Kamal Mehta

Five days after a court issued arrest warrant against the Jodhpur National University chairman Kamal Mehta, he was arrested in Delhi on Thursday.

Ignoring the suggestions given by three different inquiry commissions on regulating the use and transportation of methyl alcohol appears to have resulted in recurrence of the recent hooch tragedy in which 36 persons have lost their lives in Botad and Ahmedabad districts.

To enjoy a pleasant break from work, Pawan and Sapna sood threw one rocking bash for their close family and friends at a prominent discotheque.

In a startling revelation, the SOG on Monday said that of nearly 50,000 degrees issued by the Jodhpur National University in the past six years, as many as 37,000 could be fake.

The investigation into Varsha Vanza's suicide case has taken a new turn with the police now probing whether she had copied material for her MPhil thesis, which was submitted and accepted in 2012.

AHMEDABAD: The state government, in a bid to amend its appeal filed in the sensational Best Bakery case on September 29, on Tuesday moved the Gujarat High Court for permission to submit more reasons.

In its probe into the degree scam, the SOG on Friday recorded statement of some paper traders and seized sacks of examination copies sold to them by the Jodhpur National University's national coordinators as waste.

The first meeting of the high court-appointed committee on civic affairs headed by retired justice Kamal Mehta took place recently. The committee would examine issues related to illegal construction, parking, drainage, quality of roads and fire safety in buildings.

Members of the recently appointed Justice KM Mehta Commission, setup to look into the hooch tragedy, visited VS Hospital and LG Hospital on Thursday.

From securing 430th rank last year to making it to the top 25 in the prestigious Union Public Service Commission examination, Jodhpur’s Namit Mehta caught everyone off-guard with his achievement.

With the season of tying knots being on the roll, S K Kapoor and his better half Renu Kapoor made sure that their daughter, Tanu’s wedding with Rohil is remembered by all friends and relatives for long.

One Rekha Devi, 48, was killed by unidentified miscreants, who tried to take away the woman's buffalo from outside her house near Yashoda Math under Kanti police station area in Muzaffarpur district at 3am on Sunday. Her husband Mangal Sah works as a labourer in Assam.

A car was robbed at gun point by three persons on the Noida Expressway, police said.

Within two months, another case of "negligence" at the railway hospital at Jagadhari workshop has exposed the railway authorities after a patient reportedly died on his way to PGI due to defective oxygen cylinder.

Jodhpur National University chairman Kamal Mehta will continue to be in police custody at least till January 21.

The special operations group on Sunday arrested a coordinator of Jodhpur National University for conducting bogus examinations of over 100 students to provide them with fake degrees.

The higher education department of the state on Tuesday handed over the administration of Jodhpur National University (JNU), a private university, to the divisional commissioner of Jodhpur.

CHANDIGARH:The Punjab and Haryana High Court, on Tuesday, issued notices to Haryana Vidhan Sabha Speaker Satbir Singh Kadian, his brother Rajinder Singh and some others, in connection with gunning down of an old woman complainant by unidentified youth in Panipat court complex on Monday.

Kamal Mehta found it difficult to lift the spirits of his son, who had performed poorly in the Class XII exams. Mehta finally decided to seek help of experts and contacted a city-based exam counsellor.

The ordeal of Jodhpur National University (JNU) chairman Kamal Mehta, accused of providing degrees to youths without having to appear in any examination or attend classes, is yet to come to an end.

Mohali deputy commissioner Varun Rozal has also marked an inquiry to find out lapses on the part of management of the company.

The race for the post of Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) chairman is getting hot with more than seven senior retired and serving bureaucrats applying for the job. The post fell vacant after P K Mishra's term ended last month.

The selection committee formed to choose the new chairman of the Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) wants to interview all the applicants to the post.

The Delhi HC has issued notices to the Centre and the UPSC on a petition seeking stay of the May-2006 Civil Services Exams.

AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat High Court on Monday adjourned hearing on the appeal challenging the acquittal of 21 accused in Best Bakery case.

MUMBAI: When the crusaders of disinvestment, who had gathered on Dalal Street on Monday, were asked to identify themselves either as brokers, investors or BJP activists, one of them shot back, "We are Indians".

Contaminated water and unchecked sale of cut fruits has brought in a sudden spurt of Hepatitis A viral infection in the city.