Saffron forces dump terror-tainted sadhvi

Sunday 26 October '08

Once in the police net, sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur may now find herself entirely disowned by the saffron quarter altogether.

Government websites an easy hunt for hackers

Sunday 19 October '08

With the gen-next wave of terror fast pervading the cyber space, ethical hackers are raising concern about most government websites being vulnerable to hacking.

In rural Gujarat schools, cleaning toilets is still the job of Dalit students

Wednesday 15 October '08

Little Kanku Waghela doesn’t know much about her caste, but at her school in Changodar village of Sanand...

Tribal stripped, beaten up by Surendranagar cops

Monday 13 October '08

The pride of Uniform and upper caste makes a lethal combination. This manifested one of its ugliest forms in the feudal hinterland of Gujarat on October 8 when two policemen from the Darbar community...

Right Act: Three years of empowerment

Sunday 12 October '08

The Right to Information (RTI) Act came into force on October 12, 2005. Three years down the line, the Gujarat State Information Commission (SIC) remains one of the most proactive offices in the country...

Farmers from neighbouring villages also stake their claim

Saturday 11 October '08

As the narrow road from Chharodi bus stand to the proposed site for the Nano plant suddenly bursts into unfamiliar commotion...

Pious threads move NHRC to liberate manual scavengers

Friday 10 October '08

After receiving rakhis from manual scavengers with a plea to liberate them from their traditional occupation, the National Human Rights Commission...

Navratra heats up caste cauldron

Tuesday 7 October '08

Even as the state government has gone out of its way to welcome the rest of the world into the folds of garba, Dalit women in many villages across rural Gujarat are not allowed to join in the festive dance.

Dalits face social, economic boycott in rural Gujarat

Friday 3 October '08

Gujarat is busy projecting its progressive and vibrant image across the globe and inviting investors from all over.

The die is ‘caste’: Dalits lodge FIR against upper-caste ‘oppressors’

Wednesday 1 October '08

The Dalits in rural Gujarat have always faced socio-economic segregation and oppression from the upper castes.

So near, yet so far: Dalits get deity’s blessing, but not prasad

Tuesday 30 September '08

The age-old tradition of encircling a village with a cotton thread for protection from the evil eye had to be stopped at Targara village of Botad block of Bhavnagar District on Sunday...

Crossover kings: 60 lions venture out of Gir, may pick conflict with humans

Tuesday 30 September '08

With more than 60 lions roaming outside the Gir Sanctuary area, fears have been expressed on potential man-animal conflicts in the region.

Chalo Dilli: State BJP MLAs to lead party’s dharna in Capital for GUJCOC

Wednesday 17 September '08

To mount pressure on the UPA government to approve the Gujarat Control of Organised Crime Act, the Gujarat BJP has planned to send all the 117 elected members of the state Legislative Assembly to New Delhi for a daylong dharna.

IIM-A students to get lesson in managing carbon footprints

Tuesday 16 September '08

The Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad has launched a course on carbon finance to train budding managers in the various aspects of Global Warming and carbon emission.

Gujarat farmers grapple with shortage of power, water

Friday 12 September '08

With less than normal rainfall, the farms in Gujarat are grappling with shortage of both power and water for irrigation.

Advani refuses to comment on giving a Central role to Modi

Tuesday 9 September '08

In an interview to Newsline on Monday, BJP prime-ministerial candidate LK Advani refused to commit on the question of taking Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to the centrestage in New Delhi.

State govt tutors citizens to tackle terror

Wednesday 3 September '08

The Information Department of the Gujarat government released a full page advertisement in the local dailies on Tuesday on means to combat terror.

Togadia softens stance against Modi

Wednesday 6 August '08

VHP leader Pravin Togadia’s public address on Sunday has set the grapevine abuzz about a possible reconciliation between him and Chief Minister Narendra Modi.

Guffaws over goof-ups

Saturday 24 November '07

Poll-wracked states usually have little to smile till the day of the results.

No organisational support to BJP: RSS

Wednesday 24 October '07

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on Tuesday made it clear that it will not lend any direct organisational...

RTI reveals fresh suicides

Saturday 8 September '07

In a response to a petition filed under the RTI Act by Bharatsinh Jhala, an Ahmedabad-based activist...

Gujarat Police admit 366 farmers’ suicides

Friday 31 August '07

In response to an RTI application, the Gujarat Police has put it on record that 366 farmers have committed suicide in 16 districts between 2003 and April 2007.

Kutch’s wild ass habitat may soon get heritage label

Thursday 26 July '07

The Wild Ass Sanctuary in the Rann of Kutch is all set to be enlisted as a World Natural Heritage site in UNESCO’s list of World Heritage by 2009.

Salt takes Maliya farmers to court

Tuesday 24 July '07

For 20 years now, farmers of Maliya town in Rajkot district have been fighting to keep salt out of their farms. The ingress, they say, is because of the salt factories near their farms.

Satellite imagery to fight diseases in Gujarat

Wednesday 27 June '07

The Gujarat Government has drawn up a plan to fight dengue and chikungunya using satellite technology.