Ahmedabad: After broiling in the summer heat this week, Amdavadis may finally find slight relief from Sunday as the maximum temperature is likely to dip a bit due to the impact of Western Disturbance. However, the temperature is still likely remain around 40°C, indicated the forecast by India meteorological department (IMD) on Thursday.The city has…
Ahmedabad: LD College of Engineering, one of the top govt engineering institutes in Gujarat, is looking at a sweeping infrastructure transformation worth approximately Rs 288 crore. The plan includes three hostels, aimed at expanding hostel capacity to 2,500 students. However, officials say the full build-out could take up to three years. The expansion is also…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat police have been searching for Chhota Rajan for years. Rajan, for his part, has been in an Indian prison since 2015, convicted of murder not once but twice, and is currently serving life sentences. Then, there is the country’s most wanted fugitive, underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, who appears under three different names across…
Ahmedabad: A total of 71 students joined the blended PGP course in business analytics and AI (BPGP-BA&AI) at IIM Ahmedabad (IIM-A) as the course commenced on Thursday. The batch has an average work experience of seven years and has 77% male participants, indicated IIM-A officials. The students come from BFSI, IT, consulting, retail and e-commerce,…
Gandhinagar: The state govt has reportedly given the green signal to Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (Auda) to denotify about 36 square kilometres of land under the agriculture zone, facilitating its conversion into residential and commercial use in fast-developing areas along the periphery of Ahmedabad city. Sources said that the move is likely to be implemented…
Brass working of Desia Kondh | OdishaThe community members specialise in creating artefacts and jewellery distinct due to its look from brass, also identified as Dokra. They use scrap brass work and use the lost-wax technique. It starts with artisans crafting a wax model, which is coated with layers of fine clay. It is dried…
Ahmedabad: A 76-year-old woman living alone in Nava Vadaj was allegedly cheated of Rs 5.3 lakh by fraudsters who posed as police officers and showed her documents pertaining to court proceedings on WhatsApp video calls. On March 15, she received a video call from an unknown number in which a man in a police uniform…
Ahmedabad: The 21st batch of the one-year MBA programme (PGPX), also known as the executive MBA, at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) commenced with a cohort of 160 students. The batch comprises 114 men and 46 women, with women accounting for 28% of the class.According to institute officials, the batch brings an average…
Ahmedabad: Vimal Prajapati, the father of two girls who died of alleged food poisoning in Chandkheda, on Wednesday gave media interviews reiterating that neither he nor his family was involved in the deaths, and said no one should jump to conclusions until forensic analysis reports are out. In the interview which went viral on X,…
Ahmedabad: The Registrar of Companies (RoC), Ahmedabad, has imposed a penalty of Rs 3 lakh on a company and Rs 1 lakh on one of its directors for failing to appoint a woman director as required under the Companies Act, 2013.The action was taken after the company voluntarily reported the default by filing an application…
