http://www.indianexpress.com/index.php Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03 : 53 : 10 +05:30 indianexpress.com http://static.expressindia.com/frontend/iep/images/logo.gif http://www.indianexpress.com/index.php Feed provided by indianexpress.com http://www.indianexpress.com/news/gfsu-parameter-to-gauge-mental-fitness-of-accused/548290/ Gujarat Forensic Sciences University is on way to become the first research institute in India to develop a scale to measure the psychological competence of an accused. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/girl-accused-of-abducting-beating-up-boyfriend-arrested/548288/ The police on Monday arrested Preeti Bharwad, accused of abducting and getting her boyfriend, Bhaumik Thakkar, beaten up in the city a day earlier. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/awareness-programmes-to-mark-world-aids-day-today/548286/ The Gujarat State AIDS Control Society and UNICEF will organise a day-long state level awareness camp on the occasion of World AIDS Day on December 1. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/focus-on-preparedness-to-avoid-disasters-ndma/548285/ Referring to the recent incidents of fire at the Indian Oil Corporation depot near Jaipur and oil spillage along the Gujarat coast, National Disaster Management Authority member J R Bharadwaj has stressed on improving preparedness to avoid emergencies. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/stateoftheart-driving-test-centre-now-open-to-private-parties/548284/ The Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation has thrown open its automatic driving and testing centre at Behrampura to private parties to generate revenue. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/half-marathon-marks-navy-week/548282/ INS Valsura at Jamnagar conducted an Open Half Marathon (21 km) and a 10.5 km run on Sunday as part of the Navy Week celebrations. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/fake-medicine-sale-rampant-cops-helpless/548280/ Fake drugs are sold rampantly in the state. Recently, the state police in two separate raids seized fake drugs in Ahmedabad and Sabarkantha. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/historysheeter-beaten-to-death/548278/ A history-sheeter was beaten to death by neighbours allegedly for teasing a girl in Rajkot on Sunday night. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/significant-rise-in-bribe-amount-in-last-2-years/548276/ There has been a significant increase in the amount of bribe money, if one considers the number of arrests by the Anti-Corruption Bureau in the last two years in the five districts of central Gujarat. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/need-for-more-banks-in-villages-to-improve-financial-inclusion/548273/ As many as 405 villages in 14 districts in Gujarat have no banking facility within a radius of 15 km. Moreover, there are nearly 1,291 villages where no bank branch is available within a 10-km radius besides another 7,110 villages which do not have a bank branch within a 5-km radius.