Ahmedabad: A Class 10 student of Chanakya School in Nikol allegedly suffered a damaged left eardrum after being slapped by a teacher on Saturday morning. The parents of the 15-year-old have registered their complaint with Krishnanagar police. Ahmedabad City district education officer Rohit Chaudhary (DEO) has issued a show-cause notice to the school, while the…
Ahmedabad Rural police have widened their net to Maharashtra putting eight blood banks under the scanner Ahmedabad: Eight Maharashtra blood banks are now under the scanner in the spurious plasma racket. Adulterated plasma has the potential to cause serious health complications among vulnerable patient groups. While there is no evidence so far that the adulterated…
Ahmedabad: For many women in Gujarat, marriage is no longer an immediate life goal. While many are pressing pause on marriage, an increasing number are choosing to remain single, reveals govt data. Higher education, financial independence and changing career aspirations are steadily reshaping long-held social expectations around when, or even whether, women should get married.Data…
Ahmedabad: Visually challenged footballer Vishnubha Tejubha Vaghela is the quintessential tough guy. He looked past the glamour of being associated with cricket in India, overcame financial struggles and trained himself to be a defender. These efforts were repaid in the form of a place in the Indian men’s blind football team, which will participate in…
File photo of the 116-acre campus of Infocity in Gandhinagar Gandhinagar: Gujarat govt has decided not to renew the lease of Creative Infocity Ltd, developer of the state’s flagship Infocity project in Gandhinagar, setting the stage for the govt to take back control of the sprawling 116-acre campus after the concession period ends in 2030.The…
Ahmedabad: On Monday, the third day of June, the city’s maximum temperature finally slid below 40 degrees celsius, a rare dip in a year with a high number of days recording temperatures of 40 degrees or above.Experts say urban sprawl is one of the chief reasons for the steady rise in temperatures. Seen from the…
Vastrapur received light drizzle on Monday Ahmedabad: The city recorded a maximum temperature of 39.6°C on Monday, about 2.8 degrees above normal. This was the first day since June 18 that the maximum temperature was below 40°C. The minimum temperature was 29.7°C, also 2.5 degrees above normal. Overcast skies brought light drizzle to parts of…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court on Monday held that planning authorities cannot keep private land under reservation indefinitely by repeatedly revising development plans (DPs) without adhering to statutory timelines, and ordered Deesa municipality to hand over a plot to its owner.The court said that the authorities must acquire such a plot within the statutory timeframe or…
Ahmedabad: The civic body has served statutory notices to 41 properties for the proposed corridor outside Raipur Darwaza. The 24.4m wide corridor, part of the Sarangpur town planning scheme, will stretch from the 10 Acre Mall to Vora na Roza, and affect 34 commercial units, six houses and one religious property. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation…
Ahmedabad: Doctors at GCS Hospital successfully removed a giant 26.5cm x 20cm soft tissue tumour from the thigh of a 33-year-old patient, preserving critical nerves essential for walking and foot movement.The patient had noticed the growth over the past four years, which eventually caused escalating pain and severe mobility issues. According to hospital officials, the…
