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.

Proposed court complex becomes a bone of contention between lawyers, government

Sunday 28 December '08

The proposed court complex in Vadodara has now emerged as a bone of contention between the state government and the city lawyers.

Local NGO hums harmony tune in riot-affected areas

Saturday 27 December '08

It was a scooter that hit a child in Gomtipur area of Ahmedabad or a stray pebble the skipped the confused juggler’s hand in Limkheda in Dahod district that ignited the mayhem of post-Godhra 2002 riots.

Call recording at police control rooms to keep crank callers at bay

Thursday 25 December '08

There is some bad news for crank callers and policemen who tend to ‘lose it’ on the phone. As part of service modernisation...

Court grants bail to artisan who damaged idols in temple

Sunday 21 December '08

In a fit of rage early last week, one Zaheer Sheikh, a local artisan who carves idols of gods and goddesses in Shehra taluka of Panchmahals...

Political tiff in civic body stalls road repairing works at Godhra

Saturday 20 December '08

A Week after Godhra Municipal Council (GMC) president Gangaram Harwani surrendered before the local police in connection with a forgery scam, the repair works of roads in various parts of the city has gone for a toss.

City’s chemical hub to get new police station

Monday 15 December '08

Nandesari, the chemical hub of Vadodara district, is likely to get a new police station in order to contain theft of chemicals and step up the security in the industries within its premises.

In three months, city reports 21 cases of chemical theft

Monday 15 December '08

Chemicals thefts are not new to Vadodara and its surrounding areas. But in the last three months, 21 cases of big and small thefts have been registered in the various police stations of the city.

Fire safety of utmost concern for private sector post 26/11

Monday 15 December '08

In the wake of the terror attack in Mumbai and the trail of destruction that it left behind, corporate houses in the state have adopted fire safety measures to secure their office premises.

What’s the final take on police verification? anxious landlords, tenants look for answers

Saturday 13 December '08

While Surat’s real estate agents and brokers have decided not to rent or sell houses to Muslims in the wake of the recent Mumbai terror strikes, in Vadodara, the house owners are wary of giving it to non-Gujaratis and even non-Barodians.

Corsican couple delights MSU with Hang, fire dance

Tuesday 9 December '08

“Stand for the Burrup,” says 29-year-old Loic Robreteau. He and his companion, Marie Giorgi (25), are farmers from the island of Corsica in France.

The French connection: scholar finds Sayajirao III, Louis XIV alike

Monday 8 December '08

Louis XIV of France and Sir Sayaji Rao III of the erstwhile princely state of Baroda shared similar concerns about the promotion of fine arts.

Kavi, a fisherman’s paradise lost

Monday 8 December '08

Kavi, a fishermen-dominated village near Jambusar in Bharuch, was known for its high fishing activities almost 32 years ago.

Vadodara’s Valodra fetches the dead for a ‘princely’ sum of Rs 25

Saturday 6 December '08

He calls himself Vadodara’s bin-warsi contractor (unidentified contractor). In a week, on an average, Magan Valodra, a resident of Chappan Quarters in the city’s Navapura area...

Private guards the first choice of govt, commercial bodies

Wednesday 3 December '08

In the wake of terror attacks in Mumbai, government and important commercial agencies are increasingly relying on private security guards.

Guj ports to get electric fencing with breach alarms

Tuesday 2 December '08

Ports in Gujarat are all set to get electric fencing with breach alarms as a part of the security measures undertaken by the Gujarat Maritime Board.

Now, Muslim girls yearn to earn degrees to help community

Monday 1 December '08

More young Muslims in the state are now trying to free themselves from the clutches of educational backwardness.

Coastal belt of Bharuch-Ankleshwar remains insecure

Saturday 29 November '08

Despite the suspicion that the terrorists who held Mumbai city as hostage on Wednesday used Gujarat coastline as a gateway...

In 15 days, city reports 27 incidents of vehicle theft

Thursday 27 November '08

In the last fortnight, as many as 27 complaints of vehicle thefts were lodged in various police stations of Vadodara city, which is considerably high keeping in view the size of the city.

Sakha Organics never obtained licence to operate in Savli-Mokshi area: NCB

Thursday 27 November '08

Sakha Organics, from whose clandestine lab the Narcotics Control Bureau had seized 30 litres of methamphetamine, never obtained a licence to operate in the Savli-Mokshi area of Vadodara district.

Prison no bar for Vadodara Central Jail inmates for higher study

Tuesday 18 November '08

The Vadodara Central Jail is no ordinary prison. It has challenged the traditional understanding of jail as a place where convicts spend their doomed lives.

Pvt security guards under police scanner

Monday 17 November '08

Criminal cases involving private security guards are on the rise in Vadodara district.

Old is gold: Veteran litterateur traces history of Shukravaari Bazaar

Thursday 13 November '08

Newsline accompanies veteran poet and writer, Aziz Qadri in a walk down the memory lane, as he traces the history of the market and reminisces his own life vis-à-vis the market...

Gang Ho: Dahod haunted by Chaddi-Banyan Dhari gang

Sunday 9 November '08

Ask the policemen in Dahod about Chaddi-Banyandhari Gang, countless stories would start pouring in over innumerable cups of tea.