Ahmedabad: Four youths were killed, and three suffered serious injuries after an SUV overturned on the Dholka-Bagodara road near Valthara village on Thursday afternoon. The group was travelling from Bareja to Bhamsara to attend an engagement ceremony when the accident occurred.According to preliminary information, six occupants were inside the SUV when the driver allegedly lost…
Ahmedabad: Rising incidents of attacks and an increasing number of rescue calls has led the forest department to initiate Ahmedabad’s first-ever monkey census, which experts say, could shift the approach to addressing the issue from a complaint-driven rescue model to data-backed conflict management. The ongoing survey comes amid growing concern over feeding of monkeys including…
Ahmedabad: Months after a 30-year-old man from Gandhinagar district went missing, DNA testing has confirmed that a decomposed body recovered from the Sabarmati was his. Police have now registered a murder complaint against an unknown person.The complaint was filed with the Sabarmati Riverfront East police station by the victim’s father, a 66-year-old autorickshaw driver from…
Ahmedabad: In a twist to the 34-year-old murder case detected in Vatva, the city crime branch has traced the prime accused, Shamsuddin Khedawala, alive, contradicting earlier claims that he died years ago. The development is expected to significantly alter the course of the investigation into the alleged murder of a woman, whose remains were recently…
Ahmedabad: Real estate developers’ body Credai Ahmedabad has urged the Gujarat Real Estate Regulatory Authority (GujRERA) to grant a six-month extension for ongoing housing projects under the force majeure provision of the RERA Act, citing rising construction costs, supply disruptions and labour shortages.In a representation to the regulator, the association said the ongoing conflict in…
Officials from AMC’s North West Zone and senior police officers, including the assistant municipal commissioner and the DCP (traffic) met on Thursday to discuss traffic management in the zone. Also present were all traffic police inspectors, besides officials from AMC’s engineering and estate departments. The discussions focused on traffic junction development, GSL routes, BRTS routes,…
Ahmedabad: As traffic congestion gets denser in the city, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s (AMC) project to ease snarls at 100 key junctions is slowly moving towards completion. According to sources, work on 37 junctions to reduce congestion is complete. Work is in progress at 12 others, while surveys and design are on for the rest….
Ahmedabad: Around 98.95% of students cleared the ISC (Class XII) exams in the state, with results declared Thursday by the Council for Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE). Girls outperformed boys, recording a pass percentage of 99.69 compared to boys at 98.37%. A total of 2,194 students — 1,230 boys and 964 girls — from 29…
The divisional railway manager (DRM) of Ahmedabad on a mission to modernize passenger amenities, visited the National Institute of Design (NID) on Thursday. During the visit, he interacted with officials and students of the Railway Design Centre (RDC) at NID to discuss the future of transit aesthetics. The RDC, a collaborative powerhouse, will remain functional…
Ahmedabad: After a week of relentless heat that saw the mercury soar to a blistering 44.8°C on Sunday, Amdavadis finally caught a modest break this Thursday. In just three days, the maximum temperature retreated by 2.5 degrees, settling at a more “manageable” 41.7°C — the closest the city has felt to normalcy in days. While…
