International passenger traffic Ahmedabad: Months of turbulence in West Asia airspace is beginning to show up in Ahmedabad airport’s passenger numbers. International passenger traffic at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport has witnessed a steep decline over the past three months, with airport data showing an average fall of 27% in footfall amid continuing airspace…
Ahmedabad: Every day, children across Gujarat dial 1098 not just to report emergencies, but to seek something far more basic — safety, support and someone willing to listen.Data from Childline (1098), the helpline for children which has been integrated with 112 emergency services, paints a troubling picture of the challenges faced by minors in the…
Schools in Ahmedabad reopened on Monday, June 8, after the summer break. Private auto and van fares have been hiked this year Today marks the first day of the new academic term as students head back to school after the summer vacation.Monday,08,June,2026 Photo Yogesh Chawda Ahmedabad: As the morning bell rings and classrooms fill up…
Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad Municipal Commissioner Banchha Nidhi Pani on Monday paid a site visit to the four-lane railway overbridge at Makarba to inspect the ongoing work. Reviewing the progress, the civic chief issued strict directives to maintain high-quality standards and fast-track the work to meet a firm completion deadline of July 31.The commissioner also ordered officials…
Patan Cyber Crime Police have dismantled a significant cyber fraud network, arresting 14 individuals under ‘Operation Mule Hunt 2.0’. PATAN: Patan Cyber Crime Police have busted a cyber fraud racket involving illegal transactions worth Rs 398.43 crore routed through 13 mule accounts on Monday. The mule accounts have been linked to 228 inter-state cyber fraud…
Ahmedabad: The Sabarmati Central Jail will introduce a system to prevent first-time offenders from coming under the influence of hardened criminals, a phenomenon that prison officials say has long contributed to repeat offending and the growth of criminal networks.Senior jail officers said the administration has conceptualised a segregation policy under which newly admitted inmates, first-time…
Slug: 4-City StudyAhmedabad: What if a city’s sewage system could function as a giant public-health scanner, quietly revealing which viruses are circulating among millions of people long before they appear in clinics and hospitals?Just one year of wastewater surveillance in four Gujarat cities — Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Vadodara, and Rajkot — has yielded 170 DNA and…
Ahmedabad: The city crime branch on Sunday arrested a 30-year-old employee of a jewellery shop in Manek Chowk for allegedly stealing around 280 grams of gold worth Rs 42.1 lakh over six months.According to police, a complaint was registered with Khadia police stating that an employee had allegedly siphoned off small quantities of gold from…
Ahmedabad: A 37-year-old homemaker from Nikol was allegedly duped of Rs 7.5 lakh after cyberfraudsters sent her a fake KYC update message on WhatsApp and gained unauthorised access to her bank account, according to a complaint filed with the Cybercrime Police.The complainant told police that she received a WhatsApp message from an unknown number on…
Gandhinagar: Speaking at the valedictory function of a two-day workshop on environmental protection in Gandhinagar on Sunday, state forest and environment minister Arjun Modhwadia said that while govt is pursuing a policy of sustainable development, the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has the most crucial role in curbing pollution in the state. An official statement…
