Ahmedabad: Overcast skies and a light drizzle brought welcome respite from the July heat on Tuesday, as the city recorded an average of 3mm rainfall until 6pm. The day’s maximum temperature plummeted to 31.3°C — 1.7 notches below normal — making it one of the coolest days this month, even as high humidity levels ranged…
The extension applies to proposals for increasing sections or introducing new classes, including sequential or additional divisions in Classes IX and X, first-time sections in Class XI, continuation in Class XII, and expansion of Classes XI and XII streams Ahmedabad: The Gujarat education department has extended the deadline for grant-in-aid secondary and higher secondary schools…
Gandhinagar: State govt said on Monday that linking Aadhaar to Parivahan portal has been made mandatory. Govt said in a statement that under the new system, linking an Aadhaar card on the Parivahan portal has now been made compulsory for cases involving change of vehicle ownership and transfer of vehicles to other states.. The rule…
Ahmedabad: The Admission Committee for Professional Diploma Courses (ACPDC), Gujarat, has completed Round-1 admissions for the academic year 2026-27 across 31 govt, five grant-in-aid and 113 self-financed institutes.According to data released by the committee, govt institutes, with a total intake of 23,238 seats (including EWS), recorded a strong response, with 20,435 seats allotted and 17,080…
Ahmedabad: Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) caught Jay Kulkarni, a junior clerk in AMC’s property tax department (central zone, Danapith), accepting a Rs 2,000 bribe. He had allegedly demanded Rs 5,000 to register the complainant as the occupant in property tax records, of which Rs 3,000 was reportedly already paid. The complainant then approached ACB, who set…
Ahmedabad: Gujarat State Pharmacy Council has issued an advisory for students and parents seeking admission to pharmacy courses.According to the guidelines, students must have passed Class XII Science from a govt-recognised board, with Physics, Chemistry, and either Biology or Mathematics, to be eligible for diploma or degree pharmacy courses. The council has made clear that…
Siblings Purnendu and Vashika Dhar, residents of Serenedeep Mansions in Ahmedabad’s Shela area where they spotted the leopard on Monday, July 20 at around 1.05am Ahmedabad: On Sunday night, while much of the city was glued to television screens, settling in for the FIFA World Cup final, two siblings stepped out to buy snacks for…
Ahmedabad: Doctors at UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Civil Hospital performed a surgery on a patient to remove tumour thrombus affecting the kidney and the heart. The operation on the 50-year-old woman lasted eight hours. Tumour thrombus is a collection of cancer cells extending directly into a blood vessel. The cancer tumour in the…
Ahmedabad: For the second consecutive day on Monday, teams from the Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Services (AFES) inspected 152 units for fire safety compliance and illegal firecracker manufacturing. The premises checked included factories, industries, warehouses and godowns.Fourteen units were sealed in the Central Zone. Fourteen units were inspected in the South West Zone, and operations…
Ahmedabad: A retired govt employee and his wife had a narrow escape after four unidentified men allegedly tried to attack them with sticks and hurled bricks at them near Pragatinagar Garden in Naranpura on June 23. Based on the couple’s complaint, Naranpura police on Monday registered an FIR against the unidentified assailants.According to the complaint,…
