Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has suspended temporary leasing of civic plots across the city after irregularities in allotments came to light, with the standing committee directing officials to frame a fresh policy to regulate the process.The issue was discussed at the standing committee meeting on Thursday after it emerged that, over the past…
Ahmedabad: A 43-year-old deputy subedar of the Indian Army was arrested by the Sabarmati railway police after he was allegedly caught carrying 84 bottles of liquor reserved for defence personnel at Gandhinagar railway station.According to the FIR, railway police personnel were patrolling Platform No. 1 on Tuesday afternoon when the Daulatpur-Gandhinagar Express arrived. During the…
Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad chapter of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICMAI) outperformed the regional average in the CMA Foundation examination, posting pass percentage of 81.98 in the results declared on Thursday. The chapter also celebrated a national achievement as city student Manoj Suresh Patel secured All India Rank (AIR) 9.The CMA Foundation examination…
Great Indian Bustard (GIB) Ahmedabad: In a significant boost to the conservation of the critically endangered Great Indian Bustard (GIB), the second chick born in Gujarat through the ‘jump start’ technique has survived beyond the critical 40-day period, marking a major milestone after the failure of the first attempt earlier this year.The chick, born on…
Gandhinagar: US-based multinational technology conglomerate Meta has put Gujarat on its data centre map, showing interest in setting up a 168-MW data centre in the state. Even before the ink has dried on Gujarat’s new data centre policy announced on Thursday, the state has received investment intent worth an estimated Rs 8.5 lakh crore.Some of…
Officials said interest is already building, with 14 proposals received so far Ahmedabad: Data centres have become one of the fastest-growing segments of the global digital economy, and Gujarat wants a bigger share of that investment. The state govt on Thursday unveiled the Viksit Gujarat Data Centre Policy 2026-29 offering financial incentives, infrastructure support, and…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat govt plans to develop Dholera into the world’s largest data centre city, positioning the greenfield industrial township as the state’s flagship destination for hyperscale digital infrastructure.Deputy chief minister Harsh Sanghavi said investor interest has already exceeded the policy’s target capacity of 7.5GW. He said Dholera alone is expected to emerge as the…
Sohil Memon (in picture) and his friends ventured too close to a pair of mating lions when he was fatally mauled, in Gir, forest officials said Ahmedabad/Rajkot: The death of 21-year-old Sohil Memon, who was mauled by a lion near Antaliya village in Amreli’s Liliya taluka on Wednesday, has put the spotlight back on the…
Ahmedabad: The state education department has announced the recruitment of gyan sahayaks on an 11-month contract in govt and grant-in-aid schools under the Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan. The online application window will remain open until July 15.Applications are being invited for secondary and higher secondary schools. Candidates (upper age limit 48 years) selected for secondary schools…
Ahmedabad: A 25-year-old woman from Vastrapur has accused her former boyfriend of using their compromising images as his display picture and threatening to circulate them online after she refused to marry him. The 29-year-old accused is a native of Kangra in Himachal Pradesh.According to the complaint filed on Thursday, the accused allegedly sent pictures of…
