AMC removed the tyre killers within hours of installing them on Monday morning Ahmedabad: The civic body has faced yet another failure with tyre killers. This time, officials from Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s (AMC) North-West Zone had to themselves remove the speed barriers they had laid on Monday morning, within a couple of hours. The reason:…
Ahmedabad: Freshly rebuilt roads across Ahmedabad will face their first real test this monsoon. More than 220 roads across Ahmedabad have been flagged by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation as vulnerable to settlement or cave-ins during the monsoon after extensive underground utility works were carried out over the past two years.The highest concentration of such roads is…
Ahmedabad: The civic body partnered with the anti-human trafficking unit and the state social defence department to conduct an anti-begging drive in the West Zone on Tuesday.The team rescued more than 68 people, including 16 children, from 34 hotspots. The child welfare committee transferred nine of the children along with their parents to a civic-run…
Ahmedabad: Traffic junctions, railway stations and public places across the city came under the scanner on Monday as authorities launched a special child rescue drive. With Ahmedabad positioning itself as a contender for global sporting events such as the 2030 Commonwealth Games (CWG), the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and the Mahila Cell of Ahmedabad crime…
Ahmedabad: The city crime branch has busted a counterfeit FMCG products racket and arrested three persons allegedly involved in manufacturing and distributing duplicate branded goods worth over ₹20.3 lakh. Officials said on Sunday that the arrested accused were Arun Gupta (36), a cab driver from Gota-Chandlodia, his brother Sachin Gupta (38), a driver from Chandlodia,…
181 helpline backs teen’s psychology dream over commerce (Image used for representational purpose only) AHMEDABAD: A 16-year-old whose aspiration to become a psychologist was under parental pressure to choose the ‘profitable’ commerce stream, called the 181 Abhayam women’s helpline to safeguard her ambition against conventional notions.Keya Patel (name changed), a resident of eastern Ahmedabad and…
Cybercrime police have launched an investigation into the online investment fraud network Ahmedabad: A Ghatlodia man hoping to secure money for his wife’s cancer treatment allegedly ended up losing nearly Rs 58 lakh to cyber fraudsters posing as stock market experts. Police said the accused lured him with promises of massive returns through a “special…
Union home minister Amit Shah in a meeting with ‘Ramche Balak, Khilse Balak’ campaign’s convenors and co-convenors, in Ahmedabad on Saturday Ahmedabad: In an example of urban greening success, Union home minister Amit Shah stated on Saturday that sustained environmental efforts have lowered Gandhinagar’s average temperature by 2 to 3 degrees celsius. Shah credited the…
