The first pilot project of 3 km of Kharicut canal greening project near Naroda in Ahmedabbad on Friday. 27-08-10 Photo : Bhadresh Gajjar. Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Tuesday reviewed the progress of the Kharicut canal development project and announced key changes to the plan, including widening the proposed roads on both sides…
Ahmedabad: Parents considering “dummy schools” to facilitate full-time NEET or JEE coaching for their wards may take note: Gujarat’s state education board has begun cracking down on schools suspected of enrolling students on paper while they largely stay away from classrooms, a practice that can put a student’s academic standing at risk.The Gujarat Secondary and…
Ahmedabad: Tension gripped Bharwadvas area in Naroda on Wednesday as a team from the cattle nuisance control department (CNCD) of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) was allegedly stopped and threatened, while impounding stray cattle.An AMC press release stated, “The incident occurred around 12.30pm near Bharwadvas on Payalnagar Road. In line with the Gujarat high court’s…
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…
Investigators have identified cases in which some detainees allegedly entered India through West Bengal several years ago and subsequently obtained required documents through intermediaries, which were then allegedly used to secure official identity papers Ahmedabad: Gujarat Police have detained 362 illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and launched verification of more than 782 suspected foreign nationals as…
Ahmedabad: On Tuesday, the estate department of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) carried out demolitions of structures blocking a 30-metre-wide road to Nana Chiloda village in Sardarnagar ward. Additionally, structures along a 45-metre-wide stretch from Sutar Factory to Galaxy Crossroads in Naroda, and on a 7.5-metre-wide road near Unnati Nagar Estate, were also removed. In…
File photo of Hemant Modi in police custody Ahmedabad: The cameras kept rolling, and the roles kept coming as nobody realised that Hemant Nagindas Modi had a life sentence hanging over him. The 54-year-old, arrested by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch last week, allegedly spent nearly 12 years on the run after jumping parole — not…
File photo of Hemant Modi in police custody Ahmedabad: Escaping the long arm of law takes audacity, knowledge of how the system works, and its loopholes. The case of Hemant Modi, the absconder-actor, who hoodwinked the system for 12 years, is unravelling act after act, role after role. Police say that Modi — an aspiring…
He used AI-generated images of himself in a khaki uniform to woo women Ahmedabad: A 27-year-old man, who allegedly posed as a sub-inspector with Gujarat Police using AI-generated photographs, forged identity cards and fabricated cybercrime credentials, was arrested by the crime branch for allegedly cheating more than 20 women through dating and matrimonial applications.Police sources…
Hemant Modi, convicted in a 2005 Naroda murder case, kept changing not just his first name but even his surname to blend into different social and professional circles, said police Ahmedabad: For 12 years, 53-year-old Hemant Nagindas Modi treated identity like a costume change. The murder convict — who jumped parole in 2014 — lived…
