Farzana was 25 when she came to Ahmedabad from a small town with ambitions to make it big in Bollywood Vatva, Ahmedabad: The ‘ghost’ who waited 34 yrsShamsuddin Khedawala, an elderly taxi driver from Vatva, had been telling clerics for months that he was being haunted. He spoke of sights, voices and sleepless nights. He…
Ahmedabad: A 19-year-old was booked in Ahmedabad for allegedly modifying a motorcycle silencer and creating excessive noise on a public road, police said.According to a complaint filed at Vadaj police station, officers on patrol near Old Vadaj Circle on Friday spotted a motorcycle producing unusually loud noise and causing noise pollution. During inspection, the silencer’s…
The accused, a Chandkheda resident, was the joint custodian of the currency chest at the Gandhi Road branch Ahmedabad: A Bank of Baroda employee at the Kalupur branch has been accused of siphoning Rs 8.7 crore from its currency chest and masking the shortage by uploading false balance certificates on RBI’s e-Kuber portal. The fraud…
Ahmedabad: A city sessions court on Saturday punished three persons with eight-year imprisonment and imposed Rs 2 lakh fine on each of them after they were found guilty of selling beef.According to the case details, Samir Sheikh, Zafarkhan Pathan and Mohamed Azmal Sheikh were found selling beef in the Rakhial area on May 4, 2019….
Ahmedabad: In a major accident at Sangani village near Chotila in Surendranagar district on Thursday, four persons were charred to death, and 10 others were injured when a private bus collided with a tanker on the Ahmedabad-Rajkot highway in the early hours. The bus caught fire immediately after the collision, leaving the victims’ bodies burnt…
Ahmedabad: A recent report tabled in the state govt by the senior officials of the transport department indicated that Ahmedabad city recorded deaths of 403 persons in road accidents, whereas the rest of the district recorded 400 deaths, totalling 803 deaths in 2025. The number was about 10% of the state’s total road fatalities which…
Ahmedabad: A theft of Rs 13.6 lakh was reported from a house in Chandkheda after unknown burglars broke into the residence and fled with gold, silver ornaments and cash while the family was away at their native village.According to the complaint lodged by Ramesh Rabari, 42, the theft occurred between 6pm on Thursday and 8am…
An average of eight two-wheeler riders, not complying with the helmet rule, die daily Ahmedabad: In Gujarat, 7,717 persons were reported dead on the roads in 2024. Of these, 3,722 or 48.3% were two-wheeler riders. Data shared by the state government in a review meeting flagged a critical non-compliance: 3,015 victims or 81% of the…
Ahmedabad: The first round of admissions under the Right to Education (RTE) Act for Class 1 in Gujarat’s private schools concluded with over 73,000 students securing seats, while more than 10,000 seats still remain vacant across the state.According to official figures released after the extended admission confirmation deadline on Thursday, 73,193 admissions were confirmed against…
Ahmedabad: Ahead of the Census 2027, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has accelerated preparations for the first phase of enumeration work, with large-scale training and deployment of census staff already underway across the city.According to a Gujarat govt notification issued on May 5, the first phase of the census — involving house listing and building…
