Each response is logged into a live civic database that is building a real-time, data-driven food safety map for the city Ahmedabad: Food inspectors are no longer the only people judging hygiene at street food stalls in the city. You can walk up to a registered stall, scan the displayed QR code and rate the…
Officials have been directed to limit footpath width “wherever possible to prevent illegal occupation” Ahmedabad: The AMC’s decision to narrow city footpaths to curb encroachment appears to be at odds with the minimum widths specified in its own policy document. Walkways in the city currently range from 1 to 5 metres and are now set…
Representational picture. The baby was put on ECMO as it could not breath on its own after birth Ahmedabad: A full-term baby who had stopped moving in the womb was born in critical condition after aspirating his own stool, leaving him struggling to breathe from the moment of birth.Though delivered at a healthy 2.8kg, doctors…
Ahmedabad: A lecturer at a govt polytechnic college has filed a complaint of cheating with Satellite police alleging that she and her friend were duped of more than Rs 34 lakh after being promised UK work visas.According to the complaint lodged on Wednesday, the Gandhinagar resident, posted at a govt polytechnic college in Valsad, was…
Ahmedabad: Despite a temporary ban on Telegram and repeated crackdowns on online channels linked to examination malpractice, fraudsters continue to target NEET aspirants with promises of question papers in exchange for money, a Times of India investigation has found.Operating through encrypted messaging platforms, the racketeers have quickly adapted to restrictions by using VPN services and…
Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad zonal office of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has issued a provisional attachment order (PAO) for immovable properties worth Rs 2 crore “acquired through direct utilisation of illegal funds generated” by a porter with the Western Railway. The attachment was carried out under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act…
Ahmedabad: Gaekwad Haveli police on Thursday registered a cheating and forgery case against a city-based trader after an Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) vigilance inquiry found that a dealership certificate submitted during a tender process for the supply of copier paper was allegedly forged.The complaint was filed on Thursday by Prakashchandra Makwana, assistant manager at AMC’s…
AMC to replenish Sabarmati for Jal Yatra from June 22Ahmedabad: In preparation for the traditional Jal Yatra on June 29, the AMC will begin replenishing the Sabarmati, starting June 22. Standing committee chairman Kamlesh Patel said, “This ensures adequate water levels for the religious and cultural events preceding the Rath Yatra.” The AMC is planning…
Ahmedabad: Money that city’s taxpayers pay to keep their streets from flooding every monsoon never reached the ground. Instead, it was quietly pocketed by the very engineers entrusted to fix the problem, investigation has revealed.The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has ordered an inquiry into the disproportionate assets of four officials after the municipal commissioner in…
Ahmedabad: After enduring nearly two long months of an unforgiving, unrelenting summer, Amdavadis finally caught a break on Thursday night. From 10 pm onwards, a dramatic change in the weather swept across the city, bringing sudden thundershowers and rolling lightning.Within minutes, light but steady showers began washing over several urban pockets, including Navrangpura, Naranpura, Satellite,…
