New Delhi: The Union Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today approved the Rs 1,017 crore Phase 2B project of the Ahmedabad Metro, which provides for laying an extension Metro rail line from GIFT City to the Shahpur stretch. The project involves the expansion of the North–South corridor of the Ahmedabad Metro and aims to further strengthen connectivity between Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. A new 3.3 km-long metro line will have three new elevated stations. The project durat...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation has removed an illegal encroachment outside a church located on the busy Sarkhej–Gandhinagar Highway in the Sargasan area as part of the ongoing mega demolition drive in the city. According to available information, the additional construction carried out by the church outside its premises had become an obstruction to road movement. Earlier, the Vishva Hindu Parishad and other organisations had submitted representations demanding the demoliti...Read More

Gandhinagar: In a move set to further boost the urban progression of Gandhinagar towards Southern direction, the Municipal Commissioner has announced the development of a massive 80-meter-wide road connecting Bhaijipura to Adalaj. This new infrastructure project is expected to act as a crucial link between the city’s two primary arterial routes: the SG Highway and the traditional Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar road via Koba. The proposed 8-kilometer-long road will provide a direct corridor from the ...Read More

Gandhinagar: A local court here has sentenced a schoolteacher to three years and three months in jail for slapping a Class 9 student over incomplete homework, causing a rupture in her left eardrum. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 and directed that the amount be paid to the girl as compensation. The incident occurred on January 1, 2020, at a private school in Gandhinagar, when the teacher allegedly struck the student three times on her left ear after becoming angry. The girl’s fathe...Read More

Gandhinagar: Residents of Maruti Amrakunj-2 society in Sargasan celebrated after winning a case against their developer over missing amenities. The Gujarat Real Estate Regulatory Authority (GUJRERA) ordered the developer to install intercom facilities and percolating wells within three months and hand over essential project documents within 30 days. GUJRERA issued the order after a consolidated hearing of two complaints filed by the society against M/s Bhanushree Realities and its partners, Kal...Read More

Gandhinagar: To awaken youth power within the Gujarat Kshatriya Thakor community and deliberate on key issues including de-addiction, education, employment and social development, a massive ‘Abhyuday Mahasammelan’ was organised at Ramkatha Ground in Gandhinagar. Despite being scheduled at 3 am, thousands of people from more than 7,000 villages across Gujarat arrived at the venue well before midnight, turning the programme into a historic congregation. The central focus of the conference r...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government is set to establish an ‘International MediCity’ near Kalol with an investment of ₹13,000 crore, modelled on Dubai Healthcare City. The ambitious project is expected to place Gandhinagar district prominently on the global healthcare map, said Revenue Department Additional Chief Secretary Dr Jayanti Ravi today. Dr Ravi was speaking at the flag-hoisting ceremony held at Ramkatha Ground in Gandhinagar on the occasion of the 77th Republic Day celebrations. ...Read More

Gandhinagar: Gujarat Kshatriya Thakor Sena president and BJP MLA Alpesh Thakor has announced a major community programme titled ‘Abhyuday Mahasammelan’, scheduled to be held in Gandhinagar in the early hours of January 27 at around 3:00 am. The unusual midnight timing, he said, is meant to deliver a strong symbolic message of social awakening within the community. Speaking to the media, Thakor said the Sena was founded with the resolve that the Kshatriya Thakor community must progress shoul...Read More

New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), India has taken suo motu cognizance of a media report revealing significant surge in the patients of typhoid allegedly due to consumption of contaminated drinking water. State Health Department has confirmed a total 70 active cases of typhoid concentrated in a particular area of the city. Reportedly, the surge in the patients of typhoid has exposed serious flaws in the newly laid water supply system in Gandhinagar city of Gujarat. Seven poi...Read More

Gandhinagar: Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel held a high-level meeting and suggested further intensification of the joint measures being carried out by the Municipal Corporation and the State Health Department for patient treatment, disease control, and prevention in view of the typhoid outbreak in Gandhinagar city. While briefing the Chief Minister on the coordinated actions taken by the Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation and the Health Department to control the outbreak, the Municipal Commissio...Read More