Gandhinagar: The state govt on Tuesday issued charge arrangement orders for six officers — four IAS officers and two GAS officers.A GAD notification stated that Sanjay Modi, executive director, Gujarat State Tribal Development Residential Educational Institution Society (GSTDREIS), will hold additional charge of the post of executive director, Gujarat State Tribal Development Corporation. Yogesh Nirgude,…
Ahmedabad: Showers tamed the heat to some extent, bringing the maximum temperatures down from Monday’s 40.8 degrees celsius to 37 degrees on Tuesday, a much-welcomed drop of 3.8 degrees in 24 hours. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Tuesday’s maximum was 4.3 degrees below normal. At 22.7 degrees, the minimum temperature was 5.4 degrees…
Gandhinagar: The state home department on Tuesday opened a public relations centre at the secretariat complex in Gandhinagar, where citizens can visit and make representations about grievances pertaining to the police department.Officers of state police will be posted at the centre in shifts, where they will hear complaints, suggestions and accept applications from the general…
Falguni Maheshwari said she was deboarded by Air India from the carrier’s Ahmedabad-Bhuj flight Ahmedabad: After nearly nine hours in the air from Frankfurt, Bhuj native Falguni Maheshwari thought the hardest part of her long journey home was over. The postgraduate student of environment sustainability studies in Germany, wheelchair-dependent due to a disability, had landed…
Ahmedabad: Even as the 2026 National Eligibility-cum Entrance Test (NEET) remains embroiled in controversy following its cancellation over an alleged paper leak and an ongoing CBI probe, fresh racketeers have resurfaced online, with several Telegram channels allegedly promising access to `Re-NEET question papers’ and `guaranteed scores’ in exchange for hefty payments.An application has been submitted…
Ahmedabad: A murder convict who twice escaped parole and was twice hauled back to prison by the same policeman ultimately made the officer his target. A Gandhinagar court has now sentenced Pravin alias Bholo Dhaval to “imprisonment till his last breath” for attempting to kill that officer in a revenge attack. The court said the…
Ahmedabad: From the onset of IPL 2026, 2022 champions Gujarat Titans (GT) faced a barrage of questions surrounding the vulnerability of their middle order should the top order, comprising captain Shubman Gill, B Sai Sudharsan and Jos Buttler, fail. On Sunday, playing their third final at the Narendra Modi Stadium here, that eventuality came to…
Gandhinagar: State agriculture minister Jitu Vaghani said on Monday that sales centres will be opened at govt offices, collectorates and cooperative societies, where natural farming produce will be sold. The minister said the move is being considered to promote natural farming across the state.Vaghani launched the statewide ‘Khet Bachao Abhiyan’ from Shertha in Gandhinagar, where…
Ahmedabad: Doctors at the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation-run Thaltej Community Health Centre (CHC) successfully performed a sebaceous cyst surgery on a 45-year-old livestock farmer from Thaltej village on Monday.The patient, Samat Bharwad, had been suffering from a growing lump on the back of his right shoulder for some time. The swelling had started affecting his routine…
Gandhinagar: Among key interventions that the Gujarat govt has planned to curb accidents and save lives in road crashes is a proposal to establish special cells in all urban and rural civic bodies to function as nodal agencies for implementing various measures to control accidents.“Municipal corporations, municipalities and other local self-govt bodies have cells set…
