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Gujarat factories federation rejects Centre’s FRP for sugarcane, says it’s too low

Saturday 21 November '09

Farmers in Uttar Pradesh are fighting it out to get better prices for their sugarcane crop.
NAU to come up with indigenously developed Bt cotton seeds by 2012

Thursday 19 November '09

The main cotton research station of Navsari Agriculture University at Surat expects to come out with its own indigenously developed seeds of high yielding and pest resistant Bt cotton by 2012.
As prices soar, even jaggery, chilli go in cold storage

Tuesday 17 November '09

The concept of storing agriculture commodities in cold storages has undergone a major change in the recent times.
Govt to set up radiation plant for mango export

Saturday 14 November '09

Gujaratis settled abroad will no longer have to go without the succulent varieties of Kesar mangoes from Talala and Kutch from the next season.
Four cold storages coming up in tribal belt for Rs 4.5 cr

Wednesday 11 November '09

Units to be located in Navsari, Valsad, Vadodara and Bharuch The state government is constructing four cold storages at a cost of Rs 4.5 crore in the tribal belt of Gujarat to give a fair deal to the farmers for their produce.
New terminal at Ahmedabad airport to facilitate export of farm produce

Monday 9 November '09

The state government is setting up a separate terminal at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad to facilitate the export of perishable agricultural produce.
Onion prices soar after rain hits crop elsewhere

Sunday 8 November '09

Wholesale prices shoot up by Rs 100 per 20 kg, retail prices up by 100 per cent There has been a steep rise in onion prices in the state.
Trees laden with mangoes in November, experts say climate change a factor

Tuesday 3 November '09

Mangoes usually mean the onset of summer in Gujarat. But this year, the farmers in Saurashtra's hinterland, famous for its Kesar variety of mangoes, are a perplexed lot– the mango trees are either laden with fruits or have flowers in full bloom.
Second phase of National Population Register drive begins

Thursday 29 October '09

The second phase of preparing a National Population Register (NPR) in coastal villages of Gujarat post-26/11 Mumbai terror attacks has begun. Central teams have begun procuring the photographs and thumb impressions of the residents in the seven coastal districts of the state.
Four years on, RTI backlog piles up

Monday 26 October '09

With the Gujarat government not filling up the posts of two information commissioners in the State Information Commission for the last two years, the number of applications is only piling up.
On New Year, Ahmed Patel sets tribal date

Thursday 22 October '09

Sonia Gandhi’s political secretary, Ahmed Patel, celebrated the commencement of new Vikram Samvat 2066 by meeting tribals in the interior village of Umarva of Dediapada taluka in the state’s most backward district of Narmada on Monday.
MLAs miffed over PCC chief’s ‘corporate ways’

Monday 19 October '09

After former MP from Sabarkantha Madhusudan Mistry fired a broadside at the ‘corporate management methods’ of state...
Torrent Power to follow Central guidelines on subsidised supply

Thursday 15 October '09

Torrent Power Limited has said in its submission before the Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission that it will comply with commission’s directions with regard to subsidised power supply to Below Poverty Line consumers in Ahmedabad, Surat and Gandhinagar.
State madrasa body opposes Centre’s proposal to come under nodal board

Tuesday 13 October '09

The Majlis Tahaffuz-e-Madaris Gujarat (Council for Protection of Madrasas in Gujarat) has opposed the Union government's move to set up a Central Madrasa Board, saying that the latter might interfere with its affairs, particularly those concerning syllabi and teaching.
For demanding graveyard, Shias forced out of Gujarat village

Monday 21 September '09

Even during the 2002 Gujarat riots when eleven people were burnt alive in neighbouring Sardarpura, this village with a...
Post-Ishrat report, top cop Amin back in news for all wrong reasons

Thursday 10 September '09

Following the S P Tamang’s report on Ishrat Jahan encounter, the spotlight has shifted again to Narendra Kumar Amin, the suspended Deputy Superintendent of Police, currently imprisoned in the Sabarmati Central Jail.
Kutch co-op milk union set up, to start collection by Diwali

Tuesday 8 September '09

The state government has set up the Kutch District Cooperative Milk Union or ‘Sarhad Dairy’.
Preventing diversion of methanol to liquor dens top priority: cops

Sunday 6 September '09

The police, excise and the prohibition departments are taking steps to prevent the diversion of methanol from industries to those involved in the brewing of country liquor.
Women constables to have new uniforms soon Women constables to have new uniforms soon

Wednesday 2 September '09

Women constables in the state will soon get to sport new uniforms. In place of shirts and trousers, they will wear a loose-fitting top with full sleeves and a pant which is presently worn by the women Home Guard units.
30 years on, largest Muslim ghetto in state yet to get basic civic facilities

Sunday 30 August '09

The largest Muslim ghetto in the state with a population of over three lakh continues to wait for basic civic amenities including drinking water for last three decades.
Pak infiltrators: BSF chief to visit Bhuj today to assess situation

Saturday 22 August '09

Raman Srivastava, Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF), will visit Bhuj on Saturday to take stock of the situation in the Rann of Kutch following the arrest of nine Pakistani nationals last week.
BSF likely to deploy ATVs, hovercraft for vigil along Harami Nala by year-end

Friday 21 August '09

The Border Security Force (BSF) is likely to deploy by the year-end two All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) and as many hovercraft to keep vigil on the Pakistani activities in the Harami Nala creek...
Gujarat riots: Ex-DGP says threatened by IAS official, submits CD

Wednesday 19 August '09

Former director general of police R B Sreekumar has submitted a CD of a recorded conversation to the Special Investigation Team (SIT)....
After MP, Gujarat empowers constables to investigate criminal cases

Tuesday 18 August '09

Gujarat has become the second state after Madhya Pradesh to allow the constabulary to conduct investigation into criminal cases...
After MP, constables to probe criminal offences in Gujarat

Tuesday 18 August '09

After Madhya Pradesh, police constables in Gujarat have now been empowered to conduct investigations in criminal offences....
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