Coop bank fleeced by Parekh gets third lease of life

Friday 19 December '08

The Madhavpura Mercantile Cooperative Bank (MMCB) has received a breather for the third time, which allows it to defer payments to banks, institutions and depositors till August 2009.

Now, pay Rs 100 to get rid of worries about litigation costs in domestic violence cases

Wednesday 17 December '08

Pay Rs 100 a year and sleep over your worries about the cost of litigation on domestic violence, among others.

NABARD releases Rs 148 crore for Panchmahals co-operative bank

Thursday 4 December '08

The Panchmahals District Central Co-operative Bank Ltd, which is placed under the RBI directions to work as per Section 35A of the Banking (Regulation) Act, got a shot in the arm with the release of Rs 148 crore early this week.

Municipal body yet to tighten ‘loo’se ends at heritage site

Wednesday 3 December '08

A visit to the western wall of the historic Bhadra Fort would acquaint one with the 'smelly' truth, as all that stinks is a part of our glorious heritage too.

Backward candidates denied appointments

Tuesday 2 December '08

In a clear case of injustice, socially and economically backward class (SEBC) candidates for Vidya Sahayak in Urdu medium municipal schools have been denied letters of appointment even after successful interviews, for no apparent reason.

Now, civic chiefs have to decide on proposals within a month

Tuesday 2 December '08

This is a move that will give more teeth to the elected wings in the seven municipal corporations in Gujarat.

Two years on, new fire stations still not in sight

Monday 1 December '08

The mega plan to set up 10 more fire stations in the city remains a design even after two years since it was envisaged. An indecisive Centre and lethargic local authorities have compelled the city suffer.

Dena Bank’s rural Internet pilot project grounded

Wednesday 26 November '08

Dena Rural Internet Kiosk, an employment oriented scheme for rural youth by Dena Bank...

State tourism body to axe 53 jobs

Wednesday 26 November '08

This winter, the state government is busy projecting Gujarat as a tourism hotspot through the Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Ltd.

The Gods propose and officials dispose

Monday 24 November '08

They might have nurtured the dream of going on Haj all their lives, but it took the authorities just a few minutes to shatter it. However, officials say it is a case of strange resemblance in two persons’ names that led to the blunder.

RBI cancels licence of another cooperative bank

Sunday 23 November '08

Close on the heels of the cancellation of the banking licence of the Ankleshwar Nagrik Sahakari Bank Ltd...

RBI cancels licence of cooperative bank hit by liquidity crisis

Friday 21 November '08

Within days of cancelling the licence of the Nutan Sahakari Bank Ltd, Vadodara, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cancelled the licence of yet another bank in the state.

Yet again, red-tapism scores over RTI Act

Tuesday 18 November '08

If you thought that you can extract information from the government under the Right to Information Act, you are mistaken.

Maharashtra gains foothold in Gujarat co-op bank sector

Thursday 13 November '08

The fall of Madhavpura Mercantile Co-operative Bank in 2001 following the Ketan Parekh securities scam had a cascading effect on the financial health of nearly 60 urban co-operative banks in Gujarat.

Nasik Merchants Bank may take over Nutan Sahakari Bank

Tuesday 11 November '08

The Vadodara-based Nutan Sahakari Bank Ltd, which has gone into liquidation, is likely to be taken over by the Nasik Merchants Co-operative Bank Ltd, a multi-state co-operative bank.

Kachchhi dictionary with pronunciation CD by 2009

Sunday 9 November '08

By 2009, learners of the Kachchhi language will boast of having a full-fledged dictionary complete with pronunciations, stored in a compact disc...

Noted Urdu, Gujarati ghazal lyricist Adil Mansuri passes away

Friday 7 November '08

The one last dream of Adil Mansuri, who passed away in New Jersey, will be buried with him. The legend of modern Urdu and Gujarati ghazal once wrote a couplet in Gujarati...

Tata Motors to put Ahmedabad Stock Exchange into overdrive

Sunday 26 October '08

Tata Motors, which is coming up with the Nano car plant in Ahmedabad district, also holds the key to turning around the fortunes of the Ahmedabad Stock Exchange.

Bear hug makes city investors, brokers feel the squeeze

Friday 24 October '08

Mahadevbhai Patel is a retired schoolteacher, who lives in eastern Ahmedabad’s middle class locality of Odhav.

‘Professional engagements’ force ASE head to quit

Thursday 23 October '08

Ahmedabad Stock Exchange (ASE) chairman Mukesh M Patel has resigned from his post citing “pressing professional engagements” as the reason.

BRT service: Hectic activity on for completion of first phase

Tuesday 21 October '08

If not by Christmas, then the first phase of the BRT service connecting Vasna with Naranpura will be operational by Uttarayan, it has been learnt.

New municipal bond structure, investment pattern on the cards

Monday 20 October '08

Now that municipal bonds are being viewed as a good source of financing civic infrastructure projects under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM)...

Another Gujarat bank now has Maharashtra ownership

Sunday 19 October '08

Maharashtra has bagged yet another co-operative bank from Gujarat in its kitty. The Mumbai-based Abhyudaya Co-operative Bank (ACB) has acquired the Manekchowk Co-operative Bank.

Tata's small car ignites big dreams of Guj realtors

Thursday 9 October '08

Landowners in and around Chharodi have put on hold their plans to part with their lands in anticipation of heavy price appreciation, thanks to the Nano revolution.

To Nano or not to Nano, that is the question

Wednesday 8 October '08

As Chharodi was swaying to the drumbeats of percussionist Savabhai Kachrabhai Parmar on Tuesday to celebrate the Nano deal, Parmar himself was upbeat about it.