Gandhinagar: Against the tranquil waters of Vadnagar’s Sharmishtha Lake, Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday sought to encapsulate PM Narendra Modi’s 25 years in public life in two words — “India first”.The picturesque lake, steeped in Vadnagar’s history, provided the backdrop as Shah, Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel and Maharashtra deputy CM Eknath Shinde,…
Ahmedabad: A 67-year-old retired employee of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), Anand, was allegedly cheated of Rs 11.6 lakh after cyber fraudsters gained access to his mobile phone using a malicious APK file, police said.According to the complaint registered with cybercrime police on Thursday, the victim, a resident of Krishnanagar, received a call from…
Ahmedabad: The civic body is looking to the past to secure Ahmedabad’s future drinking water supply. The seven French wells were shut nine years ago after sewage inflows compromised the quality of the river water. With measures being taken to reduce sewage entering the Sabarmati, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has begun preparing a revival plan….
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Thursday signed a strategic MoU with IIT Gandhinagar (IIT-Gn) for advanced research, technology innovation, capacity building, and professional development.This collaboration aims to foster a robust ecosystem of safety and technological advancement.“For us, this partnership is about taking research and technology beyond the laboratory…
Ahmedabad: As digital payments become increasingly common, citizens across cities are finding themselves in situations where vendors, taxi drivers and small traders refuse to accept cash and insist on online transactions. While many acknowledge the convenience of digital payments, they say making them the only option can create difficulties during connectivity issues and for those…
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Gandhinagar: Climate action will remain restricted to govt files unless it becomes a “way of life” and a people’s movement, Gujarat climate change minister Arjun Modhwadia said on Wednesday, stressing the need to take climate education and district-level action plans to the grassroots.The state had been among the earliest in the country to establish a…
Ahmedabad: Former Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) member Harikesh Patel, arrested by Gujarat ATS for allegedly obtaining a second passport using forged documents, has been remanded in police custody till Saturday.According to ATS officers, Patel had surrendered his Indian passport to a court during proceedings in connection with Enforcement Directorate’s money-laundering case linked to the…
Gujarat High Court, Ahmedabad Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court has directed the additional chief secretary (revenue department) to ensure that revenue officials follow settled law while deciding on granting non-agricultural (NA) permission for farmland.The HC expressed displeasure over what it termed the “negligence and oblivious approach” of revenue officials in ignoring law settled by courts. The…
Ahmedabad: Residents of eastern Ahmedabad will no longer have to travel to Civil Hospital in Asarwa for postmortem, with a modern postmortem department and mortuary inaugurated at AMC-run Sheth LG Municipal General Hospital in Maninagar on Wednesday.The new facility, equipped with 18 modern cold-storage units, is expected to streamline postmortem examinations, medico-legal procedures and preservation…
