on audience questions, said organisers. They added that Ahmedabad-based Jain organisations curated the…
