Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Services (AFES) on Tuesday began fire safety inspections across tuition classes, coaching institutes, and computer education centres in the city. Fire teams also checked units not legally mandated to acquire a fire safety certificate.During the checking in the North-West Zone, officials inspected fire extinguishers, emergency exits, escape routes, and…
Ahmedabad: Health insurers have often relied on exclusion clauses to deny claims related to mental health treatment. But a consumer commission has ruled that such exclusions are “arbitrary and illegal”, and cannot override the law. In a case involving treatment for psychosis, the commission held that insurers are required to cover mental illnesses just as…
Ahmedabad: Six hotels were sealed in the city on Tuesday, after the Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Services (AFES) found fire safety violations on Tuesday night. The crackdown targeted establishments that failed to rectify critical safety lapses despite being served formal notices a week prior.The properties sealed for non-compliance are primarily located in the city’s western…
Ahmedabad: A roadside nap proved fatal for a three-year-old boy, while a routine ride turned deadly for a biker as the city witnessed a string of tragic accidents within a span of hours on Monday. Five people died while one suffered injuries in separate incidents reported from Bopal, Vastrapur, Aslali, Kanbha, and SP Ring Road.In…
Ahmedabad: A 69-year-old woman living alone in the Satellite area has alleged that two housekeeping workers hired through a cleaning service agency stole gold jewellery worth Rs 3.7lakh from her apartment while carrying out cleaning work. Satellite police have registered a theft case and launched an investigation.According to the complaint, the victim, who resides in…
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…
Ahmedabad: A coal trader on Thursday lodged a complaint with Vastrapur police alleging that he was cheated of more than Rs 64 lakh in a series of business dealings spanning over two-and-a-half years.According to the complainant — a resident of Bodakdev and a partner in a coal trading firm — the alleged fraud was carried…
The semi high-speed Sarkhej-Dholera rail corridor is expected to be completed in four years Ahmedabad: The 134km broad-gauge semi-high-speed rail corridor under the Sarkhej-Dholera double-line project is now undergoing a survey to further extend the corridor to Bhavnagar to further improve regional connectivity. The state govt and Indian Railways at a press conference on Friday…
A CCTV grab shows thieves arriving in a residential complex in Ahmedabad. They drove off with a 2010 Mercedes owned by a builder A CCTV grab shows thieves arriving in a residential complex in Ahmedabad. They drove off with a 2010 Mercedes owned by a builder A CCTV grab shows thieves arriving in a residential…
