Vadodara, June 23 (IANS) Vadodara’s Kavi Dula Kaag Primary School has filled all available admission seats for the 2026-27 academic year before the state’s annual school enrolment drive begins, prompting the school to place a “no admission” notice outside its premises amid sustained demand from parents.The development comes ahead of the state government’s statewide ‘Shala Praveshotsav and Kanya Kelavani Rath Yatra’ scheduled from June 23 to June 25, an initiative aimed at ensuring that…
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Gandhinagar/Bhavnagar, June 19 (IANS) Gujarat’s Health Department has ordered strict disciplinary action against six students of the Government Medical College in Bhavnagar after an investigation into a ragging complaint found them guilty, with one student suspended for two years and all six ordered to vacate their hostel rooms immediately.The action followed a marathon meeting of the college’s Anti-Ragging Committee, which began at 5 p.m. on June 18 and continued until 2 a.m. on Friday.The meet…
Gandhinagar, June 18 (IANS) As India intensifies efforts to eliminate sickle cell disease by 2047, Gujarat’s long-running programme has emerged as a key model, with more than 1.11 crore people screened across the state since the initiative was launched two decades ago. Ahead of World Sickle Cell Awareness Day on June 19, state officials highlighted Gujarat’s progress in tackling the hereditary blood disorder, particularly among tribal communities where the disease is most prevalent.The programme…
Gandhinagar/Ahmedabad, June 17 (IANS) Gujarat will establish a world-class Spine Institute, Sports Injury Centre and Rehabilitation Centre at Ahmedabad Medicity at an estimated cost of Rs 295 crore, with the facility expected to strengthen specialised treatment, rehabilitation, education and research in spine care and sports medicine. The project was reviewed during a high-level meeting chaired by State Health Minister Praful Pansheriya in Gandhinagar on Wednesday.The meeting was attended by Dr …
Gandhinagar, June 17 (IANS) In a move aimed at extending healthcare access to some of Gujarat’s most remote tribal settlements, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Wednesday launched 51 two-wheeler mobile health units and flagged off nine new mobile health vans that will operate across 14 districts of the state. The new fleet was flagged off from Gandhinagar in the presence of Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi and Health Minister Praful Pansheriya.The initiative has been introduced by the sta…
Gandhinagar/Ahmedabad, June 12 (IANS) Gujarat Health Minister Praful Pansheriya on Friday said the state government will develop two major institutions, an “education temple” and a “health temple”, at the site of the plane crash that killed 260 people last year and caused extensive damage to nearby medical infrastructure in Ahmedabad.Speaking on the decision and first anniversary, the minister said he paid tribute to the victims of the tragedy and expressed condolences to their families,…
Ahmedabad, June 11 (IANS) On the eve of the first anniversary of the Air India AI-171 crash that claimed 260 lives and devastated parts of the B.J. Medical College campus in Ahmedabad, the Gujarat government has drawn up a redevelopment blueprint worth more than Rs 547 crore to transform the disaster-hit site into a major healthcare, rehabilitation and medical education hub. The redevelopment plan, accessed exclusively by IANS, envisages the demolition of structures damaged in the crash on June …
Gandhinagar/Ahmedabad, June 11 (IANS) Nearly a year after former Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani died in the Air India AI-171 crash, state Health Minister Praful Pansheriya has described the late Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader as a widely respected public figure whose loss continues to be felt across the state, particularly in Rajkot and the Saurashtra region.Rupani was among those killed when the London-bound Air India flight crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad on June 12 las…
Gandhinagar/Ahmedabad, June 11 (IANS) As Gujarat prepares to mark the first anniversary of the Air India AI-171 crash on Friday, the state government has reaffirmed plans to redevelop the site where the aircraft struck the hostel complex of B.J. Medical College, with a seven-block accommodation facility for medical students proposed at the location. The anniversary will also be observed with a prayer meeting at Ahmedabad Civil Hospital for those who lost their lives in the disaster.The London-bo…
Ahmedabad, June 10 (IANS) A manufacturing unit in Ahmedabad has been sealed, and 452 litres of suspected ghee, worth approximately Rs 2.85 lakh, have been seized during a joint enforcement operation by the Gujarat Food and Drugs Regulatory Authority and the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), officials said on Wednesday. The action was carried out at Shri Matangi Dairy and Food Products in the Kathwada area of the city as part of a statewide drive targeting food adulteration and regulatory vi…