English breaks language barrier in Sabarmati jail
AHMEDABAD: Jayendrasinh Chudasama, 35, is practising to write job applications and Darshan Prajapati, 32, is trying hard to strike a conversation in English. Four times a week, convicts in the Godhra train burning, Patan gangrape and many other crimes assemble in this air-conditioned room in Sabarmati Central Jail to learn English.
While the main motivation [...]
Modi to watch ‘Paa’ with Bachchan
AHMEDABAD: Both have developed a penchant for masks. Amitabh Bachchan has invited Gujarat CM Narendra Modi at a special screening of ‘Paa’, a recent release based on progeria or premature ageing.
“The CM will see the movie at a multiplex near Gandhinagar on January 6 or 7,” said a official in the CMO. The [...]
IIT-Gandhinagar draws top NRI brains
AHMEDABAD: It is reverse brain drain and how! Nearly half of the 700-odd applications received by the newly opened IIT-Gandhinagar for faculty positions are from NRIs, teaching in premiere universities all over the world.
Director of IIT-Gandhinagar Sudhir Kumar Jain said at least three NRIs teaching in prestigious universities in the US and Singapore [...]
180 disciples of Asaram Bapu arrested for attacking police
AHMEDABAD: Police arrested 180 disciples of Asaram Bapu including 47 women here today who were allegedly part of the rally which attacked the police by pelting stones injuring around 20 policemen including Gandhinagar SP and other senior police officers.
"This is clearly an attack on police force by the followers of Asaram. This is not [...]
Mickey sneaks into IIM-A summers
AHMEDABAD: Mickey Mouse sneaked its way into the Louis Kahn Plaza causing a flutter on the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) campus which is recovering from the jolt of the global meltdown.
For the first time Walt Disney picked interns from Asia’s best B-school for summer placements this year for marketing jobs. A first for [...]
Narendra Modi diagnosed with swine flu
AHMEDABAD: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi has tested positive for swine flu. The confirmation of the test carried out on Thursday was announced by the state government on Friday morning, sending a wave of panic among a group of top industrialists who accompanied him on a recent visit to Moscow.
The whole Gujarat cabinet is [...]
Gandhi makes foreigners study Gujarati
AHMEDABAD: Gujaratis learning foreign languages to survive in a globalized world is common. But what makes people from across the globe come to Ahmedabad and learn Gujarati?
Rosalie Heinen, 22, from Cologne in Germany, Kaori Kurihara, 26, from Japan, Patricia Ramirez, 29, from Marbella in Spain are learning Gujarati to know Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy better.
They [...]
IIM-A student dies, health officials suspect swine flu
AHMEDABAD: A student of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) who had reported fever for last two days died here today, civic health officials said.
First year Post Graduate student Nikhil Kamat died this morning, IIM-A sources said.
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) health authorities said as a precautionary measure they have sent his swab for [...]
