Ahmedabad: A moving truck caught fire on the Adalaj-Tarapur highway early Monday, disrupting traffic for some time. The driver and cleaner escaped unhurt after getting out of the vehicle before the flames spread.Officials said smoke was first noticed from the rear portion of the truck while it was on the highway. The driver pulled over…
Ahmedabad: With two more suspected deaths from Chandipura infection, the state govt has intensified the identification of possible cases, and the generation of lab reports. The state govt on Monday maintained that there have been only three confirmed deaths due to the infection. State govt officials, after a meeting convened by MoS (health) Praful Pansheriya,…
Ahmedabad: An SRP constable was arrested by Ahmedabad railway police on Sunday evening after he was allegedly found drunk and causing a disturbance at Himatnagar railway station. According to an FIR lodged by a railway police constable, the incident occurred around 6pm during routine patrolling on Platform No. 1.Police noticed a man staggering near a…
Ahmedabad: Residents of a housing society in Chandkheda were allegedly assaulted by a bootlegger and his associates after they objected to an illegal liquor den operating in the locality. Chandkheda police have registered an FIR against four people and launched a search to apprehend them.The incident occurred at Shubhlaxmi Prahlad Park Society on Sunday night….
Ahmedabad: A dispute allegedly triggered when a bicycle brushed against a two-wheeler in Fatehwadi escalated into a violent clash involving knives, swords and sticks, leaving six persons injured and prompting cross FIRs at Vejalpur police station.Police said members of two families have accused each other of carrying out the attack. The injured were admitted to…
Ahmedabad: A 16-year-old girl died by suicide after allegedly hanging herself at her residence in Meghaninagar on Friday morning. Based on a complaint lodged by the teenager’s grandmother, Meghaninagar police on Saturday registered an offence against the girl’s father for alleged abetment of suicide.According to the FIR, the Class XII student lived with her grandmother,…
Ahmedabad: A Ghatlodia resident has accused an immigration consultancy of cheating her family of Rs 32.5 lakh after promising to secure a Canada work permit for her daughter, a nursing graduate.Bodakdev police on Sunday registered an FIR against the proprietor of the consultancy on charges of cheating and criminal breach of trust after the promised…
Ahmedabad: A 42-year-old Paldi resident was killed in a hit and run near Anjali Crossroads on Sunday morning, following which N Division traffic police registered a case against an unidentified driver.According to a complaint lodged by Satish Jagariya, a resident of Narayannagar in Paldi, his elder brother, Sunil Jagariya, was found lying injured on the…
Ahmedabad: City-based Tanmay’s Space Museum has dedicated a special gallery to astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, who inaugurated it during his visit to the city on Saturday. Shukla, a member of India’s first human spaceflight mission and the first Indian astronaut to visit the International Space Station, toured the museum and interacted with visitors. He urged citizens,…
Ahmedabad: With rain continuing to elude the city, Ahmedabad experienced hot and humid conditions on Sunday. The maximum temperature settled at 37°C, three degrees above normal, while the minimum temperature was 27.7°C, 1.4 degrees above normal. Relative humidity in the city stood at 71% at 8.30am and 46% at 5.30pm.The state did not receive any…
