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Colour of politics no bar, says LIC agent as he hits campaign trail for all

Saturday 18 April '09

Kamal Desai is not your average political worker. He cheers at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in a rally, distributes posters for the Congress and sits at a trade union dharna on the same day. Kamal Topiwalla...
Blast from NREGS: Explosive dealers take farmers for a ride

Thursday 16 April '09

The arrest of 10 persons by Dahod Special Operation Group over the past two months, for illegally selling explosives, has revealed how they had taken desperate farmers...
Biggest seizure of illegal explosive in Gujarat, 10 held

Tuesday 14 April '09

In Possibly the biggest seizure of illegal explosive in Gujarat, the Dahod Special Operations Group and the Local Crime Branch...
Builder-official nexus eyes Godhra land, uses fake deaths

Monday 13 April '09

Rabiabibi Buni did not know that her decision to move out of Godhra to Vadodara along with her son in 1980 after her husband’s death will turn the land she owned into a disputed territory bearing the testimony of the Partition in 1947.
CCTV surveillance in dire need of better monitoring

Sunday 12 April '09

Even though Vadodara is the first city in the state to be constantly under CCTV surveillance, there are kinks in the armour of these wireless and all-weather cameras.
Police relax disarmament rules in sensitive areas ahead of polls

Wednesday 8 April '09

Even as a threat of violence looms large over regions bordering Madhya Pradesh with an upward looking crime graph...
Saddled with seized gutkha, Excise Dept looks for buyers

Tuesday 7 April '09

After the seizure of 39 lakh pouches of gutkha from a clandestine manufacturing unit in north Gujarat, the Central Excise is now looking for buyers to dispose the stock.
Emigrating Dahod population worry election candidates

Tuesday 7 April '09

Over 70 per cent of the population in Dahod work as farm labourers in districts such as Mehsana, Saurashtra and other parts of Gujarat. And with the harvest season having set in...
Villagers, foresters team up to save grasslands from fire in central Gujarat

Monday 6 April '09

Foresters and villagers in central Gujarat have reached a unique understanding on preserving animal fodder, leading to a participatory movement among the farmers of Chhota Udepur.
Nine months after results, students still waiting for corrected marksheets

Saturday 4 April '09

The Faculty of Fine Arts of the M S University has not been able to give rectified marksheets to the students of master’ programme in Art History nine months after the errors were noticed.
Politics a family affair: candidates find support

Monday 30 March '09

Besides political affiliations, family members of the contestants are believed to have influenced the elections and their outcomes greatly.
Dahod village sarpanch among 10 bootleggers held under PASA

Sunday 29 March '09

Following the Election Commission’s directive to prevent the flow of free liquor ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, the police have arrested 10 bootleggers...
Sarabhai takes to Internet to seek support, donation

Wednesday 25 March '09

Danseuse Mallika Sarabhai, who is contesting the elections from Gandhinagar against BJP’s prime ministerial candidate L K Advani, is fundraising for her electoral debut.
Work load mounts as state Pollution Control Board faces staff crunch

Monday 23 February '09

It is not just environmentalists and activists who think that the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) is understaffed to tackle a huge amount of paper work...
Childline, the best friend of children in joy and sorrow

Wednesday 18 February '09

The 1098 service, also called Childline, is a round-the-clock hotline for children in distress.
Raising the bar: Jail inmate caught running extortion racket

Tuesday 17 February '09

The recovery of mobile phones and sim cards has almost become the norm in the Sabarmati Central Jail in Ahmedabad, the state's largest prison.
Centre’s succour to riot victims: a case of too little, too late?

Tuesday 17 February '09

The Centre had declared the 2002 post-Godhra riots at par with the Sikh riots of 1984 and had announced an additional Rs 50-crore relief package for the affected families.
Lawyers fight for their name on foundation stone outside court

Monday 16 February '09

The recently inaugurated fast track court in Dahod has become a battleground for two lawyers of the town.
Lessons of life from the man who earns from death

Monday 9 February '09

Navin Rajwadi, a skilled coffin-maker of Vadodara, surprises all with his cheerful disposition as he shuttles between the morgue of Sir Sayaji Rao General Hospital...
…the other has teacher alleging harassment

Saturday 10 January '09

Despite repeated assurances by the authorities in the Panchmahals District Education Department to provide security to a school teacher after she was repeatedly harassed by the school principal over the last four years...
Cotton-ginning unit in Dabhoi loses crop worth Rs 9.1 lakh in last week’s fire

Saturday 10 January '09

Untimely rainfall and pests have led to the rise in sale prices of cotton crops across the country.
Polan Bazar residents repose faith in private hands for security 

Monday 5 January '09

Even as the Polan Bazar pipe-bomb case in Godhra is yet to be solved, the residents of the area have entrusted a small-time steel owner and president of Muslim Ghanchee Samaj Panch to provide security cover to the area during festivals.
‘Principal’ offender: Teacher raises voice against abuse

Sunday 4 January '09

A Lady teacher and a clerk of a Panchmahals school have been sitting on a dharna for the last three days to protest against the alleged sexual harassment of the teacher by the principal.
People’s awareness helps trace fake notes more frequently

Tuesday 30 December '08

It is the awareness of the people rather than the sorting machine that is helping bring more and more fake notes to the Reserve Bank of India counters from across Gujarat.
Freeze on tribal certificates may divide votes during Lok Sabha polls

Monday 29 December '08

While the state government has put a freeze on issuance of caste certificates, political experts feel the tribal votebank in constituencies like Santrampur, Navsari will play a decisive role in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.
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