Ahmedabad: The city received an average of 5mm of rainfall by 8 pm on Saturday. The primary areas with rainfall above 1mm included Viratnagar (6.5mm), Nikol (5.5mm), Odhav (5mm), and Vastral (3.5mm) among others. A majority of the western city areas experienced cloudy weather with traces of rain or light showers. The city recorded maximum…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat’s public debt rose by Rs 55,475 crore in a year to reach Rs 4,30,320 crore in 2025-26, according to revised estimates presented by state govt in the legislative assembly on Friday.Finance minister Kanu Desai provided the data in a written reply to a question raised by Jamalpur-Khadia MLA Imran Khedawala.According to govt reply,…
Gandhinagar: Gujarat has set target of developing 7.5GW of data centre capacity, five times India’s current installed capacity of around 1.5GW, with proposals totalling nearly 17GW already received under the state’s new data centre policy.Science and technology minister Arjun Modhwadia told Gujarat assembly on Friday that if the proposals materialise fully, they could bring more…
AMC inspected 55 PG facilities, student hostels and dormitories for structural stability Ahmedabad: Civic authorities may have launched a drive to prima facie inspect buildings housing PG facilities, hostels and dormitories after the Delhi hostel tragedy, but are missing in action on a key rule. Neither Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) nor Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority…
Unseasonal rain fall due to Okhi Cyclone in Ahmedabad on Tuesday,05,December,2017 Photo Yogesh Chawda Ahmedabad: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday forecast a fresh spell of rainfall across several parts of Gujarat between Sep 12 and 15, signalling a revival of monsoon activity after a prolonged break that followed the heavy rains witnessed in…
Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (also known as IIT Gandhinagar and IITGN) is a public engineering institution located in Palaj village Gandhinagar, Gujarat, Ahmedabad: The Centre for Creative Learning (CCL) at IIT Gandhinagar (IIT-Gn) on Friday launched a hands-on climate education programme that will cover 1,000 schools across Gujarat. Under the initiative, students from municipal…
An Indian man walks into a bank while another man waits outside, illustrating a suspected gold loan fraud case in a contemporary urban setting. Ahmedabad: A 42-year-old man allegedly cheated IIFL Finance of Rs 22.4 lakh by obtaining three loan transfers into his bank account on the pretext of shifting his gold loan to the…
Students of medical and paramedical courses queue up for forms in Ahmedabad on Monday. Photo Yogesh Chawda Ahmedabad: The first round of admissions to nursing and allied medical courses after Class XII has revealed a wide gap between available seats and student demand, with nearly 27,000 seats likely to remain vacant even if all allotted…
A young mother, just 20 years old, has been allegedly attacked by her spouse for wanting to enter the workforce (Representative image generated using AI) AHMEDABAD: A 20-year-old mother of a 10-day-old baby was allegedly stabbed by her husband on Friday for wanting to take up a job to support the family.She is being treated…
Ahmedabad: The Zone-8 Local Crime Branch (LCB) arrested two men and recovered 150 litres of stolen diesel in connection with a theft reported from Vatva GIDC Phase-4. The accused were identified as Mehr Aalam (24), a rickshaw driver, and Raja Ansari (26), a labourer. Both are residents of Vatva. According to police, the theft took…
