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Two more positive swine flu cases reported

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.
Teacher’s death in hooch tragedy opens Pandora’s Box

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.
Survivors of hooch tragedy may lose vision

Sunday 12 July '09

Most of those who died in the hooch tragedy remained unconscious till they breathed their last.
Tea-stall worker who survived 2001 quake, loses vision in hooch tragedy

Saturday 11 July '09

Having 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.
State dusts Epidemics Act to control swine flu

Tuesday 7 July '09

With Gujarat recording the first positive swine flu case, and the co-passengers of the Thai national having voluntarily agreed to go under quarantine...
Thai national first swine flu patient in state

Monday 6 July '09

The 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.
Thai national tests positive for H1N1

Monday 6 July '09

Gujrat had its first confirmed case of swine flu on Saturday when Somjai Kaphueak, 28, a Thai national...
One month gone, students of Class VIII yet to receive textbooks under SSA

Sunday 5 July '09

It 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.
Schoolteacher leaps into turmoil, 52 years after birth

Friday 3 July '09

All 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.
Enrolment drive: bags not distributed in 80% schools

Wednesday 1 July '09

Even 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.
Carcass of sloth bear found near Chodungri village; forest dept yet to identify culprit

Tuesday 30 June '09

The 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.
State records rise in pregnant women opting for HIV/AIDS test

Wednesday 24 June '09

The number of pregnant women opting for HIV/AIDS tests is increasing over the years.
Red tapism delays Central scheme for girl students

Tuesday 23 June '09

The Central government had launched a national scheme in June 2008 to retain girls belonging to the Scheduled Castes ...
HIV positive tag: High-level panel to get nod today

Tuesday 23 June '09

The 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.
State medical, dental colleges set to get 635 additional seats

Tuesday 23 June '09

Gujarat will soon have an additional 500 seats in medical and 135 seats in dental colleges.
No grace marks for differently-abled students in GSHSEB exams

Tuesday 16 June '09

Low 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.
Parents’ Association questions rationale behind increasing seats in professional courses

Tuesday 16 June '09

The Parents’ Association for (Medical, Dental and Paramedical) colleges have questioned the rationale behind increasing the number of seats in professional courses this year.
Blood pricing still an unregulated practice in Guj

Sunday 14 June '09

Even 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.
Quality assurance centre mandated for state open universities

Saturday 13 June '09

The 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.
5 months on, Dangs, Panchmahals, Kutch still await paediatricians

Friday 12 June '09

The 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.
240 new schools this academic session onward, but status of labs remains uncertain

Tuesday 9 June '09

An 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.
No single window admission for professional courses, SFIs asked to enrol

Sunday 7 June '09

Evan 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...
Houses allotted not need-based, say displaced families in Akhbarnagar

Saturday 6 June '09

Of the 415 families which were displaced because of the construction of the Dhudheshwar-Wadaj Bridge, 139 have been allotted houses in Akhbarnagar.
Central survey records upward trend in sex ratio in Gujarat

Monday 1 June '09

After 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.
Move to orient state’s handicraft artisans to tap export market

Sunday 31 May '09

The state’s handicraft industry survives largely on domestic market, yet there has been no organised effort to tap the international market.
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