Ahmedabad: Maheshwari Dodiyar, 19, a native of Godhra, cannot see and hear and has very limited speech capabilities. Conventionally, she could have been seen as the proverbial ‘burden’ on her family. On the contrary, Maheshwari is shouldering the financial burden of her family of labourers. She earns Rs 14,000 per month working as a serving…
Ahmedabad: Securing a driving test slot at the regional transport office (RTO) in Surendranagar or Bardoli has become an exercise in patience for applicants who must wait as long as five months. But they would not have it any other way because the reward is a comparitively much easier driving test. These two RTOs do…
Ahmedabad: For members of Ahmedabad’s notorious ‘Toofani Gang’, every successful theft ended not with laying low but with a celebration. Police said the gang members would use money from stolen vehicles, chain-snatching and street robberies to fund parties, nightlife and gatherings, turning crime into a means of financing a carefree lifestyle.This pattern of post-crime revelry…
Ahmedabad: The spurious plasma racket unearthed by Ahmedabad Rural police appears to have been built around a carefully calibrated formula: 60% saline water, 40% expired plasma, and just enough adulterated units in circulation to avoid raising suspicion.Police say the accused allegedly mixed about 150ml of saline water with 100ml of expired plasma, turning unusable stock…
SVPI airport in Ahmedabad Ahmedabad: Adani Airport Holdings Ltd on Thursday unveiled a Rs 20,000-crore plan to develop integrated airport city projects across six airports, including Ahmedabad, in the first phase of a larger commercial infrastructure programme.The company said it will develop around 22 million sq ft of hospitality, retail, office, entertainment, and convention space…
Gujarat University Gujarat University Building at Ahmedabad. Ahmedabad: Students pursuing LLB, five-year integrated law courses and LLM in colleges affiliated with Gujarat University will study the newly implemented four Labour Codes from the academic year 2026-27. The university is set to release the revised syllabus soon.The Govt of India recently reformed labour legislation by consolidating…
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat govt has granted approval to the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) to obtain the status of an Awarding Body (AB) from the National Council for Vocational Education and Training (NCVET). This move is expected to significantly strengthen vocational education in the state and provide students with nationally recognised skill-based…
Ahmedabad: For engineering students in Gujarat, coding remained the preferred route to a degree and a career. Computer science (CS) and information technology (IT) continued to dominate engineering aspirants’ choices this admission season, accounting for nearly half of the seats allotted in the first round.Of the 41,688 students participating in the admission process, 22,662 —…
The company had decided to terminate his services following complaints regarding his conduct and work performance Ahmedabad: A software company in Gota that provides digital management services to schools has accused its former employee of manipulating critical data in its software systems before leaving the organisation.The employee had access to the company’s enterprise resource planning…
Ahmedabad: The state govt has decided to introduce a major reform in the education system by implementing the Holistic Progress Card (HPC) for Class IX students from the academic year 2026-27. Based on the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, this new system aims to move beyond marks and ranks and focus on a comprehensive 360-degree…
