Ahmedabad: A Shela family has alleged that gold jewellery worth Rs 15.5 lakh went missing from their apartment after three men, hired through a social media advertisement visited them for deep-cleaning service in June.A complaint lodged with Bopal police states the theft came to light on Saturday when the family searched for jewellery kept in…
Battery energy storage system (BESS) Gandhinagar: Surplus solar power generated during the day could be stored in batteries and supplied to Gujarat’s grid after sunset under a dedicated Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) policy being drafted by the state govt. The proposed framework seeks to encourage battery storage across the power supply chain to make…
Gandhinagar: In a bid to minimise crop losses after heavy rainfall battered South Gujarat, the state govt has deployed joint teams of horticulture officials and scientists from Navsari Agricultural University (NAU) to help farmers revive uprooted horticultural trees through scientific techniques. The teams have been visiting affected villages in Valsad, Navsari, Surat, Dang and Tapi…
Ahmedabad: A 19-year-old BTech student from a university in Anand died after allegedly jumping from an 11th-floor apartment near Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU) in Gandhinagar late on Sunday night.Infocity Police have registered a case of accidental death and are probing the circumstances leading to his death, including the student’s last phone conversation. According to…
Led by state party chief Amit Chavda, party workers and supporters marched from Nehru Bridge to Sardar Baug to protest against the NEET examination issue on Monday, August 3, 2026 Ahmedabad: The state unit of Congress held ‘Chhatron Ki Gunj’, a protest rally and dharna in the city on Monday, with state party chief Amit…
A section of the walkway has caved in Ahmedabad: The AMC-run Shilaj crematorium opened just eight months ago. A few spells of rain have damaged the structure, raising questions over the quality of work done. Craters have formed on walkways, paver blocks have caved in, and due to the facility’s proximity to a lake, deep…
A snapshot of organ donations in Gujarat in 2025, from the NOTTO report Slug: NOTTO DataAhmedabad: New centres, increased awareness and an improved network have contributed to Gujarat witnessing a rising number of organ donations and transplants. In 2025, with 456 organs retrieved from 152 brain-dead patients, Gujarat stood fourth nationally, after Tamil Nadu (804),…
Ahmedabad: Three Gujarat hospitals were bestowed honours at the 16th Indian Organ Donation Day celebrations in New Delhi by NOTTO under the ministry of health and family welfare (MOHFW).While IKDRC received the award for excellence in leading govt hospital in organ transplantation, Civil Hospital received one for best non-transplant organ retrieval centre. New Civil Hospital…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat reported bank frauds involving Rs 3,707.7 crore over the last three financial years. This is the sixth-highest among all other Indian states and Union Territories, according to Reserve Bank of India data.The value of reported frauds increased each year, rising 30.4% from Rs 986.2 crore in 2023-24 to Rs 1,285.9 crore in 2024-25,…
Sandflies, which transmit the virus, typically breed in cracks and crevices of mud houses Ahmedabad: A month since the string of child deaths from Chandipura-linked acute encephalitis began, minister of state for health Praful Pansheriya on Monday said 22 deaths are suspected, with results for 11 samples still pending.“Of 184 suspected cases recorded so far,…
