Caption: Collision Course: Police said the car driver’s complaint was taken as all 3 riders seemed drunkAhmedabad: A 40-year-old motorcycle rider from Rajasthan was killed after his motorcycle collided with a car driven by a man without a licence, who has filed a complaint.The accident occurred at Vyasvadi Crossroads early on Sunday. The deceased was…
Ahmedabad: Ghosts have been reputable informants in famous murder cases. In the most storied of them all, the elder Hamlet’s ghost reveals his killer’s identity to his son. A case in Sarkhej produced a Shakespearean plot with a twist. The prime accused in a murder case repeatedly told police that the victim’s ghost was haunting…
Gandhinagar: Speaking at the launch of Prime Minister’s Family Care Tracker (PM-FCT) as a pilot project in Gandhinagar district on Sunday, Union home and cooperation minister Amit Shah said that 2014, when Narendra Modi took over as the country’s PM, will be marked as an important year in the country’s history since independence.“Whenever the history…
People shelter from the sun under umbrellas Ahmedabad: The city continues to sizzle under an unrelenting dry spell, with Sunday’s maximum temperature hitting a scorching 40.6°C, 3.8 degrees higher than normal. Even the nights are offering little respite, as the minimum temperature hovered at a stifling 29.5°C. With Monday’s maximum temperature likely to touch 41°C,…
Fire at Arpan Aromatics, Vatva GIDC Ahmedabad: A major fire broke out at a chemical manufacturing unit in Phase II of Vatva GIDC in the early hours of Sunday, prompting a massive firefighting operation involving 22 fire tenders. Fire officials brought the blaze under control after nearly four hours, and no casualties were reported.The fire…
Ahmedabad: A 43-year-old Indian Coast Guard jawan allegedly attempted suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle at the Coast Guard Officers’ Mess near Gayatri Temple in Sector 1, Gandhinagar, on Sunday morning. He sustained a gunshot injury in the neck and his condition is critical.The jawan, Hasmukh Prajapati, a native of Lekawada village, was…
The sniffer dog inspects the bag containing the marijuana Ahmedabad: A customs sniffer dog at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport has helped officials bust a drug trafficking operation. The dog flagged a passenger’s luggage containing 10.9kg of hydroponic marijuana, valued at more than Rs 10 crore on the illicit market, sources said.The passenger, a…
Ahmedabad: In 2020, Ashish Durgapal, a Lucknow native, founded “Pedaling Lucknow,” a community to promote cycling as a lifestyle. Over six years, the group grew to more than 300 cyclists, built through “designing posters, creating content, managing events, convincing brands to collaborate,” as Durgapal describes it.“I was learning marketing long before I ever studied it,”…
Ahmedabad: Buying online may be easier than ever, but resolving disputes is becoming increasingly difficult. Nearly one in every four consumer complaints reported in Gujarat either pertains to online shopping or insurance related disputes. According to data by Consumer Education and Research Centre (CERC), e-commerce and insurance together accounted for about 25% of all complaints…
Union home minister Amit Shah, along with Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel and deputy chief minister Harsh Sanghavi at the launch of ‘PM eBus Sewa’, in Gandhinagar on Sunday Gandhinagar: An electric bus service was launched on Sunday in state capital Gandhinagar under the PM eBus Seva scheme. A total of 100 electric buses have…
