Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Tuesday sealed 60 properties, including shops selling firecrackers, during a citywide fire safety and building compliance drive launched in the wake of the July 18 Ramol firecracker unit blaze that claimed 10 lives.Of the total properties sealed, 44 did not have BU permission. Seven of these properties were…
Ahmedabad: The State Monitoring Cell (SMC) arrested a listed bootlegger on the run since 2023 and wanted in seven prohibition cases registered across Gujarat.The accused, identified as Naresh Raiji Raval, was arrested from a residential apartment near the Ranasan toll plaza in Naroda, Ahmedabad, following a tip-off. He was wanted in connection with a prohibition…
Gandhinagar: The monthly state level SWAGAT grievance redressal programme will be held on Thursday, a govt release stated on Tuesday. Citizens who wish to physically submit complaints or make submissions can do so by visiting the public relations office of the chief minister’s office between 8am and 11am on Thursday. CM Bhupendra Patel will remain…
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat govt on Tuesday transferred 28 mid-level and junior-level IAS officers and issues transfer orders for 13 Gujarat Administrative Service (GAS) officers. The exercise saw changes in key municipal corporations, district administrations and state-run agencies, with new appointments for municipal commissioners, district development officers (DDOs) and heads of public sector undertakings.Among the key…
Gandhinagar: Families of 115 employees of Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC), including drivers and conductors, who died while on duty during the Covid-19 pandemic, will receive financial assistance of Rs 25 lakh each, the govt announced on Tuesday.Deputy chief minister Harsh Sanghavi said that GSRTC played a vital role in safely transporting migrant workers…
Ahmedabad: A team of doctors in the city gave a new lease of life to a premature baby born via normal delivery at just 26 weeks of pregnancy, weighing only 760 grams at birth. After 80 days of intensive treatment, the baby was discharged from hospital after attaining 1.67kg weight, said officials.Dr Munjal Kapadia, in…
Ahmedabad: The Admission Committee for Professional Courses (ACPC) on Tuesday announced Round 1 seat allotments for MBA and MCA programmes for the 2026-27 academic year.Of the 4,857 candidates who completed registration by paying fees, 4,723 made it to the merit list — 2,469 for MBA and 1,647 for MCA, with 177 eligible for both programmes.In…
Gandhinagar: State govt said on Tuesday that Gujarat had cut carbon emissions by 49.8 million tonnes during 2025-26, a step towards its net-zero goal.The state also generated a record 67,655 million units of electricity from renewable sources in the same period, govt said.A key driver behind this has been the rapid expansion of solar, wind,…
Ahmedabad: A one-year-old boy was killed after a speeding car ran him over inside the Government Polytechnic campus in Sector 26 on Monday afternoon.The victim, Lavyansh Amliyar, was the son of Urvish Amliyar, a mason from Simaliya Khurd village in Dahod district. Urvish and his wife, Laxmi, were engaged in construction work on an under-construction…
Ahmedabad: Days after the blast at an illegal firecracker factory in Ramol claimed 10 lives, police across Gujarat intensified inspections of firecracker units, leading to the seizure of illegal stock worth Rs 39.6 crore from two godowns at Matoda Patiya in Ahmedabad on Monday.Changodar police raided two adjoining warehouses operating under the name Ambika Trade…
