Ahmedabad: The Gujarat State Textbook Board has intensified textbook distribution across the state in a bid to ensure that students receive their books at the earliest, with authorities aiming to complete the exercise within the next week ahead of the school enrolment drive.Officials said nearly 10 lakh textbooks are being distributed daily through the board’s…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court has sought an explanation from the secretary of the industries and mines department on why officials of the department did not act while nearly 1 lakh metric tonne (MT) of sand was mined, leaving huge craters in forest land in a village in Bardoli taluka of Surat district.Justice Nikhil Kariel…
Ahmedabad: Mayor Hitesh Barot and standing committee members convened a pre-monsoon preparedness meeting at the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Friday. Key directives included identifying chronic waterlogging spots and repairing faulty street light poles to prevent electrocution, a critical issue after two people died from live wires in water puddles during the 2025 monsoon.In a…
Ahmedabad: Taking a hard stance against the recent ragging incidents that surfaced in the state medical colleges, the Indian Medical Association Gujarat State Branch (IMA-GSB) on Friday wrote a letter to Praful Pansheriya, MoS (health and family welfare and medical education), Government of Gujarat, to ensure zero tolerance towards ragging and implement action according to…
In this image received on June 19, 2026, Union Minister Bhupender Yadav, left, with Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi during the ‘Viksit Bharat Sankalp Sammelan’, in Gandhinagar, Gujarat Gandhinagar: Union environment and forest minister Bhupender Yadav on Friday said the Gujarat govt has undertaken measures for conservation of Asiatic lions and has been addressing…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat forest department moved swiftly to remove the newly installed floodlights from Nalsarovar sanctuary, soon after a TOI report flagged concerns that the lighting could harm the wetland’s bird population.On Thursday, TOI published a news report, ‘Too bright for birds? Floodlights at Nalsarovar spark fears for wildlife’. The report highlighted that the department…
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) says it has a comprehensive plan to tackle everything from congestion and illegal parking to road safety and emergency response (AI image) AHMEDABAD: The city’s traffic troubles have repeatedly landed in the Gujarat high court over the years. Now, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) says it has a comprehensive plan to…
Ahmedabad: A recent Supreme Court judgment mandating the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) for all primary school teachers has sparked widespread protests across Gujarat. The ruling makes TET compulsory even for teachers who were appointed before 2010.The Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh organised statewide demonstrations on Thursday. Protests were held at district collector offices across Gujarat, where large…
Gandhinagar: Chief minister Bhupendra Patel held a high-level meeting in Gandhinagar on Thursday to review the state’s overall preparedness for the possible impact of El Nino. Ministers and officials of the agriculture, irrigation, water supply, Narmada, forest and revenue departments attended the meeting.Govt spokesperson and minister Jitu Vaghani said that in line with the meteorological…
Each response is logged into a live civic database that is building a real-time, data-driven food safety map for the city Ahmedabad: Food inspectors are no longer the only people judging hygiene at street food stalls in the city. You can walk up to a registered stall, scan the displayed QR code and rate the…
