Ahmedabad

Hemant Patel has personally witnessed what hunger can do to people — not once but twice. The first time was when his own daughter was sick and he had no money to feed her. And the second time was after the 2002 riots in Gujarat when he saw hundreds of people sitting outside a hospital with no food. In the 13 years since then, Hemant has been going regularly to government hospitals and slums to provide meals to the poor. This is his story.

49-year-old Sanjay Raval is a book shop owner in Ahmedabad. One day, he found some people getting ready to cut down a beautiful cassia tree near his office. This is what he did to save it.

Contrary to popular belief, donkeys are gentle and docile animals that can be very loving. In fact, spending time with donkeys is therapeutic; they're especially good with differently-abled children. Donkey Assisted Therapy is now in India!

Himanshi, a miracle baby, was delivered just after 24 weeks of pregnancy and weighed only 465 gm at the time of birth. Today, after six months of constant treatment, she weighs 2.9 kg, is healthy, and has gone home with her Rajasthan based parents.

The 64-year-old, a former senior officer at the State Bank of India, talks about his disabled and wounded dogs like a father about his children—with the same love, affection, warmth, and tenderness. In taking care of them, Mahendra Shrimali says, “I feel that I have finally found my purpose as a human being; I have found the thing I was always supposed to do.”

Electric buses might soon be seen plying on the streets of Gujarat, as the state government is all set to introduce a pilot project to run six of them between Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad.

Indian and Japan have signed a MoU for introduction of Japan’s High Speed Railways (HSR) technologies — the Shinkansen system, on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad route. Here are 5 things to know about the Shinkansen bullet trains.

Two train attendants on-board the Gujarat Mail set a remarkable example of honesty when they returned a bag full of jewellery worth Rs. 2 lakh to the passengers who had left it behind after their journey.

A garba dance venue in Ahmedabad will do more than just celebrate Navratri this year – the organizer has decided to use the festivities for a cause and help spread awareness about the evil practice of female foeticide in the state.

A class V student from Ahmedabad took a professional level Java examination and scored 100 percent. This is how he did it.