

Sunday 12 July '09
Two more positive swine flu cases were reported in Gujarat on Saturday. The two girls had travelled to the US as part of a 10-member student group under the international student exchange programme offered by an American NGO.Sunday 12 July '09
Among the first few victims of the hooch tragedy in Ahmedabad was a 45-year-old government school teacher who died at the Shardaben Municipal Hospital on Wednesday.Sunday
12 July '09Most of those who died in the hooch tragedy remained unconscious till they breathed their last.Saturday
11 July '09Having survived the 2001 earthquake with a twisted palm, Chimanbhai Devjibhai Patel (60), who works at a tea stall, wasn’t aware that his daily fix will render him blind.Tuesday
7 July '09With Gujarat recording the first positive swine flu case, and the co-passengers of the Thai national having voluntarily agreed to go under quarantine...Monday
6 July '09The first confirmed case of swine flu in Gujarat was reported on Saturday. The patient, a Thai national named Somjai Kaphueak (28), had come to Gujarat as part of a crew to take back a Thai ship from Kandla port.Monday
6 July '09Gujrat had its first confirmed case of swine flu on Saturday when Somjai Kaphueak, 28, a Thai national...Sunday
5 July '09It has been over a month that the schools have opened in Gujarat, but several students of Class VIII of the government and grant-in-aid schools are yet to receive textbooks under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.Friday
3 July '09All these years, 52-year-old I J Pandey was blissful in the knowledge of having been born on February 29, the day that decides the leap year tag.Wednesday
1 July '09Even as the Kanya Kelavani enrolment drive came to an end last week, an estimated 80 per cent of the schools in Ahmedabad are yet to receive school bags as part of the kits given under the scheme.Tuesday
30 June '09The Dantiwada Range forest Officer issued a first office report against unknown persons on Saturday after discovering the carcass of a sloth bear on the Palanpur- Panthawada road near Chodungri village in Bansakantha district.Wednesday
24 June '09The number of pregnant women opting for HIV/AIDS tests is increasing over the years.Tuesday
23 June '09The Central government had launched a national scheme in June 2008 to retain girls belonging to the Scheduled Castes ...Tuesday
23 June '09The proposal for constituting a high-level investigating committee to probe the incident of an HIV positive woman being labelled and reportedly paraded in the Guru Gobind Singh Government Hospital in Jamnagar is yet to take the final shape.Tuesday
23 June '09Gujarat will soon have an additional 500 seats in medical and 135 seats in dental colleges.Tuesday
16 June '09Low pass marks for physically and mentally challenged students as compared to others has become a stumbling block for the differently-abled students appearing for the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board examinations.Tuesday
16 June '09The Parents’ Association for (Medical, Dental and Paramedical) colleges have questioned the rationale behind increasing the number of seats in professional courses this year.Sunday
14 June '09Even as blood banks across the state are trying to cut down on blood replacement, with many even adopting a clear ‘no replacement’ policy, there seems to be a wide disparity on blood pricing in the state.Saturday
13 June '09The Distance Education Council (DEC) has made the setting up of a Centre for Internal Quality Assurance (CIQA) mandatory for all open universities in the country.Friday
12 June '09The ambitious Bal Sakha Yojana, aimed at bringing down the Infant Mortality Rate and Maternal Mortality Rate in the state, has failed to attract a single paediatrician in three districts of the state.Tuesday
9 June '09An announcement to open 240 new schools across the state, including 69 higher secondary (general stream) and 40 HS (science stream) schools was made this week.Sunday
7 June '09Evan as the High Court had pronounced setting up of a single window system for all self-financed professional colleges across the state before December 31, 2008...Saturday
6 June '09Of the 415 families which were displaced because of the construction of the Dhudheshwar-Wadaj Bridge, 139 have been allotted houses in Akhbarnagar.Monday
1 June '09After a constantly dwindling sex ratio over the years, Gujarat has now seen some improvement as per a survey report of the SRS (Sample Registration System), recently released by the Government of India.Sunday
31 May '09The state’s handicraft industry survives largely on domestic market, yet there has been no organised effort to tap the international market.