File photo of the 116-acre campus of Infocity in Gandhinagar Gandhinagar: Gujarat govt has decided not to renew the lease of Creative Infocity Ltd, developer of the state’s flagship Infocity project in Gandhinagar, setting the stage for the govt to take back control of the sprawling 116-acre campus after the concession period ends in 2030.The…
Ahmedabad: On Monday, the third day of June, the city’s maximum temperature finally slid below 40 degrees celsius, a rare dip in a year with a high number of days recording temperatures of 40 degrees or above.Experts say urban sprawl is one of the chief reasons for the steady rise in temperatures. Seen from the…
Vastrapur received light drizzle on Monday Ahmedabad: The city recorded a maximum temperature of 39.6°C on Monday, about 2.8 degrees above normal. This was the first day since June 18 that the maximum temperature was below 40°C. The minimum temperature was 29.7°C, also 2.5 degrees above normal. Overcast skies brought light drizzle to parts of…
Ahmedabad: The civic body has served statutory notices to 41 properties for the proposed corridor outside Raipur Darwaza. The 24.4m wide corridor, part of the Sarangpur town planning scheme, will stretch from the 10 Acre Mall to Vora na Roza, and affect 34 commercial units, six houses and one religious property. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation…
Ahmedabad: Doctors at GCS Hospital successfully removed a giant 26.5cm x 20cm soft tissue tumour from the thigh of a 33-year-old patient, preserving critical nerves essential for walking and foot movement.The patient had noticed the growth over the past four years, which eventually caused escalating pain and severe mobility issues. According to hospital officials, the…
Ahmedabad: Even as the ongoing West Asia crisis continues to disrupt global aviation routes and add to operating costs for airlines, Ahmedabad’s international air cargo business is showing little sign of slowing down. Exports of pharmaceuticals, engineering products and chemicals helped Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport register strong growth in international freight volumes in…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court on Monday held that planning authorities cannot keep private land under reservation indefinitely by repeatedly revising development plans (DPs) without adhering to statutory timelines, and ordered Deesa municipality to hand over a plot to its owner.The court said that the authorities must acquire such a plot within the statutory timeframe or…
Ahmedabad: The registration process for diploma engineering admissions after Class X has been completed, with 40,766 students applying for 60,155 seats this year. The admission committee has released a provisional merit list comprising 40,059 students. Some candidates have been assigned a zero-merit rank due to incomplete document submissions.The top rank was secured by a Rajkot…
Ahmedabad Rural police have widened their net to Maharashtra putting eight blood banks under the scanner Ahmedabad: Eight Maharashtra blood banks are now under the scanner in the spurious plasma racket. Adulterated plasma has the potential to cause serious health complications among vulnerable patient groups. While there is no evidence so far that the adulterated…
A meeting in Ahmedabad was presided over by the AIMPLB president, Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani, and attended by Maulana Fazlurrahim Mujaddidi, general secretary of the board Ahmedabad: The 30th annual convention of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) will be held in Ahmedabad from Oct 2 to 4, office-bearers of the body said…
