Ahmedabad: A 59-year-old sub-postmaster at HSG-2 was allegedly caught red-handed accepting a bribe of Rs 10,000 at the sub-post office in Paldi on Saturday.According to Gujarat Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), the sub-postmaster had allegedly demanded Rs 30,000 from a citizen to block an order concerning an NDC parcel office.Disturbed by the continuous corruption and the unfair…
Ahmedabad: AMC has spent more than Rs 2,000 crore over the past five years on laying new stormwater and drainage lines and desilting the old ones, but the number of flood-prone spots in the city continues to rise.During the 2025 monsoon, AMC identified 147 flood-prone spots across Ahmedabad. Before this year’s monsoon, AMC claimed to…
Ahmedabad: A goldsmith allegedly lost jewellery worth Rs 22.5 lakh after one of his workers was tricked into handing over two gold ornaments to a man who promised to get them polished, according to a complaint filed with Kalupur police on Saturday.According to the complaint, on Jan 27, a customer brought a 22-carat gold necklace…
Ahmedabad: Advocate P D Patel was elected as chairman of the Bar Council of Gujarat (BCG), and its former chairman J J Patel was elected unopposed as a member of the Bar Council of India (BCI) during a general meeting convened on Saturday. Among BCG’s other office-bearers, advocate Nimisha Dhotre was elected vice-chairperson, and advocate…
Ahmedabad: A total of 75,992 candidates will appear for the Teacher Aptitude Test (Secondary)–2026 main exam organised by State Examination Board on Sunday. The descriptive exam will be conducted at 403 centres across Ahmedabad East, Ahmedabad West, Rajkot, Surat and Vadodara.The candidates had qualified through the preliminary exam held on May 3, for which 2,10,580…
Ahmedabad: Recent spells of rain have damaged roads in Gota and Ghatlodia. The road near the crematorium in Gota ward has frayed and is causing severe hardship to people travelling through the area.Rain has caused cave-ins near Memnagar lake and Manekbaug Crossroads, and on the stretch heading towards Shyamal Crossroads.Nilesh Patel, deputy municipal commissioner of…
Ahmedabad: A 37-year-old woman has accused a friend and his mother of borrowing Rs 35 lakh from her for a business venture, then allegedly cutting off contact.According to the complaint, the woman had known the two accused since 2016. In Aug 2023, they allegedly told her that they had started a new business and needed…
The process covers govt, grant-in-aid and self-financed institutions offering ayurveda and homeopathy courses, including govt, management and NRI seats under the state quota Ahmedabad: The Admission Committee for Professional Undergraduate Medical Educational Courses (ACPUGMEC) has commenced the first round of online choice-filling for admission to BAMS and BHMS courses for the academic year 2026-27 in…
Ahmedabad: A total of 714 undergraduate medical and dental seats remain vacant in Gujarat after the completion of reporting for the second round of MBBS and BDS admissions for 2026-27.According to the Admission Committee for Professional Undergraduate Medical Educational Courses (ACPUGMEC), reporting for the second round was held from Sept 16 to Sept 19. At…
Ahmedabad: Octogenarian Jashumati Dasani has regained her status as a farmer 59 years after her brother snatched away her rights as an agriculturist in 1967 by using forged pedigree and a fabricated ‘kabulatnama’ to exclude her from inheritance records.On Friday, Gujarat High Court quashed Porbandar district collector’s orders that annulled her purchase of a few…
