Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court has upheld compensation for a minor who was permanently disabled due to electrocution while trying to retrieve a kite from an electric pole. The court discarded the power distribution company’s argument about the child’s negligence and asserted that “young children are deemed entirely incapable of negligence”.This case involved Jayendrasinh Jadeja,…
Ahmedabad: The Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (IIT-Gn) has signed an MoU with French community-based mobility platform BlaBlaCar. This agreement was inked as part of the Bharat Innovates initiative in France during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent visit there.IIT-Gn director Rajat Moona, told TOI, “The collaboration is about smart mobility and use of AI in…
Union home minister Amit Shah at the launch event Gandhinagar: Union cooperation minister Amit Shah on Saturday officially launched the Bharat Taxi service in Gujarat at an event held at Mahatma Mandir. The service was launched in 14 major cities of the state, including Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Anand, Mehsana and Nadiad.“From today, Bharat Taxi…
A couple approached the panel after missing their flight to Colombo, as their Air India plane was diverted due to near-zero visibility in Delhi AHMEDABAD: Holding that airlines cannot be held responsible for flight delay caused due circumstances beyond their control, the Gujarat State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has dismissed an appeal for compensation against…
Ahmedabad: The city’s Draft Outdoor Advertisement Policy 2026 proposes strict safety requirements for outdoor advertising installations before any steel column is erected. To prevent infrastructure damage and protect public right-of-way, operators must complete underground utility surveys, mark safe excavation corridors and implement a traffic management plan approved by road and traffic authorities before beginning work.Agencies…
Ahmedabad: In the horse country emerging along the Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar-Mehsana belt, post-Covid years have redrawn the map of equine breeding in Gujarat. What was once a niche pursuit has turned into a fast-growing business, with stud farms reporting steady demand for high-bred Marwari lineages and mares arriving from outside the state for breeding.Stud farm owners in…
Ahmedabad: Equity mutual fund assets under management (AUM) in Gujarat rebounded sharply over the past two months, rising by nearly Rs 28,500 crore. The recovery follows a Rs 19,481-crore decline in March, when equity assets fell 5.25% amid heightened global uncertainty and geopolitical tensions, according to data released by the Association of Mutual Funds in…
A well-bred animal can fetch up to Rs 1.5cr, but needs steady care There was a time when owning a horse in Gujarat marked you out as royalty or an enthusiast. Today, it increasingly marks you out as an investor. Landowners on the outskirts of Ahmedabad are buying stallions and offering them for breeding while…
The structure today forms part of the larger ‘Prerna School’ complex, where students from across the country come to take leadership lessons Ahmedabad: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has completed conservation work at a historic vernacular school in Vadnagar where PM Narendra Modi studied as a child. Experts finished the work earlier this week.The…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat’s families are getting smaller, and the change is happening faster than in most parts of the country. New central govt data shows fertility rates have fallen by 26.1% in a decade. The state’s total fertility rate — the average number of children a woman is expected to have during her reproductive years —…
