Friday 13 March '09
For the first time in Gujarat, a cooperative of bonded landless labourers in Bharuch district, under the banner of Janshakti Parishad, have been issued job cards under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.Monday 9 March '09
Even as Gujarat has one of the worst human development index ranking among all Indian states, the Modi government’s hype about progress and development has adversely hit the NGOs working for the state’s huge underprivileged population.Friday
6 March '09Much talked about movies like 13B and Dhoondte Reh Jaoge, which are being released nationwide on Friday, will to have to compete in Dangs with a locally produced full-length film, Sauvli, the first ever in Dangi dialect.Friday
6 March '09Not too long ago, Nathabhai Chauhan worked with stones. In his airconditioned cabin, sitting in a cushioned chair...Wednesday
4 March '09In what is being termed as a politically motivated move, a Muslim community leader in Godhra has printed and distributed pamphlets asking Muslims to refrain from voting for the Congress candidates in the coming Lok Sabha elections.Tuesday
3 March '09Diamonds are not forever, at least for the unemployed workers from Amreli and Bhavnagar who had once worked at diamond units in Surat.Tuesday
3 March '09Unemployed diamond workers of Amreli and Bhavnagar are turning to the NREGS after resisting the same earlier.....Thursday
26 February '09Over 750 rescued child labourers, rag pickers and destitutes, studying in schools run by non-governmental organisations under the National Child Labour Project, will soon be on the streets again.Wednesday
25 February '09Bumpy rides, endless jams and huge bills for damaged cars will soon become things of the past.Wednesday
18 February '09The country's largest life insurer, Life Insurance Corporation of India, is going for capacity building and retooling its employees' skill sets.Tuesday
17 February '09The Forest Department in Gujarat is finding out new ways to curb the growing menace of man-animal conflict.Tuesday
10 February '09To take on moral policing of Shri Ram Sene in a non-violent way, a group of women who call themselves “the consortium of pub going loose and forward women”...Monday
9 February '09Salinity ingress is taking its toll on the livelihood of people living in the coastal villages of Gulf of Khambhat in Anand district.Sunday
8 February '09The Indian Diamond Institute at Surat, which attracts students from as far as the US, Korea, Canada, and Mauritius, apart from Indian states, fear an exodus from the current batch.Friday
6 February '09The inability of the Gujarat government to acquire land from farmers for the construction of minor and sub-minor canals in the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) has led to a situation where farmers are now illegally selling the Narmada water to other farmers. In some branches...Thursday
5 February '09After nearly 30 years of planning, over 20 years in construction and more than Rs 15,000 crore of investment, the vision of the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) seems to be blurring with each passing day.Tuesday
3 February '09The state government has no data about the Little Rann of Kutch. It took about two years for the government to accept that it has no data regarding the survey of the 5,000 square kilometre area, which is famous for the Asiatic Wild Ass.Monday
2 February '09The Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Limited (TCGL) has drawn up an ambitious plan to develop tourist regions in various districts across the state.Friday
30 January '09Did you know a cricketer playing in the Indian Premier League lose out on Rs 13.26 lakh ($29,484) for getting older by a year?Friday
30 January '09Did you know a cricketer playing in the Indian Premier League (IPL) loses out Rs 13.26 lakh (29, 484 dollars) for getting older by a year? Or one point increase in the strike rate in one-day internationals fetches Rs 1.40 lakh (3,111 dollars)?Friday
30 January '09The Gujarat Government — which till now has been unwilling to come up with any sort of bailout package for the diamond industry...Thursday
29 January '09Unwilling to come up with a ‘bailout package’ for the rehabilitation of diamond workers, the Gujarat government has now devised a novel way to provide employment to the lot to survive in these turbulent times.Saturday
24 January '09The seafood export industry in Gujarat, which employs around 10 lakh people, seems to be going the diamond industry way in the absence of support from the state government.Thursday
22 January '09After terror attacks in Ahmedabad and Mumbai, the big business houses in the state have stepped up security at their plants.Saturday
17 January '09It was not long ago when the state government had announced its plan to use Free Open Source Software (FOSS) for primary and upper primary schools in Gujarat to cut costs.
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