Gujarat Secretariat building Gandhinagar: In a bid to make governance more people-oriented, Gujarat govt will embark on a ‘Reform Utsav’ from Oct 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, to Dec 25, which is observed as Good Governance Day to mark the birth anniversary of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The chief secretary made…
Gandhinagar Civil Emergency Care Center at Civil Hospital Gandhinagar,capital city of Gujarat. photo: Manish Mistry Ahmedabad: Nineteen instruments worth Rs 10.2 lakh have been reported stolen from Gandhinagar Civil Hospital nearly three months after they went missing from the hospital’s sterilisation department. The delay has affected arthroscopy procedures at the hospital.A complaint was registered at…
The site where the safari park will come up Ahmedabad: A desert-themed drive-through night safari and zoological park at Deesa in Banaskantha district has received the Central Zoo Authority (CZA)’s approval, paving the way for the ambitious Rs 542.1 crore wildlife tourism and conservation project.The proposed Deesa Desert Zoological Park and Night Safari, to be…
Ahmedabad: For the past decade, AMC has been planning to develop the section between Saptarishi Ghat and Atal Ghat on the eastern bank of Sabarmati river as a tourism circuit. In the standing committee meeting to be held on Thursday, a tourism-boosting proposal worth Rs 14 crore will be submitted.The proposal envisages the construction of…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat has attracted fresh investment of Rs 2,500-Rs 3,000 crore in pharmaceutical manufacturing after the state Food and Drugs Control Administration (FDCA) approved 59 new allopathic drug-making plants in the 2025-26 financial year. Officials said many of these upcoming facilities are being designed with export-ready infrastructure and are expected to deepen Gujarat’s role as…
Ahmedabad: Western Railway will extend the Bandra (T)-Ahmedabad Lok Shakti Express to Vadnagar from Thursday, and from Friday on the return journey. Train No. 22927 will depart Bandra at 7.40pm and reach Vadnagar at 6.40am the next day. Train No. 22928 will leave Vadnagar at 6.20pm and reach Bandra at 5.25am. The extended service will…
Ahmedabad: A local court on Wednesday refused to send security guard Dharam Singh (27), accused of restraining and raping a 22-year-old student, to police remand, and sent him to judicial custody.Singh allegedly raped the interior design student, who lived as a paying guest in Jodhpur area, on her apartment building’s terrace. He also allegedly restrained…
Ahmedabad: A city sessions court here on Wednesday refused to grant anticipatory bail to Chetan Solanki, who had rented his house on Ramol-Gatrad road where a firecracker-making unit was being run and where a powerful blast on July 18 killed 11 persons.According to public prosecutor Sudhir Brahmbhatt, Solanki sought legal protection from the court fearing…
School sources confirmed they are attempting to comply with all DEO directions Anand Niketan School, Shilaj campus, Ahmedabad Ahmedabad: After representations, several parents along with right-wing activists protested at Anand Niketan school in Shilaj over a shard of glass found in the food served at the school. Things took a religious turn when protesters alleged…
Gujarat deputy chief minister Harsh Sanghavi during the launch of the statewide sports scheme ‘Shaktidoot 2.0’ and an ‘e-bhoomipujan-e-lokarparan’ programme of sports complexes and libraries, at Mahatma Mandir, in Gandhinagar Gandhinagar: The state govt launched the second edition of its flagship athlete support initiative, Shaktidoot 2.0, at an event presided over by deputy chief minister…
