Friday 25 September '09
Even as the state government is yet to carry out the third party evaluation of the fortified wheat flour to determine its nutritional value...Thursday 24 September '09
The state Tribal Development Department (TDD) has initiated a proposal to synergise the functioning of the Forest Rights Committees constituted by it and the Forest Protection Committees constituted by the Forest and Environment Department, in rural Gujarat.Wednesday
23 September '09The implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006, popularly known as the Forest Rights Act...Tuesday
22 September '09Some 2,376 workers in Fatehpura taluka of Dahod, who toiled hard in the scorching heat under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, had to wait a full year just to be paid their wages.Wednesday
9 September '09In a significant development, Amreli District Collector P R Sompura has forwarded a report to the Centre on the hardships faced by nearly 12,000 inhabitants of Shial Bet island due to the dredging work at the privately-owned Rs 190 crore Pipavav Port project in neighbouring Rajula taluka.Monday
7 September '09Ban it or not, one thing that must be conceded to Jaswant Singh’s book Jinnah: India-Partition Independence is that it has brought into focus the role of two of the most influential leaders of their time...Sunday
6 September '09Ambuja Cements Limited, which has applied for surrender of limestone mines located in an area of nearly 131 hectares in Rampara village in Junagadh, is facing the charges of illegal mining on additional 145 hectares by the local gram panchayat.Sunday
23 August '09In an unprecedented move, 58 gram panchayats in Anjar and Gandhidham talukas of Kutch district have collectively refused to hold gram sabhas in their areas till such time the district administration implements all the resolutions passed earlier.Monday
27 July '09The situation is not as bad yet but Gujarat looks all set to get its own Nandigram and Singur. The Narendra Modi government is currently facing stiff resistance...Thursday
23 July '09In a major first for the state, rural Gujarat is witnessing a wide uprising against the state government move to handover agricultural and grazing lands to big industrial houses.Tuesday
30 June '09Even as Gujarat has started the pre-project activity for the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan...Saturday
20 June '09The government has filed 768 cases under the Building and Other Construction Workers’ Welfare Act (Regulation of Employment & Service Condition), 1996 along with 118 criminal cases in judicial magistrate courts...Friday
19 June '09Even as the Gujarat government claims the success of its various schemes in eliminating child labour while increasing the enrolments in schools across the state...Monday
15 June '09The state government finally started dispersing Rs 125 crore collected under the Building and Other Construction Workers Cess Act (BOCWCA) 1996 last week for the welfare of registered construction labourers.Sunday
14 June '09Although the Gujarat government has set up a separate Inspectorate of Factories at Alang ship-breaking yard under its Industrial Health and Hygiene (IH&H) Department to enforce safety provisions...Tuesday
2 June '09The IT/ITES sector continues to face the meltdown blues nationwide, with layoffs and pink slips becoming the norm of the day.Monday
1 June '09The Board of Approval (BoA) in the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India, will take a final decision on June 2 on the de-notification application filed by realty major, DLF...Friday
29 May '09He was there to distribute a career guidance booklet printed by the Gujarat Pradesh Congress. But a minute into conversation and he says, “Sir, don’t worry if your ward has not performed well...Thursday
28 May '09Former President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, who was in Ahmedabad on Wednesday for the first convocation ceremony of the Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University...Monday
4 May '09A piece of 12 hectares of land in Gobalaj village of Kheda district has become the bone of contention between the villagers and Snesh Resort Private Limited (SRPL)...Saturday
2 May '09The residents of Anwarpura village of Sami taluka in Patan district have stalled the proposed plan of Gujarat State Fertilisers & Chemicals Limited (GSFC) to grow Jatropha plant (used for producing bio-diesel) on the 132-acre gauchar land in the village.Thursday
30 April '09‘Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink.’ This is the story of the entire eastern tribal belt of Gujarat that receives the heaviest rainfall, around 800 mm, in the state...Thursday
23 April '09Even as the Gujarat government has claimed credit for banning gauvadh (cow slaughter) in the state, the state’s shrinking gauchar (grazing land) area is increasingly landing up with the industries.Tuesday
21 April '09Hopes were high when the Supreme Court, in a historic judgment on March 13, 2003...Tuesday
21 April '09The Supreme Court in its judgment on March 13, 2003 had made it mandatory for candidates contesting Parliamentary and Assembly elections....
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