Ahmedabad: A 26-year-old man posing as a travelling ticket examiner (TTE) was caught by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) at Sabarmati railway station on Thursday morning after he allegedly spent months learning railway jargon and procedures by befriending TTEs during train journeys.The accused, Mukesh Mali, was handed over to Sabarmati railway police after he was…
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat Sachivalaya Federation, a body of govt employees posted in the secretariat, wrote a letter to CM Bhupendra Patel, seeking introduction of a work-from-home (WFH) system in wake of PM Narendra Modi’s appeal for adopting austerity measures to save fuel.Federation president Kirti Patel and general secretary Hiren Patel said in the letter that…
Ahmedabad: The provisional answer key for the entrance examination for admission from diploma to degree engineering was released recently. Students were invited to raise objections against the answer key within a stipulated time frame. According to official sources, around 25 students have submitted objections on various questions.A total of 21,829 students appeared for the Degree…
Districts such as Ahmedabad, Banaskantha, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, and Kutch are among those set to benefit from the project. File photo After summer vacation school’s reopen on Monday in Ahmedabad,09,June,2025 Photo Yogesh Chawda Ahmedabad: The Gujarat education department has granted administrative approval of Rs 330 crore under the 2026-27 budget to strengthen school infrastructure across the…
Ahmedabad metro People enjoiy in their first ride of Metro after PM Narendra Modi inaugrate the Metro in Ahmedabad on Sunday,02,October,2022 Photo Yogesh Chawda Ahmedabad: City municipal commissioner Banchha Nidhi Pani on Thursday issued a circular to all department heads and zonal offices of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) asking them to pool cars and…
Ahmedabad: Sola Civil Hospital’s medical superintendent, in a May 13 notification, has appealed to staff to take steps to conserve fuel and energy. The appeal calls for using public transport to reach the hospital, use of bicycles by those living close to the hospital, promoting vehicle pooling by those commuting on the same routes.“Staff should…
A CCTV grab shows thieves arriving in a residential complex in Ahmedabad. They drove off with a 2010 Mercedes owned by a builder A CCTV grab shows thieves arriving in a residential complex in Ahmedabad. They drove off with a 2010 Mercedes owned by a builder A CCTV grab shows thieves arriving in a residential…
Ahmedabad: A 26-year-old woman allegedly died by suicide at her residence in Naroda on Wednesday afternoon. Police said Priyanka Khuman was found hanging from a metal bar attached to a tin shed in the veranda of her house. Naroda police registered a case of accidental death and are investigating the incident.Man jumps to death from…
Mean household size in Gujarat has dipped to 4.5 overall Ahmedabad: Family size in the state has officially shrunk– more than half of Gujarat’s families now identify as nuclear, according to National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-5 data. The survey puts the share of nuclear families—parents living with their children—at 52.3% in the state, with the…
A thick haze enveloped Ahmedabad on Thursday Ahmedabad: The relentless heat clamping down on Ahmedabad finally loosened its grip, if only by a fraction, on Thursday. After a gruelling three-day streak of temperatures soaring above the 44°C mark, the city clocked a maximum of 43.7°C.While it’s a marginal step down from Wednesday’s 44.1°C, the air…
