Ahmedabad: News

20 May 2018

Jet Airways

Mumbai jeweler becomes first-person to be put on No-Fly list

Mumbai-based multi-millionaire jeweler, Birju Kishore Salla, has become the first person to be put on the "National No Fly List".

Fire breaks out at ISRO's Ahmedabad office, no casualty

A fire broke out in the Space Applications Centre (SAC) at the Ahmedabad office of ISRO this afternoon.

26 Apr 2018

Piyush Goyal

Railways paints coaches in new color for vibrant look

The Railways has painted a number of dark blue color train coaches in yellowish tan and teak to give them a vibrant look.

25 Apr 2018

Mumbai

Two complete families and an NRI will adopt Jain-monkhood today

In the recent past, we have heard of unlikely stories of Jains taking diksha- young professionals in high-paying careers, students who topped board exams, and sometimes even 12-year-olds.

17 Apr 2018

Narendra Modi

Former VHP leader Pravin Togadia begins his indefinite fast

Former VHP leader Pravin Togadia began his indefinite fast in Ahmedabad in support of his demands, including construction of a Ram Temple in Ayodhya.

15 Apr 2018

Narendra Modi

Pravin Togadia quits VHP; VS Kokje elected new party president

Vishwa Hindu Parishad veteran Pravin Togadia quit the outfit on Saturday after his nominee Raghav Reddy lost the party's presidential election, held for the first time since it was founded in 1964.

06 Apr 2018

Mumbai

Mumbai: 13-month-old undergoes successful liver transplant

A 13-month-old child became the youngest in Maharashtra to undergo a successful liver transplant.

01 Apr 2018

India

Social acceptance helps reduce impact of autism: Doctors

Early signs of autism can often be detected in children as young as 2-3 years and it is advisable that parents start treatment as soon as possible for improved outcomes, according to doctors.

30 Mar 2018

Sexual Harassment

Ahmedabad: PG-owner spied on female tenants through cameras in washroom

In a disturbing incident, a PG owner in Ahmedabad was allegedly found spying on his female tenants through spy cameras in the washrooms.

30 Mar 2018

Mumbai

Land acquisition for Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train underway, but challenges ahead

The NHSRCL has started land acquisition for a station between the old and new Sabarmati stations for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train.

29 Mar 2018

Sexual Harassment

Gujarat: Certification program launched to make workplace safe for women

An organization in Ahmedabad has launched a certification program for companies to help in making the workplace safe for women employees.

27 Mar 2018

Mumbai

Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train: Rotating chairs, leg-rest, coffee-maker and separate washrooms!

Whether the much-awaited Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train will run successfully is a question for later days, but its designing will surely be one of a kind.

26 Mar 2018

Narendra Modi

Work on India's first bullet train underway in full swing

The work on the country's first high-speed bullet train between Ahmedabad and Mumbai is on in full swing with the designing of bridges and tunnels progressing well, a senior official has said.

08 Mar 2018

India

Disturbing trend of casual, social smoking among young women professionals

Casual and social smoking is on the rise among young working women across Indian metros with many of them considering it to be a "stress buster", says a survey.

ISRO hiring young scientists, engineers: All you need to know

The esteemed Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is hiring engineers and scientists and has announced 28 vacancies.

14 Feb 2018

India

Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train to start a year earlier

The Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train that was scheduled to be completed by 2023, has advanced its completion deadline to August 15, 2022.

24 Jan 2018

Delhi

India burns over a movie, a day before Padmaavat's release

A day ahead of the release of Padmaavat, protests, violence and arson were reported from different places including Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan, UP and Gujarat, states that had banned the movie.

17 Jan 2018

India

Netanyahu in India: Busy day for Israeli PM in Ahmedabad

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has landed in Ahmedabad on his fourth day in India. The day started with a roadshow from the airport to Sabarmati Ashram along with PM Narendra Modi.

16 Jan 2018

Rajasthan

There're plans to kill me: Pravin Togadia's sensational claims

Revealing details of his disappearance, VHP chief Pravin Togadia has made sensational claims: plans were being made to have him killed.

15 Jan 2018

Gujarat

Where is Pravin Togadia? VHP claims party president is 'missing'

VHP president Pravin Togadia has been "missing" since morning, the party claimed today. It has held protests demanding he be "traced."

12 Dec 2017

India

Modi ends Gujarat campaign with India's first seaplane ride

The last day of PM Narendra Modi's Gujarat election campaign was historic: it marked the first journey of a seaplane in India.

11 Dec 2017

Narendra Modi

Gujarat Polls: Modi, Rahul Gandhi denied permission to hold roadshows

With the second phase of the Gujarat polls coming up, PM Narendra Modi and Congress VP Rahul Gandhi have hit the campaign trail with a vengeance.

Bumrah's grandfather's body found in Sabarmati river

Santokh Singh Bumrah, the 84-year-old grandfather of Indian pacer Jasprit Singh Bumrah, was found dead on Sunday. The senior citizen's body was fished out from Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad.

22 Nov 2017

Security

Aadhaar-based verification at airports from next year

From 2018, passengers flying out of the Ahmedabad, Kolkata and Vijayawada airports will be able to enjoy paperless travel if they link their tickets to Aadhaar.

16 Nov 2017

Mumbai

Post-GST: Mumbai grabs bullion hub tag from Ahmedabad

Now, Mumbai has taken the title from Ahmedabad, as the preferred centre for bullion trade in India. With the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax, the octroi has been withdrawn, that dealers had to earlier pay on gold-silver purchases.

04 Nov 2017

Gujarat

Akshardham temple terror-attack case: Key accused arrested after 15 years

Fifteen years after the deadly terror strike on the Akshardham Temple in Gujarat's Gandhinagar in September 2002, the Ahmedabad Crime Branch Police arrested Ajmeri Abdul Rashid, a key accused in the case.

01 Nov 2017

India

Is Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train viable? Over 40% seats go vacant

In September, India kickstarted its journey towards the launch of its first bullet train. For the project, India got a soft loan of Rs. 88,000cr from Japan.

30 Oct 2017

Gujarat

20 infants die in Ahmedabad civil hospital in three days

Twenty infants have died at Ahmedabad's civil hospital in three days, most of them due to "severe life threatening conditions".

30 Oct 2017

Mumbai

Jet Airways Mumbai-Delhi flight diverted to Ahmedabad after hijack-note found

Owing to "security reasons", a Mumbai-Delhi Jet Airways flight last night was diverted to Ahmedabad and passengers deplaned.

24 Oct 2017

Gujarat

Ashok Gehlot: IB searched hotel where I met Hardik, Jignesh

Senior Congress leader Ashok Gehlot alleged that local Intelligence Bureau (IB) officials searched and acquired the CCTV footage of the Ahmedabad hotel room where he met with Patidar leader Hardik Patel and Dalit activist Jignesh Mevani.

28 Sep 2017

Mumbai

Surprise ticketless flyer on Ahmedabad-Mumbai flight: A bird!

While it's common to see birds fly, seeing a winged-friend fly on a plane is something very uncommon!

14 Sep 2017

India

The revolutionary Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train: All you need to know!

PM Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe have laid the foundation stone for the ambitious bullet train project in Ahmedabad.

13 Sep 2017

India

Modi greets Abe with signature bear hug in Ahmedabad

Indian PM Narendra Modi has received his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe on his arrival at the Ahmedabad airport with his signature bear hug.

12 Sep 2017

India

PM Modi, Shinzo Abe to hold road show in Ahmedabad

PM Narendra Modi and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe are all set to grace the city of Ahmedabad.

20 Jul 2017

India

Meet IIM Ahmedabad's 2017-19 'starry' batch!

IIM Ahmedabad's 2017-19 academic batch will be seeing some noted and diverse students in attendance with regard to gender, work experience and educational background.

28 May 2017

India

Did the government stay mum on Zika in India?

The World Health Organization has released a report that said three cases of Zika were recently reported in Ahmedabad in Gujarat, with one as recently as January 2017.

01 Aug 2016

Dalit

Mass gathering of Dalits in Sabarmati, Ahmedabad

At a mass gathering of Dalits in Ahmedabad, family members of three Dalit youth killed due to police firing in September 2012 expressed their deep distress at the denial of justice.

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