This time, Praveshotsav to focus on school dropouts

Thursday 9 May '13

To ensure 100 per cent registration of children in entry-level class in government primary schools, the annual enrolment drive Praveshotsav conducted in Gujarat, will also focus on dropouts this year.

Gujarat hires 181 women as bus conductors

Wednesday 24 April '13

Twenty-two-year-old Shabnam Pathan got married this Monday.

2001 quake memories haunt Mansi residents

Wednesday 17 April '13

Residents of Mansi apartment''s A-block were sitting in the common plot, their fears of 2001 back after the tremors they felt around 4.21 pm.

Gujarat: English schooling for Rs 11 in Muslim area

Friday 29 March '13

It will charge a one-time registration fee of Rs 11.

AMC opens an English-medium public school

Wednesday 27 March '13

The school was announced recently by the Municipal Corporation which had allocated Rs 50 lakh for it in its school board, mainly to contain the drop-out rate and provide quality education to the under...

Through a museum, 23-yr-old wants Ahmedabad to talk about its conflicts

Sunday 24 March '13

She was 12 when the 2002 riots hit Ahmedabad, but those days, says Avni Sethi, still remain etched in her memory.

Concours d''Elegance: Ahmedabad''s 'first family'' vintage bike steals the show

Thursday 7 March '13

The third edition of the event was held recently in Mumbai.

In Juhapura, Muskan gets to smile

Sunday 24 February '13

Over 300 children in Juhapura, home to Ahmedabad''s largest Muslim population, have never been to school.

SG Highway expansion: Akal Takht, Gurudwara committee approve shifting of Nishan Sahib

Wednesday 13 February '13

Contrary to the claims of Gobind Dham Gurudawara authorities that the Nishan Sahib at the Gobind Dham Gurudwara premises cannot be shifted for the widening project of Sarkhej Gandhinagar Highway, Jath...

13 BRTS shelters on heritage theme to come up in walled city

Thursday 7 February '13

The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has planned to build the Bus Rapid Transit System shelters on the heritage theme.

Education dept adopts 'cafeteria approach'' to train primary teachers

Monday 21 January '13

Aims to provide a customised training module as per teachers'' demands

AMC school board keeps only 3.4% of Rs 651-cr budget for students

Saturday 19 January '13

The budget approved by the AMC school board on Friday would spend an additional 1.65 per cent of the budget on schools and office related activities, while the remaining 95 per cent of the budget has ...

AMC to host its first-ever cyclothon on Jan 20, woos maldharis, milkmen

Thursday 17 January '13

Leaving no stone unturned ahead of the maiden cyclothon in the city, its organisers the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation is trying to pitch in as many participants it can.

Mehsana tops in school education, Vadodara at bottom: Report

Thursday 10 January '13

With the recent release of the third annual education evaluation report "Gunotsav" by the state Education Department of government schools, Chief Minister Narendra Modi''s home district Mehsana tops i...

AMC''s 24x7 metered water supply still in pipeline, first pilot study dumped

Monday 7 January '13

The residents of Ahmedabad have to wait for one more year for 24x7 metered water supply.

Villagers vow to root out child labour, school dropouts

Wednesday 2 January '13

Apart from working in his farm and running his small provision shop at Vasada village in Surendranagar district for last three years, Jasmat Patel (35) has another daily routine to visit each house in...

Gujarat elections 2012: Cliffhanger in 35 seats

Friday 21 December '12

Be it the gun-totting Vitthal Radadiya of the Congress or state NCP chief Jayant Bosky, it was very close contest for some of the winners in 35 Assembly constituencies where the victory margin was les...

Photo voter slip gives many an identity

Thursday 20 December '12

Thirty-year-old Ratan Marwadi carefully sifts through the contents of a small steel container and pulls out a piece of paper that she feels is a prized possession which she needs to hold on to for the...

Ex-babu confident of a seat in House

Monday 17 December '12

R M Patel banks on 'BJP loyalists'' to win Asarwa, a party stronghold since 1990

ECI to click photo of voters in critical polling stations

Wednesday 12 December '12

ECI has identified 38 per cent of the total 44,579 polling stations (in both phases) as critical.

Armed with LJP ticket, slum dweller eyes Ellisbridge seat

Friday 7 December '12

This is the first time that someone from Gulbai Tekra is fighting Assembly polls.

Call for votes as justice to husband

Wednesday 5 December '12

Haren Pandya wife Jagruti, novice in politics, campaigns among 'his people''.

Q&A: Jagruti Pandya, GPP, Ellisbridge

Wednesday 5 December '12

I want to take this battle, which I have been fighting alone for 10 years, to the people of his constituency.

He was fearless as a child, but he never looked back at his family: Narendra Modi brother Somabhai

Tuesday 4 December '12

Somabhai Modi, 67, retired govt officer, speaks about younger brother Narendra.