Ahmedabad: A late-night outing after a dinner party turned tragic when three young men were swept away in the Narmada canal near Adalaj after five friends jumped into the water in an attempt to rescue one another. While two of them managed to swim to safety with the help of locals, two bodies were recovered…
Ahmedabad: A team from LD College of Engineering (LDCE) secured first position at DD Robocon 2026, hosted by IIT Delhi, and will now represent India in the international round in Hong Kong in Aug. Dr Nilay Bhuptani, principal of LDCE, said that 77 teams had participated from across India and 12 teams had made to…
Experts also point to the dominance of English across engineering learning materials and classroom practice Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Power Education And Research Institute (GPERI) in Mahesana, affiliated with Gujarat Technological University (GTU), will not offer B.E. courses in Gujarati medium in the 2026-27 academic year, after failing to attract even a single student for the…
Monsoon brings wave of fever, cough and fatigue Water Logging after heavy rain fall at tragad in ahmedabad on Sunday,05,July,2026 Photo Yogesh Chawda Ahmedabad: With the monsoon finally arriving in the city, many Amdavadis have begun experiencing the effects of the seasonal transition, with city-based physicians reporting a rise in patients suffering from fever, cough…
Ahmedabad: A 29-year-old bank employee lodged a complaint with Vasna police, alleging that a Rs 30,000 loan he borrowed earlier this year drew him into an illegal moneylending racket, forcing him to pay more than Rs 10 lakh in interest before the lender allegedly demanded Rs 30 lakh to settle the account.According to the FIR,…
Gandhinagar: In the first five days of the weeklong Namo Swachhata Abhiyan, an intensive cleanliness drive being carried out across healthcare institutions in the state, more than 5 lakh unusable items have been identified, of which over 46,000 have already been disposed of on site.The state health department is conducting the campaign across all medical…
Ahmedabad: Several areas of the city witnessed moderate to heavy rainfall between midnight and 4am on Sunday, with Ahmedabad recording 39mm of rain in the 24 hours ending at 6am. While a number of localities reported temporary waterlogging, some underpasses in the western parts of the city were closed to vehicular traffic as a precautionary…
Gandhinagar: Chief minister Bhupendra Patel on Sunday inaugurated `Shanti Navas’ and laid the foundation stone of Vallabh Vidyavihar, a school to be constructed at Pansar in Kalol taluka by Vicharta Samuday Samarthan Manch (VSSM) and K R Shroff Foundation.Speaking at the event, Patel said that ensuring the all-round development of nomadic and denotified communities is…
Ahmedabad: The State Monitoring Cell (SMC) has seized suspected ambergris, commonly known as whale vomit, worth Rs 1 crore from a man near Dholera and arrested him under provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).Acting on a tip-off, a team led by police inspector A J Chauhan raided Raj Chamunda Hotel near Pipli village…
Gandhinagar: In a marked shift from regulation to facilitation, Gujarat govt is set to overhaul its building and urban development rulebook by replacing the existing “permissible use” regime with an approach of “everything is permitted unless it is expressly prohibited”.In line with this approach, state govt is reviewing CGDCR (Comprehensive General Development Control Regulations) to…
