Ahmedabad

Rains likely in TN, Kerala, coastal AP; low pressure to become depression soon

Heavy rains batter south Guj; Valsad gets 203mm in 10 hours

11:14 pm June 30, 2019

Ahmedabad: Heavy rains Sunday battered parts of south Gujarat, with authorities keeping rescue teams in Valsad on stand-by due to rise in river levels and water- logging in many areas, officials said. Valsad received 203 millimetres rainfall in ten hours since Sunday morning, leaving several areas flooded, while nearby Vapi in the district received 228 […]

Gujarat: More DA for employees, salary hike for teachers

8:22 pm June 29, 2019

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government will be paying additional 3 per cent dearness allowance to over nine lakh government employees and pensioners effective January 1, 2019, Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel said Saturday. This will put additional burden of Rs 1,071 crore on the exchequer annually, said Patel, who is also the finance minister. The government […]

Heavy rainfall in parts of Gujarat due to cyclone

Cyclone Vayu weakens, crosses Kutch coast in Gujarat

3:06 pm June 18, 2019

Ahmedabad: Cyclone Vayu has weakened and crossed Gujarat’s Kutch district on Tuesday morning, causing rainfall at some places in the state, a MeT official said. Rains are likely to continue till Wednesday in Kutch, Saurashtra and north Gujarat regions because of its impact, she said. “Cyclone Vayu converted into a low pressure area when it […]

Cyclone Vayu weakens, to cross Guj coast by night

4:01 pm June 17, 2019

Ahmedabad: Cyclone Vayu has weakened and is likely to cross the Gujarat coast by Monday midnight as a “depression”, the weatherman said. However, the Kutch district administration is on alert as the cyclone can cause heavy rainfall in the region. Five teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and local authorities are prepared to […]

Rajasthan: Around Rs 4.5 crore cash seized from car

Debt-ridden Guj businessman held for printing fake notes

10:49 pm June 16, 2019

Ahmedabad: A Rajkot resident was Saturday arrested in a raid by personnel of the Gujarat police’s Special Operations Group at his house for allegedly printing currency notes, an official said. Sixty fake currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 2000 denominations, having a face value of Rs 75,000, were seized in the raid near the […]