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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Tata Nano model prices could go up by Rs 15,000 from August onwards

Tata Motors, which has recently affirmed that Nano will be readily available by August-September this year, is reportedly looking to jack up the price of the said model by that time. It is widely believed that the primary reason for the company to hike Nano’s price would be surging input costs and technology upgradation for BS-IV emission norms. When Debabsis Ray, the official spokesperson of Tata Motors was contacted nearly a month back, he didn’t...

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Visa Hanuman Temple in Ahmedabad

Hanuman Temples at Khadia and Neb Sarai in Ahmedabad in Gujarat is believed to help in getting Visas. So how does Hindu Temples get the Visa tag? A few devotees pray for a particular wish at a temple and when those wishes are fulfilled; word spreads and devotees throng these temples. Annually, thousands of Indians apply for migration Visas and then proceed to temples which they believe will help in an early Visa approval. 400-year-old Visa Hanuman...

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Ahmedabad residents donate 2,000 bottles of blood

Over 2,000 bottles of blood were collected at a donation camp organized Sunday by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and the Ahmedabad Medical Association to mark the 600th anniversary of the city and the World Blood Donor Day. "Ahmedabad requires about 160,000 bottles of blood every year and it is our endeavour to create a permanent platform so that the requirement can be met through voluntary efforts," said Jitendra Patel, president of themedical...

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Watch Shakira waka waka for Fifa world cup 2010.

Watch Shakira waka waka for Fifa world cup 2010:The Fifa world cup 2010 rocks with Shakira latest song waka waka on stage.This is an amazing perfomance by Shakira as usual,for Fifa world cup 2010.Colorful performance by Shakira for Fifa World cup 2010.You can watch this wonderful video which is performed for Fifa world cup 2010 in You tube.com.Fifa world cup 2010 is awaiting game,Shakira made that very colorful with her performance.Watch Shakira waka waka for Fifa world cup 2010 video here....

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FIFA World Cup 2010 schedule and fixtures, online streaming details

People are incessantly searching for FIFA World Cup 2010-match schedules, fixtures, online live streaming and latest scores. Here is the complete FIFA 2010 schedule with all details. After four years of waiting, the FIFA World Cup 2010 will begin this Friday. South Africa will host the tournament for the first time in its continent's history and will feature 32 teams from every part of the globe and 64 games. The World Cup always brings different...

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Theft-guilt OR Ragging?

College official says she wrote an apology letter confessing to theft after being ‘caught’ on May 26. Her father alleges she was being ragged, files police complaint What drove Trupti Makwana, second year MBBS student of B J Medical College, to attempt suicide? WHAT IS THE TRUTH? Dean’s version: Trupti wrote an apology letter in front of me on May 26, confessing to stealing hostelmates’ belongings Father’s complaint says: Hostelmates cooked up...

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Waste lights up GIDC at Naroda

Firm converts waste from nearby units into methane; greenhouse gas is chanelled into generator to produce electricity. Yearly savings add up to Rs 2.07 lakh Industrial waste is powering lights at the Naroda GIDC. Naroda Enviro Projects Ltd collects waste from agro-based industries in the estate to generate electricity that lights up its premises. The firm is not just getting the best out of waste, it is creating wealth out of waste, too. The...

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Mughal era coin stolen from city museum

An 18th century gold coin of Mughal Emperor Mohammed Shah’s time went missing after caretaker of Paldi museum goes to attend phone call The stolen gold coin belongs to Mughal Emperor Mohammed Shah’s era. The antique 10.5 gm coin of 1748 was stolen in the afternoon when the in-charge of the museum at Sanskar Kendra in Paldi had gone to attend a phone call. At the time, the museum was teeming with visitors. Though the coin is considered priceless,...

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Tata Nano new plant at Sanand, in Ahmedabad - Inaugurated by Narendra Modi

Tata Motors' brand new plant for the Tata Nano at Sanand, in Ahmedabad district of Gujarat, was inaugurated today by the Honourable Chief Minister of Gujarat, Mr. Narendra Modi, in the presence of the Chairman of Tata Sons and Tata Motors, Mr. Ratan N. Tata, Ministers of the Gujarat Government, top officials, vendor and supplier partners, dealers and associates of the company. The plant's inauguration marks the culmination of the company's goal...

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PHEW.

Just three more days of this sweltering heat Respite from searing heat is round the corner. A cyclone is brewing in the Arabain Sea that will usher in rain and squally wind in the state’s coastal districts. Lower temperature in Ahmedabad will be the offshoot, say experts. Mercury that breached 45 degrees Celsius and killed 55 in the city over the past few days will dip to around 36 degrees on June 3. After that the cyclonic storm and the imminent...

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No escape from heat

not even in death. The stench outside the post-mortem room at the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital is unbearable. The reason: Six of the seven cold storage chambers at the morgue are out of order. The searing heat has aggravated the woes of hospital staff who are compelled to store two bodies in one box and preserve them using ice slabs. But the bodies continue to rot, attracting maggots and spreading a stink that has left everyone squirming except the...

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IS THIS GOVT’S IDEA OFGOING GREEN?

Roads & buildings dept is chopping 200 trees at Sachivalaya to create space for new roads, landscaping, fountains The New Sachivalaya in Gandhinagar will get better roads and lighting, fountains and an artificial waterfall under a Rs 15-crore project aimed at giving the place a new look. It will, however, lose some of its oldest residents: trees. At least 200 trees on the campus, some 100 years old, are going to be cut to create space...

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RIL’S OFFICE UNDER SIEGE

Angry Reliance petrol pump owners who have been outpriced by public sector petroleum companies lay siege to RIL’s Paldi office, demanding the company return the money they have invested Around 100 petrol pump dealers barged into Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) office at Vraj building near Parimal crossing around 2 pm on Wednesday, demanding refund of their investments. Claiming losses worth millions of rupees over the past four years because...

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The Mystery of the Indian who fasts for more than 70 years.

Guarded 24 hours over 24 in a hospital for two weeks, Prahlad Jani has not eaten or drunk anything.Tags: INDIA, Prahlad Jani, Mataji. After two weeks of continuous observations, scientists do not understand how this ascetic Hindu survives 83 years, claiming that he has not eaten or drunk since the age of 8 years. Blessed at the age of 8 years by the goddess Amba Mata, Prahlad Jani, 83 years, going from water and food. At least that is what the...

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Swapnil Joshi and Ami Trivedi in Optimystix new fiction for SAB TV

Optimystix and SAB TV will now be working on the adaptation of popular writer Shahabuddin Rathod, which will have Swapnil Joshi and Ami Trivedi as leads.. Optimystix, after the success of Sajan Re Jhoot Mat Bolo is now working towards their second fiction show for SAB TV, which will be based on the literary works of the very popular orator cum writer of Gujarat, Shahabuddin Rathod. As per our source, "Shahabuddin Rathod is a famous orator whose...

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