Hotels, hospitals and malls beef up security

These places have initiated steps even though they have not been briefed by the police. After the LeT’s letter received by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) mentioning the possibility of bomb blasts in 17 places in Gujarat, public places like city malls, hotels, hospitals and multiplexes have beefed up security for the safety of their patrons. Most of these places that have scores of people walking in every hour have increased the number of security...

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Interlink at airport may be opened for public

To generate revenue and commercialise India’s first underground interlink between the domestic and International Airports, the AAI is planning to open it for everybody at a nominal cost. If everything goes as per the plan of Airport Authority of India (AAI) officials at Ahmedabad airport, people coming to receive or see off their loved ones could get a feel of the Rs 80-crore, 400-metre long interlink, India’s first underground link between both...

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First look: The new AMTS bus

The bright-red buses have built-in features like GPS system, LED screens, passenger information system and pneumatic ticketing doors]] The Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service services has procured the first 10 hi-tech buses of its new fleet comprising 400 buses. These are painted red and have a saffron stripe. AMTS Chairman Pravin Patel said: “We have placed orders for 400 CNG-run, non AC buses and expect to get the first hundred by month-end.” Initially...

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Coming soon: Double-decker buses to be back on Ahmedabad roads

Ahmedabad: Remember those red-coloured double-decker buses ferrying passengers between Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar a few years back? Yes, these buses which are an integralpart of the Mumbai and London traffic scenario, will be back on the city's roads very soon, if the plans of the Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service (AMTS) go through. The transport body of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation wants to introduce double decker buses as part of its schemes...

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Unveiled Kankaria's Red Ride

Atal Express is almost black, but the second mini-train at the lakefront will be blood-red. The new train will arrive in the city from UK in September Red  That’s going to be the colour of the second mini-train at Kankaria lakefront. The train will arrive in Ahmedabad from the UK in September and is likely to be christened ‘Swarnim Express’. Mirror, on April 21, reported that the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) had placed an order for...

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‘I thought of suicide for a whole night’

Bruised and broken PTC lecturer, who was allegedly raped by 3 male teachers, tells Hemington James she sat under a tree on Saturday night thinking of killing self It was Mukesh Patel, a teacher at Narsinpura primary school in Kadi, who got me my first job. He was pretty friendly with me. But when Mukesh asked me to sleep with him, I refused. He called me up several times, asking me to meet him near a deserted canal in Kadi. He kept insisting,...

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Episode 9 – Ahmedabad Auditions – Star Anchor Hunt.

Star Anchor Hunt – Episode 9th June 2010. Ahmedabad auditions round of Star News’ reality show Star Anchor Hunt....

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