Ahmedabad: In a major civic sweep on Saturday, the civic body’s North West Zone solid waste management team intensified its crackdown on littering and banned plastic usage. After inspecting 90 establishments, officials issued notices to 71 units and collected Rs 33,900 in fines.Among those fined include Gujarat Enterprise, Sakshi Health Care, and Magic Masala. The…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court has held that in a criminal prosecution for bigamy, marriage cannot be presumed merely from cohabitation or from the birth of a child, and has upheld the acquittal of a man accused of contracting a second marriage during the subsistence of his first marriage.The case arose from a complaint filed…
Ahmedabad: A team of doctors at SVP Hospital successfully performed a gastric pull-up surgery using laparoscopy on a 1.5-year-old child, enabling him to eat through the mouth for the first time since birth. Doctors said the child suffered from a rare congenital condition known as oesophageal atresia, in which the food pipe is not properly…
Ahmedabad: Keeping in mind the rising temperature, the Ahmedabad district collector’s office and the health department of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation have arranged drinking water and set up sheds for relief from the heat at a total of 4,257 polling stations across the 48 wards for the municipal elections. The health department has distributed 3,401…
Ahmedabad: The year 2025 recorded filing of 3,615 patents by Gujarat-based institutions and individuals at the rate of about 10 patents a day. It was the highest ever for the state as the number of annual patents filed has tripled in three years from 1,199 in 2022.In the first three months of 2026 alone, the…
Ahmedabad: It is likely to be a scorching Sunday for citizens as mercury is likely to touch 44°C, according to a forecast by India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday. On Saturday, the maximum temperature was 43.8°C, which was 3.6 degrees higher than normal. It was the highest maximum temperature for the city this summer so…
Ahmedabad: Voters in the city will head to polling booths on Sunday under searing heat, with temperatures expected to touch 44°C — the highest this season so far. As the city prepares to vote in the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) elections, the weather is likely to become a key factor influencing turnout.On Saturday, Ahmedabad recorded…
Gandhinagar: More than 95% of the state’s voters will exercise their franchise in the local body elections on Sunday, a poll that will gauge the mood of voters in Gujarat before the next general election less than two years from now. While the BJP holds a stranglehold over the civic bodies going to polls, opposition…
Ahmedabad: The city heads to the polls on Sunday for the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) elections, with voting scheduled for 190 of the 192 seats across 48 wards. Two seats have already been declared uncontested. To manage the exercise, authorities have set up 4,257 polling stations, where more than 38 lakh voters are expected to…
Ahmedabad: The railways is planning to curate a journey through Gujarat’s lion land, Gir, on a train that will offer passengers a 360-degree view, simulating the sensation of being surrounded by wilderness where jungle royals luxuriate.The Bhavnagar railway division has proposed to run the train with specially created air-conditioned coaches called the Vistadomes, which have…
