Ahmedabad News

Bomb defused in Gujarat's Ankleshwar district

A bomb was recovered and defused Thursday in Gujarat's Ankleshwar district even as a letter saying that a bomb was planted at the Vadodara Stock Exchange turned out to be a hoax, the police said.7:30 PM on July 31

Women's panel meets Ahmedabad blast victims

A team of the National Commission for Women (NCW), headed by chairperson Girija Vyas, visited the blast sites here and met many injured. It has asked the state government to give special attention to the families of women and children killed in the terror attacks.8:31 PM on July 30

Gujarat hotels face losses as number of visitors fall

Hotels in Gujarat are facing a sharp fall in occupancy rates as people are avoiding travel to the state following Saturday's serial blasts that claimed at least 50 lives.5:02 PM on July 30

For Ahmedabad's Muslim residents, 2008 is not 2002

Many of them fled from their homes six years ago but they are staying put now. Even as they recall the massacre of February 2002, Muslims living in Naroda Patiya here have not panicked in the aftermath of the serial bombings in the city Saturday.11:15 AM on July 30

Hit by terror, economics keeps Ahmedabad's diamond market going

Two bombs struck the only diamond market of this city that fateful Saturday evening, killing two people. It was back to business the next morning in Bapunagar, the hub of diamond cutting and polishing business in the eastern part of Ahmedabad.11:03 AM on July 30

Gruh Finance Ltd. financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2008

The Board of Directors of GRUH Finance Ltd. (GRUH) - a subsidiary of HDFC Ltd. - has approved the accounts for the quarter ended June 30, 2008 at their meeting held in Ahmedabad.11:20 PM on July 29

Not hanging Afzal emboldens terrorists: Bitta

Urging all political parties to join hands to fight terrorism, All India Anti-Terrorist Front secretary M.S. Bitta said here Tuesday that not hanging Afzal Guru, convicted for his role in the 2001 parliament attack, was only emboldening terrorists.10:31 PM on July 29

Ahmedabad city buses to have GPS, explosives sensors

Ahmedabad's bus service, targeted in Saturday's serial bombings, may soon install on its buses tracking device technology of the global position system (GPS) and would consider some other measures like sensors to detect explosives.10:01 PM on July 29

Blood and concern, Gujaratis have both for blast victims

Much blood was spilled on the streets of Ahmedabad in the serial blasts that claimed at least 50 lives, but this city's blood banks have plenty to offer to victims, with college students, NCC cadets and others queuing up as donors everyday.4:00 PM on July 29

Little Yash cries for father who was killed in blast

'Mummy, papa ke paas jana hai (I want to go to mummy and papa,' cries 11-year-old Yash, his little body swathed in bandages as he lies in a bed at the Civil Hospital here. Little does Yash know that his father was killed in Saturday's explosion at the hospital that left him and his elder brother badly injured.3:48 PM on July 29

They bought their own shroud

They had bought white cloth to wrap bodies. But in a savage irony, Jaikishenbhai Chandubhai Patel, 51 and Jashwantbhai Ranchhodbhai Patel, 60, were wrapped in the same shroud when they were killed as a bomb exploded while they were helping the injured at the Civil Hospital here.12:01 PM on July 29

Ahmedabad moves towards normalcy as shops, schools reopen

Three days after 21 bomb blasts claimed at least 50 lives in this commercial hub of Gujarat, people returned to their offices Tuesday, students rushed to schools and colleges, and shopkeepers reopened their stores.12:01 PM on July 29

Combating terrorism through airwaves

In keeping with the grim mood in Gujarat following the serial bombings of Saturday, FM channels in the state are playing only patriotic songs with one even stopping commercial advertisements for two days.12:00 PM on July 29

Ahmedabad limping back to normalcy

Forty-eight hours after a series of bombs ripped through Ahmedabad, outsiders are still shying away from the city even though life here was slowly limping back to normalcy.11:03 PM on July 28

Time for zero tolerance of terrorism: Modi

The country cannot be a mute witness to inhuman acts of terrorists and the time has come to adopt a strategy of zero tolerance, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi told Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who Monday visited the city hit by serial bombings.10:31 PM on July 28