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...

Gujarat to get special courts for corruption cases

Thursday 28 May '09

After the idea was kept in abeyance for a year, the state government has finally decided to start two special courts for the Prevention of Corruption Act (1988) cases.

ACB tightens noose on Class-I officers

Tuesday 26 May '09

There seems to be a change in the pattern of cases handled by the local Anti-Corruption Bureau, which can be seen in the recent arrests of Class I officers on graft charges in the city.

Absence of security measures near rail tracks makes job tough for ICDs

Friday 22 May '09

Accidents near railway tracks involving goods trains at Sabarmati, Chandkheda and other nearby areas in Ahmedabad have made the job tough for the inland container depots (ICDs) and transport companies working in these areas.

Civic body initiatives networking of water connections in industrial belt

Monday 18 May '09

The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has finally planned to focus on the much-neglected industrial belt of Naroda-Narol-Odhav in the east to Isanpur and Vatva...

Purshottam Dham apartment fraud: buyers seek CM’s intervention

Monday 11 May '09

As ghanshyam Patadiya, accused of selling Purshottam Dham apartments to multiple buyers, remains untraceable, the buyers have shot off a letter to Chief Minister Narendra Modi demanding an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation to crack the case.

Training institutes told to test driving skills of trainers

Monday 4 May '09

How trained are the drivers of the training institutes? This is one question bothering the Traffic Department in Ahmedabad which now feels that training institutes need to test the skills of their trainers before they impart driving lessons to the people.

Most Bangladeshi infiltrators involved in flesh trade, petty crime

Sunday 3 May '09

When I started working here, I got Rs 150 a day. As it was not enough to buy two meals for my family, I decided to send my wife, Roopa, to some customers in Naroda (Ahmedabad). We started earning enough.

Ahmedabad tarmac goes blood-red as reckless drivers take the wheel

Sunday 26 April '09

The Devipoojak family lost three members when their autorickshaw was hit by a speeding vehicle on the Dhandhuka-Bagodara Highway on Wednesday.

CM’s welfare fund doesn’t fare well in keeping promises

Saturday 25 April '09

Ratilal Vala died of asphyxiation while manually cleaning a manhole on Sunday.

Gujarat Police plan to hone driving skills of its personnel

Saturday 25 April '09

Polishing the driving skills of the police drivers is the new agenda of the Traffic Police in Gujarat, now.

Vibrant Gujarat’s flip side: HC directives go in the sewer

Wednesday 22 April '09

Following a Gujarat High Court order on a writ petition in 2006, the Urban Development Department of the Gujarat government had drawn up a GR (Government Resolution)...

Billion dollar expose: Govt needs loan to pay compensation

Tuesday 21 April '09

The Gujarat government, which claims to have promoted an investment of Rs 12 lakh crore at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors’ Summit 2009...

Girl ends life in hostel, parents call it murder

Tuesday 21 April '09

A first year student of Rajasthan Sindhi Institute of Nursing allegedly jumped to her death from the terrace of her hostel on Monday.

Manhole sucks in one more life in heart of Modiland

Monday 20 April '09

The upscale Sector 21 area of Gandhinagar city houses the Raj Bhavan as well as the addresses of who’s who of state politics.

Cops in dark about vanishing women

Sunday 19 April '09

On an average, five to eight people go missing in Ahmedabad on a daily basis. Only a few are traced, while the rest vanish. Most of them are women, and a sizeable number of them are aged between 15 and 25 years.

AMTS pensioners to now receive their due

Friday 17 April '09

The ‘overpayment’ of increments in the Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Services (AMTS) has now become a boon for the retired staffers, who were due to get their retirement funds for the last many years.

Car fire cases on the rise as temperatures soar

Friday 17 April '09

As temperatures soar in Ahmedabad, the tension meters of locals driving cars and other vehicles witnesses a simultaneous rise.

New pocketbook hopes to spread ‘pol’ mania in city

Wednesday 15 April '09

House No 3044 -the place where the story begins; the place that the protagonist has fond memories of.

AMTS eager to get back extra increments; staff in dilemma

Sunday 12 April '09

The Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Services (AMTS) authorities finally woke up this month to the ‘overpayment’ of increments to employees in multiple departments following a complaint by the workshop department and the department of drivers and conductors.

Absence of grievance cell worries GU students

Tuesday 31 March '09

With the Gujarat University exams round the corner, the absence of a grievance cell is worrying the students to a great extent.

Baronet Mansion becomes battleground for two builders

Sunday 22 March '09

The majestic Chinubhai Baronet Mansion, a reminder of the city’s glorious past, has ended up as a legal battleground for two city-based builders.

Police yet to trace builder Ghanshyam Patadiya

Saturday 21 March '09

City-based builder Ghanshyam Patadiya of the Patadiya Infrastructure Limited, who has reportedly gone missing after selling his flats to multiple buyers, remains a mystery for the police and investors.