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Shreyas Foundation founded by Madame Montessori, Manorama Sarabhai and Leelaben Mangaldas in 1947, completes 74 years today. The institute, located in Ahmedabad’s Shahibaugh, began with twenty children that included some mothers and teachers. Madame Maria Montessori founded and established the Montessori system of education becameits first president. Leelaben Mangaldas was called the reincarnation of Madame […]
“The only reason that the Government sold Air India is bad management by the company.” – said Kamlesh Patel, a native of Mehsana whose seven bags out of eight went missing while travelling from Delhi to Chicago in Air India flight AI127. Tata Group is all set to take over Air India by the […]
Parasailing – an adventure sport enjoyed by a couple, Ajit and Sarala(31), on the beach of the Una coast of Gujarat took a horrific turn when the parachute’s rope snapped and the couple was airborne without an anchor. Videos of the incident went viral over social media that showed Ajit’s brother Rakesh panicking after seeing […]
The crime branch nabbed a 22-year-old youth named Vijaysinh Jhala, resident of Aniyol village of Talod taluka in Sabarkantha on October 9 after police learned that he was about to deliver some sim cards to someone. Further into investigating they found that the gang for which Jhala worked had around 20,000 sim cards. It was […]
The September 2020 case of Ahmedabad’s Anand Niketan School wherein the school received an email to cancel the mid-Sept exams if they did not want nude photographs of female students to be circulated. Followed by this, the school cancelled the exams and approached cyber cell seeking an inquiry on the issue. The prime suspect of […]
Amidst the non-veg lorries tussle, the Gujarat Congress launched a campaign against unemployment, fuel prices and inflation in Gujarat. The campaign named the Jan Abhiyan (mass campaign) comes on the occasion of the birth anniversary of the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru. Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee’s (GPCC) interim President Amit Chavda launched the […]
A Nagar Kirtan was taken out to celebrate the 552nd birth anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev in Ahmedabad, on Sunday. Hundreds gathered to celebrate this auspicious festival as part of the entourage of Guru Granth Sahib. The procession was organised by the trust of Gurudwara Gobind Dham. The procession began around 2.15 pm and reached […]
Gujarat recently reported 24 fresh cases of Covid 19 in the past 24 hours and 22 patients were discharged from the hospitals. With the festive trail ending, Ahmedabad reported 42 fresh cases in the past four days. Meanwhile, people who travelled outside the state also tested positive for Covid 19. Following the spike in cases, […]
Students are set to return to the Gujarat Vidyapith campus this week, as the 101-year-old institution set up by Mahatma Gandhi finally lifts the restrictions imposed by the Covid pandemic and goes fully offline. In an exclusive interview with VO!, Gujarat Vidayapith vice-chancellor Rajendra Khimani talks about the importance of campus life, redevelopment, the relevance […]
Leading members of the Patidar community in Gujarat were present at Jasdan, Rajkot for the inauguration of an educational centre and memorial of 14 members of the community who had given their lives in the Patidar Agitation of 2017. Their address at the event offered a glimpse of the potential influence that Patidars can hold […]
The stench of the Gujarat BJP administration’s targeted drive against vendors of non-vegetarian is following a trail. After Junagadh, Rajkot and Vadodara; it reached Ahmedabad. The drive against sellers of meat-based food reportedly began in BJP-ruled civic bodies such as Rajkot, with the municipal corporation issuing an informal order removing carts selling non-veg and egg-based […]
Denied compensation for his husband’s death, Manishaben Bhavnagariya knocked the doors of Gujarat High Court. The 34-year-old’s husband – Dineshbhai was a primary school principal at Sarva village in Botad district and was assigned Covid-19 duties by the authorities. On his death, the hospitals did not clearly mention the cause of death in his death […]
Praveen Darji At least 23 people have been arrested so far for the alleged torture and couple-shaming incident within the Vadi community that took place in Harij village in Patan, Gujarat, on November 10, a police official associated with the case said. A fourteen-year-old Girl, Kamala, and her lover, an adult and her distant relative, […]
The Surat Municipal Corporation will now allow to access its services to just fully vaccinated people in the city from November 15, Monday. The move by the corporation is intended to aware people take both doses and complete their Covid-19 vaccination. Hence, from Monday onwards, the people who are not fully vaccinated, will not be […]
The move started when the Rajkot municipal corporation on November 9, issued an oral circular to prevent the sale and preparation of non-vegetarian food in the open. The circular was followed by the Vadodara Municipal Corporation and now Junagadh authorities have also issued the same. The Rajkot municipal corporation claimed that these eateries were creating […]
“She was excellent in studies and wanted to be a writer. I remember the last hug she gave before she left for Maroli, never returned.” – these are the words of an 18-year-old resident of Navsari who was raped and was found dead at Valsad railway station. The body of the woman was found hanging […]
Art resides in the land of Kutch. Artists from Kutch have been nationally and internationally recognised time and again which embodies the line that defines Kutch – Khushboo Gujarat Ki. An International Online Watercolor Competition was organized by International Watercolor Society Nepal and Arts Mate International with NB Gurug Art Studio Nepal in Kathmandu Nepal […]
A group of villagers allegedly tonsured a 14-year-old girl, blackened her face and paraded her as a punishment for eloping with a man at a village in Gujarat’s Patan district, police said on Saturday. At least 22 people have been arrested so far for the alleged incident that took place in Harij village on November […]
As the festive season in the city has come to an end with everyone getting back to their routine lives, van drivers who pick and drop students of DAV international school find themselves in a grim spot. DAV International School management made a decision to ban rickshaw and van drivers from bringing children to school. […]
Gandhi Ashram inmates Dhimant Badhiya, Shailesh Rathod and Hemant Chauhan have demanded that strict action be taken against actor Kangana Ranaut for badmouthing the freedom struggle and insulting not only Mahatma Gandhi but all freedom fighters and the entire nation. The trio have submitted a letter in this regard to Ahmedabad Police authorities, Kangana Ranaut […]
