Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court on Wednesday dismissed petitions filed by 101 constables who were held ineligible to sit in promotional exam for the post of police sub-inspector (PSI), while their batchmates and juniors from other districts crossed the eligibility threshold because they got quick promotions on account of comparatively smaller establishment strength or greater promotional…
The department collected 9,029 water samples from various areas for chlorine testing during this period Ahmedabad: The civic body’s health department released the city’s epidemic statistics on Tuesday. According to the data, 96 cases of diarrhoea and vomiting, 60 cases of typhoid, and nine cases of jaundice were registered in the city in the first…
Ahmedabad: An AMTS bus driver was booked for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol after the bus hit a road divider near the riverfront road below Ellis Bridge late on Tuesday night. According to a complaint filed by a lawyer who witnessed the incident, the bus was coming from the Sarangpur side around 11.50pm….
Ahmedabad: A woman royalty inspector of the geology and mining department and her team were allegedly threatened by suspected sand mafia members, who forcibly freed a dumper carrying 60 metric tonnes of illegally mined sand during a checking drive in Mubarakpur village of Kalol taluka in Gandhinagar district.According to police, royalty inspector Mehula Sabhaya, security…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court has ordered a comprehensive medical examination of a 60-year-old man after he was unable to properly respond to the court’s query as to whether he wanted to return to his live-in partner.The partner, a woman from Koba, has filed a habeas corpus petition seeking his custody. She alleged that the man’s…
Ahmedabad: Union govt is misleading farmers and the Swaminathan Commission’s recommendations exist only on paper, AICC general secretary in charge of Gujarat, Mukul Wasnik, said in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.Speaking to reporters at the GPCC headquarters, Wasnik said Gujarat farmers face a severe crisis driven by poor crop prices, rising input costs, and expensive fertilisers, seeds,…
Ahmedabad: The Western Railway’s Ahmedabad division has intensified its monsoon preparedness to ensure passenger safety and uninterrupted train operations. A review meeting chaired by divisional railway manager Ved Prakash assessed the division’s readiness to tackle rain-related disruptions, with officials reviewing preventive maintenance of tracks, bridges, culverts and drainage systems.The division said joint inspections with state…
A Heritage Haveli in Ahmedabad Ahmedabad: Marking nine years since Ahmedabad was inscribed as India’s first Unesco World Heritage City, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Wednesday launched a new heritage website and approved the creation of a dedicated sub-committee to fast-track Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) scrutiny for development projects in the old city areas.The…
Confiscated illegal firearms displayed on a police evidence table beside case files and an “Firing cases data” document, set against a muted Rajasthan map highlighting Dholpur, Jaipur, Kotputli-Behror, Kota and Sikar, illustrating rising gun violence and illegal arms in the state. Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad city crime branch on Wednesday arrested a 27-year-old man and seized six…
Gandhinagar: Chief minister Bhupendra Patel will visit Surat and Valsad districts on Thursday to review relief and rescue operations as heavy rains continue to affect several parts of south Gujarat, state govt spokesperson Jitu Vaghani said on Wednesday.According to data released by the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC), 3,577 people were rescued from flood affected…
