Higher secondary classes started online on Tuesday
Surat: Diamond City added another feather in its cap by introducing creating higher secondary classes in its municipal schools. It has created a record in the country with this novel step by formally launching the higher classes on Tuesday through online. Schools, however, are yet to reopen for offline teaching.
Total 24 divisions of class XI were started, in which, 1,562 students have been given admission. Eleven divisions are in Gujarati medium, 10 in Marathi and three in Hindi medium schools.
Municipal schools will offer Arts, Commerce and Science streams in its HS division. The project was launched with funding by a local industry with plans for 14 divisions earlier. However, heavy rush for admission pushed up the number of division to 24.
SMC transformed into a heavily guarded fortress till noon on Tuesday
Surat: Election for one representative of Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) in the Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VNSGU) senate ended amid tight police bandobust and security arrangements on Tuesday.
Himanshu Raulji, BJP municipal councillor from ward 22, won the election as all votes of BJP councillors went in his favour. Out of 120 total seats of municipal councillors 93 are from BJP, while 27 councillors are from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
Total 135 personnel under the supervision of seven police inspectors and sub-inspectors were guarding the SMC headquarters which transformed into a heavily guarded fortress till noon. In addition, 75 marshals of SMC were also put on duty. All 120 elected councillors SMC exercised their franchise at the Sardar Hall.
Surat: Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) 26 councillors and their two candidates for Nagar Prathmik Shikshan Samiti (NPSS) polls were arrested on Monday in connection with the ruckus during the polls on June 25. One councillor Rajesh Moradiya, who was ill, was not arrested.
Later in the evening, they were produced before a judicial magistrate and released on bail. AAP leaders alleged that their councillors were deliberately arrested so that they could not participate in the general board meeting.
While three councillors were detained in the morning, several others were taken into custody before they could enter the Surat Municipal Corporation’s (SMC) headquarters. A few councillors who had managed to slip inside the building and had hid themselves were also arrested before they could enter the meeting hall. Two other councillors were detained from inside the meeting hall.
Surat: Members of Aam Aadmi Party allegedly ransacked furniture at Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) headquarter on Friday after the results of Nagar .