Ahmedabad: Six hotels were sealed in the city on Tuesday, after the Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Services (AFES) found fire safety violations on Tuesday night. The crackdown targeted establishments that failed to rectify critical safety lapses despite being served formal notices a week prior.The properties sealed for non-compliance are primarily located in the city’s western…
Conservationists fear artificial lighting could drive birds away from the Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary Ahmedabad: Can a bird sanctuary protect wildlife by never letting it rest in darkness? The Gujarat forest department has begun installing high-powered solar floodlights inside Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary to curb poaching, a move that has alarmed conservationists and ornithologists who fear the…
Ahmedabad: Tension gripped Bharwadvas area in Naroda on Wednesday as a team from the cattle nuisance control department (CNCD) of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) was allegedly stopped and threatened, while impounding stray cattle.An AMC press release stated, “The incident occurred around 12.30pm near Bharwadvas on Payalnagar Road. In line with the Gujarat high court’s…
Gandhinagar: Minister of state for health Praful Pansheriya on Wednesday chaired a meeting to plan the proposed Spine and Sports Injury Centre. The minister said that a sum of Rs 295 crore will be spent in setting up a world-class spine institute, sports injury and rehabilitation centre at Medicity.Quoting the minister, the statement said that…
Ahmedabad: A Chandkheda resident has accused his brother-in-law of deliberately ramming a car into him and threatening him due to a long-running marital dispute involving his sister.According to the FIR registered with Chandkheda police on Tuesday, the complainant, who is engaged in animal husbandry, stated that his sister was facing marital discord for nearly a…
Ahmedabad: Several parts of the city beyond SG Road and SP Ring Road received a slight drizzle on Wednesday night, capping a day where the maximum temperature dipped below 40 degrees celsius for the first time in almost two months. Areas including Bopal, Shela and Shilaj recorded a slight drizzle, while pockets around SG Road…
Ahmedabad: The Cyber Centre of Excellence (CCOE), Gandhinagar, has made its 13th arrest in connection with the alleged international cryptocurrency network linked to terror financing, drug trafficking and dark web markets. One of the key accused, who is wanted in the case, is allegedly associated with a front organisation of terror outfit Hamas.Authorities arrested Shabbarhusen…
What many people assume would be a routine crocodile walk turned into a rare sprint — now published as the first documented record of galloping in a free-ranging adult mugger crocodile in The Herpetological Bulletin of Summer Ahmedabad: A mugger crocodile in Kutch has given wildlife science an unexpected headline. Its rare burst of speed…
Ahmedabad: The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Tuesday urged chemical and pharmaceutical companies to partner with law enforcement agencies to curb the diversion of precursor and essential chemicals used in illicit narcotics, psychotropic and emerging synthetic drug production.At a conference with 250 participants from the department and industry, NCB director general Anurag Garg released a…
A fresh controversy erupted in Vadodara after a video allegedly showing three individuals offering namaz inside the Outpatient Department (OPD) building of SSG Hospital went viral on social media. VADODARA: A fresh controversy erupted in Vadodara after a video allegedly showing three individuals offering namaz inside the Outpatient Department (OPD) building of SSG Hospital went…
