IF the updated website of the Lieutenant Governor (L-G) of Puducherry is anything to go by, Kuniyil Kailashnathan, popularly known as ‘KK’ – the retired Gujarat cadre bureaucrat who took oath as L-G on Wednesday – is likely to continue to helm the Gandhi ashram redevelopment project. Sources said KK was hands-on on the ashram project in Ahmedabad till Tuesday. Just a month ago, the Gujarat government had put out a notification confirming that KK would lead the project “until further orders”. While the website of the Sardar Sarovar Narmada…
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Gujarat confidential: Nothing Fishy | Ahmedabad News
A few Gujarat-based boat associations Tuesday felicitated Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Fisheries Minister Raghavji Patel for extending the ban on fishing activities by 15 days and allowing reopening of the fishing season after August 15. An official release said that considering the situation of turbulent weather conditions owing to climate change, boat associations of all the ports in Gujarat had made representations to the state government to extend the ban on fishing activities by 15 days and to resume the fishing season after August 15. The CM and minister…
Gujarat confidential: Fight For Claim | Ahmedabad News
A day after the partial roll back of fee hike for MBBS courses in all the 13 colleges under the Gujarat Medical Education and Research Society (GMERS), the students’ organisations — National Student Union of India (NSUI) and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) — claimed it happened due to their efforts. While Samarth Bhatt, state secretary at ABVP, claimed that the Gujarat government withdrew the fee hike following the organisation’s strong protests, Narendra Solanki, state president at NSUI, gave the credit to its agitating members as well as other students…
Gujarat confidential: Repeat Of History | Ahmedabad News
Prof Kamal Dodiya, head of ophthalmology department of PDU Government Medical College in Rajkot took over as the acting vice-chancellor (V-C) of Saurasthra University (SU) on Friday, a day after the state government announced his appointment. He replaces Prof Nilambari Dave, the dean of home science faculty of SU. This is repeat of history of sorts. In 2018, after then V-C Prof Pratapsinh Chauhan’s tenure ended, Prof Dodiya was appointed the acting V-C. But three months later, the government appointed Prof Dave as acting V-C in place of Prof Dodiya.…