Vadodara: Large scale cleaning operation has started in Vadodara city in the areas where flood water has gone. Most of the areas of the city are flood-free now. Cleaning teams have arrived from Surat Municipal Corporation(SMC) and Amdavad Municipal Corporation(AMC). Harni area is still affected due to flood due to curved shape of Vishwamitri river. Flood waterlogging was reported from Akota area also in the morning. According to the Municipal Commissioner, the administration is working i...Read More

Vadodara: The start of the new academic year at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (MSU) has seen a low enrollment in various undergraduate, postgraduate, and diploma courses. This includes seven faculties and the Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya, with a total of 2,581 vacant seats. The Arts faculty with 21 programmes has 2,030 seats, out of which only 1,001 are filled. The Science faculty has 341 vacant seats, Home Science has 427, Law has 264, Education & Psychology has 170, and Manageme...Read More

Vadodara: Students at MS University are opposing the decision to make hostel mess fees mandatory for all residents. While the university administration claims that a survey showed 50% of students supported the mandatory fees to improve food quality, students deny that any such survey was conducted. Students have called for a university bandh on Monday in protest. They assert that no survey was carried out and, even if it was, very few students were aware of it. In contrast, the students condu...Read More

Vadodara: MSU's Commerce Faculty may witness increase of seats for local students by 1450. A decision in this regard was taken in a late-night meeting on Monday at a hotel in Sayajiganj. The meeting was attended by BJP leaders and the university's Vice-Chancellor. Official confirmation from the university was still pending. The decision aims to address recent opposition to the admission criteria, which required a minimum of 75% for local students. The city BJP President Dr. Vijay Shah, Distri...Read More

Vadodara: The Faculty of Performing Arts at Maharaja Sayajirao University in Vadodara is undertaking a museological documentation and restoration project for musical instruments. Under this initiative, a museum featuring approximately 60 musical instruments, including rare ones like the Kinnari veena, will be inaugurated in about a month's time. Led by Dean Prof. Gaurang Bhavsar, the faculty is documenting around 60 musical instruments, some of which are unique to this institution. Notably, t...Read More

Vadodara: The Sayajiganj police have nabbed three students of Maharaja Sayajirao (MS) University after a video surfaced, showing these students engaged in a liquor party within the hostel room. The three individuals who have been detained by the Sayajigunj police are identified as Krish Yadav from Valsad and Tushar Makwana, and Jay Patel from Vadodara. They were nabbed after an official of MS University's MM Mehta Hall hostel lodged a police complaint over a liquor party in the hostel room. O...Read More

Vadodara: A 3rd Year Violin student from Faculty of Performing Arts, Department of Instrumental Music, Urmee Rakesh Mahisuri received a National scholarship from the central government. She received the scholarship for Hindustani Instrument Violin under Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) - 'Young Artists in Different Cultural Fields' by the Department of Culture, Government of India. She passed her 2nd Year Bachelor of Music exam with "O" Out Standing Grade and presently pursuing ...Read More

Vadodara: The department of botany at the Faculty of Science of MS University of Baroda has initiated a project to attach QR codes to the trees on the campus. This will enable students and the general public to access information about the trees. The QR codes will be attached to the trees at the botanical garden, the garden in front of the science faculty, and the botanical garden on the hostel campus. Upon scanning the QR code with a mobile phone, information such as the name of the tree, it...Read More

Gandhinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, is scheduled to visit his home state of Gujarat for two days on March 18 and 19. He will attend various events including a dairy industry convention and two university convocations. He will also visit the Somnath temple in Prabhas Patan. On March 18, the Home Minister will attend the Indian Dairy Association's 49th convention in Gandhinagar, participate in a meeting of the District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee, and launch a free...Read More