Ahmedabad: Even as the ongoing West Asia crisis continues to disrupt global aviation routes and add to operating costs for airlines, Ahmedabad’s international air cargo business is showing little sign of slowing down. Exports of pharmaceuticals, engineering products and chemicals helped Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) Airport register strong growth in international freight volumes in…
Ahmedabad: The registration process for diploma engineering admissions after Class X has been completed, with 40,766 students applying for 60,155 seats this year. The admission committee has released a provisional merit list comprising 40,059 students. Some candidates have been assigned a zero-merit rank due to incomplete document submissions.The top rank was secured by a Rajkot…
Ahmedabad: The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT), Ahmedabad, will conduct bulk hearings of appeals on Tuesday filed by hundreds of charitable and religious trusts and Section-8 companies after their re-registration applications were rejected.Under amendments brought in by the Finance Act, 2021, trusts must obtain fresh approval under Sections 12A/12AB and 80G even if they were…
A meeting in Ahmedabad was presided over by the AIMPLB president, Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani, and attended by Maulana Fazlurrahim Mujaddidi, general secretary of the board Ahmedabad: The 30th annual convention of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) will be held in Ahmedabad from Oct 2 to 4, office-bearers of the body said…
Caption: Collision Course: Police said the car driver’s complaint was taken as all 3 riders seemed drunkAhmedabad: A 40-year-old motorcycle rider from Rajasthan was killed after his motorcycle collided with a car driven by a man without a licence, who has filed a complaint.The accident occurred at Vyasvadi Crossroads early on Sunday. The deceased was…
Ahmedabad: Ghosts have been reputable informants in famous murder cases. In the most storied of them all, the elder Hamlet’s ghost reveals his killer’s identity to his son. A case in Sarkhej produced a Shakespearean plot with a twist. The prime accused in a murder case repeatedly told police that the victim’s ghost was haunting…
Gandhinagar: Speaking at the launch of Prime Minister’s Family Care Tracker (PM-FCT) as a pilot project in Gandhinagar district on Sunday, Union home and cooperation minister Amit Shah said that 2014, when Narendra Modi took over as the country’s PM, will be marked as an important year in the country’s history since independence.“Whenever the history…
People shelter from the sun under umbrellas Ahmedabad: The city continues to sizzle under an unrelenting dry spell, with Sunday’s maximum temperature hitting a scorching 40.6°C, 3.8 degrees higher than normal. Even the nights are offering little respite, as the minimum temperature hovered at a stifling 29.5°C. With Monday’s maximum temperature likely to touch 41°C,…
Fire at Arpan Aromatics, Vatva GIDC Ahmedabad: A major fire broke out at a chemical manufacturing unit in Phase II of Vatva GIDC in the early hours of Sunday, prompting a massive firefighting operation involving 22 fire tenders. Fire officials brought the blaze under control after nearly four hours, and no casualties were reported.The fire…
Ahmedabad: A 43-year-old Indian Coast Guard jawan allegedly attempted suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle at the Coast Guard Officers’ Mess near Gayatri Temple in Sector 1, Gandhinagar, on Sunday morning. He sustained a gunshot injury in the neck and his condition is critical.The jawan, Hasmukh Prajapati, a native of Lekawada village, was…
