February 12, 2012 01:53 IST
Bank of India has a target to open nearly three lakh zero balance accounts for Scheduled Caste students all over the state,thanks to a tie up with the state government in this regard,BoI officials said.
Sun, Feb 12, 2012
February 06, 2012 04:06 IST
Narendra Modi's Gujarat may consider Vijay Mallya's controversial plan to buy flight seats.
Mon, Feb 06, 2012February 03, 2012 04:32 IST
The Ahmedabad municipal school board is considering to replace Bank of India,a nationalised bank,with a private bank for opening no-frills accounts for the next lot of the children studying in civic schools.
Fri, Feb 03, 2012
January 31, 2012 08:30 IST
Sufi Saiyed Husain Ali Shah,the head of Imamshahi sect based at Pirana in Ahmedabad district who shot to limelight about four months ago when Chief Minister Narendra Modi refused to wear the skull cap he offered to him at a Sadbhavana fast,is now headed for Basti town in poll-bound UP to attend a Samajwadi Party function.
Tue, Jan 31, 2012
January 31, 2012 00:13 IST
Denying any political links,Shah said,I am not into politics of any type. But I will expose Modi.
Tue, Jan 31, 2012
January 23, 2012 05:17 IST
The Director of Primary Education had started with good intentions payment of salaries to Bal Mitra teachers through cheques signed by municipal school principals.
Mon, Jan 23, 2012
January 16, 2012 03:50 IST
After the introduction of Right To Education Act,the student-teacher ratio has disturbed the equilibrium in municipal corporation-run schools in Ahmedabad leading to a shortage of nearly 500 teachers.
Mon, Jan 16, 2012December 27, 2011 03:42 IST
September saw Chief Minister Narendra Modi launching his Sadbhavana Mission and three-day fast following the clean chit
Tue, Dec 27, 2011November 30, 2011 03:06 IST
There was another side to Sonia De,the flamboyant eunuch leader who was shot last week.
Wed, Nov 30, 2011November 29, 2011 03:48 IST
In the last five years,the number of children studying in schools under Ahmedabad Municipality Corporation has fallen by over 38,000 while the annual expenditure of municipal schools board has doubled in the same period.
Tue, Nov 29, 2011November 28, 2011 05:27 IST
Gunotsav,the three-day official exercise to gauge learning skills of children in government primary schools through model question books,was a well-intended drive but the question book itself had left much to be desired.
Mon, Nov 28, 2011November 01, 2011 03:47 IST
Even as the Right to Education Bill is still under implementation,nearly 300 children in poor localities near Navana drainage pumping station in Vatva area were compelled to drop out even from a mainstreaming facility for drop-outs.
Tue, Nov 01, 2011October 31, 2011 01:22 IST
When the Jan Chetna Yatra of former deputy prime minister and Gandhinagar MP LK Advani will enter Gujarat on November 6
Mon, Oct 31, 2011October 30, 2011 02:30 IST
The new samvat year brings good news for the Ahmedabad Stock Exchange,which just cleared a major legal hurdle in the way of construction of its multi-storied building near Gandhigram railway station off Ashram Road.
Sun, Oct 30, 2011October 30, 2011 02:27 IST
The magestic colonial structure in the heart of the bustling walled city,where the fate of businesses once lay,will soon come alive again.
Sun, Oct 30, 2011October 04, 2011 00:53 IST
Signs of the rift between L K Advani and Narendra Modi are starker than ever.
Tue, Oct 04, 2011
September 12, 2011 02:22 IST
Gujarat BJP have been told to take fight against Beniwal to streets,demanding Governor's recall.
Mon, Sep 12, 2011August 30, 2011 03:47 IST
Nearly 700 teachers recruited under the Bal Mitra scheme of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan in Ahmedabad municipal schools remain unpaid for nearly two and a half months now.
Tue, Aug 30, 2011August 15, 2011 01:42 IST
Making one more foray into male bastion of construction activity,a group of women here has mastered tasks from masonry to plastering to executing building contracts in a well organised way.
Mon, Aug 15, 2011July 11, 2011 02:30 IST
The Gujarat Sahitya Akademi distributed the Sahitya Gaurav Pursakar for literary works in Gujarati,Hindi,Urdu and Sindhi at a function at the Thakorebhai Hall here on Saturday.
Mon, Jul 11, 2011July 05, 2011 06:43 IST
With the rains playing truant,the drinking water supply scenario has assumed a serious proportion in the state.
Tue, Jul 05, 2011June 25, 2011 05:20 IST
The lack of space has made the Ahmedabad civic authorities to build pay-and-use community toilets,which can be used at subsidised rates by the slum dwellers entitled for individual toilets under the Nirmal Gujarat Shauchalaya scheme.
Sat, Jun 25, 2011May 03, 2011 03:40 IST
The state governments apparent reluctance to ban the pesticide Endosulfan received a jolt on Monday when the Supreme Court issued a showcause notice to all state governments and the Centre asking them why the production and use of Endosulfan should not be banned.
Tue, May 03, 2011April 07, 2011 04:14 IST
Come summer and water availability becomes a major issue in Ahmedabad,despite initiatives by the civic body like announcements of new pumping stations and augmentation of pipelines in its annual budgets.
Thu, Apr 07, 2011April 07, 2011 04:06 IST
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation will outsource education in 26 municipal schools in Maninagar
Thu, Apr 07, 2011





