The Latest Breaking News from Ahmedabad

AHMEDABAD: There has been a a strong recovery in residential and commercial real estate in the city, with a 95% increase in residential sales in the first six months of this year, while office space demand increased by more than 200% compared to the same period last year.

AHMEDABAD: Last June, chief information commissioner (CIC) Dilip Thaker had informed the chief secretary, Anil Mukim, that most government departments in the state were lethargic about informing the commission of the number of RTI applications filed with them. Each year the Gujarat Information Commission (GIC) prepares an annual report with…

AHMEDABAD: Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union railways, communications, electronics IT minister, on Tuesday said with the change in the government in Maharashtra, they are hopeful of expediting the bullet train project in the state.

AHMEDABAD: A 33-year-old lawyer, Krupal Raval, put a photograph of Nupur Sharma as his WhatsApp status picture for just three minutes and soon received a call from an unidentified person who threatened him for supporting Sharma.

AHMEDABAD: AAP convener and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal promised that people of Gujarat will get free electricity if his party is voted to power in the forthcoming assembly election. He was speaking at an interactive session, ‘Bijli Jansamvaad’, organized by the AAP in Ahmedabad on Monday.

AHMEDABAD: The erstwhile royal family of Danta has lost its claim to the Ambaji Mata temple, its properties and Gabbar hill, and has been fined Rs 50,000 by a civil court for unnecessary litigation for over half-a-century to pursue its claim.

AHMEDABAD: Amdavadis pay the sixth highest per capita property tax in India at Rs 1,565, but the AMC records a more stunning statistic in its service of Amdavadis - the corporation deploys only four employees per 1,000 population. In contrast, Panaji's municipal corporation, the world's smallest, has assigned 19 employees…

HYDERABAD: Taking a strong objection to a suggestion by former Jharkhand chief minister and senior BJP leader Raghubar Das on changing Hyderabad's name to Bhagyanagar, TRS working president and IT minister KT Rama Rao said the BJP should first think about changing Ahmedabad's name.

Glimpses of the rath yatra at the Jagannath temple in Ahmedabad, held after a two-year break