Ahmedabad: Under the Right to Education (RTE) Act, the first round of admissions for Class 1 was completed, with 77,925 students allotted seats in private schools across the state. However, around 5,753 seats remain vacant after the initial allocation.As per official instructions, parents of students who have been allotted seats must confirm admission by visiting…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) announced that the Class 10 board exam results will be declared on Wednesday at 8am. With this announcement, the long wait of over 9 lakh students across the state will come to an end.According to the official statement released by the board, students will be…
Ahmedabad/Vadodara/Rajkot: Krishnakant Parmar, an oral cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy, has seen his treatment altered because of the shortage. His regimen of high-dose cisplatin once every three weeks has been reduced to a low-dose schedule every two weeks. Reason? Short supply of platinum-based chemotherapy drugs such as cisplatin, carboplatin and oxaliplatin that has hit cancer treatment…
Ahmedabad: Five persons moved the Gujarat high court seeking action against nine police officers in Vadodara for alleged custodial torture, parading them in full public view, and thereby committing contempt of court by violating the Supreme Court’s order.The petition was filed by Sufiyan Mansuri, Shanawaz Kureshi, Junaid Sindhi, Anas Kureshi and Sadeka Sindhi. The group…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat’s rapid expansion in renewable energy has pushed it to the No. 1 spot nationally. With 47,178MW installed capacity, the state has overtaken Rajasthan by a slim margin, according to data from the Union ministry of new and renewable energy. The state added significant capacity over the past year to edge ahead of Rajasthan….
Ahmedabad: A sessions court on Tuesday denied bail to 67-year-old Dashrath Patel, owner of Popular Builders, in a 2022 land fraud case. Patel, currently lodged in Sabarmati Central Jail, is accused of conspiring to forge land records for a 1983 sale deed in Godhavi village.Patel’s counsel argued that the dispute was essentially civil in nature….
Ahmedabad: Timely intervention by the Gandhinagar police saved two schoolgirls who attempted to end their lives at the Narmada canal following the declaration of the Class 12 board results on Monday. One of the girls from Gandhinagar had failed to clear the exam, while the other had failed to get a good marks.Superintendent of police…
Ahmedabad: It took the death of a critically endangered Great Indian Bustard (GIB) chick to finally shake the Gujarat govt out of years of neglect. The chick, born in March through the painstaking “jump start” technique at the Kutch sanctuary, is now dead — likely fallen to predators, despite 50-odd staffers deployed to protect it….
Ahmedabad: The Diploma to Degree Common Entrance Test (DDCET) for admissions to degree engineering courses was conducted in the state on Tuesday. A total of 20,893 students appeared for the exam, while 936 candidates remained absent. Ahmedabad district recorded the highest participation with 4,633 students, whereas Botad district had the lowest turnout with only 11…
Ahmedabad: The Cyber Centre of Excellence of the CID (Crime), Gujarat, has busted an inter-state racket involving transactions worth over Rs 53 crore and arrested 10 accused from Anand and Ahmedabad. One of the arrested operatives had facilitated a bank account that was allegedly used by accused in the sensational killing of former Maharashtra minister…
