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With Ahmedabad registering extreme temperatures this summer, the power demand also has picked up. Torrent Power, has informed that there has been an increase of 13% in electricity consumption in the city for the month of May over the same period last year. In May 2023, the city consumed 95 crore units. In May 2024, […]
After fighting for her life for 24 hours, the 16-year-old girl who was hit by an SUV driven by a 17-year-old boy succumbed to her injuries at a private hospital late on Saturday night. The accident occurred on Friday in Thaltej. The juvenile accused, who passed his Class 10 exam this month, was driving his […]
Two outdoor advertising agencies in the city are in a soup for illegally trimming 536 trees on edges of roads to make advertising hoardings more visible. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has fined them Rs 50 lakh each. Condemning the act, AMC commissioner M Thennarasan asked the deputy municipal commissioner, I K Patel, to initiate […]
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Monday slapped show cause notices on at least nine of its fire officers for giving fraudulent certificates. The Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Services (AFES) has been in the spotlight in view of the Rajkot fire tragedy that killed 28 persons. The nine AFES officers, currently making fire safety checks […]
A total of 113 couples were cheated out of Rs 24.86 lakh by a man who promised them a community wedding that never took place. Amraiwadi police registered a case against Prakash Parmar, trustee of the Hindu Jan Vikas Seva Sangh Trust for collecting Rs 22,000 from each couple by fraudulent means. The complaint was […]
The Delhi unit of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has issued summons to an angadia (courier) firm based in Ahmedabad in relation to the seizure of synthetic drugs in Sirohi district of Rajasthan on April 27. Earlier, raids by CID (crime and railways) and the income-tax department were conducted on at least 12 angadia firms […]
A major scam has broken out in Gujarat University (GU). A committee appointed to look into the Computer Concepts Course (CCC) exam is believed to have submitted a report exposing a Rs 18 crore scam. Officials said GU is believed to have slapped a show-cause notice on Kamaljeet Lakhtaria, former in-charge of the exam as […]
Bharat Doshi, 62, who retired from the Institute of Plasma Research (IPR) in Ahmedabad as a scientific officer, filed a complaint with Adalaj police on Tuesday against four members of a Gota family for cheating him out of Rs 4 crore. The complaint is for breach of trust, cheating and abetment against the accused Chandrakant […]
Ahmedabad, along with several parts of Gujarat is experiencing a severe heatwave. Heat is not only uncomfortable and exhausting, high temperatures can also lead to fatalities. This is highlighted in a study carried out by international researchers, including those from Indian Institute of Public Health (IIPH), Gandhinagar. According to the study, when Ahmedabad experienced sustained […]
As gold prices soar in the Indian market, incidents of gold smuggling have also risen sharply. In FY 2024, 241.1 kg of smuggled gold was seized at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPIA) by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) and the Ahmedabad Customs department. This marks a 65% increase compared to the 146.4 […]
Gujarat is reeling under an intense heatwave and people have been advised to avoid stepping out in the heat unless absolutely necessary. Imagine the plight of factory workers in steel mills and foundries! There are over 65,000 small-scale factories, employing over 2.5 lakh workers, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. Ceramics and steel are just two […]
World Hypertension Day, which falls on Friday, May 17, aims to create awareness about the risks of hypertension or elevated blood pressure. A study from the UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre (UNMICRC) on the Civil Hospital campus has revealed alarming results – every fourth patient of the 15,000 screened, was found to […]
Residential and commercial complexes are required to install high-quality, night-vision CCTV cameras in the first stage of the Gujarat Public Safety Act’s implementation. This will be overseen by the city crime branch. The Act, introduced in April 2022, will be fully implemented by July 7, the data of Lord Jagannath’s Rath Yatra, according to sources. […]
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (SVPIA) has come under the radar of customs and other security agencies because of gold and drug smuggling activities. As a result of being included in the ‘hypersensitive category’ by the Bureau of Civil Aviation and Security (BCAS), full-body scanners will be installed at Ahmedabad Airport soon. The measure is […]
For the first time in Gujarat, the Election Commission has set up polling booths within residential societies in Ahmedabad. The objective is to overcome urban apathy. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Gujarat witnessed a voter turnout of 64.5% – lower than the national average of 67.4 per cent. The voter turnout data of the […]
In a strange and shocking case of cyber crime, Bhushan Rajput, executive vice-president of Cadila Pharma based in Dholka, lost Rs 3.95 lakh though he did not share his bank details or click on the web link sent to him by the fraudsters. Rajput, 53, a resident of Parkview Society on Science City Road, said […]
The severe heat wave of 2010 caused 65 deaths – the maximum the city has seen from heat stroke. A year later, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), the Indian Institute of Public Health (IIPH), Gandhinagar, and other stakeholders put into place a Heat Action Plan (HAP). According to AMC’s figures, no deaths from heat stroke […]
The special judge for Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) cases, Gandhinagar, on Thursday sentenced accused Preeti Vijay Sahjwani, then senior manager, Indian Overseas Bank (IOB), Vastrapur branch, Ahmedabad to seven years imprisonment and a fine of Rs 15,06,50,000. The order was in a case related to offences of criminal breach of trust and forgery causing […]
After a few relatively cool days, the mercury soared on Wednesday to 42.2 degrees C leading to heat-related incidents. Ahmedabad was the seventh hottest in Gujarat while Amreli was at the top spot at 44 degrees C. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Thursday’s maximum temperature could be around 41 degrees C. However, an […]
Vehicles are liable to pay vehicle tax even if they are registered outside municipal limits, according to Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) sources. Now, the new rule that makes Aadhaar a mandatory document for vehicle registration is helping AMC gather data and crack down on owners defaulting on tax. Over the last two years, AMC has identified […]
