Haren Pandya, a former state home minister, was shot dead on March 26, 2006 Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court has ordered the state govt to take a decision within six months on an application filed by the sharpshooter in the Haren Pandya murder case, Mohammed Asghar Ali. Convicted to a life term, Ali moved the HC…
Ahmedabad: A WhatsApp message carrying what appeared to be an RBI notice has cost a real estate businessman Rs 1.5 crore. Cyberscammers, allegedly, used a fake regulatory communication to hack into his office computer system and create a cloned WhatsApp account to impersonate him and trick his accountant into transferring the money.The complainant, who runs…
Ahmedabad: At the end of the first round of degree engineering admissions in Gujarat, 33,993 candidates were allotted seats out of the 61,316 available. While 41,688 students participated, 7,687 candidates missed out on allotments due to insufficient or inappropriate choice filling.Students who were allotted seats must confirm their admission by paying their fees through the…
PGCET will be held in Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, and Rajkot Ahmedabad: Postgraduate Common Entrance Test (PGCET) 2026 for admission to engineering, pharmacy and planning courses will be held on June 27 and 28 at Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, and Rajkot. Conducted by Gujarat Technological University (GTU), the exam serves students who either skipped national-level exams like…
Gandhinagar: The National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6) data has exposed Gujarat govt’s claim of women’s empowerment, the state unit of the Congress party said on Wednesday.Party spokesperson Hiren Banker said that only 16% of women in Gujarat own a house or land, showing that women still have not received equal rights. “Even in this digital…
File photo of Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel at the launch of Shala Praveshotsav and Kanya Kelavani campaign at B N High School in Vadnagar, Mehsana, on Tuesday. Gandhinagar: Over 1.31 lakh students have been admitted in schools in the first two days of the three-day Kanya Kelavani and Praveshotsav drive by Gujarat govt. On the…
Ahmedabad/Surat/Vadodara: CA Intermediate exam results declared by Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) on Wednesday have delivered a mixed picture for Gujarat. While pass percentages remained modest across major cities, students made a strong mark nationally, with 13 candidates from Ahmedabad and Surat featuring in the all-India Top 50 ranks. Moksh Rathod Ahmedabad produced…
Subhash Bridge Demolition Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has decided to demolish and reconstruct the 53-year-old Subhash Bridge from its foundations after fresh studies concluded that the structure had deteriorated beyond repair. The civic body will now have to abandon its Rs 236 crore restoration plan approved earlier this year.Municipal commissioner Banchha Nidhi Pani said…
Ahmedabad: The city civic body has filed police complaints against some residents of Vardhman Flats in Paldi after they freed stray dogs that had been captured for sterilisation and vaccination.The trouble began when the residents clashed with the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) staff and workers of People for Animals, the NGO contracted to run the…
Gujarat deputy CM Harsh Sanghavi during the inauguration of the innovative ‘School on Wheels’ initiative, in Gandhinagar Gandhinagar: Gujarat govt on Tuesday introduced ‘Ranshala’, a school-on-wheels for children of salt pan workers, in the Rann of Kutch. The initiative was launched to coincide with Praveshotsav, state govt’s annual school enrolment drive. ‘School on Wheels’ initiative…
