The head priest of Maninagar Shree Swaminarayan Gadi Sansthan, Purushottampriyadasji Swamishree Maharaj, 78, succumbed to COVID-19 on Thursday. The cremation will be held in the afternoon and the temple authorities have made arrangements for a live telecast of the funeral for his followers. Earlier the trust had appointed Jitendriyapriyadasji Swami as his successor. The trust...

A case has been filed against a man for firing at his mother-in-law and injuring her. The injuries to her fingers were non-threatening. The cops have registered a complaint against the man after his in-laws dithered on filing one. Police said the son-in-law, identified as Ashish Desai, fired at his mother-in-law Rajrani at their house...

One more corporator from the city has tested positive for Covid19. Maninagar ward corporator Ramesh Patel and his mother have tested positive for the disease. He has been admitted to a hospital for treatment. Earlier, his wife had been detected with the disease and was under treatment at the SVP hospital in the city. Patel...

Maninagar has joined the list of red zones in the city after the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) declared it as a containment zone. AMC Commissioner Vijay Nehra during his routine briefing on the Covid19 status in the city said that 10 officers have been appointed to look after each of the containment zones. An area...