Thursday 29 October '09
A Year after venturing into the business of cellphones and insurance, farmers’ marketing co-operative, Gujarat Co-operative Society Marketing Ltd (Gujcomasol), has decided to go back to what it does best— selling seeds, fertilisers and farm products.Wednesday 28 October '09
In what could emerge as a major scam in government housing schemes for the economically weaker sections of the society, a Right to Information (RTI) application has revealed that the beneficiaries have not received the money allotted for them.Tuesday
27 October '09Deficient rainfall coupled with the decreased area under cultivation in some parts of the state will affect the sale of fertilisers, the Gujarat State Cooperative Marketing Federation Ltd (Gujcomasol), has said.Saturday
24 October '09As the Rs 500-crore Panchamrut dairy (or Panchmahals District Cooperative Milk Union Ltd) goes to polls on Saturday, it is BJP versus BJP in the cooperative battle.Thursday
15 October '09After the defeat of three BJP legislators in the Baroda dairy elections, the party hopes for a face-saver in the Panchmahals-based Panchamrut Dairy elections scheduled for October 24.Tuesday
29 September '09“A soldier never retires, he just withers away… I want to prove this wrong,” says a resume of one of the retired defence officers.Monday
28 September '09The number of the candidates from the state seeking jobs in the armed forces has gone up by about 30 per cent.Friday
11 September '09There is a possibility that drought-like conditions will help dairy sector in Gujarat to register higher production of milk, revealed a recent study conducted by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI).Friday
4 September '09At a time when the state is facing rain deficit, a large-scale pumping of water from the ground, especially in north Gujarat...Tuesday
1 September '09In what is likely to hit the industrial development in Gujarat, the Centre has asked the state government to temporarily ban the setting up of new industries and expansion of the existing ones at Ankleshwar, Panoli and Vapi industrial estates.Friday
28 August '09With large parts of the country being declared drought-hit, the need for a safeguard against vagaries of nature is being felt like never before.Thursday
20 August '09The state government will decide on declaring its districts as ‘drought hit’ after the meeting of all agriculture ministers in New Delhi on August 21.Thursday
13 August '09With swine flu spreading panic in the state, face masks are flying off the shelves at pharmacies in all major cities.Monday
10 August '09The country’s largest power company, NTPC (National Thermal Power Corporation) will set up power plants based on renewable sources of energy in different parts of the country, including Gujarat, this year.Monday
27 July '09The strict implementation of Private Security Agencies Regulation Act (PSARA) in Gujarat, following the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, has forced small-time private security agencies to sell their businesses in the state.Wednesday
22 July '09The Federation of Industry Associations has asked the state government to include setting up of police stations at each industrial estate as part of the critical infrastructure development project to avoid thefts, including that of solvents and chemicals.Sunday
12 July '09With most districts in the state finally receiving rains in the last two days, the farmers are now hopeful of being able to sow their Kharif crops this season.Saturday
11 July '09Insufficient rains in several parts of Gujarat have forced farmers to look at alternate crops instead of the usual kharif season crops.Friday
10 July '09Farmers in the twin districts of Anand and Kheda – known as Charotar in central Gujarat – which remained green throughout the year...Monday
6 July '09A late entrant in the IT sector compared to states in southern India, Gujarat is now fast emerging as a hub of visual effect studios.Thursday
25 June '09The impact of global meltdown has not just been limited to the urban areas. The rural areas of the state have also felt the heat of the economic crisis.Tuesday
23 June '09The proposal for constituting a high-level investigating committee to probe the incident of an HIV positive woman being labelled and reportedly paraded in the Guru Gobind Singh Government Hospital in Jamnagar is yet to take the final shape.Thursday
18 June '09Taiyebpura, a small village in Matar taluka of Kheda district, has become a centre of attraction for farmers, environmentalists, and forest officials of the Gujarat government.Monday
15 June '09In what can give a major push to the promotion of clean and green energy, Sardar Patel Renewable Energy Research Institute (SPRERI), Anand has come up with a cooling and drying technology that runs on solar energy.Thursday
11 June '09If you thought Vadodara is still the city of salaried class, think again. At least four high priced luxurious bungalow schemes in the city have come up in the last six months at Sevasi and Gotri.
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