Ahmedabad: A cable company has lodged a complaint with Bodakdev police alleging that its former account manager siphoned off Rs 79 lakh over 15 months by manipulating payment records and creating fake invoices.The employee, appointed in Aug 2023, handled vendor accounts and bill payments before resigning in Dec 2025. During an annual audit in March…
Ahmedabad’s heritage crown now linked to 15m building-height cap Ahmedabad: Unesco has issued an urgent advisory that Ahmedabad must heed to safeguard its Heritage City status: constructions taller than 15 metres must not be permitted in Old City.A two-member Unesco delegation visited Ahmedabad from March 16 to 23 to assess the impact of several infrastructure…
Ahmedabad: Compared to maximum temperature of 34°C in the city on Tuesday, the mercury showed 36°C on Wednesday, a rise of two degrees in 24 hours. It was 3.3 degrees higher compared to normal temperature. At 26.2°C, the minimum temperature, too, was 1.3 degrees higher than normal.The citizens experienced partly cloudy weather and high humidity…
Ahmedabad: An ex-serviceman lost Rs 46.9 lakh after fraudsters lured him into using an online trading platform with assurances of huge returns on investment. A complaint was registered with cybercrime police on Tuesday.He came across a Facebook reel in May, claiming that an investment of Rs 22,000 in a platform named Quantum AI could fetch…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court has stayed orders passed by govt authorities directing a cooperative housing society to grant membership to a homeowner who has resisted paying maintenance charges, alleging deficiency in services by the society’s management.The case concerns Parshwanath Atlantis Park Cooperative Housing Service Society at Sughad, and resident Manish Tanna, who owns a house…
Ahmedabad: More than 74,000 motorists were booked for speeding and wrong-side driving across Gujarat in Aug, with traffic enforcement agencies collecting over Rs 5.3 crore in fines as part of a statewide road-safety drive.Of the 74,242 cases registered for the two violations, 38,083 involved overspeeding, while 36,159 were related to wrong-side driving. Authorities collected Rs…
Gandhinagar: The monsoon session of the Gujarat assembly got off to a chaotic start on Wednesday, with the ruling BJP alleging that Congress MLA Imran Khedawala disrespected Vande Mataram by remaining seated during its rendition. Khedawala countered the claim, stating that he was standing “until the original version got over” and that he took his…
Ahmedabad: The Admission Committee for Professional Undergraduate Medical Educational Courses (ACPUGMEC) has released the merit list for undergraduate ayurveda and homeopathy courses under the state quota, shortlisting 6,800 students from 7,193 applicants. A total of 387 applications were rejected during verification due to documentation errors and other discrepancies.For the 15% all-India quota (AIQ) seats, 577…
Ahmedabad: District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (Rural), Ahmedabad, has directed The Oriental Insurance Company Ltd to reimburse a Covid-19 treatment claim of Rs 22,862 filed by a Ghatlodia resident.The order was passed on Aug 29, 2026, on a complaint filed by Bhikhubhai Patel and Consumer Education and Research Society. Patel had a PNB Oriental Mediclaim…
Rides were especially difficult to hail from the Ahmedabad airport and railway stations Ahmedabad: When medical student Tanay Shah landed at Ahmedabad airport around 11pm on Tuesday, he expected a cab ride to Chandkheda to cost about Rs 400. “Instead, after accepting my booking, the cabbie called up, asking for Rs 1,000 for the roughly…
