Ahmedabad: Hitendra Brahmbhatt, 59, who is mentally unwell, had left his Vastrapur home 25 days ago and wandered the city streets as police and his family searched for him — but fittingly, he was reunited with his sister on Rakshabandhan.Brahmbhatt lives alone and does not use a mobile phone. He went missing on Aug 3…
Ahmedabad: Times News NetworkState School Management Federation has directed all grant-in-aid and self-financed primary, secondary, and higher secondary schools across Gujarat not to form new school management committees (SMCs).Issuing a circular to clarify the position, the federation addressed confusion arising from guidelines under the National Education Policy (NEP), Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan, and the Right to…
Gandhinagar: Gujarat has carried out high-density plantations across 1,526 hectares at 106 locations during 2026-27 under the Maha Van Kavach initiative, with plantation sites spread across districts including Ahmedabad, Kutch, Banaskantha, Sabarkantha, Narmada, Valsad and the tribal belt of eastern Gujarat.The plantations, each spanning 10 hectares or more, are aimed at expanding the state’s green…
Ahmedabad: For young Gujaratis who leave India after family conflicts over relationships, marriage is emerging as an unexpected factor in their asylum narratives abroad. Claims centred on forced marriage, family violence, threats over inter-caste relationships and opposition to same-sex relationships are being raised before immigration authorities in countries including the UK, Canada and New Zealand,…
Ahmedabad: Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has postponed the 22nd edition of the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET), which was scheduled for Sep 6, and reopened the online application portal following a recent Supreme Court directive.Eligible candidates can now apply online until Sep 1. The board will announce a revised examination date after the…
Ahmedabad: A police inspector, 45, posted with the Civil Defence Home Guards lost Rs 5.4 lakh to cyberfraudsters who posed as officials of an insurance company and promised to help her close insurance policies and recover maturity proceeds.The Memnagar resident lodged a complaint with Gujarat University police on Aug 27 against the callers and the…
IMPROVING TALENT IDENTIFICATION Gandhinagar: The hunt for Gujarat’s next sporting champion is moving from the playing field to the laboratory. Scientists have begun collecting DNA samples from sportspersons as part of a state sports genomics programme. The information will be combined with physical and performance data to create detailed athlete profiles. The idea is to…
Ahmedabad: A man serving a life sentence in a murder case and currently out on suspension of sentence was arrested along with an accomplice for allegedly murdering a 40-year-old man in Krishnanagar on Thursday night.Krishnanagar police inspector V H Joshi said the accused were identified as Bharat Chunara, a resident of Vasantnagar Chhapra, and Rohit…
Police said they are establishing the identities and affiliations of the people involved in the alleged vandalism. AHMEDABAD: What began as a quiet two-hour reading session in a Vastrapur municipal garden on Thursday evening snowballed into a confrontation, with allegations of vandalism and injuries after a group of 8-10 VHP members allegedly disrupted the gathering.Around…
Kinnari Patel and Mihir Patel. NEW DELHI: An NRI couple from Vadodara has gone missing after devastating flash floods hit Nepal, prompting their family to appeal to the Indian government to step up rescue efforts.Kinnari Patel and her husband, Mihir Patel, had travelled to Kathmandu from New Zealand and later set out for Kailash Dham…
