Ahmedabad: The scheduled caste welfare department has issued strict instructions to all universities in Gujarat after complaints that several institutions were forcing scheduled caste (SC) students with valid freeship cards to pay tuition fees. Under the state govt’s post-matric scholarship scheme, SC students are entitled to freeship cards, obtained from district offices, which allow them…
Ahmedabad: Ahead of the school enrolment drive, the Gujarat State School Textbook Board has intensified efforts to ensure timely distribution of textbooks across primary schools. Acting chairman Manu Pawara stated that the board is working on a war footing with strong planning to deliver textbooks for all mediums, across primary to higher secondary levels, within…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat has emerged as the top-performing state among Category B states, winning five national awards under the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana ‘Month of Solar – May 2026’ campaign organised by the Union ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE).The awards were presented by Union minister Prahlad Joshi at a ceremony held at…
Pandya had earlier requested the HC administration to remove stray dogs from the campus for the safety of lawyers, litigants and court staff Ahmedabad: Former president of the Gujarat High Court Advocates Association and senior counsel Asim Pandya has once again appealed to the HC administration to free the court campus of stray dog menace,…
Parents will be allowed to revise their school preferences from June 6 to June 8, before the third round of seat allotment Ahmedabad: The admission process under the Right to Education (RTE) Act for private schools in Gujarat completed its second round, with 7,022 seats still remaining vacant across the state, and authorities initiated the…
FILE PHOTO: A man rides a motorcycle along the solar panels in Gujarat Solar Park also called Charanka Solar Park at Patan district in Gujarat Gandhinagar: India could generate nearly 11 million metric tonnes (MT) of solar-panel waste by 2047 amid rapid expansion in renewable-energy capacity, warned industry experts on Friday, while calling for a…
Gandhinagar: Citing a “decade of disasters” marked by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Russia-Ukraine war and the ongoing West Asia-driven energy shock, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the disruptions underline the need for energy self-reliance and a faster shift to green energy.At an event in Surat, where he laid foundation stones and inaugurated projects…
The mobile laboratory will be stationed at each of the 10 chosen locations in Ahmedabad for 45 days a year Ahmedabad: A new, smart facility on wheels could help the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) clear the air on causes of pollution. The Mobile Real-Time Source Apportionment Laboratory, part of the Smart Sensing and Digital Intelligence…
Ahmedabad: Days after a visa consultancy firm came under police scrutiny in a work permit fraud case, Navrangpura police on Friday registered a second complaint against the same three office-bearers of the Ahmedabad-based company, this time for allegedly duping a city resident of Rs 4.5 lakh on the pretext of securing overseas employment visas.The latest…
The accused, a Chandkheda resident, was the joint custodian of the currency chest at the Gandhi Road branch Ahmedabad: A city sessions court on Friday denied bail to one of the accused in the Rs 8.7 crore Bank of Baroda embezzlement case, saying that the allegations in the case should be viewed seriously and that…
