The structure today forms part of the larger ‘Prerna School’ complex, where students from across the country come to take leadership lessons Ahmedabad: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has completed conservation work at a historic vernacular school in Vadnagar where PM Narendra Modi studied as a child. Experts finished the work earlier this week.The…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat’s families are getting smaller, and the change is happening faster than in most parts of the country. New central govt data shows fertility rates have fallen by 26.1% in a decade. The state’s total fertility rate — the average number of children a woman is expected to have during her reproductive years —…
The accused had been working at the showroom in Nikol for the past 11 months Ahmedabad: Posing as workers from a cleaning agency, three men polished off gold jewellery worth Rs 3.8 lakh from 69-year-old’s house in Anandanagar. However, police scrubbed out their escape plans and arrested them on Saturday.Following a surveillance operation in Vastrapur…
ways to reduce mobile screen time Ahmedabad: A 14-year-old boy’s addiction to online mobile games became so severe that he stopped attending school for nearly a month, secretly spending his days in public places playing games on his cellphone, while his parents believed he was in class.The case came to light after the boy’s mother,…
Ahmedabad: Over 500 history buffs stepped inside a museum on wheels on Saturday, as two custom-designed exhibition buses rolled into the LD Museum campus.The travelling exhibition — a decade-old initiative by Citi and Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS)— aims to break down gallery walls and take heritage straight to the masses. The current…
Ahmedabad: The admission committee has completed the first round of degree engineering seat allotments in Gujarat. Out of 41,688 participating students, 33,993 were allotted seats, while 7,687 left empty-handed due to insufficient choices.Accounting for nearly 50% occupancy, 33,993 of the total 61,316 available seats were filled. Admitted students must pay their token tuition fee online…
Gujarat home loan disbursals Ahmedabad: Buying a home in Gujarat is becoming costlier even as fewer people are taking home loans. Fresh banking data suggests soaring property prices are forcing buyers to either borrow larger amounts or postpone home ownership altogether. The number of home loan accounts in Gujarat fell 9.5% to 4.03 lakh in…
Ahmedabad: The crime branch seized an additional 329.5 grams of mephedrone during the police remand of an accused arrested in a courier-based drug trafficking case, taking the total recovery in the case to 701.10 grams, officials said.The seized synthetic drug is estimated to be worth Rs 70 lakh. The latest recovery was made following the…
Kapadwanj illegal firecracker unit fire Ahmedabad: Two workers were injured after a major explosion ripped through an illegal firecracker factory in Kapadwanj town on Saturday morning. One of the victims was taken to the civil hospital in Nadiad, while the other was shifted to Ahmedabad Civil Hospital.The injured persons have not yet been identified.Kheda superintendent…
Ahmedabad: Thieves wearing helmets smashed the window and stole Rs 50 lakh from a parked car in Krishnanagar moments after its owner stepped out following an alleged collision with a biker on Saturday. The victim had collected the cash from an angadia firm shortly before the theft occurred.Police suspect the accident was a planned distraction…
