Gandhinagar: Centre on Friday approved Rs 2,719 crore for six projects in Ahmedabad city under the Urban Challenge Fund. These projects include the rejuvenation of the old and dilapidated sewerage network, an intelligent water management system, an integrated sludge management facility, and an integrated transit management system and automated fare collection system.An official statement said…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat high court has restored ownership of a land parcel in Vadodara to an NRI man in London after setting aside a gift deed executed by his power of attorney holder in favour of the latter’s son and daughter-in-law without consent.Purshotam Pankhania and his wife, Rama, had bought a 3,200 sq m plot in…
AHMEDABAD: At least five people were killed and 10 others injured after a major fire broke out at a suspected illegal firecracker manufacturing unit on Gatrad Road near Vastral on the outskirts of Ahmedabad on Saturday afternoon.According to medical sources, four injured persons were taken to LG Hospital, while five others were shifted to Civil…
Medical termination of pregnancy Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court has refused permission for abortion to a 17-year-old rape survivor, who was impregnated allegedly by her brother. Her pregnancy was in an advanced stage and the doctors have opined against medical termination of pregnancy.Justice M R Mengdey rejected the minor’s petition seeking directions to the medical authority…
Ahmedabad: Police arrested a man in Bopal following a raid in the area based on specific intelligence, and recovered 331 grams of hybrid ganja during the operation.Bopal police identified the accused as Raju Sapra, a resident of Suryanagar near Ghuma Bridge. According to officials, SOG personnel received information that Sapra was storing and selling hybrid…
Ahmedabad: Tension prevailed at LJ University on Friday over allegations that the institution violated fee regulatory committee (FRC) guidelines by collecting an additional Rs 6,000 per student as exam fees. The issue sparked protests by NSUI activists, who gathered on campus and staged a demonstration against the university administration.According to sources, NSUI members approached the…
Ahmedabad: A laboratory technician employed at Civil Hospital in Gandhinagar was cheated of Rs 69.64 lakh in an online “pre-IPO allotment“ scam that began with a social media advertisement and escalated through a WhatsApp group.According to a complaint registered recently with the Gandhinagar Cyber Police Station, the 37-year-old technician stated that she came across a…
Ahmedabad: A fresh cave-in on Rajpath Rangoli Road in Thaltej area trapped a passing car on Thursday afternoon, adding to a growing list of road collapses reported across the city since beginning of the monsoon.The incident, captured on video and widely shared on social media, showed the vehicle lodged inside the depression as the driver…
An 80-metre-long steel bridge has been successfully launched over the Anupam Flyover, a railway road over bridge in Ahmedabad as a part of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project. Ahmedabad: An 80-metre-long steel bridge has been successfully launched on Friday over the Anupam Flyover as part of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project.The flyover spans the Ahmedabad-Mumbai…
Gujarat’s Cyber Centre of Excellence in Gandhinagar has arrested three more accused in a major mule account network case under “Operation Mule Hunt 2.0.” Gandhinagar: Gujarat’s Cyber Centre of Excellence in Gandhinagar arrested three more accused in a mule account racket linked to cyber frauds worth over Rs 2.9 crore across 18 states. Investigators alleged…
