Ahmedabad: An Air India flight bound for London crashed shortly after take-off near the Meghani area, close to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, this afternoon. The flight, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, carried 242 people, including 230 passengers and 12 crew members. Visuals from the area showed thick black smoke in the air as…
RCB fans mania at Modi Stadium
June 4, 2025Ahmedabad: Narendra Modi Stadium at Ahmedabad in Gujarat, was a hot cauldron, what with the congregation of sea of fans of Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), to watch their favourite team play the finals of IPL T20 cricket tournament against Punjab Kings (PBKS). With most popular cricketer Virat Kohli in RCB squad, the fans waving Kannada…
BJP opens account in LS polls with Surat seat
April 23, 2024Ahmedabad: Even before the second phase of voting in the 7-phase Lok Sabha elections across the country is to be held on Apr. 26, the BJP has opened its account in the LS polls by bagging the Surat seat in Gujarat,with the party candidate Mukesh Dalal being declared elected unopposed on Monday. A total of…
Toll rises to 141 in Gujarat’s Morbi Bridge tragedy
October 31, 2022CCTV visuals moments before crash show people shaking the British-era hanging bridge Ahmedabad: At least 141 people have died after a British-era bridge in Gujarat’s Morbi collapsed last evening. About 177 people have been saved and teams are searching for several others who are still missing. Around 500 people, including women and children, were on…
Aspiring pilot from Kodagu found hanging in Gujarat
June 6, 2021Madikeri: An aspiring pilot from Kodagu, who was pursuing his pilot training at Aeronautical Training Centre in Ahmedabad, was found hanging on Friday. The body was found hanging from a tree near the training centre in Ahmedabad with earphones still in the ears and wrist watch and shoes intact. The deceased is Shibi Bopaiah (23),…
World’s largest cricket stadium renamed ‘Narendra Modi Stadium’
February 24, 2021President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the newly revamped Motera Cricket Stadium in Ahmedabad, which has been renamed the Narendra Modi Stadium, today. Home Minister Amit Shah and Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju, along with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Secretary Jay Shah, were also present at the event. The Narendra Modi Stadium…
President to formally inaugurate Motera Stadium tomorrow
February 23, 2021The world’s largest cricket stadium all set to host India Vs England Test Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad will be formally inaugurated tomorrow (Feb. 24) by President Ram Nath Kovind in the special presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, to host the third Test between India and England. The Motera Stadium claims to be the…
US President Donald Trump to visit India from Feb. 24
February 12, 2020After Howdy-Modi event at Houston, Kem chho Trump at Ahmedabad New Delhi: U.S. President Donald Trump’s maiden visit to India will start on Feb. 24 at the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad and the inauguration of the new Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium, (Motera Cricket Stadium) the largest cricket stadium in the world. Trump and Prime Minister Narendra…
Life-term for cow slaughter in Gujarat
March 31, 2017Punishment for cow slaughter in Gujarat will be a life-term after an amended law was cleared on the last day of the State Assembly session today. The Gujarat Animal Preservation Act of 1954 also says the punishment for transporting of cows will be 10 years in jail. In the current law, which was amended in…
Street Food
March 16, 2017By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC About two years back, the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) had taken a decision to relocate the food vendors, spread all over the city. The reasoning behind such a move was two-folded. Firstly, licence was to be issued to vendors who adhered to basic hygiene principles and secondly, to…















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