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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....
ADG Kuldip Sharma’s name recommended for central deputation

Wednesday 12 August '09

The name of Additional Director General of police Kuldip Sharma, who returned from his foreign posting a month ago, is learnt to have been recommended for a deputation to the Centre.
Custodial death of Save: family seeks compensation

Sunday 9 August '09

Even as a court in Umergaon has issued an arrest warrant against jailed Deputy Superintendent of Police Dr N K Amin for his alleged role in the custodial death of retired Col. Pratap Save, the latter’s family has moved the Gujarat High Court for monetary compensation from the state government.
Sohrabuddin’s brother wants Gujarat Police taken off case

Wednesday 5 August '09

RUBABUDDIN Sheikh, brother of Sohrabuddin who was killed in a fake encounter on the outskirts of the city in November 2005....
Don’t trust state cops, says Sohrabuddin’s brother, seeks transfer of case

Wednesday 5 August '09

Rubabuddin Sheikh, brother of Sohrabuddin Sheikh, who was killed in a fake encounter on the outskirts of Ahmedabad in November 2005...
Congress, BJP gear up for Assembly bypolls on 7 seats

Saturday 1 August '09

With the Assembly budget session coming to an end on Thursday, the BJP and the Congress are now readying themselves for a political battle for the by-elections to seven Assembly seats likely to be held in September.
In 2 yrs, state records 17 suicides under pressure from moneylenders

Tuesday 28 July '09

Paldi-based Avanish Vinod Patel was not the only one to have committed suicide under pressure from moneylenders in the recent past.
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