Amitkumar Dongre (L) and Bhavsinh Zala Ahmedabad: Within hours of being arrested in a Rs 36,000 bribery case, Ahmedabad chief fire officer Amitkumar Dongre was sacked by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) late on Friday.Dongre, 47, who was appointed Ahmedabad’s chief fire officer two years ago, was still on probation. The civic body acted after Anti-Corruption…
Heavy deluge last month triggered flood-like conditions across several parts of the city Ahmedabad: The state govt has announced a special financial assistance and rehabilitation package to support micro, small, and medium units hit by severe flooding this July. Heavy deluge last month triggered flood-like conditions across several parts of the city, including Bopal, inflicting…
With land parcels in core city areas becoming saturated, developers are using transferable development rights (TDRs) and floor space index (FSI) to build vertically in the city’s periphery In Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, 4,164 homes are worth Rs 33,000 crore. That is less than 1% of the 5.05 lakh units registered in the twin cities. Yet…
The complainant, who is married and has two sons aged 28 and 24, conducts spoken English classes at her home in Juhapura 50-year-old tutor Ahmedabad: A 50-year-old tutor endured months of alleged harassment after rejecting a marriage proposal from a former student less than half her age. The woman had asked the 22-year-old to stop…
Official registration data confirms the move up in size Ahmedabad: There’s no place better than home for residents of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, so long as it comes with a little more room. A three-bedroom apartment has overtaken the traditional two-bedroom home as the most preferred residential format in the twin cities.Official registration data confirms the…
Ahmedabad: The admission committee has released the provisional merit list for admissions to allied healthcare and paramedical courses, including nursing, physiotherapy and several other programmes. A total of 34,741 students have been included in the merit list this year, around 4,100 fewer than last year.To maximise participation, the committee opened registration on four occasions between…
Ahmedabad: State Examination Board will conduct the main exam of the Teacher Aptitude Test for Higher Secondary (TAT-HS) in the Gujarati medium on Saturday for the recruitment of teachers in higher secondary schools. A total of 50,069 candidates have registered for the exam, which will be held at 279 centres in five major districts: Ahmedabad,…
Severe water cuts and low-pressure supply are expected to impact several neighbourhoods across the city’s West Zone, North West Zone and South West Zones Ahmedabad: Water supply in western Ahmedabad is likely to be disrupted on Tuesday following a scheduled power shutdown at a key water treatment facility.Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) announced that the 400MLD…
Exam with school student having a educational test, thinking hard, writing answer in classroom for university education admission and world literacy day concept Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court on Friday permitted the state govt to go ahead with the recruitment process for nearly 11,000 posts of primary teachers, but ordered it to keep 774 posts vacant…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat will offer 300 additional MBBS seats this academic year, bringing the state’s total capacity in govt and private medical colleges from 7,200 to 7,500. All the new additions are concentrated in private institutions.The expansion follows approvals from the National Medical Commission (NMC). Four private medical colleges have received 50 additional seats each, while…
