SUV mows down multiple vehicles in Ahmedabad, woman dies AHMEDABAD: A 30-year-old woman riding pillion on a scooter was killed and four others sustained serious injuries after an SUV rammed into multiple vehicles near Khokhra Circle late on Monday.According to H-Division traffic police, preliminary investigation and witness accounts suggest that the SUV driver may have…
The local crime branch (LCB) of Zone-1 arrested two men accused of carrying out a series of chain-snatching incidents in some of the city’s prominent residential localities Ahmedabad: A gold chain snatched in broad daylight near Mithakhali eventually led police to two alleged repeat offenders, ending a surveillance operation that stretched across several parts of…
Ahmedabad: Thousands of citizens are expected to participate in special events organised to mark the International Day of Yoga on Sunday morning. Union home minister Amit Shah will participate in an event in western Ahmedabad with top BJP leaders, while chief minister Bhupendra Patel will participate in a state-level celebration at Mansa in Gandhinagar district…
A football-themed sculpture near the Kankaria football ground in Ahmedabad. The ground is now mostly used for rallies, garba events, by people practising their driving skills, and for informal cricket matches Ahmedabad: Every Amdavadi knows the ‘Kankaria football ground’ near in Maninagar. But here’s a kicker: No one knows how the ground came to be…
Ahmedabad: Two major industrial fires struck the city between Friday night and Saturday, leaving one worker dead at a plastic-waste unit in Odhav. A second blaze at a chemical godown in Narol caused heavy smoke but resulted in no casualties.The fatal blaze broke out at approximately 11.50pm on Friday at Ambika Plastic, located behind the…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat University came under fire again on Saturday after the BCom Semester-2 NSS exam paper included several questions outside the prescribed syllabus. The error sparked chaos at KK Shastri College in Maninagar, where hundreds of students were taking the exam.Angry students claimed the questions were unrelated to their syllabus and lodged strong objections with…
Ahmedabad: A real estate broker in the city on Wednesday lodged a complaint with Vastrapur police alleging that four unidentified men tried to abduct him from outside a temple in Vastrapur after threatening him in the name of two men with whom he had no direct dispute.According to the FIR, complainant Pruthvish Prajapati, 35, a…
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…
