RBI asks state-level bank committees to spread financial literacy

Wednesday 3 June '09

Financial literacy and credit counselling centres (FLCC) will be the buzz word in the banking sector in the coming time as the Reserve Bank of India...

Green cover plan bites dust, admits administration

Monday 1 June '09

Even as the city would once again witness a plantation drive on June 5, a scheme launched three years ago to increase the green cover in Ahmedabad could not meet its objectives.

Mobile court, a step towards sanitation in public places

Monday 1 June '09

The Nirmal Gujarat cleanliness campaign initiated by the state government met with limited success due to the voluntary nature of public participation.

City to get three multi-layer mechanical parking complexes

Thursday 28 May '09

Why three, go for more of it”, is what the Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board (GIDB) told the civic body when it went with a proposal to construct multi-layer mechanical parking complexes at three locations in the city.

Demand to scrap recent changes made in GCCI constitution

Wednesday 27 May '09

Ahead of its new executive body taking the charge, the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry...

6 months too short to get licence, say co-op banks

Wednesday 27 May '09

The Reserve Bank of India’s move for mandatory licensing of cooperative banks within six months...

Down but not out: BJP IT Cell chalks out strategy for future polls

Tuesday 26 May '09

The Lok Sabha poll debacle may still rankle the Gujarat BJP leaders, but in true never-say-die spirit, its much-hyped IT Cell is already looking at future for better cyber war tactics.

AMC takes busy road stretch into its fold for medical college

Monday 25 May '09

The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is going all the way to ensure that the city gets another medical college.

I-card for diamond workers remains a suggestion

Friday 15 May '09

The task force set up on the order of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for working out financial rehabilitation of diamond units and its workers had recommended issuing identity cards to the workers to enable them source loan from banks.

RBI directive on restructuring of UCBs post mergers likely to attract buyers

Sunday 10 May '09

Paving the way for smooth management of weak urban co-operative banks post merger or acquisition...

Mercury rising, ‘Chhote Vajpayee’ feels poll heat

Monday 27 April '09

Harin Pathak is seeking voters’ mandate for the seventh time. The six-time MP is not a favourite with Chief Minister Narendra Modi....

VGGIS failed to bring investments to several districts

Monday 27 April '09

The investment in the state claimed to have been drawn during the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors’ Summits has been highly imbalanced in 26 districts of the state.

‘Debar loan defaulters from contesting elections’

Thursday 16 April '09

If this suggestion is implemented by the Election Commission of India, loan defaulters will be debarred from contesting elections.

Nationalised bank not approached for financing rough diamonds

Saturday 11 April '09

The latest details of the financial rehabilitation plan for the meltdown-hit diamond industry in Gujarat, mooted by RBI-appointed Task Force...

BJP, Mallika woo Tamil voters in their language

Friday 10 April '09

The BJP has come out with a poll leaflet in Tamil language targeting Tamil votes in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar.

In Gujarat, BJP rides the Nano

Wednesday 8 April '09

The BJP is dreaming big in Gujarat with the small car. Party campaign managers will soon be distributing small Nano-model pen stands as part of its publicity efforts.....

BJP uses cardboard Nano to drive its poll bandwagon

Wednesday 8 April '09

The BJP has come up with a way to use the Nano to drive home its election bandwagon. A cardboard pen-stand shaped like the small car has been designed to act as a handy tool to capture the voter’s fancy.

Low attendance at GCCI meet opens the Pandora ’s Box

Wednesday 8 April '09

The quiet passage of important constitutional changes at the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) should not surprise any one given the thin attendance at its March 30 Extraordinary General Meeting.

Docs to fight proposed public health legislation

Monday 6 April '09

The medical fraternity in the state is all set to fight against the proposed legislation on public health.

Elections put sale of riverfront land on the backburner

Friday 27 March '09

Electioneering in the coming weeks has slowed the planning for sale of the riverfront land earmarked for commercial purpose.

Khadi fails to bloom in times of election

Thursday 26 March '09

It is election time and political leaders should be making a beeline to khadi shops to put their presentable best before the electorate.

Labour’s pain: Sweat money lost in transmission

Thursday 19 March '09

The dependence that the family of a migrant worker has on its sole breadwinner sweating it out in some distant place is not hard to imagine.

RBI Task Force tells Labour dept to identify diamond workers

Monday 16 March '09

The Reserve Bank of India appointed Task Force — set up to work out a financial package for the diamond industry and diamond workers — has recommended the involvement of the state Labour Department to identify the diamond workers.

‘Dedicated corridor’ in need of a more dedicated research

Monday 16 March '09

Believe it or not, but the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), despite the promise of being a dream system, has got all the ingredients of a nightmare for passengers, if not for the operators.

BJP inducts fresh faces from rival camp

Sunday 15 March '09

Every time when elections are round the corner, political parties induct new faces to show off as trophies. But the induction of Devang Nanavati and Amit Mehta from the rival camp on Friday by the BJP...