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Ahmedabad Hospitals and Nursing Homes Association (AHNA) has written to health insurer, Star Health and Allied Insurance, threatening to discontinue the cashless facility unless a host of issues are resolved by October 15. This drastic move by the association follows a spate of claim rejections by the company, that too after initial approvals. Other issues […]
Around the world, narcotics trafficking has been found to be the most resilient and adaptive crime. In India, too, the pattern of narcotics trade and consumption has broadened into a bewildering kaleidoscope, manifesting itself in heightened organised crime, a narco-terror nexus and an exponential rise in substance abuse. Unravelling the proportions of the narco trade […]
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has published a list of its 192 elected municipal councillors from all the 48 wards on its website. The list details name, gender, caste and sub-caste of the councillors, apart from their wards and contact details. Shockingly, some of the caste and subcaste names appearing on the list are prohibited […]
All paperwork for buying your new car can now be completed at least a week in advance. This is because from September 14, dealers will have to fit the HSRP on the vehicle at the time of delivery, which was earlier done by the RTO. While it’s good news for buyers, dealers fear potential conflicts […]
In yet another case of cryptocurrency scam, an Ahmedabad-based techie lost a whopping sum of over Rs 1 crore to a woman who he had reportedly met on a matrimonial site. Kuldeep Patel, a resident of the Saijpur-Bogha area in Ahmedabad, approached the cybercrime police alleging that a woman he met on a matrimonial site […]
A married man was arrested Tuesday for allegedly killing his 29-year-old girlfriend at her Naigaon home near Mumbai and dumping her body in a creek in Valsad in Gujarat. The victim, Naina Mahat, reportedly worked as a makeup artist, while the accused, Manohar Shukla, was a graphic designer. The incident took place in August. Preliminary […]
A school in Gujarat has found place among the finalists of the annual World’s Best School Prizes 2023. Unveiled in London, The Riverside School in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, has been recognised for its ground-breaking, student-centric approach to education to make the cut for the final three in the “Innovation” category. Riverside is the only one of […]
In the run-up to the assembly elections in Chhattisgarh due later this year, the All India Congress Committee announced four new committees, including the core committee and the election campaign committee. Charandas Mahant, one of the senior-most Congress leaders in the state and the current assembly speaker, has been named head of the election campaign […]
You’re driving at midnight. A traffic cop asks you to stop. It’s a routine check or so it seems. Are you driving in an inebriated state? Or carrying a prohibitive substance in the car’s storage space? And you better have all your car papers, including your driving licence. All healthy and legitimate checks until it […]
Traffic snarls at Bandra-Kurla Complex could intensify due to road closure from the diamond bourse junction to JSW Centre and Platina building junction to Motilal Nehru Nagar near Trade Centre, for the construction of an underground railway station for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad National High-Speed Rail Corporation bullet train project. Routes that will be shut to traffic […]
In a bid to change the tourism landscape of the state and attract more tourists, the Rajasthan Tourism Department is actively identifying and developing new tourist destinations across all districts. The department has launched a comprehensive development, restoration, and conservation effort for at least two distinct tourist spots in each district. These projects are already […]
Gandhinagar’s Shailesh Patel has literally ran into the Guinness World Records book by participating in the highest frozen lake half marathon in Leh. Patel, a 42-year-old businessman was competing against 74 others for the record at the frozen Pangong Lake in Leh. Patel, a fitness enthusiast, has been participating in long-distance running for the past […]
Antiques worth crores of rupees were seized by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) from a shipping container that docked at Container Freight Station (CFS) in Mundra Port. The container that originated from the UAE, carried among other things, antique idols and paintings estimated to be worth Rs 26.80 crore. According to a press release […]
How do you plan your leave? An outing to a hill station. Or a trip to your home town that you haven’t visited in ages. But that’s not how the recent leaves of Indian Army officers have panned out. An incisive editorial published in the Deccan Herald, alluding to recent reports, outlined that the Indian Army […]
A team of four students from the Faculty of Technology at CEPT University, consisting of Arjita Gupta, Debanjana Das, Mohammed Umar and Mohi Saxena, who are pursuing their M.Tech. in Building Energy Performance (BEP), has emerged victorious in the IBPSA Student Modelling Competition for the year 2023. The International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) hosts […]
During the inaugural Crime Conference in Ahmedabad, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel made a resounding appeal for a transformation in the approach towards tackling crime. Rather than simply focusing on preventing and suppressing criminal activities, Patel urged for a change in perspective to foster an environment where criminality is deterred from taking root. During his […]
The e-rickshaw quota in the city of Jaipur will be raised from the current 29,000 to 32,000, according to a government decision that was approved by the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) Traffic Control Board. The original proposal by the government aimed to demarcate 11 distinct zones in the city for e-rickshaws, each marked by a […]
Emphasising the values that mothers hold in society, the Gujarat High Court last week allowed the medical termination of a minor girl’s 17-week pregnancy. Justice Samir J Dave cited the Skanda Purana that says there is no life-giver in this world like the mother. Livelaw.com reported that the court remarked that the parents of the […]
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel laid the foundation stone for a 700-bed integrated hospital building in Raipur. The chief minister laid the foundation stone for the Rs 322 crore facility during a function held at Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru Memorial Medical College (JNMC) auditorium. During the event, Baghel inaugurated the institution’s diamond jubilee celebration. Baghel […]
A large part of Gujarat’s IT sector is dominated by SME entities largely dependent on outsourcing business. But with modern technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), automation and the Internet of Things (IoT) taking over the technology services domain, IT companies operating on the traditional outsourcing models have begun losing business. The IT companies in Gujarat […]
