Ahmedabad: Imagine driving at 60 km/h as dusk falls. Suddenly, a 60-square-metre digital billboard erupts in a flash of brilliant white light. In the single second it takes your pupils to adjust, you have travelled 17 metres effectively blind. In that distance, a braking car, a drifting motorcycle, or a pedestrian can become a casualty…
Ahmedabad: On Sunday, the maximum temperature in the city was 41.5 degrees celsius, 0.2 degrees higher than normal. On Saturday, the maximum temperature touched 40 degrees celsius.At 23.8 degrees, the minimum temperature on Sunday was 4.3 degrees lower than normal. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast, the city’s maximum temperature is likely to…
Ahmedabad: A 65-year-old grocery trader from the Old City lost nearly Rs 40,000 after falling prey to an online fraud while trying to avail of a promotional grocery offer advertised on social media.According to a complaint registered with Karanj police, Sunil Rajput, who runs a provision store near Victoria Garden, came across an advertisement on…
Ahmedabad: A 75-year-old Vastrapur resident died of injuries four days after he was allegedly knocked down by an unidentified vehicle near Vastrapur Lake, with the driver fleeing without stopping to help, police said.The deceased, Harivadan Trivedi, suffered severe head injuries in the accident that occurred on the morning of May 27. His son, Bhargav Trivedi…
Ahmedabad: AICC Gujarat in charge Mukul Wasnik on Sunday launched “On the Threshold of Career: What After 12th?”, a career guidance booklet that the party’s media convener Manish Doshi has been publishing for the past 21 years.Speaking at the event, Wasnik and GPCC president Amit Chavda said the booklet has helped thousands of students from…
Gandhinagar: The first phase of Population Census 2027 will begin across the state from Monday, with the directorate of census operations appealing to all citizens to participate. The last census in India was conducted in 2011.An official statement said that so far, 3.74 lakh citizens, including chief minister Bhupendra Patel, deputy chief minister Harsh Sanghavi,…
Gandhinagar: On the eve of World Milk Day which is observed on June 1, the state govt said that milk production in Gujarat has increased by 12.5 million tonnes in the past two decades, with lakhs of families earning their livelihood from animal husbandry.An official statement said that with an annual production of over 19…
Sir C V Raman (C) with Dr Vikram A Sarabhai and other dignitaries at the foundation-laying ceremony of VASCSC in Ahmedabad Ahmedabad: On June 1, the Vikram A Sarabhai Community Science Centre (VASCSC), one of the many landmark institutions founded by Dr Sarabhai in the city, will complete 60 years. On the occasion, officials have…
Fans arrive at the Narendra Modi Stadium to catch on-field action at the IPL 2026 final between Gujarat Titans and RCB, in Ahmedabad on Sunday, May 31 Ahmedabad: Hours before the IPL 2026 final match between Royal Challengers Bengaluru and Gujarat Titans at Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday, Ahmedabad police launched a city-wide crackdown on…
Ahmedabad: A 20-year-old worker at a perfume shop in the city lost Rs 1.34 lakh after downloading a fraudulent application while trying to track a parcel sent to Kashmir via India Post.According to a complaint lodged with Dariapur police on Saturday, Fiyyan Shaikh, a resident of Dhalgarwad, was assisting his employer in tracking a perfume…
