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‘Save diamond industry’ campaign set in motion

At a time when the diamond industry in Gujarat is passing through an unprecedented crisis, the government has mooted a proposal for a special package

Gujarat readies to restore gem industry’s shine

Rattled by consistent media reports highlighting the diamond industry passing through a bad phase and the suffering of diamond workers...

Gujarat set to become first state to have a comprehensive livestock policy

The Gujarat government will soon announce its new comprehensive livestock policy aimed at the socio-economic uplift of the rural masses and also boost

Govt works overtime to keep recession off investors meet

The Gujarat Government has launched concerted efforts to attract maximum investors during the impending ‘Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors’ Summit.’
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Sops to keep the wind blowing

The wind seems to be blowing in the right direction in Gujarat, what with the state bagging the Best Wind Developer State Award for maximum capacity a

Spotlight on terror at forensic conference

The terror attack on Mumbai has brought back into focus the menace of terrorism at the international level. At a three-day national conference at the

Mumbai attacks rob Rann Utsav of its colour

The multiple terror attacks in Mumbai may undermine the efforts of the Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Limited to attract foreign tourists to the Rann

Gujarat to launch whale shark watching project to attract tourists

Tourists visiting Gujarat will now get a chance to watch whale sharks in their natural habitat near Saurashtra coast...

New land use policy in the offing, courtesy increasing SEZs

The state government is contemplating to come up with a land use policy to protect cultivable as well as gauchar (pastoral and grazing) land in Gujara

Gujarat in ‘shark’ focus ahead of introducing whale shark tourism

Foreign as well as domestic tourists visiting Gujarat will now get a chance to watch whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) from a close range in their natura

All’s not well with National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme

The BJP government in Gujarat may be accusing the Congress-led UPA regime at the Centre of “meting out injustice” to the state.

Tale of missing heads: 6 key departments running without chief functionaries

In what is being seen in bureaucratic circles as “cadre mismanagement” under the Narendra Modi dispensation in Gujarat, about half-a-dozen key departm

Crimson tide: Rise in sea level changing Gujarat’s contours

In what appears to be a cause of concern, the coastline of south Gujarat is gradually changing shape, threatening several coastal villages.

Modi to give Africa tour a miss for election campaign

Chief Minister Narendra Modi will not go to South Africa, Uganda and Kenya to campaign for the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors’ Summit, scheduled in

WASMO’s bid to provide clean water to schoolkids

One may call it a small measure. But a programme launched by the State Water Supply Department in primary and secondary schools across Gujarat to educ

Now, apply online for licence to drive

A long wait and serpentine queues at Road Transport Offices across Gujarat will soon be a thing of the past.

Gujarat set to cover most BPL families under health scheme

The UPA Government has given the go-ahead to launch the Centre-aided health insurance scheme across the entire state of Gujarat.

Health cover to envelop entire state by 2009

With over five lakh below poverty line families in five districts set to get benefits under a Centre-aided health insurance scheme by December, the UP

Suspension bridge to Dwarka gets ASI nod

With the much-awaited clearance by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), the state government will soon commence its ambitious project under which

New technology to check fishermen from straying into Pak waters

Even as an official delegation from Gujarat is camping in Karachi to secure the early release of as many as 369 fishing boats seized by the Pakistan M

Finance tech-city project waiting to be GIFT-wrapped

The Narendra Modi government may have succeeded in getting 1,100 acres of land for the Tata's Nano car plant to be set up near Sanand in Ahmedabad dis

Gujarat, the chosen one for WB-aided coastal zone management project

Gujarat has been selected for the World Bank-aided Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) project, under which, the state government will get finan

How Modi’s men fought battle of wits… and won

What West Bengal lost has now turned out to be Gujarat's gain.

No, minister! MLAs shoot down Bill proposing salary hikes of ministers

Cutting across party lines, MLAs belonging to the ruling BJP as well as the Congress have objected to the government’s move to raise the monthly salar

Celebrations under siege: Garba to have a brush with metal detectors, CCTVs

The recent serial blasts in Ahmedabad continue to haunt the memories of the average Gujarati.
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