Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court on Friday dismissed 18 petitions challenging the rejection of candidates’ nomination papers and the acceptance of rival nominations for the local body elections, ruling that such disputes cannot be heard under Article 226 once the electoral process has begun.The petitions were filed by candidates after rejection of their nominations at…
Ahmedabad: Airfares from Ahmedabad to Kolkata have risen sharply, with one-way ticket prices touching Rs 17,000-22,000 on election dates. The rise is a result of election travel, the ongoing IPL matches and peak holiday demand. Hike in aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices has further impacted fares.Disha Basu, a professional in Ahmedabad, who booked herself an…
Ahmedabad: A police constable has been booked for abetment of suicide following the death of his wife in Vasna. Her family has alleged prolonged physical and mental harassment.According to a complaint filed with the Vasna police station on Thursday, the deceased, Geeta Purohit, 35, allegedly died by suicide on April 15 at her residence in…
Ahmedabad: An Ahmedabad rural sessions court has sentenced two men to life imprisonment for the murder of a woman, relying on CCTV footage and DNA evidence linking one of the accused to the crime scene.Additional sessions judge K S Trivedi convicted Ramshankar Maurya and Sunil Gautam in the case related to the killing of a…
Ahmedabad: Airfares from Ahmedabad to Kolkata have risen sharply, with one-way ticket prices touching Rs 17,000-22,000 on election dates. The rise is a result of election travel, the ongoing IPL matches and peak holiday demand. Hike in aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices has further impacted fares.Disha Basu, a professional in Ahmedabad, who booked herself an…
Gandhinagar: Rallies and roadshows marked the final day of campaigning for Gujarat’s civic body elections, with chief minister Bhupendra Patel leading a BJP roadshow in eastern Ahmedabad as candidates across parties held similar outreach programmes in their wards. Patel, accompanied by Gujarat BJP president Jagdish Vishwakarma, led the roadshow that began from Shyam Shikhar crossroads,…
Ahmedabad: For Parul Desai, something didn’t feel quite right when she saw her 70-year-old neighbour Rita Desai wearing a worried look and closing the door on her in a hurry to go back to a video call. That’s unusual, Parul thought, having known Rita for over three decades as her neighbour in Maninagar’s Tapasvi Apartments….
Ahmedabad: Three members of a family, including a 6-year-old child, were killed in a horrific road accident after a speeding pickup vehicle rammed into their motorcycle on the Lakhtar-Viramgam highway near Kameejla village on Friday. The impact was so severe that one of the victims’ limbs was severed, police said.The deceased were identified as Alpesh…
Ahmedabad: The city felt the full weight of the summer sun on Friday as the mercury climbed to 42.1°C, marking one of the hottest days this month. The maximum and minimum temperatures pushed 1.9 degrees above the seasonal average, leaving residents without even a nighttime reprieve as the minimum temperature hovered stubbornly at a warm…
Ahmedabad: In preparation for the upcoming Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has launched an extensive project to modernize the traditional procession route. The initiative focuses on the stretch from Jamalpur Crossroads to Danapith, with the civic body allocating Rs 19.59 crore for the upgrades. Approximately 75% of the renovation is already…
