Ahmedabad: A Rajkot bullion businessman has accused a trader from Vatva of not returning the 2.3 kg of silver worth Rs 6 lakh he was given for purity test. Khadia police on Tuesday registered a criminal breach of trust case against the trader. According to the complaint, the incident occurred on April 2 at Manek…
Ahmedabad: A city sessions court on Wednesday denied bail to retired DySP Ashoksinh Chauhan, his son Siddharaj and daughter Khyati in connection with the former cop opening fire from his licensed gun over a land dispute in Nehrunagar last week.The trio has been charged with attempt to murder and other sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya…
Digital blackout makes it impossible for citizens to select the correct authorities from the portal’s drop-down menu Gandhinagar: Gujarat’s push for digital governance has hit an unexpected roadblock. The State Information Commission has found that 6,659 govt offices are missing from the state’s online RTI portal. Issuing an order, State information commissioner Nikhil Bhatt noted…
Wearing a cap and avoiding interaction with reporters waiting outside, Tathya left the prison premises and headed home with his father Ahmedabad: Nearly three years after a speeding car tore through a crowd on Iskcon flyover, killing nine people, the main accused, Tathya Patel, walked out of jail on bail. He was released from the…
Gujarat is among the country’s biggest adopters of captive and open-access solar power, with manufacturing units, chemical plants and engineering companies increasingly relying on renewable energy to reduce electricity costs Ahmedabad: If you are planning to install solar rooftop panels, you may have to spend a little more now. Effective from June, solar projects connected…
FILE PHOTO: A view shows high-tension electricity power line pylons and power generating windmill turbines on Ahmedabad-Bhuj national highway near Surajbari village in Gujarat Gandhinagar: The state cabinet, which met on Wednesday, gave an in-principle approval for the Gujarat Wire-Free City Mission project that aims to convert all overhead power lines in 17 municipal corporations…
In Ahmedabad, an ongoing Auda survey indicates that more than 20 lakh two-wheelers and 4 to 5 lakh vehicles are on city roads on any given busy day Ahmedabad: The govt is mulling charging private vehicle owners a fee for parking on public roads during the day or night, aiming to free up city road…
Ahmedabad: A summer vacation loophole nearly turned into a long-distance posting nightmare for a teacher couple — until the Gujarat high court stepped in to ensure that the technical glitch did not separate husband and wife by 125km.Kamlesh Patel and Asha Patel, both primary teachers serving in Chhotaudepur district, had applied for inter-district transfers to…
Representatives from multiple line departments presented their meticulously drafted disaster management and contingency plans to tackle potential weather emergencies Gandhinagar: Chief secretary Manoj Das presided over a high-level meeting of senior officers from various state departments to comprehensively review Gujarat’s preparedness ahead of the upcoming monsoon season. According to an official statement, representatives from multiple…
New aviation fuel station at SVPI has a storage capacity of 8,000 kilolitres Ahmedabad: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport has operationalised a new aviation fuel station with a storage capacity of 8,000 kilolitres, in a move aimed at improving refuelling efficiency and supporting rising air traffic at Gujarat’s busiest airport.Airport operator Ahmedabad International Airport…
