Gold bars seized at Ahmedabad airport Ahmedabad: Customs officials at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport on Thursday seized two 24kt gold bars weighing a total of 233g from a woman passenger who allegedly concealed the precious metal inside her clothing after arriving from Abu Dhabi.The seized gold, valued at around Rs 34.3 lakh in…
Rath Yatra medical emergencies Ahmedabad: High heat and humidity during the rath yatra on Thursday took a toll on devotees, with EMRI 108 ambulance services reporting a high number of heat-related emergencies along the procession route.The maximum temperature hovered around 37 degrees celsius, while relative humidity remained close to 70% during the morning hours, making…
Ahmedabad: After identifying thousands of unsafe private buildings over the past two years, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has now turned its focus to its own ageing housing stock, with plans to redevelop more than 10,600 dilapidated residential units across the city.A pre-monsoon structural survey of AMC-owned residential buildings, including schemes for housing urban poor,…
Gandhinagar: The proposed centre of excellence (CoE) for road safety and traffic management, to come up at Viramgam in Ahmedabad district, will initiate focused research on facial recognition technologies, assessing how they could be ethically and legally integrated into the Trinetra system to help identify repeat offenders or wanted individuals. Officials said any such deployment…
The breakthrough came when CCTV footage showed the complainant alone at the alleged crime scene. The video captured him cutting the strap of his own bag, rubbing chilli powder into his own eyes, and inflicting a cut on his left wrist Ahmedabad: Mehsana police cracked a sensational ‘robbery’ case in Kherva village within hours of…
Ahmedabad: Come Rath Yatra and the auspicious muhurat officially kickstarts the festive season for automobile dealers across the city. Car sales this Rath Yatra were in top gear with dealers scheduling 1,450 vehicles for delivery, up from 1,050 last year. This 38% growth is the sharpest in the past three years after two consecutive years…
|| Girl power on display A young performer displaying her skills with a chakkar Girls and women have been gradually making inroads into the traditionally male-dominated akhadas over the last couple of rath yatras, but this year their presence was unmistakable. Two akhadas featured girls prominently. One truck showcased a girl performing aerial yoga and…
People take part in a procession during the annual Jagannath Rath Yatra, in Ahmedabad Ahmedabad: The route of the traditional Jagannathji rath yatra on Thursday reverberated with chants of ‘Jay Jagannath’ as the deities of Jagannathji temple – Lords Jagannath, Balram, and Subhadra – travelled the 16-km route. With over 30,000 police officers and personnel…
Ahmedabad:The race to appoint a new vice-chancellor at Gujarat University, the state’s largest public university, has intensified as more than 100 applicants enter the fray. The selection process is currently under way, drawing significant interest from senior academicians across the state.According to sources, the process began after the three-year tenure of the university’s first woman…
The decision applies to all factories, whether they are located within municipal limits or outside them Gandhinagar: Five years after confusion over fire safety responsibilities left industries in administrative limbo, Gujarat govt has designated a single department to oversee the job. The urban development department will now regulate fire safety and issue fire NOCs for…
