The relaxation came ahead of Diwali through a circular issued by the state home department Ahmedabad: Less than 16 months after the Rajkot TRP Game Zone fire claimed 27 lives and led to the implementation of strict fire safety norms, Gujarat govt relaxed one key requirement for firecracker vendors. In Sep 2025, the state exempted…
People at the site after nine persons were killed and six injured in a blast and fire at an illegal firecracker factory at Ramol area of Ahmedabad Ahmedabad: The firecracker factory in Mahemadpura, Ramol, where a blaze killed nine people on Saturday, had also witnessed a fire in 2014 in which a 14-year-old died, sources…
Ahmedabad: A special CBI court on Saturday sentenced a former branch manager of Indian Overseas Bank, Himatnagar, Neeraj Kumar Jain, along with a borrower named Ketan Patel, to three years’ rigorous imprisonment in connection with a bank fraud. Besides the jail term, the court has imposed a fine of a total of Rs 1.12 crore…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat State Examination Board (GSEB) has decided to award grace marks for five questions in Paper 2 of the main exam of Assistant Education Inspector Aptitude Test (AEIAT) after releasing the final answer key.The board found that the five questions had more than one correct option. Candidates who selected any of the correct…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat education department issued a revised resolution restructuring the Ahmedabad District Education Officer (DEO) office by dividing it into East and West zones, while also merging additional schools from rural Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar jurisdictions.According to the new arrangement, 378 schools from Ahmedabad rural and 39 schools from Gandhinagar, previously outside the city DEO’s direct…
Ahmedabad: At least nine persons, including three children, were killed and several others sustained severe burn injuries after a powerful explosion ripped through an illegal firecracker manufacturing unit in the Ramol area on Saturday afternoon, said fire and police officers. Police have detained the factory owner for questioning and a case of culpable homicide not…
The blaze broke out at an open-plot firecracker manufacturing and processing unit on Ramol-Gatrad Road Ahmedabad: Following a devastating fire at a firecracker unit in Mahamadpura on Friday afternoon, Ahmedabad mayor Hitesh Barot, standing committee chairperson Kamlesh Patel, and senior civic and police officials rushed to the scene. Ordering immediate medical aid for the victims,…
From the 1990s: Gujarat women’s team ahead of a national tournament When Yastika Bhatia lifted her bat at Lord’s last Sunday, she did more than celebrate a century. She became the first woman in the venue’s 142-year history to score a Test hundred, drawing applause that travelled far beyond London. Yastika’s name on the Lord’s…
Legal office of lawyers, justice and law concept : Judge gavel or a hammer and a base used by a judge person on a desk in a courtroom with blurred weight scale of justice, bookshelf background behind. Ahmedabad: The central govt has designated two more courts at the city civil court exclusively to hear the…
Coach Santosh Choughule guides young batters at Youth Service Centre, Vadodara At the Youth Service Centre (YSC) in Vadodara, dozens of young girls spend their evenings drilling cover drives, practising yorkers and diving to stop balls — each dreaming of the India jersey. Watching them is 86-year-old Sudhir Parab, who has waited decades to see…
