Ahmedabad: Two infant boys lost their lives due to heat-related illnesses at Shardaben Hospital in the city. The city has been experiencing intense heatwave conditions since last week. Amidst this, a 15-day-old boy from CTM, who was admitted with severe dehydration, expired within 15 hours of admission. Another 10-day-old boy from Rakhiyal, admitted with severe dehydration and hyperthermia, expired within 18 hours of admission. The information was provided by Dr. Bhavin Solanki of Shardaben H...Read More

Ahmedabad: Four senior doctors affiliated with Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation Medical Education Trust (AMC MET)-run Narendra Modi Medical College have been suspended for ragging junior doctors. The junior doctors experienced mental anguish during these distressing incidents, which included being forced to write prescriptions 700 times and being deprived of food for up to seven days. A formal complaint lodged on May 16 with Dr. Ashish Patel, the Head of the Department, brought to light the su...Read More

Maninagar: A 14-year-old girl died in a road accident after her bicycle was hit by the Amdavad Municipal Transport Service(AMTS) bus in the Bhairavnath area of Maninagar in Ahmedabad. The victim girl was riding a bicycle and passing through the road when the rear backside wheel of an AMTS bus hit her bicycle.  The unfortunate incident happened this morning at 7.50 am at Jawahar Chowk on Route no 40/1. 'J' division of city traffic police has registered an offense in this case and the inquiry ...Read More

Ahmedabad: Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) today informed that it has on its website uploaded the tender for demolition and retrofitting/reconstruction of Hatkeshwar flyover bridge for the third time, after no response was received for the same on earlier two occasions. Hatkeshwar flyover has been closed for traffic since long due to poor quality of its construction. After all technical and expert analysis, the AMC has concluded that the existing bridge is unfit for use. AMC today inf...Read More

Ahmedabad: Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has declared Orange Alert and Yellow Alert through the next week in the city. According to a Heat Action Plan bulletin of AMC released today, the city will be under Orange Alert on 19, 20 and 23 May. The city will be under Yellow alert for heat during 21-22 May. Maximum temperature during Yellow alert can be as high as 43 degree, while during Orange alert it can go up to 44 degree. Minimum temperature shall be 29 and 30 degree respectively. ...Read More

Ahmedabad: In the wake of recent accidents involving buses run by the civic body, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) decided on Wednesday to lower the speed limit for AMTS buses from 50 km/h to 40 km/h. AMC and AMTS officials have instructed private bus operators to adopt the new 40 km/h limit within 10 to 15 days. This decision comes after multiple instances of reckless driving. On April 19, an AMTS bus crushed a scooter rider near Bhulabhai Crossroads, an incident caught on CCTV a...Read More

Ahmedabad: Municipal Transport Service (AMTS) in the city has announced free bus ride on 7th of May, polling day during the polling hours for those who show election card's photocopy, voter information sleep's photocopy or ink sign on finger for voting. The decision has been taken to boost voting and to encourage the citizens to vote. Polling will take place in Gujarat for 25 Lok Sabha seats in 3rd phase of general elections on 7th of May. DeshGujarat Read More

Ahmedabad: A woman from the Sola area of the city had a disappointing experience with an online food ordering service as she received a non-vegetarian sandwich instead of the vegetarian paneer sandwich she had ordered. The woman, named Nirali, placed an order for a Paneer Tikka Sandwich from a cloud kitchen, Terra Food, using the food delivery app Zomato on Friday night. However, upon delivery, she found that the sandwich was non-vegetarian, unlike the vegetarian Paneer Sandwich she had order...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has issued an order to suspend all boating and other water sports activities at Kankariya Lake in the city. The civic body has also temporarily halted the operation of the River Cruise at the Sabarmati Riverfront. These activities will remain suspended until a new contract, encompassing safety measures proposed by the high court, is finalized. The office of the city police commissioner requested the AMC to furnish details of the new contract,...Read More