Ahemdabad

Approximately 2.5 lakh students opted for 15 govt universities, indicating a clear preference for public institutions Ahmedabad: The registration and choice-filling process under the Gujarat Common Admission Services (GCAS) portal for undergraduate courses concluded with substantial student participation. Against approximately 5.50 lakh available seats, 2.82 lakh students finalised their preferences by the final deadline.According to…

Ahmedabad: A viral video showing a woman running on a busy road, carrying a burning object, has prompted Airport police to register an FIR and launch an investigation into the incident. According to the complaint filed by constable Niteshkumar Hanuman on Thursday, police personnel were present at the Surveillance Squad police chowki around 12.30pm when…

Ahmedabad: The department of higher education has approved a Rs 10.86 crore grant for Gujarat University (GU) to establish an Institute of Hospitality, Heritage Management, Archaeology and Lifelong Learning. The total cost of the project is estimated at Rs 36.21 crore and is expected to be completed over the next three to five years.The proposed…

Union home and cooperation minister Amit Shah pays tributes after unveiling the Bharat Mata statue in Ahmedabad’s Nava Vadaj area on Thursday Ahmedabad: Union home and cooperation minister Amit Shah on Thursday unveiled the Bharat Mata sculpture made by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) at Nava Vadaj Circle. Chief minister Bhupendra Patel was present at…

Ahmedabad: A Delhi resident was arrested by the city cybercrime police for allegedly creating multiple fake social media accounts and uploading AI-generated morphed obscene images and videos of an Ahmedabad woman and her mother after she rejected his friendship request, according to a statement issued by the cybercrime police.According to police, the 27-year-old accused, Sumit…

Amit Shah in Gandhinagar on Thursday Gandhinagar: Union home minister Amit Shah said in Gandhinagar on Thursday that the govt has resolved to remove every illegal immigrant from the country. He said that the high-level committee on demographic changes (HLCDC), constituted earlier this week to study ‘unnatural demographic changes’, will submit its report within a…

Ahmedabad: As Gujarat ATS and Indian Coast Guard teams closed in on the cocaine-laden cargo vessel off Mundra coast on the intervening night of May 25 and 26, panic gripped one of the crew members allegedly linked to the smuggling operation. Investigators now believe those frantic few minutes were the last moments of Tanzanian crew…

Gujarat minister Praful Pansheriya AHMEDABAD: The test report of a suspected Ebola patient admitted to an isolation ward in Ahmedabad has returned negative, Gujarat minister Praful Pansheriya said on Thursday.The minister of state for health also urged citizens not to panic or believe in rumours, asking citizens to rely only on official updates issued by…

AHMEDABAD: A 22-year-old student from Gujarat was allegedly stabbed to death in Canada’s Niagara region near the US border, leaving her family in Anand district devastated. The deceased was identified as Vidhi Kalpeshbhai Megha, a native of Borsad town in Anand district. Vidhi had been living in Canada for the last four years for higher…

Ahmedabad: With schools across Gujarat scheduled to reopen after the summer vacation on June 8, the ongoing spell of heatwave has sparked fresh concerns among school management bodies. The State School Management Association has urged the state govt to extend the vacation by another 10 days, citing health risks to students and logistical challenges arising…