When fire strikes a unit within a GIDC estate, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) fire and emergency services department arrives without maps or blueprints of the building, and with no record of what fire safety equipment, if any, has been installed Ahmedabad: A state govt notification issued in 2021 has left the city’s fire service…
Under the initiative, IKEA has designed show flats in studio, two-bedroom and three-bedroom configurations, demonstrating functional layouts and furnishing options Ahmedabad: Nila Spaces Ltd has joined hands with IKEA to offer IKEA-designed and furnished, ready-to-move-in homes at Vida, its residential project in Ahmedabad’s GIFT City corridor. The collaboration is aimed at reducing the time and…
Families of Air India flight AI171 victims gathered a year after the crash, still seeking answers about the tragedy AHMEDABAD: Exactly a year after the ill-fated Air India flight AI171 crashed moments after take-off in Ahmedabad, killing 260 people, families of the victims gathered in the city on Friday to remember those they lost, daughters,…
Last year, the afternoon of June 12 brought utter destruction to BJ Medical College hostel when flight AI 171 carrying 242 passengers crashed, killing all but one passenger and several others on the ground. Smoke billowed from the site and hundreds descended for rescue and relief.A year later, the site in Meghaninagar became a memorial…
Ahmedabad: One year after the AI 171 crash, a relative of three victims on Thursday accused Air India and the Tata Group of failing to support affected families, citing compensation disputes, poor communication and attempts to suppress concerns raised by him over a recovered mobile phone belonging to his deceased brother.Speaking to the media in…
Ahmedabad: A recent Supreme Court ruling on teacher eligibility and standards in education has triggered discontent within Gujarat’s academic community. Under the order, clearing the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) is now mandatory for all teachers. The move has raised concern among educators, particularly those recruited before 2010, as their appointments were made under the rules…
Ahmedabad: A 35-year-old personal trainer at a gym was duped of Rs 1.5 lakh after being lured with a promise of a 2% monthly return on his investment and an assurance that the amount would be repaid by June this year.Anandnagar Police on Thursday registered a case following a complaint filed by the trainer against…
Ahmedabad: Real estate developers in Ahmedabad are slated to meet on June 15 to determine whether prices of under-construction properties should be increased, amid a sharp escalation in construction input costs triggered by supply disruptions following the West Asia conflict.Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India (CREDAI), Ahmedabad, has convened the meeting, where developers…
Rajni Dhakad (21) and Santosh Jatav (24) Ahmedabad: A young woman was killed at a hotel in Gandhinagar’s Chiloda allegedly by her beloved on Thursday night after her family arrived with Madhya Pradesh (MP) police to take her back home, police said. Cops said that the man who belonged to the SC community took the…
UK’s Amanda Donaghey and her relative visited the AI171 plane crash site onFriday to pay homage to her son Fiognal Greenlaw Meek & his partner Jamie Ahmedabad: Amanda Donaghey, who travelled from the UK to Ahmedabad to pay tribute to her son Fiognal Greenlaw Meek and his partner Jamie, both among 241 passengers killed in…
