The Latest Breaking News from Ahmedabad

Discrediting bicycle is an insult to nation: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav

LUCKNOW: Hours after PM Narendra Modi questioned the significance of Ahmedabad serial blast perpetrators planting bombs on bicycles and pointed out that SP’s election symbol too happens to be a bicycle, SP president Akhilesh Yadav described the insult of bicycle as the insult of nation.

The Times of India · Feb 20, 2022

US, Israeli face scan software tested in Gandhinagar

AHMEDABAD: In the first week of February, Gandhinagar Smart City Development Limited announced in a tender notice that it will hire a private agency that can assist in operating its facial recognition system for the police department — the first Gujarat city to make such an announcement.

The Times of India · Feb 20, 2022

No Covid deaths in Ahmedabad on Sunday

AHMEDABAD: After 36 days, Ahmedabad city on Sunday recorded zero deaths of active Covid patients. For the state, it was the lowest daily mortality in 34 days at 9. Out of total, Vadodara (4), Jamnagar (2) and Bhavnagar (1), recorded 78% of the deaths.

The Times of India · Feb 20, 2022

Father of 2008 Ahmedabad serial blast case convict campaigning for SP, alleges Adityanath

"The father of this terrorist is linked to the Samajwadi Party and is campaigning for it in the assembly election"

The Hindu · Feb 18, 2022

38 get death, life for 11 in 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case

AHMEDABAD: A total of 38 men were sentenced to death and 11 more will spend the rest of their lives in prison for the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts, a special judge pronounced on Friday in an unprecedented judgment in the country that handed the death penalty to the highest number…

The Times of India · Feb 18, 2022

PM Modi says Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train is a priority

Special focus is on creating 21st century infrastructure for Mumbai, says Modi

The Hindu · Feb 18, 2022

Indian court sentences 38 to death for fatal 2008 bombings

A court in India has sentenced to death 38 people for a series of bomb blasts in 2008 that left more than 50 dead and 200 wounded in the city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat state, which has a history of violent clashes between Hindus and Muslims

The Independent UK · Feb 18, 2022

38 sentenced to death, 11 get life imprisonment in 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blast case

A special court in Gujarat on Friday pronounced the death sentence to 38 out of 49 convicts in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blast case.

Dynamite News · Feb 18, 2022

Indian court orders death for 38 for deadly 2008 serial bomb blasts

An Indian court on Friday sentenced 38 Muslim men to death and ordered life in prison for 11 others for a series of bomb blasts in 2008 in the city of Ahmedabad that killed more than 50 people, lawyers said.

Reuters · Feb 18, 2022

2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case: 38 sentenced to death

11 face life imprisonment until death; 28 acquitted

The Hindu · Feb 18, 2022