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 forest officer suspended after train ran over rare Asiatic lion in Amreli | Ahmedabad News
After an Asiatic lion was run over by a passenger train near Lilia in Gujarat’s Amreli district late on the night of July 24, the forest department has suspended forest officer Mahesh Khavadiya of Lilia range for his alleged negligence leading to the casualty on the railway track. Aradhna Sahu, chief conservator of forests (CCF) of Junagadh wildlife circle, issued an order to suspend Khavadiya on July 25 for allegedly not alerting either the railway station master or Lilia forest officers to the “presence of wild animals near the track”.…
Gujarat confidential: On Public Demand | Ahmedabad News
As the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs is all set to conduct Swachcha Sarvekshan – 2024, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) earlier this month invited written suggestions from people and various organisations through newspaper advertisements to achieve “7-star rating” for the city during the assessment. A few Ahmedabad-based voluntary organisations had recently assembled to hold discussions on the issue. Among their suggestions, the organisations have also written to AMC demanding to hold a general public meeting on the issue after the advertisement inviting people’s suggestions was “not widely…
On his last day as Governor, Devvrat attends Gujarat Vidyapith convocation | Ahmedabad News
Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat urged graduating students of Gujarat Vidyapith Ahmedabad to embrace Mahatma Gandhi’s values of truth and kindness as he presided over their convocation on the last day of his five-year term Sunday. The governor, who assumed office on July 22, 2019, is also the Chancellor of the 103-year-old university established by Mahatma Gandhi on October 18, 1920. “Gandhiji always insisted on bringing the benefits to the marginalised people of the society. Every student should help the society with his knowledge wherever it is needed,” he said. An…
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 HC quashes SC/ST atrocities offence in 2019 case, says complainant misused provisions of Act | Ahmedabad News
The Gujarat High Court has quashed offences under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in a 2019 case of alleged verbal and physical scuffle between neighbours in Ahmedabad. The court of Justice Divyesh Joshi noted in its order on July 10 that the complainant, who belongs to a Scheduled Caste community, has grossly abused the provisions of the Act. “The First Information Report (FIR) on hand is an indication of the extent the members of the Scheduled Castes can go to abuse the provisions of the…
Will make quality basis of development in state, says CM at Gujarat Gunvatta Sankalp | Ahmedabad News
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel said on Thursday that Gujarat is committed to achieving total success in quality adoption and making it the cornerstone of development in the state. He was speaking at the inauguration of Gunvatta Sankalp Gujarat, an initiative of Quality Council of India (QCI), aimed at focusing on critical quality interventions across priority sectors in the state. The initiative aims to augment and support the state government’s initiatives through quality interventions, establish a foundation of quality at the grassroots level, and build a holistic quality ecosystem for Viksit…
For AI readiness, Gujarat govt, Intel Corporation sign partnership deal | Ahmedabad News
The Gujarat government on Tuesday signed a partnership agreement with US-based technology company Intel Corporation for Artificial Intelligence (AI) readiness, in the presence of Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel. Under this initiative, the Department of Science & Technology (DST) and Intel Corporation aim to make Gujarat a hub for innovation and investment in the digital economy, the state government said in a statement. It aims to empower students, professionals, citizens and digital leaders by equipping them with the skills, mindsets and toolsets needed to thrive in an AI-driven world. “With this…
Students’ union collects Re 1 ‘to pay for damages’ after Gujarat varsity lodges FIR against ‘unidentified students’ | Ahmedabad News
All Gujarat Students’ Union (AGSU) started collecting Re 1 from students on the Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU) campus on Monday, after the Vigilance and Security officer of the University lodged an FIR on July 3 against 200 ‘unidentified’ students on behalf of Vice Chancellor (VC) V K Shrivastava. The FIR alleged students for rioting and causing damage of Rs 2,000 to the door of Vice Chancellor’s residential villa during a demonstration. Claiming that earlier the students only paid for purchased meals, AGSU President Jayesh Prajapati said, now the students “have…