An Indian JCB excavator driver argues with local housing society members at a construction site moments after digging work ends, in a semi-realistic news-style scene. Ahmedabad: Two separate disputes in the city, one over excavation work at a housing society in Thaltej and another linked to remarks about a young woman’s relationship in Navrangpura, escalated…
Ahmedabad: A 73-year-old retired professor who formerly taught at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) and now lives at a senior citizen care centre in Ahmedabad allegedly lost Rs 16.2 lakh after cyberfraudsters posing as police and ATS officers subjected him to a prolonged “digital arrest” through WhatsApp video calls.According to an FIR registered with the Cybercrime…
Ahmedabad: Eleven young students showed their memory prowess in the finale of Shatavdhan 3.0 on Sunday. The event, held at Gujarat University, tested the students’ memory, concentration, and mental abilities.Shatavdhan is a concept of remembering 100 things simultaneously and retrieving them based on audience questions, said organisers. They added that Ahmedabad-based Jain organisations curated the…
Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has identified nine plots near metro stations for development as pay-and-park facilities, offering parking space for 5,903 two-wheelers and 246 four-wheelers. The move comes amid inadequate parking around metro stations, which has been discouraging commuters from driving to stations before taking the metro.Of the nine plots identified in the first…
Ahmedabad: A recent study covering children between one and five years of age in two major hospitals with Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has indicated the presence of undernutrition and severe undernutrition. The study covered 689 children and assessed their weight, height and mid-arm circumference based on WHO standards.It is notable that Sept is observed as Rashtriya…
Ahmedabad: The withdrawal of southwest monsoon remained in Naliya and Deesa as other parts of the state, including Ahmedabad, experienced partly cloudy weather on Sunday. At 33.9 degrees celsius, the maximum temperature was 0.3 degrees below normal, whereas at 25 degrees celsius, the minimum temperature was 0.4 degrees above normal. Relative humidity (RH) in the…
Ahmedabad: Income Tax department has filed a third complaint before CID Crime’s Economic Offences Wing in Gujarat, alleging a Rs 415-crore bogus political donation racket involving the Satyavadi Rakshak Party, a registered unrecognised political party, its office-bearers and a cost management accountant (CMA).The complaint alleges that the network was used to generate bogus donation receipts,…
Ahmedabad: A Gandhinagar resident has accused her husband of verbally abusing, assaulting and issuing death threats to her and other family members over the key to their penthouse. According to her complaint filed with Adalaj police on Saturday, the husband created a ruckus and also threatened to kill his son, daughter-in-law and nephew. The complaint…
Prices have risen, supply has been unreliable Gujarat’s pharmaceutical manufacturers are grappling with fresh pressure as the availability of several high-volume active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) tightens and prices climb sharply.Key molecules including paracetamol, metformin and a cluster of cardiovascular and gastro therapies — valsartan, losartan, candesartan, irbesartan, omeprazole, pantoprazole and rabeprazole — have recorded price…
Gandhinagar: Gujarat will seek to expand its tourism ecosystem through sports events, village homestays, cultural festivals and cinematic tourism as the state celebrates 2026-27 as the ‘Gujarat Tourism Year’.Speaking at a World Tourism Day event at GIFT City on Sunday, deputy CM Harsh Sanghavi said global fitness events such as HYROX and Ironman will be…
