The civic body had taken up special strengthening and restoration of the 1892 British-era bridge on Sep 11, 2024 Ahmedabad: The extended deadline to restore Ellis Bridge expired in March, but the strengthening work on the city’s oldest bridge remains incomplete. The AMC is now likely to grant the contractor yet another extension, even as…
Manoj Patel Bharatbhai CMA story Ahmedabad: Manoj Patel’s 2pm-11pm supermarket shift jangles with cash registers, but this 18-year-old’s All-India Rank (AIR) 9 in the Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICMAI) exam has put him in life’s new express lane.Patel lives in Kalol, near Gandhinagar, and reaches home from work around midnight. He did not…
Ahmedabad: A second sanitation worker has died after three contract cleaners were allegedly made to enter a drain without adequate safety measures at UN Mehta Hospital in Asarwa earlier this week.Shahibaug police said Sahil Nadiya, who had been undergoing treatment after the incident, died on Friday night. His co-worker, Roki Mekwan, had died earlier during…
Construction of bridge over Darotha river is underway under Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project, in Valsad, Gujarat Ahmedabad: The chief project manager of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Project has moved Gujarat High Court, citing fears of a sharp escalation in the Rs 1.1-lakh crore bullet train project cost following enhanced land compensation ordered by the Land…
The accused has two daughters and a son Ahmedabad: A five-year-old girl’s distressing account to her mother and aunt led to the arrest of a 73-year-old neighbour in Meghaninagar on Saturday for alleged sexual abuse.Police said the septuagenarian allegedly called the child to his house on Friday evening on the pretext of playing. She later…
Ahmedabad: Corporate bank accounts equipped with ‘bulk mode’ facilities are allegedly at the centre of an interstate cyberfraud busted by Cyber Centre of Excellence (CCoE) in Gandhinagar. Six people have been arrested under Operation Mule Hunt 2.0 after senior police officers were tipped off about the group’s activities.Investigators said the team moved in when the…
These officials will lose their seniority in comparison with their juniors who accepted promotions Ahmedabad: In an unusual development, five officials in the Gujarat education department have declined their promotions and requested to return to their previous posts, highlighting a rare case in govt administration where employees typically wait years for advancement.According to official sources,…
Last year was a particularly good one for Indian art. The compound annual growth rate comes to 21.8% in five years, 10.9% in 10 years, and 3.5% in 20 years, indicating short-term trends dramatically outpacing long-run trends Ahmedabad: Forget stocks, gold, and real estate. Some of the hottest returns of the past year came from…
More than 37,000 students from Tamil Nadu, including 28,000 from Chennai took the UPSC preliminary exam on Sunday. Aspirants at Everwin Matriculation School in Kolathur. .pic by S L Shanth Kumar Ahmedabad: The State Examination Board has announced the schedule for the Teacher Aptitude Test for Higher Secondary (TAT-HS) main exam, conducted for candidates aspiring…
Gandhinagar: After unveiling an ambitious data centre policy to attract large-scale investments, the Gujarat govt has now turned its attention to developing cable landing station (CLS) infrastructure, a key component of the state’s digital ecosystem.Official sources said govt has initiated discussions with leading players in the cable landing station sector and is considering policy measures,…
