Ahmedabad: Two separate road rage incidents in the city left two people injured and a car damaged, with three FIRs registered at Sarkhej and Vadaj police stations.In the complaints filed at Sarkhej police station, a minor traffic dispute between a motorcyclist and an autorickshaw driver escalated into an assault involving sticks and fists near Janpath…
Highrises to add to Ahmedabad’s carbon burden Ahmedabad: By 2050, five out of every six homes in Ahmedabad will be highrise flats, according to a study. Ahmedabad needs 3.1 million new homes in the next 25 years.Building them — at the height, density, and pace the city is currently planning — will consume 30.2 million…
Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel offers prayers to the Shivling during his visit to Adalaj Trimandir on his birthday, in Ahmedabad on Wednesday Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union home minister Amit Shah and a number of leaders greeted chief minister Bhupendra Patel on his birthday on Thursday. Patel visited Trimandir in Adalaj on Thursday…
The project, located in Serenje Province, will involve engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning of the solar plant Ahmedabad: Gujarat-based solar module manufacturer Navitas Solar’s EPC arm, Navitas Planet, has secured a $20 million contract to develop a 54MW utility-scale solar power project in Zambia, marking its entry into Africa’s utility-scale EPC market.The project, located in…
Ahmedabad: The Admission Committee for Professional Courses (ACPDC) announced that 722 candidates secured seats out of the 790 available across participating institutes, during the first round of allotment for Bachelor of Architecture (BArch) admissions for 2026-27 academic year. The online choice-filling process for Round 1 was conducted between July 8 and July 12.According to ACPDC…
Grey hornbill in Gir forests Ahmedabad: More than six decades after the Indian grey hornbill disappeared from Gujarat’s Gir forests, the state’s ambitious reintroduction programme has completed four years with encouraging conservation outcomes, as the birds have survived, bred and gradually established a self-sustaining population in the wild.The findings have been documented in the international…
Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) launched a pilot project using IoT-based technology to curb noise pollution caused by excessive honking across the city. Under the initiative, YHonk devices developed by YHonk Technology Private Limited will be installed in select municipal vehicles to monitor and analyse honking patterns through noise sensors.The data collected by the…
Under the revised order, the Ahmedabad city DEO office has been split into east and west zones, with the Sabarmati as the dividing line Ahmedabad: The Gujarat education department has revised its order bifurcating district education officer offices in six districts after its earlier decision drew criticism for ignoring municipal corporation limits and creating jurisdictional…
The relative humidity (RH) was 73% at 8.30am, which reduced to 50% at 5.30pm Ahmedabad: Several pockets of the state may experience “above normal to appreciably above normal” maximum temperatures for the next three days, indicated India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast on Tuesday. It is primarily due to the absence of rainfall with no major…
Ahmedabad: The State Monitoring Cell (SMC) on Tuesday seized Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL) worth Rs 18.6 lakh in two separate raids in Banaskantha and Kheda districts. They arrested one man and booked 13 others under the prohibition act.In the first case, an SMC team raided a place near Jagatpura Patiya on the Palanpur-Ambaji Highway…
