Ahmedabad: Another rain-packed weekend could test Amdavadis, just days after widespread downpour caused flooding and disrupted lives in the city.Ahmedabad is facing chances of heavy to very heavy rainfall on Friday, according to the Met department. Similar conditions are likely in Anand, Vadodara, Narmada, Bharuch, Surat, Tapi and Dang. Very heavy rain could continue in…
Parents rarely keep track of everything they do for their children. For many, making sacrifices simply becomes part of everyday life. Years later, when children find a way to express that gratitude, those moments often strike an emotional chord with people far beyond the family. That is exactly what happened in a recent Instagram video…
Surat: A BJP worker has filed a complaint against Youth Congress workers after they pasted stickers bearing allegedly derogatory messages on or beside images of Prime Minister Narnedra Modi and chief minister Bhupendra Patel on buses and autorickshaws.The complaint alleges that the accused made stickers that did not have details of the publisher and pasted…
Poet-academic Kalim Ajiz captured his reason for penning ghazals in a perceptive couplet:Woh jo shairi ka sabab hua woh mamla bhi ajab hua/Main ghazal sunaun hun isliye ke zamana usko bhula na de(The reason for my becoming a poet was a strange incident/ I say ghazals because people should not forget those painful incidents)Whatever the…
Delhi Traffic Police announced restrictions for the upcoming Kanwar Yatra NEW DELHI: Delhi Traffic Police has issued a detailed traffic advisory ahead of the Kanwar Yatra beginning July 30, announcing restrictions on heavy vehicles and the closure of a key stretch of GT Road during the peak pilgrimage period.The Delhi Police has also stepped up…
A study has projects Ahmedabad’s green spaces will shrink considerably by 2045 Ahmedabad: Imagine a city where nearly eight out of every ten steps you take are on concrete, asphalt. They may be little grass, and very few trees left. That could be Ahmedabad by 2045 if development continues unchecked. A new study has predicted…
Bijender’s mother claimed that several members of her family had been targeted in the past, but no action was taken. NEW DELHI: A 50-year-old mentally challenged man died after being assaulted and stabbed allegedly by some residents near his jhuggi in Shalimar Bagh, northwest Delhi, on the intervening night of June 19 and 20.Police has…
At Jantar Mantar, beside a pile of travel bags and a suitcase on a yellow-painted curb, Kar finds herself fighting two of the toughest battles of her life. By: Milonee MishraNEW DELHI: Amid the relentless humidity of a Delhi morning, a woman battling liver cancer and kidney failure sat on the dusty pavement at Jantar…
Ahmedabad: A white scooter captured on CCTV footage led police to two men accused of snatching Gujarati author Kaajal Oza Vaidya’s luxury handbag from an autorickshaw.The incident occurred early on Wednesday after Vaidya, who had boarded Gujarat Mail in Mumbai, got off at Maninagar railway station. The accused allegedly followed her autorickshaw and grabbed the…
Pune: The Chakan North police on Tuesday arrested a history-sheeter and recovered seven stolen motorcycles worth Rs 3.5 lakh from his possession.The accused, Ashok Sonawane, a resident of Ahilyanagar district, had allegedly stolen the motorcycles parked outside companies in the Chakan MIDC area.A police team led by senior inspector Jitendra Kadam detected five vehicle theft…
