Boss threatened to kill me in jail: Sohrabuddin case accused cop

Friday 11 September '09

Gujarat encounter cop N K Amin, one of the accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case of 2005 and lodged in Sabarmati Jail....

RPF, city police lock horns over area of jurisdiction

Thursday 10 September '09

Following confusion between the railway police and the city police over area of jurisdiction, it took the city police two days to register a case when a college clerk committed suicide on railway tracks in Sola area on Saturday.

Amid hooch hullabaloo, cops come up with answer to alcohol addiction

Monday 7 September '09

In view of the recurring instances of hooch consumption in Ahmedabad, the Gujarat Police have decided to ‘detoxify’ the people from liquor addiction.

With liquor dens on police radar, hooch gives way to drug cocktails

Friday 4 September '09

With the police tightening the noose around bootleggers following the July Ahmedabad hooch tragedy, addiction to a different kind of drink — generally a cocktail of banned as well as prescribed drugs and toxic chemicals — is fast becoming a trend in the city.

Civic body’s town planning scheme threatens its own slum networking project

Tuesday 1 September '09

The prestigious Slum Networking Project of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has benefited 48 slums in the city.

‘Most offenders under Prohibition Act are women’

Monday 31 August '09

As spurious liquor once again comes to haunt Ahmedabad, a glance at the Ahmedabad police crime records reveals that the maximum number of criminal cases under the Prohibition Act has been registered against women.

Slum rehabilitation: AMC settles for 1976 as cut-off date

Sunday 30 August '09

Displacements and rehabilitations remain a lingering problem in Ahmedabad, especially with the discrepancies in the cut-off dates identified for the several slums spread across the city.

Man cheats ITI students with fake job promises

Monday 10 August '09

Students of Industrial Training Institute (ITI) of Dharampur in Valsad lodged a cheating complaint with the Ahmedabad police recently.

Demand draft forgery: police say instrument a copy of original

Tuesday 4 August '09

While investigating the recent case where a bank draft of Rs 182 was forged into Rs 18 crore, the police have discovered that the draft was actually a copy of the original.

Repatriation of illegal Bangladeshis a costly affair for SOG

Wednesday 29 July '09

The SOG in Ahmedabad has to pick up a tab of anything between Rs 50 and 80 lakh to feed and repatriate the illegal Bangladeshi migrants, the Special Branch of Ahmedabad police have said.

Chharas to join hands nationally to recover swindled money

Tuesday 21 July '09

After months of efforts to get their money back, the Chharas from Ahmedabad along with the victims of conman Ashok Jadeja...

Builder Patadiya’s bungalow, plot now belong to Sandesh group

Monday 6 July '09

As builder Ghanshyam Patadiya remains untraceable, the high-value properties of the alleged fraudster now belong to Sandesh Pvt Ltd and the Purshottam Dham scheme to Mahasukh Adani and Dinesh Bharwad.

IIM-A study suggests permanent shelter for displaced slum-dwellers

Thursday 2 July '09

A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, in association with some activists and slum leaders...

Builder files for insolvency, accepts debt burden of over Rs 9 crore

Monday 29 June '09

Builder and alleged fraudster Ghanshyam Patadiya has recently filed a plea for insolvency in the Ahmedabad Rural Court and admitted to have taken money to the tune of Rs 9.13 crore from 42 people...

AMC may land in legal trouble for recent demolition drive

Monday 22 June '09

The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) may soon land in a soup for its recent demolition drive targeting hutments in slums.

Chharas to ostracise conman Jadeja: ‘Robbed tribe of self-respect’

Thursday 18 June '09

Chharas in Gujarat are planning to enforce a ‘social boycott’ of conman Ashok Jadeja...

Chharas plan to outcast conman Jadeja, relatives

Thursday 18 June '09

Chhara leaders in the state are planning nationwide social boycott of Ashok Jadeja, his relatives and others involved in the multi-crore fraud.

'Jadeja robbed Chharas of not only money but also self esteem'

Thursday 18 June '09

In Ashok Jadeja duping case, Chharas of Gujarat, a Denotified Nomadic Tribe (DNT), have not only made a financial loss, but have also suffered a blow on their identity.

Borewell water in Citizen Nagar not potable: study

Friday 12 June '09

A Study report prepared by the students of Indian Institute of Management- Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has found the bore well water at Citizen Nagar unfit for drinking.

Water woes continue for residents in Ahmedabad locality

Thursday 11 June '09

Water woes of the people in Citizen Nagar near Danilimda have turned from bad to worse. For the last 15 days, water has been polluted to a high degree in the area, where the residents are dependent on bore wells.

Citizens to help cops in traffic management from June 10

Sunday 7 June '09

A Team of 400 boys and 50 girls will help the police in traffic management at different junctions in Ahmedabad from June 10 onwards, following a decision to this effect by the Traffic Department.

In bad faith

Saturday 6 June '09

The Gujarat police say he made his millions by duping people from his own community after weaving rich dreams for them....

Ex-Armymen to manage traffic on BRTS routes

Saturday 6 June '09

Now, former officers of the Indian Army will be visible on the streets of Ahmedabad managing traffic on the BRTS routes..

Environment, green cover to remain AUDA’s priority in newly-merged talukas

Tuesday 2 June '09

The Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority has now completed its land use research in the newly acquired 68 villages of Ahmedabad and its periphery.

GPRS-enabled parking still on paper as authorities pass the buck

Thursday 28 May '09

After signing an MoU with an Israeli company during the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors’ Summit this year...