Новости за 04.10.2015

Tanzania citizen Kweka Elifaleti Immaneul, 70, is one of the oldest persons in Gujarat to undergo bone marrow transplant for multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that affects the platelets.

Balkrishna Pandya, a 65-year-old businessman, is seen sitting among youths half his age attending Master of Arts in Sanskrit classes at Gujarat University.

The city crime branch officials on Sunday arrested Prabhat Lodhar, a resident of Raipur, for attempting to break an ATM center of a bank on Ashram Road about seven months back during later night hours.

The city crime branch officials on Sunday arrested Prabhat Lodhar, a resident of Raipur, for attempting to break an ATM center of a bank on Ashram Road about seven months back during later night hours.

The hot and humid days are here to stay, with India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicting no change in mercury levels this week.

Deepak, just as his name suggests, was light of Maninagar couple, Suresh and Rama Panchal.

UN Women, a United Nations body for gender equality and empowerment of women, will advise the state government in formulation of a gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) - an initiative started by the Gujarat government from the financial year 2014-15.

In a veiled attack on the BJP in the wake of the Dadri lynching incident, chief minister Akhilesh Yadav said on Sunday that communal forces were trying to disrupt the peace and harmony in the state ever since the Samajwadi Party government came to power in March 2012. Speaking to mediapersons in Lucknow after meeting the family members of Akhlaq, Akhilesh said that those spreading hatred through social media would be strongly dealt with.

When it comes to vacancies in sanctioned strength of Gujarat prisons that saw one of the most sensational jailbreak attempts in 2013 at Sabarmati Central Prison in Ahmedabad, the state comes eighth in India with 28.67% vacant posts.

Amidst tension over killing of a 50-year-old man for allegedly eating beef in Gautambuddha Nagar a couple of days back, Vishwa Hindu Mahasangh’s district unit now wants a complete ban on sale of meat of any kind during the 9-day Hindu fasting of Navratri in the district.

Remembering her childhood years in Ahmedabad of 1990, Sadaf Jafar originally from Lucknow, wrote a personal memoir of communal harmony on the social media page #Dadri_dukh: Indians against hate. Besides Sadaf, who teaches at a prominent school in Lucknow, several others translated their stand against violence and hatred especially after the Dadri lynching incident by joining in for the series of symbolic protests offline and online.

Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday assured all help to the family members of Mohammed Akhlaq. The CM, who met the kin of Akhlaq at his official residence here, raised the compensation to Rs 30 lakh, besides assuring them a job and a house. He also announced Rs 5 lakh each for three brothers of Akhlaq.

Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday assured all help to the family members of Mohammed Akhlaq. The CM, who met the kin of Akhlaq at his official residence here, raised the compensation to Rs 30 lakh, besides assuring them a job and a house. He also announced Rs 5 lakh each for three brothers of Akhlaq.

Hindi film’s ‘dream girl’ and now Mathura MP was in the city to discuss various development projects of her constituency with chief minister Akhilesh Yadav. After having a ‘fruitful’ discussion with the CM, she spared time to speak to TOI on a variety of topics. Excerpts:

Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday wrote a letter to Union minister for shipping and surface transport Nitin Gadkari urging him to declare three important road routes in the state as national highways and develop them as four lane roads. He has also sought Gadkari’s attention towards national highways which were not in proper condition.

Your city could be headed for an autorickshaw shortage. While the state transport department recently announced one lakh new autorickshaws for Mumbai, unions said there is an acute shortage of drivers with official badges.

St Francis’ College on Sunday celebrated its Patron’s Day in honour of their patron St Francis’ of Assisi. On the occasion, bishop of Catholic Diocese of Lucknow, Rev Gerald John Mathias, unveiled the ‘Wall of Fame’ with portraits and citations of outstanding Franciscans.

Two bloodied bodies were found on a burial ground in Bhiwandi on Sunday morning. The police said it could be a case of black magic and human sacrifice, going by the objects found near the bodies.

Civic commissioner Sanjeev Jaiswal has charted out an elaborate policy plan, including levying a hefty fine, to counter the blatant defacing of the cityscape

Come December, engineering students of APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University will get more objective type question papers in their semester examinations. In a complete overhaul, university has now divided the entire B Tech question paper into three parts, instead of five. Of these, section I and II will be objective type and short-term based. There will be 10 questions of two marks each in section I, nine questions of 10 marks each, of which students will have to attempt any five in section II. Out of three questions in section III... Читать дальше...

Three persons, including a Bangladeshi, were arrested for allegedly possessing counterfeit currency worth Rs 4.06 lakh late on Saturday night near the station

Be prepared to see unexpected hike in vegetable prices this week onwards as transporters’ strike which had left out commodities of daily needs from its fold to avoid public inconvenience has now decided to include them. Onions, potatoes, tomatoes and seasonal veggies which are already selling at high prices may cost double or triple within three days of closure.