Ahmedabad: A 22-year-old woman approached the Abhayam 181 women helpline after her family refused to take her back. According to helpline officials, the woman had left home at the age of 20 to marry a youth of her choice.“After her elopement, her father allegedly died by suicide, fearing social stigma. The family not only lost…
Ahmedabad: The city crime branch arrested two brothers wanted in connection with an attempted murder case registered at Vastrapur police station and recovered a country-made revolver from one of them during a late-night operation near the riverfront in Danilimda.According to a complaint filed by a detection of crime branch (DCB) officer, the accused were identified…
Gandhinagar: Around 2.4 lakh candidates on Sunday appeared for the written examination for recruitment of constables in the state police force.A statement from the Gujarat Police Recruitment Board said that of the 2.6 lakh candidates shortlisted for the written test, 2.4 lakh (91%) appeared at centres in Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot, Vadodara, Gandhinagar and Anand.The examination…
Gandhinagar: The state govt said on Sunday that Gujarat has emerged as the leading state in implementing Phase II of the Pradhan Mantri-SVAMITVA scheme, issuing more than half of all property cards prepared across the country. Govt added that drone-based mapping has been completed in over 11,500 villages.An official statement said that 32,35,260 property cards…
Ahmedabad: A 69-year-old woman living alone in the Satellite area has alleged that two housekeeping workers hired through a cleaning service agency stole gold jewellery worth Rs 3.7lakh from her apartment while carrying out cleaning work. Satellite police have registered a theft case and launched an investigation.According to the complaint, the victim, who resides in…
A football-themed sculpture near the Kankaria football ground in Ahmedabad. The ground is now mostly used for rallies, garba events, by people practising their driving skills, and for informal cricket matches Ahmedabad: Every Amdavadi knows the ‘Kankaria football ground’ near in Maninagar. But here’s a kicker: No one knows how the ground came to be…
Ahmedabad: The state govt may have tightened prohibition laws by prescribing longer jail terms for violators, but in this case it failed to secure even the minimum one-year sentence for a man in an inebriated condition who was found loitering on a public street.A resident of Kankaria was booked under Sections 66(1)B and 85(1)(3) of…
Since Ahmedabad won Unesco’s World Heritage City tag in 2017, AMC approved applications for renovations to around 200 heritage homes in the Walled City Ahmedabad: Keen on preserving its heritage city tag and worried about the impact of ‘developments’ on heritage value, Ahmedabad has made the Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) report mandatory for every construction,…
Through a matrix guide, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has spelled out in which scenario a Heritage Impact Assessment will be needed Ahmedabad: Following Unesco’s Reactive Monitoring Mission in March this year, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and the Ahmedabad World Heritage City Trust (AWHCT) have formalised a Guiding Matrix — a rule-by-rule framework that determines exactly…
Industry leaders say higher logistics costs are the new normal amid the West Asia conflict Instead of relying solely on sea routes through the Strait of Hormuz, some exporters are routing cargo via Sohar and Khor Fakkan ports and then using road networks to reach markets across the Gulf region Industry leaders say higher logistics…
