Ahmedabad: Vejalpur Police apprehended three individuals near Shastri Bridge on Monday for allegedly possessing 30.5kg of cannabis. Rickshaw driver Faysal Mansuri, 27, along with Irfan Shaikh, 26, and Junaid Syed, 32, were nabbed while transporting the narcotics. Vejalpur Police got a tip-off that cannabis was being transported in an autorickshaw. After that, the head constable Prakash Soma, who was part of the team deployed at Shastri Bridge, tracked the autorickshaw to the metro station roa...Read More

Ahmedabad: A man in his thirties lost his life after accidentally firing a revolver jokingly placed at the side of his forehead in the Vejalpur area of the city. At the time of the incident, the young man's female friend and driver were also present. The police have currently initiated an investigation into the entire incident. A firing incident occurred in Rupesh Society in the Vejalpur area of Ahmedabad late last night. Preliminary police investigation has revealed that a 36-year-old youth ...Read More

Ahmedabad: Construction of the white-topping road by the Amdavad Municipal Corporation has become a topic of controversy in the Jodhpur and Satellite areas. The residents are concerned about the height of the new road, which is around 6-8 inches above the current level. Locals fear that the rise in the height of the road will lead to waterlogging in residential and commercial buildings on the roadside. The work of white-topping on the roads is currently ongoing, and residents are worried that...Read More

Vejalpur: Local legislator Amit Thaker has made representation before the Municipal Commissioner for speeding up the ongoing construction work of Butbhavani railway fly over bridge in his constituency area. Thaker said, 'the construction of the bridge is progressing at a very slow pace which is not acceptable. The road has become narrower which causes an issue of traffic. I have made a representation that the contractor responsible for the construction of this bridge must be told to speed up ...Read More

Vejalpur in Ahmedabad: Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Gujarat has nabbed Tulsidas Marakna, an official working in Vejalpur - Ahmedabad based Sub Registrar office as Sub Registrar. According to ACB, the accused had demanded Rs. 1.50 lakh bribe for clearing 30 dastavej (property documents) of a complainant. The accused officer had decided bribe sum by calculating Rs. 5,000 per dastavej. A complainant was not willing to pay bribe and contacted ACB, following which a trap was arranged and a...Read More

Vejalpur: Union Home and Cooperation minister Amitbhai Shah will inaugurate the public contact office of Vejalpur assembly constituency legislator Amit Thaker on Sunday evening at 51 Titanium City Centre in the Anandnagar area. Shah will hold a meeting with Vejalpur BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) organization members and councillors after inaugurating the office. He will later visit the residence of the Schedule Caste (SC) councillor and have a simple meal. These details were shared by Amitbhai Th...Read More

Vejalpur: Union Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah reached BJP election offices of Sabarmati and Vejalpur assembly seats last evening and conversed with the party workers and candidates. BJP has fielded Dr. Harshad Patel from Sabarmati seat and Amit Thaker from Vejalpur seat. Shah after marathon meetings at State BJP headquarters Shri Kamalam in Gandhinagar post his arrival in Gandhinagar from the national capital Delhi, reached Sabarmati and Vejalpur election offices of BJP candidates late in the ...Read More

Vejalpur: A group of over 50 local residents gathered outside the Sub Zonal office of Vejalpur ward here over complains of low pressure in water supply. They said they had made representations time and again already. The locals said, low pressure water supply has been a great problem for Madhur Lakshmi Society, Sainath Society and other localities recently. Meanwhile the Municipal officials said that a newly set up Makarba headquarters water pumping station has been made operational recently and...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Government of Gujarat today said a decision has been taken to hand over Vejalpur pond in Ahmedabad to Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) at free of cost for development. 32,072 sq.m. size Vejalpur pond is located in Vejalpur taluka survey number 783. The State government had earlier handed over five ponds to AMC for city beautification. The include Vandarvat talav in Vatva, government talav in Chharodi, Gaam talav in Gota, government talav in Shilaj and Ghatlodia taluka...Read More