Ahmedabad: A retired govt employee and his wife had a narrow escape after four unidentified men allegedly tried to attack them with sticks and hurled bricks at them near Pragatinagar Garden in Naranpura on June 23. Based on the couple’s complaint, Naranpura police on Monday registered an FIR against the unidentified assailants.According to the complaint,…
Gandhinagar: State health minister Praful Pansheriya reviewed the Chandipura virus outbreak situation in the state on Monday. An official statement said he held a meeting in Gandhinagar, where he assessed the geographic distribution of cases across various districts, the reasons behind the spread of the virus, laboratory testing facilities, and the measures taken to prevent…
Ahmedabad: Academic and administrative work at several govt engineering colleges across Gujarat was disrupted for nearly a month due to a prolonged internet outage, allegedly caused by delays in renewing internet service contracts.Sources said the contracts with internet service providers at several colleges expired in May or June. Although college principals had reportedly informed the…
Ahmedabad: A consumer commission in Ahmedabad ordered an insurance company to reimburse expenses for ayurveda treatment after firm refused to pay for treatment other than allopathy.A woman from Chandlodiya underwent ayurvedic treatment as an inpatient for internal haemorrhoids in Feb 2022 from a private ayurveda hospital. She incurred an expenditure of Rs 15,800. As she…
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More than 500 housing societies in Ahmedabad have either completed redevelopment, are under construction, or have signed redevelopment agreements Ahmedabad: For many residents of ageing housing societies, redevelopment was supposed to mean a bigger home, better amenities, and safer buildings. Instead, for a growing number of families, it has meant paying rent for months, watching…
Ahmedabad: Industries in Sanand GIDC, one of Gujarat’s biggest manufacturing hubs, are caught in a growing tax dispute with local bodies. Gram panchayats have allegedly stopped accepting professional tax from companies that have not cleared property tax dues. The move has created fresh compliance problems for industries, which argue that the two taxes are unrelated…
The main accused were taken to the illegal firecracker factory site to reconstruct the events that led to the explosion Ahmedabad: The investigation into the blast at the illegal firecracker factory in Ramol, which claimed 10 lives including three children, has hit an unexpected hurdle with the main accused, Ramila Dodia, “unable to hear” after…
Plantation will be carried out on roadsides, footpaths, central verges and canal banks Ahmedabad: The civic body will take up large-scale plantation this year under ‘Mission 5-Million Tree’ to create natural shade along roads and near traffic signals.Plantation will be carried out on roadsides, footpaths, central verges and canal banks under a joint SOP prepared…
With the help of a fellow passenger, the woman managed to procure a significant amount of alcohol and overindulged to the point of severe intoxication Ahmedabad: A woman from Punjab, who started from her home to reach her parents’ home in Maharashtra, was rescued at Kalupur railway station in an inebriated state. A co-passenger on…
