PM Modi turns 69, birthday wishes pour in

IMAGE: BJP workers cut a cake on the eve of PM Narendra Modi's birthday in Patna on Monday. Photograph: PTI Photo Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned 69 on Tuesday and was greeted by......

Modi raps PM for delay in nod to gates on Sardar Sarovar dam

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday attacked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for delaying the approval for installation of gates at Sardar Sarovar dam, and requested him to at least heed......

Soz suspends raising of height of Sardar Sarovar

Union Water Resources Minister Saifuddin Soz has suspended the raising of the Sardar Sarovar dam height with immediate effect. The decision was takenin his capacity as chairman of the review......

Sardar Patel, The Man Who United India

The rising tide of Indian nationalism meant that the people of princely states now were keen to become a part of a united and integrated India rather than remain subjects of a princely state. The......

Gujarat still close to Modi's heart, gets new projects

Sardar Sarovar Dam. Photograph: Reuters Even while the union budget may not have announced many direct schemes for Gujarat, the state has been a major beneficiary under Prime Minister Narendra......

L&T to build the world's tallest statue in Gujarat

The work order for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet project 'Statue of Unity' - the world's tallest statue of India's first home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, was issued by the Gujarat......

Coke's Gujarat plant in troubled waters

Soft drinks giant Coca-Cola is finding itself in troubled waters, again. After rows over water usage at its plants in Kerala and Uttar Pradesh, it is now the turn of its Gujarat factory. Congress......

Scorching summer may hit water supply and fodder

In the first of a two-part series, Sanjeeb Mukherjee examines the impact of the upcoming summer on agriculture and drinking water supply. Summers have set in and if weather predictions and current......