Ahmedabad: Waterborne illnesses continue to mount in Ahmedabad as monsoon progresses, with 345 fresh cases of diarrhoea, typhoid and jaundice reported in the first 12 days of July. Civic health data released by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Tuesday also flagged contaminated water samples from parts of the city, underscoring concerns over water quality…
Ahmedabad: A passenger train coach at the Sabarmati Kaligam railway yard caught fire on Tuesday afternoon. There were no casualties as the coach was not in service at the time of the incident, Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Services (AFES) officers said.According to AFES officers, railway staff alerted the fire control room as flames spread through…
Ahmedabad: Barely a year after its inauguration, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s (AMC) Rs 58 crore Vastral Sports Complex has come under scrutiny after water began leaking from the gym ceiling during the rain. Videos of the incident went viral on social media, prompting the civic body to order a site inspection and initiate a probe.On…
Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is set to prepare a 30-year master plan (up to 2057) for the city’s drainage and stormwater network. It proposed appointing IIT Gandhinagar for the exercise at a cost of Rs 8 crore. The proposal will be placed before the standing committee for approval at its meeting on Wednesday.According…
Ahmedabad: It was remorse at a later stage of the trial that prompted Ayaz Saiyed — an accused in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case — to turn approver and reveal to the court the conspiracy hatched by members of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) to bomb the city.Saiyed’s testimony proved crucial…
Ahmedabad: AMC officials raided Jay Mataji Traders in Madhupura on Tuesday, placing around 2,000kg of spices worth an estimated Rs 12.50 lakh under stop-sale orders and sealing the unit that manufactures chilli, turmeric, coriander-cumin powders and garam masala.The action followed testing of a gravy sample collected from Jay Ambe Bhojanalay. The sample was found to…
Ahmedabad: A domestic worker employed at the Paldi residence of a textile trader allegedly fled with gold jewellery and cash with a total value of Rs 50 lakh after accessing the family’s bedroom cupboards, police said. Karan Shah, who runs Neera Textile Corporation at New Cloth Market in Sarangpur, lodged a complaint at Paldi police…
Gandhinagar: State govt said on Tuesday that, on average, about 11,000 people have been using the new electric bus service every day in the state capital and that many preferred the service instead of their private vehicles.Equipped with air conditioning and CCTV, the new E-bus service has been operational in Gandhinagar since June 29 and…
Ahmedabad: A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court has refused to grant regular bail to Shama Parveen Ansari, 30, who was arrested in a case linked to alleged online terror propaganda of al‑Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS).In July last year, Gujarat ATS arrested Ansari from Bengaluru for allegedly spreading al-Qaida propaganda through social media.She…
Increased activity, often illegal, around lion habitats has brought people and the big cats dangerously close. Gujarat has warned that illegal resorts violating permission norms and conducting activities that affect lions will be shut down and their structures razed Ahmedabad: Ten incidents of lion-human conflict in Greater Gir in 45 days is a disturbing number….
