St Xavier’s is an autonomous college affiliated with Gujarat University Ahmedabad: St Xavier’s College has approached the Gujarat high court against the state govt’s decision compelling it to join the Gujarat Common Admission Services (GCAS) system for admission of students to its undergraduate courses.St Xavier’s is an autonomous college affiliated with Gujarat University. It has…
Ahmedabad: The maximum temperature on Thursday moved down a bit on the heat-o-meter, albeit the difference wasn’t that noticeable for those outdoors. According to India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) forecast, it was 41.7 degrees celsius, 0.2 degrees lower than normal and 2 degrees less than the 43.7 degrees recorded for the three days straight. The met…
Gandhinagar: The state govt said on Thursday that the Industrial Construction Skills Training Institute (ICSTI) set up by L&T at Vadnagar in Mehsana district, has commenced full-scale operations, with its first batches of trainees already deployed across major infrastructure projects in the country after completing short-term, industry-oriented courses.The industrial training institute has completed training for…
The report also highlighted that against the capacity of 14,108 inmates, the state prisons held 17,766 inmates, which was 25.9% higher Ahmedabad: In 2024, the state prison department recorded 201 inmates absconding during the parole period, accounting for 63% of the country’s total absconding prison inmates (319). Out of the total, 153 or 76% were…
Ahmedabad: As part of the push for participative and doorstep delivery of justice, the Supreme Court decided to launch Supreme Court Action for Mediated Adjudication and Disputes Harmonisation Across Nation (SAMADHAN) Samaroh, which commenced on April 21 and will culminate in Special Lok Adalat between Aug 21 and 23, 2026.According to the legal services authority,…
Ahmedabad: Amid concerns and debates over aggressive stray dogs in light of the recent Supreme Court directive, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has said that over 100 such dogs were captured from various areas of the city and housed in shelters during 2025-26. Of these, 29 were tested for rabies using rapid test kits and…
Applicants get 90 seconds to complete parallel parking. Many either run outof time or touch a boundary marker, both of which result in failure Parallel parking has become the single biggest hurdle at driving licence tests in Gujarat, tripping up three out of every four candidates who fail, even when their cars come fitted with…
Ahmedabad: If a murder convict jumps parole, you would expect him to disappear into hiding. But Hemant Nagindas Modi allegedly spent the last decade quite brazenly in front of the camera. For nearly 12 years, the 53-year-old — known in entertainment circles as Spandan Modi and sometimes Twinkle Dave — acted alongside some of Bollywood’s…
Exams will be conducted from June 19 to June 22 at designated centres in various districts of Gujarat Ahmedabad: Approximately 30,000 students from across the state have registered to appear for supplementary exams, announced the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) on Thursday.According to the official notification released by the board, the schedule…
Using aliases such as “Twinkle Dave” in theatre circles and “Spandan Modi” in films, he gradually entered Gujarati entertainment circles before shifting to Mumbai for film and serial work Ahmedabad: Long before police tracked him down as a parole jumper, Hemant Nagindas Modi, 53, had already mastered the art of becoming someone else.Years before entering…
