The Gujarat government on Thursday issued a new order amending the regulations governing gaming operations and issuing licenses based on the previous GDCR requirements, providing relief to owners of gaming zones. In the announcement, Prakash Dutta, Joint Secretary of the state urban development department, stated, “The government has decided to exempt certain existing gaming establishments […]
A second-year PGP student from the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) was found dead in his hostel room at the B-school’s new campus in Vastrapur area on Thursday. Akshith Bhukya, 24, a native of Warangal, Telangana, was found hanging in his hostel room around 10.45 a.m., according to Vastrapur police. Police officials suspect that stress […]
As the coveted Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) is implementing reservations in PhD admissions from the new academic session, there is a story of a three-year long legal battle behind this. It must be recalled that IIM-A was the only institute among the 20 premier Indian management institutes in the country that did not […]
A 21-year-old woman from Gujarat was coerced into slashing her wrists by an online ‘friend’ she had befriended on a popular social media platform. An Instagram ‘friend’ exerted influence on the woman from Shela and allegedly forced her into recording herself naked on video and cutting her wrists. Accused Sahil Satarkar, a resident of Pune, […]
Gujarat boy Drona Desai, all of 18, has scripted history by amassing a whopping 498 runs in an Under-19 inter school match in Gandhinagar. Desai, who played for his school St Xaviers (Loyola), in the Diwan Ballubhai Cup Under-19 multi-day tournament, took only 320 balls to reach the incredible score that included seven towering sixes […]
Starting academic year 2025, IIM Ahmedabad will have reservation of seats for its PhD programme. According to the PhD Admission 2025 information brochure, this year’s intake will follow the government’s reservation guidelines. The premier B-school will now reserve seats for candidates from Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), Other Backward Classes (OBC), and persons with […]
A foreign student studying in Ahmedabad has accused the international director of a private university in Shilaj of molesting her. City’s Bopal police lodged an FIR and arrested the 52-year-old accused identified as Mrudang Dave, a native of Vadodara. According to the complaint, the 21-year-old student joined the university in June 2023 from some Pacific […]
Gujarat’s Rhea Singha has been adjudged Miss Universe India 2024 at a gala event in Jaipur. Rhea beat 51 other competitors at the top beauty pageant contest to win the crown. She will now represent India at Miss Universe 2024 which will take place in Mexico. “I am so thankful. I have done so much […]
A Gujarat couple was caught at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport with forged Canadian visa stamps just before they were to board a flight to Toronto on Sep 15. According to a complaint filed at IGI Airport police station on Sep 15, Ashishsinh Chavda, 22, and wife Priyanka, 20, from Kada in Visnagar, were […]
The withdrawal of the South West Monsoon in Gujarat is expected to begin today, ten days later than usual. However, as a parting shot, there will be a last bout of monsoon showers in several regions of the state from September 25 to 27, according to the MeT department. The districts of South Gujarat, including […]
Dahod police claimed to have arrested the principal accused of killing a girl of his school when she reportedly resisted an assault bid by him. The body of the six-year-old Class 1 girl was found in the backyard of a government primary school in Singvad taluka of Gujarat’s Dahod district on Thursday last (Sept 19). […]
A case of honour killing has surfaced following the arrest of a man and three of his relatives for the alleged murder of his 19-year-old daughter, just 17 km from Ahmedabad. The young girl, named Mansi, is believed to have been killed for expressing a desire to marry a man from the same clan. The […]
Ronak Rathi’s entry into the IIM hall of fame is a dream walk for him that others can only dream of. A tea-seller’s son from Palanpur in north Gujarat, the 22-year-old is one of the few from the state to make it to IIM this year. His mother stitches clothes to make ends meet, while […]
The Gujarat state finance department has made a recommendation to the government to expedite the final closure of seven PSUs (public sector undertakings) under liquidation. Agencies like the Comptroller and Auditor General of India and the Public Accounts Committee of the Gujarat assembly have also recently made similar recommendations to the state govt, asserting that […]
In another instance of selective leniency by the law enforcing bodies, a minor son of a builder in Ahmedabad, detained in connection with a hit-and-run accident in the city’s Bopal area on Saturday, was let off by the Juvenile Justice Board for allowing him to take his BBA exam. A manhunt has been launched to […]
Industrial need for water in Gujarat is likely to rise three times by 2050. The Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board (GIDB) has forecast a dramatic rise in industrial water demand over the next 25 years. The report says even if aggressive water-efficient manufacturing practices are implemented, the industrial water demand is expected to nearly double. However, […]
The first trial run of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project will begin in 2026 between Surat and Bilimora in South Gujarat. The high-speed rail corridor, PM Modi’s pet project, which spans 508-km between Ahmedabad and Mumbai, has 92% of its alignment constructed as an elevated track. Of the 12 stations on the corridor, eight are […]
First school children and their parents then MGNREGA officers and now a patient. The list appears to be increasing in all the wrong way as far as the BJP’s membership enrollment drive in Gujarat is concerned. A patient, who went to civil hospital in Visnagar to get an injection, was asked to share an OTP […]
On the second day of the fourth Global Renewable Energy Investors Meet (RE-Invest) 2024 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel launched ‘Mission 100GW of renewable energy in Gujarat’ aimed at installing 100GW of renewable energy (RE) by 2030 in the state and help achieve India’s target of attaining 500GW capacity. The Central theme of […]
Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat and Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel wished Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 74th birthday on Tuesday.The Governor presented a shawl to Modi, who was on a three-day visit to his home state. Acharya Devvrat conveyed greetings on behalf of the citizens of Gujarat and wished him good health, longevity, and well-being.Patel […]
