

Sunday 12 April '09
Gujarat has failed to grab an opportunity provided by the Union government’s Tuition Fee Waiver (TFW) scheme, which targets the economically backward classes...Saturday 11 April '09
The state health department has decided to come up with an umbrella committee of all ‘Human Research Ethics Committees’ operating at individual colleges at present.Monday
6 April '09WHO guidelines for the treatment of CNS tuberculosis have turned out to be a complete failure in the Indian context.Friday
3 April '09For the first time in the last two months, an orthopaedic surgeon visited the Sabarmati Central Jail last Friday for the treatment of those arrested in connection with the July 26 Ahmedabad blasts case.Thursday
2 April '09The Gujarat University’s IAS Centre has been lying closed for last many years. Incidentally, the centre which has not produced a single IAS cadre officer till date has continued to get a grant in the range of Rs 5 lakh to Rs 6 lakh per year in every budget.Thursday
26 March '09Faux pas or worse, the Gujarat government had taken away over 50,000 tonnes of wheat meant as ration for 21.20 lakh below poverty line (BPL) families holding Antyodaya Anna Yojana cards and given them to private flour mills in the last two years.Wednesday
18 March '09Barely two months after the water pipelines laid down under the Sujalam Sufalam Yojana started supplying drinking water in Keirala, Bhayla and Kalyangadh villages in Bavla taluka, the villages are reeling under a typhoid epidemic.Monday
16 March '09Officials of the Water Supply Department lodged an FIR with the Bavla police station on Saturday evening after the Narmada water distribution line from Bavla to Kalyangadh was recurrently damaged by the villagers to draw water...Sunday
15 March '09The Gujarat Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations are scheduled to start from March 17.Wednesday
25 February '09The Health Department, on Tuesday, sealed the clinic of Dr Govind Patel, located opposite the Public Health Centre in Modasa.Wednesday
25 February '09The Gujarat Government has not placed a single order for auto-disabled (AD) syringes till date, despite several attempts by the Association of Indian Medical Devices Industries....Tuesday
24 February '09The Gujarat government has not placed a single order for Auto-Disabled syringes till date, it has been learnt.Monday
23 February '09Following the deadly Hepatitis B outbreak in Modasa, the state Health Department is going to launch a massive vaccination drive.Friday
20 February '09Barely nine days before the outbreak of Hepatitis B in Modasa, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, had sent a ‘routine’ letter to state Health Minister Jay Narayan Vyas.Sunday
15 February '09The inmates of B M Institute of Mental Health had been earning nearly Rs 2 lakh per annum by selling furniture and other handicrafts.Tuesday
10 February '09Notwithstanding the impact of the global economic slump on Indian industry, registrations at the District Employment Exchange hardly reflect the unstable market conditions.Sunday
8 February '09The state Health Department plans to integrate mental healthcare into the primary healthcare system in the state.Saturday
7 February '09In a bid to welcome Chief Minister Narendra Modi, Gujarat University has postponed the preliminary exams of all affiliated colleges. The examinations were scheduled from February 12.Thursday
5 February '09With the hype over ‘Open book exam’ finally settling down, the scheme has now been reduced to a proposal for a pilot study to be conducted at lower class levels.Wednesday
4 February '09With the three-day meet to mark the centenary year of the writing of ‘Hind Swaraj’ concluding on Sunday...Wednesday
4 February '09The conviction of Dr Paresh Sheth by the lower court happens to be a first-ever instance of holding a doctor guilty by a court in Gujarat for procedural default, believe Health Department officials.Tuesday
3 February '09The impact of the downturn and the tightening of immigration laws notwithstanding, there has been a 30 per cent surge in the number of Indian students heading Down Under for higher education.Tuesday
3 February '09The health sector, which was rather ignored at the last Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors’ Summit...Monday
2 February '09India will sign the India-specific safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna on Monday.Monday
26 January '09The opening of a marriage bureau exclusively for the scheduled castes has offered a sneak peek to the deep-rooted caste divide in the Gujarati society.