Ahmedabad: Tufts of clouds remained scattered in the city sky on Sunday. With good cloud cover absent, the temperature touched 33.9 degrees celsius, which was 1.3 degrees above normal. At 26.8 degrees, the minimum temperature was 1.7 degrees above the normal mark. Relative humidity remained between 50 and 70% through the day. According to India…
Ahmedabad: A man and his brother-in-law were allegedly cheated out of nearly Rs 24 lakh by two persons owning mobile shops. The accused allegedly got 15 credit cards issued using documents of the duo. They swiped the cards for Rs 5 lakh and siphoned off Rs 19 lakh through bank transactions, according to a complaint…
Ahmedabad: To prevent knife and other weapon-related crimes, city police have collected 263 sharp and deadly weapons surrendered or abandoned by citizens in 22 police station areas of Sector 2.The two-day special drive was launched on the directions of the police commissioner, with officers using public-address systems in areas prone to offences and fights and…
Ahmedabad: Monsoon in Gujarat started with abundant rainfall, but the bounty from heavens has clearly not been enough. Aug ends today and monsoon too is nearing its end, but Gujarat’s rain gauge has some worrisome data to share. Eleven out of the state’s 34 districts have recorded up to 50-51% annual rainfall deficit.Devbhumi Dwarka is…
The innovations have won awards, govt support Gujarat’s start-up ecosystem is gaining momentum, with the central govt’s department of science and technology identifying promising ventures and supporting them with funding to turn innovative ideas into market-ready solutionsA simple Rs 220-kit for farmers to know if a cow is pregnantWhat if checking whether a cow is…
Ahmedabad: Dev Javia dished out a clinical display to claim his maiden singles title at the ITF M$15K tennis tournament in Hurghada, Egypt, on Sunday. The unseeded Ahmedabad-born player claimed a 6-2, 6-3 triumph over seventh seed Aaron Funk of Germany.En route to the trophy, the 24-year-old, who trains at the Rohan Bopanna Tennis Academy,…
Ahmedabad: A phone call to a social worker in the Science City area last week captured a poignant crisis of urban living: a death in the family, and no one to help. The caller, a Navrangpura resident, had moved from Mumbai and had neither friends nor kin in the city to perform the last rites…
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat Institute of Prisons and Correctional Administration (GIPCA) campus in Ahmedabad is set to get modern sports grounds, with the state police department planning the facilities keeping in mind the 2030 Commonwealth Games in Ahmedabad, and the Olympics for which India has made a formal bid to host.Quoting DGP crime K L N…
Ahmedabad: The city witnessed breezy and partly cloudy weather on Saturday, with temperatures remaining slightly above normal. The maximum temperature was recorded at 33.2°C, 0.6 degrees above normal, while the minimum temperature settled at 26°C, 0.9 degrees higher than the seasonal average.According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Ahmedabad is likely to witness a generally…
Gujarat University, Ahmedabad Ahmedabad: Gujarat University in charge vice-chancellor Jagdish Joshi has constituted a one-member inquiry committee headed by retired High Court judge D M Vyas to probe allegations of financial irregularities, recruitment malpractices and misuse of authority during former VC Neerja Gupta’s tenure.The decision to appoint a former judge aims to ensure an independent…
