Over 30,000 villagers in Guajarat's Bhavnagar district are up in arms against the apex court order allowing dismantling of the toxic laden Norwegian ship Blue Lady. They fear that the ship's dismantling would adversely affect their livelihood, health
'The most difficult thing in the world is to convince someone to put Rs 20 crore on your movie script.'
Reliance Retail is all set to capture the food retail market in Gujarat by setting up over 180 Reliance Fresh stores in 16 cities and towns in the state over the next six months.
One of the biggest advantages of the Harriers to the farmers is that their presence reduces the dependence of the farmers on the pesticides.
The Congress was completely washed away in all the five civic bodies, including Rajkot, where it had ruled.
The Congress is seeking to give a strong political message to the nation from the land of Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel, with the party leadership holding the prayer meeting at Sabarmati Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad, followed by the CWC meet at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel national memorial in the state.
The CWC meeting is being held in Gujarat after a gap of 58 years. It was last held in the state at Bhavnagar in 1961.
Voting for the 75 municipalities was held on last Saturday and the results were declared on Monday.
The ship weighing 46,000 tons, bought by Haryana Ship Demolition Private Ltd, will be dismantled at the Alang ship-breaking yard off the coast of Bhavnagar district.
The tremor, whose epicentre was in the Kutch region of the state, struck at 11.51 pm, the Met office in Delhi said.
The chief minister is not being hailed as the leader who led the party to a victory in the state.
Adding fuel to fire in the recent conversion-row, working president of right-wing organisation Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Pravin Togadia said ancestors of Indian Muslims and Christians were Hindus.
At least five private companies have committed huge investments.
The train managed to pass over a 20-foot long iron plank spread across the track by miscreants near Porbandar.
Air Deccan, India's first no-frills airlines, expects $120mn revenues in current fiscal.
In 2014 too, the Congress had lost all the 26 seats in Gujarat.
Then minister of state for home Gordhan Jhadafiya was apparently referring to deaths in police firing in Bhavnagar: six persons died of which five were Hindus and one Muslim.
A Central Bureau of Investigation court in Ahmedabad on Monday issued notice to the investigating agency on a bail plea filed by retired police officer I A Syed, an accused in the 2003 Sadik Jamal alleged fake encounter case.
The United States-based Sam Link Group will launch a ferry catamaran service between Mumbai and Goa in the next 15 days and is planning to start passenger ship service to Maldives and UAE within the next one year.
The tremor, which measured 4.0 on the Richter scale, occurred at 0057 IST on Wednesday.
As many as 20 Union ministers are expected to visit different parts of Gujarat between May 27 and June 12 to participate in the 'Vikas Parv' (development festival) organised by the Bharatiya Janata Party's state unit.
Gujarat agriculture department on Wednesday said that 89 farmers committed suicide in the state in the last four years, while claiming that crop failure was not the reason behind the extreme step in any of the cases.
The opposition has been critical of the Centre's handling of the situation, accusing it of not doing enough to ease the hardships of the migrant workers, many of whom have lost their jobs during the lockdown which started on March 25.
According to sources in the aviation ministry, only State-owned Air India and private carrier AirAsia India have agreed to pay the surcharge.
Police have arrested 22 people in connection with the attack on Dalits returning to Bhavnagar after attending a protest rally in Una town in which cops were also targeted.
In times of social distancing, thousands of people are dying alone without a last glimpse of their loved ones who are unable to reach them.
Seeking cooperation from the public to fight the pandemic, the Union health ministry officials said there was no need to panic. They also said not everyone needs to wear masks and that following social distancing is more important to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Gandhi said he did not need anybody's certificate about his religion.
Teams of the National Disaster Response Force started landing in Gujarat with the help of the Indian Air Force to undertake preventive evacuation of people living on the west coast, an IAF official said.
With the country all set to welcome United States President Barack Obama for the Republic Day in New Delhi, the 'Modi-Obama' kites are the flavour this season in Gujarat for the upcoming Makar Sankranti festival.
He said that as the previous government could not do it, he had to do it.
Rahul reiterated that there was massive corruption in the Rafale deal.
'The SIT did not follow up with the CD of the phone call recordings that could have helped it find who were leading the mobs and where the calls of people involved in the rioting originated from and terminated.'
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