November 03, 2009 03:04 IST
The Friends of Zoo scheme of Kamla Nehru Zoological Garden at Kankaria here doesnt fare well with the hard-core vegetarianism prevalent in the city.
Tue, Nov 03, 2009October 29, 2009 00:15 IST
With an aim to train police officers to efficiently handle cases of drug trafficking,a comprehensive training session on narcotics and psychotropic substances was held at the police headquarters here on Wednesday.
Thu, Oct 29, 2009October 28, 2009 00:04 IST
Policemen make up 25 per cent of those arrested under the Anti-Corruption Act (1988) in the state,it has been revealed. According to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) there is an increase in the number of complaints registered against police officers.
Wed, Oct 28, 2009October 23, 2009 00:54 IST
Five-year-old Tariq does not know that he is an illegal Bangladeshi migrant violating the Foreigners Act,even though he was born in Gujarat.
Fri, Oct 23, 2009October 15, 2009 02:49 IST
Babulal Patel,a casual labourer,paid several times more than his actual share (Rs 2,500) to the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation...
Thu, Oct 15, 2009October 14, 2009 01:22 IST
Nine years after a Central law was passed and six years after Gujarat decided to implement it,women police stations across Gujarat will now serve as Special Juvenile Police Units under the Juvenile Justice Act,2000.
Wed, Oct 14, 2009
October 13, 2009 00:31 IST
In a first,a special scheme will be designed for vendors (the informal sector) in Ahmedabad on the lines of the National Street Vendors Policy.
Tue, Oct 13, 2009October 12, 2009 01:28 IST
The Sabarmati Riverfront Development Project (SRDP) could ring the death knell for the 15th-century-old Khass Bazar of Ahmedabad...
Mon, Oct 12, 2009October 07, 2009 01:21 IST
The team of fire fighters from the Fire and Emergency Services sent to Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh for relief and rescue operations consists of people who only know swimming and are not professionally qualified to undertake diving operations.
Wed, Oct 07, 2009October 02, 2009 00:56 IST
Gujarat Police and the state Home Department are preparing to set up a White Collar Crime Wing,the first in the country,for investigating serious economic offences in the state.
Fri, Oct 02, 2009October 01, 2009 00:38 IST
The Gujarat Police will have an all-new Prohibition Squad to check on the illicit liquor trade in the dry state.
Thu, Oct 01, 2009September 29, 2009 01:03 IST
Two of the eight arrested by the Thane police recently for forging demand drafts of Rs 175 crore have reportedly confessed to have forged DDs worth Rs 18 crore issued from the Bhandup branch of the Bank of India in Mumbai.
Tue, Sep 29, 2009September 24, 2009 01:45 IST
The liquor dens in the rural areas of Ahmedabad operate from Valsad through a network of three men in Gujarat,according to the Ahmedabad rural police.
Thu, Sep 24, 2009September 23, 2009 03:21 IST
Slum dwellers and homeless beggars evacuated from their original settlements and shifted to new areas in Ahmedabad no longer live below poverty line,if their ration cards and government records are to be believed,which show belonging to the Above Poverty Line category.
Wed, Sep 23, 2009September 22, 2009 01:54 IST
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation last week demolished around 10 hutments and four deris (small temples) at Gulbai Tekra despite a stay order from the Supreme Court.
Tue, Sep 22, 2009
September 21, 2009 00:59 IST
The city traffic department has come up with a few solutions to check road mishaps at the Sola Bridge following a spate of accidents in the area.
Mon, Sep 21, 2009September 20, 2009 01:40 IST
The Ahmedabad Rural Police,which was assigned the task of tracing the hot spots of liquor and chemical in the state in the wake of the Ellisbridge chemical tragedy...
Sun, Sep 20, 2009September 17, 2009 03:49 IST
The Jan Sangarsh Manch (JSM) filed a contempt of the court petition against the state government and the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) in the Gujarat High Court on Monday.
Thu, Sep 17, 2009September 16, 2009 02:07 IST
The Police have come across some important clues in the recent tragedy in Ahmedabad in which five people died last month after consuming a chemical cocktail.
Wed, Sep 16, 2009September 11, 2009 03:15 IST
Gujarat encounter cop N K Amin,one of the accused in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case of 2005 and lodged in Sabarmati Jail....
Fri, Sep 11, 2009September 10, 2009 00:48 IST
Following confusion between the railway police and the city police over area of jurisdiction,it took the city police two days to register a case when a college clerk committed suicide on railway tracks in Sola area on Saturday.
Thu, Sep 10, 2009September 07, 2009 00:47 IST
In view of the recurring instances of hooch consumption in Ahmedabad,the Gujarat Police have decided to detoxify the people from liquor addiction.
Mon, Sep 07, 2009
September 04, 2009 05:58 IST
With the police tightening the noose around bootleggers following the July Ahmedabad hooch tragedy,addiction to a different kind of drink generally a cocktail of banned as well as prescribed drugs and toxic chemicals is fast becoming a trend in the city.
Fri, Sep 04, 2009September 01, 2009 02:44 IST
The prestigious Slum Networking Project of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has benefited 48 slums in the city.
Tue, Sep 01, 2009
August 31, 2009 00:33 IST
As spurious liquor once again comes to haunt Ahmedabad,a glance at the Ahmedabad police crime records reveals that the maximum number of criminal cases under the Prohibition Act has been registered against women.
Mon, Aug 31, 2009





