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After dogs, registration of pet cats a must in Ahmedabad | Ahmedabad News

After dogs, registration of pet cats a must in Ahmedabad | Ahmedabad News

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2 min readAhmedabadJul 10, 2026 04:48 AM IST After dog registration, Ahmedabad on Thursday announced that pet cats must be registered, too. The city has an estimated 5,000 pet cat population, said the head of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s cattle nuisance control department (CNCD) Naresh Rajput. The civic body has announced Rs 200 as fee for the online registration to take place from July 9 to September 30 this year. As part of the procedure, a cat owner must submit his Aadhaar or voter ID details, tax bill, electricity bill, photographs of the pet, his house and his own, and pet vaccination certificate issued by a registered veterinarian. The registration of pet cats is in accordance with the guidelines of the Animal Welfare Board of India, the Animal Birth Control (ABC) Dogs Rules-2023, and the National Action Plan for Dog Mediated Rabies Elimination, 2030 (NAPRE). As per the official data, dog registrations, which started in the city on January 1 last year, have seen 17,286 people registering 19,643 pets. The highest 3,867 registrations are of Labradors, …

‘Encroachments by only one community’: Minister’s remark in Gujarat Assembly draws objection from lone Muslim MLA | Ahmedabad News

‘Encroachments by only one community’: Minister’s remark in Gujarat Assembly draws objection from lone Muslim MLA | Ahmedabad News

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Gujarat Minister of State for Co-operation Jagdish Vishwakarma on Tuesday said that encroachments on government land in Ahmedabad, Dwarka and Somnath were “by people of only one community, with the support of leaders of the community”, in a purported reference to the minority community. He made the remarks in his address during the day-one discussion on the Motion of Thanks for the Governor’s address in the Legislative Assembly. He further said that children born after 2002 in Gujarat do not “even know what curfew and communal riots are”. Story continues below this ad His remarks drew objections from Congress’s Imran Khedawala, the lone Muslim MLA in the House, who said the minister was targeting the community. Raising the issue of encroachment removal around the Chandola lake and Bhadra area in Ahmedabad, the minister said, “When authorities went to clear the area around the Bhadra Kali mata temple where a yatra will be carried out tomorrow (Wednesday), there were people of only one community (as encroachers). Similarly, in Dwarka there were people of only one community; …

20 yrs after ‘rebuilding’ their lives, over 280 homes in Bakramandi face eviction; to move High court again | Ahmedabad News

20 yrs after ‘rebuilding’ their lives, over 280 homes in Bakramandi face eviction; to move High court again | Ahmedabad News

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“Our house was demolished in 2005 but we rebuilt it at great cost after the court order… and now they are asking us to vacate our home entirely. We neither have another home nor the money to build a new one. We are all daily wagers.” The words of Naseembanu Shaikh, 55, who irons clothes for a living, echo the feelings of many others in Bakramandi Vasahat, an area adjacent to a goat market in Ranip area of Ahmedabad, as they protested on Monday against the eviction notices issued to them by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC). Their demands included alternate accommodation and time to vacate. Asking them to vacate in 10 days, the civic body has issued notices to residents of over 280 houses, stating that the shanties encroached on a town-planning road. Story continues below this ad This is the latest in a long-drawn conflict between the residents of the settlement that lay behind the largest goat market in Ahmedabad and the municipal corporation that has previously seen the razing of 175 houses …

Gujarat Hardlook: Stalling Suicides At Sabarmati | Ahmedabad News

Gujarat Hardlook: Stalling Suicides At Sabarmati | Ahmedabad News

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In the second week of December, a 35-year-old man called up the Jeevan Aastha Helpline (JAH) as he stood at the edge of Jamalpur Bridge spanning the Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad. Sole breadwinner of the house, the man had failed to pay several installments of his bank loan. Unable to meet the financial requirements of his family, he had reached the Sabarmati riverfront, from whose waters, each year, the River Rescue Team pulls out over 200 people, most of them already dead. While walking up to the Eastern side of Sardar Bridge from Jamalpur, a signboard caught the man’s attention. The board had a message: “Suicide is not the solution to your problem”, with a phone number. The man called up the helpline number (1800-233-3330) and reached out to the senior counsellor — the last attempt at aid. “I spoke to him for more than 25 minutes. The man was in dire financial straits. He was unable to meet the monetary needs of his family and had bank officials knocking on his door to collect …

Two months ago, Ahmedabad mall also saw fire at gaming zones | Ahmedabad News

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Months before Saturday’s fire at TRP, a private amusement and theme park in Rajkot, Ahmedabad, too, had seen a fire break out at TRP Mall’s gaming zones. While parts of the TRP Mall were sealed after the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) noticed violations, some were subsequently reopened after the mall owners submitted compliance reports. While both the establishments have similar names, these are run by different companies. A fire at the mall on March 23 had engulfed the fifth and sixth floors, resulting in significant damage to the property. Following this, on March 28, the AMC had sealed a paying guest facility, two game zones, including one known as the Sky Jumper Trampoline Park that was gutted in the fire, and a cinema hall, following an onsite inspection. According to the AMC, these establishments were running without requisite permission in the mall. Speaking to The Indian Express, deputy estate officer of north west zone of AMC, Hemaben Shakya, said: “One of the gaming zones in the Ahmedabad mall is still closed. I believe repair work …