Yogesh Avasthi

In a unique service, a private firm collects waste from homes at a time convenient to residents and offers money in return Yogesh Avasthi, Hemington James Posted On Friday, December 24, 2010 ( http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article&sectname=News%20-%20Latest&sectid=2&contentid=201012242010122419471773291576123 ) Garbage: Don’t throw it, sell it. A firm that recycles paper has now started a service wherein it will collect dry waste — used paper, bottles, scrap metal, plastic bags and even clunkers (rusty vehicles) — from your house and offer you cash in return. The company, Kothari Waspap, has introduced 35 vans under the name ‘Wealth Out of Waste’ (WOW) for this purpose. What is more interesting is that unlike pastiwallahs, who come on their own sweet time, these garbage vans will visit your locality or building at a time that is convenient to you. You have to only make a phone call to earn cash from trash. The firm claims this is first of its kind do...

About 65 lakh students are likely to participate in ‘Gujarat Quiz’, winners may walk away with scholarships Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Thursday, December 23, 2010 ( http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article&sectname=News%20-%20City&sectid=3&contentid=20101223201012230254202444c8d5547 Schools in the state will get into the quiz mode on December 28 as the Education Department launches its “Gujarat Quiz”. The winners stand to walk away with scholarships and other awards. With the possibility of 65 lakh students from class V to class XII participating in the quiz, it could well be one of the biggest quiz events conducted in the world. The 90-minute-long quiz will be conducted progressively from the class level within schools to state level. Class level test winners will go for school level contest. The winners will then take the district level test to get selected for the state level competition, said District Education Officer R I Patel. A boy and a girl from ea...

Come January, visitors will have to shell out Rs 10 to park two-wheelers and Rs 20 for four-wheelers; the tariff was Rs 3 and Rs 10 earlier Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Monday, December 20, 2010 ( http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article&sectname=News%20-%20Latest&sectid=2&contentid=2010122020101220024037563d71a11ff ) Parking charges at Ahmedabad railway station are likely to hit visitors hard with officials considering up to five-fold hike. The move, say the authorities, will deter unauthorised parking and raise the income of the station significantly. To introduce the new charges at the earliest, the commercial department of the railways has already initiated a tender process. Currently, the vehicle owners pay Rs 3 for 12 hours. But once the new rates are implemented, people will have to shell out Rs 15 for 12 hours. The minimum charge for parking for four hours at the station will be Rs 10. The fee for four-wheelers will also see a two-fold increase, fro...

Gujarat University plans to set up School of Sports to be named after Tendulkar who has shown ‘keen interest’ Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Friday, December 17, 2010 ( http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article&sectname=News%20-%20Latest&sectid=2&contentid=2010121720101217030549102b332edc0 Sachin Tendulkar, the god of cricket, could be directing a sports academy in the city by next year if things move as Gujarat University has planned. Vice Chancellor Parimal Trivedi has proposed to Tendulkar, whom his peers describe the game’s best ambassador, to head a sports academy that is likely to come up in about 10 months. The academy, to be formally named School of Sports, will bear Tendulkar’s name. The university intends to pay him an honorarium and the institute will function as a self-financed entity. Initial talks have already been conducted and the project is likely to be finalised by next month, Trivedi said. Tendulkar’s initial response has been very positive tho...

Directorate of Technical Education wants 5 pc management quota seats reserved Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Thursday, December 16, 2010 ( http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article&sectname=News%20-%20Latest&sectid=2&contentid=2010121620101216031943544fec9853 ) There is little to worry if you miss out on writing or decide to skip the common entrance test for admission to professional colleges in the state. You can still get into an engineering or pharmacy college if a proposal of the Directorate of Technical Education is accepted by the state government. Indications are, it will be. The proposal that is likely to be implemented for admissions next year will also come as a breather for most of the self-financed professional colleges that have failed to attract students to their capacity and are suffering a huge financial strain. Said a highly placed official in the directorate, the government is likely to allocate 5 per cent of the seats from those reserved as “m...

Youths turning 18 on January 1 can get enrolled on voters’ list by filling in a form at their colleges Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Tuesday, December 14, 2010 ( http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article&sectname=News%20-%20City&sectid=3&contentid=20101214201012140313271303183af4e ) The students will have to fill in a form and submit relevant documents to the official concerned at their institute. The institution’s head will attest the forms after checking them (L), GTU has designated an official who will coordinate with the officials concerned in colleges affiliated to it about the forms (R) Students turning 18 can get registered as a voter at their college now. The State Election Commission has asked educational institutes to nominate a staff member who would take the details of such students and coordinate with the collector’s office to ensure students’ inclusion in the electoral roll. The official at the college will be assisted by student volunteers. Tho...

Yogesh Avasthi Posted On Saturday, December 11, 2010 ( http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/index.aspx?Page=article&sectname=News%20-%20Latest&sectid=2&contentid=2010121120101211033529626cd2d70 ) » The fake fractures’ scam, which involved children of influential families, was exposed in 2008 » Since then, every witness, arrested accused and inquiry panel has named former GSHSEB secretary H N Chavda as the mastermind of the scandal. Even courts have denied him bail » Despite such a strong case against this administrator, he has never been punished or arrested » Worse, the crime branch and his own department cannot locate Chavda, who only on Thursday attended his office in Anand to participate in the state govt’s Gunotsav programme Former education board secretary H N Chavda, an accused in the fake fractures’ scam who has been denied anticipatory bail and declared an absconder, attended the government’s Gunotsav programme in Anand district for the second consecutive day on Fr...