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….
the medical body emphasised strict preventive measures to mitigate the spread of this dangerous sandfly-borne pathogen Ahmedabad: Amid rising concern over the spread of the deadly Chandipura virus, the Gujarat State Branch of the Indian Medical Association (GSB-IMA) on Tuesday issued a comprehensive medical advisory for both the general public and practicing paediatricians across the…
Ahmedabad: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport has become the third airport in India to earn Airports Council International’s (ACI) Level 5 Airport Customer Experience Accreditation, the highest recognition under the global programme.The airport, operated by Adani Airport Holdings Ltd, moved up from Level 4 accreditation, which it received in June 2025. The accreditation recognises…
Ahmedabad: Whenever identical twins — city-based businessmen Sanjeev and Rajeev Chhajer– fly for business or pleasure, they first hit a roadblock at Digi Yatra. The app, which promises quicker airport entry and security clearance through facial authentication, struggles to distinguish between them forcing one of them out of the fast-track process and into manual verification…
