IPL 6 spot-fixing: Raids conducted across Gujarat

IPL 6 spot-fixing: Raids conducted across Gujarat Ahmedabad: 72 hours after the IPL spot-fixing scandal broke, investigations and raids are spreading outside Delhi and Mumbai. While Delhi and Mumbai figure prominently in the IPL spot-fixing case, a majority of bookies and fixers arrested are from Gujarat. Delhi Police are now on the lookout for bookie Jitu, who is said to have played a major role. Delhi Police teams are in Rajkot, Banaskantha and Ahmedabad, with the aim...
10:00 PM, May 18, 2013

Gujarat: Families of Indian fishermen in Pak jails worried

Gujarat: Families of Indian fishermen in Pak jails worried Ahmedabad: The attack on Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Haq happened just after Indian prisoner Sarabjit Singh succumbed to his injuries from an attack in a Lahore prison. Human rights activists fear these prisoners are caught in a no man's land. Sixty-year old Ukardiben is struggling to make ends meet. Her son Sunilal and son-in-law Vijay, both fishermen, have been in a Pakistan jail for the past eight months, after straying into...
09:07 AM, May 07, 2013

Sohrabuddin fake encounter accused gets VIP treatment

Sohrabuddin fake encounter accused gets VIP treatment Gandhinagar: In what is clearly a glaring case of lapse of duty, suspended policeman Rajkumar Pandian, who is facing trial in the fake encounters of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati, spend the night on Sunday at his home in Ahmedabad. This even as he is lodged in a Mumbai jail and was brought to Ahmedabad to be produced in court for a hearing. Escorted by the Maharashtra Police, Pandian was...
04:25 PM, Apr 29, 2013

Ishrat case: Guj govt shielding ADGP PP Pande, say sources

Ishrat case: Guj govt shielding ADGP PP Pande, say sources New Delhi: Gujarat government and the state police are not cooperating with the investigation in Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case, said Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) sources on Monday. The sources have also said former Joint Commissioner of Police PP Pande is involved in the conspiracy of the case. The government is shielding Pande, whose whereabouts are yet not known, sources added. The probe agency is now set to request...
03:10 PM, Apr 29, 2013
SC order to move Gir lions to MP has Gujarat govt up in arms

SC order to move Gir lions to MP has Gujarat govt up in arms

Gujarat is the last stand of the Asiatic lion. But a recent Supreme Court order stating that the lions should be moved to another sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh has both the Gujarat government and the villagers there up in arms. ...
09:43 AM, Apr 28, 2013
In Modi's vibrant Gujarat, 4,000 villages face acute water crisis

In Modi's vibrant Gujarat, 4,000 villages face acute water crisis

Nearly 4,000 villages in Sami in north Gujarat face a drought-like situation with no water to drink. People are being forced to dig pits and consume unsafe water. ...
10:33 PM, Apr 18, 2013

Naroda Patiya case: SIT to seek death for Kodnani, others

Naroda Patiya case: SIT to seek death for Kodnani, others Ahmedabad: There is trouble for former Gujarat Women and Child Development Minister Maya Kodnani as the Special Investigation Team probing the 2002 riots will move the Gujarat High Court seeking death for her in the Naroda Patiya massacre case. The approval for this was given by the legal department of the Gujarat government. The SIT also wants death for Bajrang Dal leader Babu Bajrangi and eight others convicted. 97 persons...
08:21 AM, Apr 17, 2013

Water shortage plagues Gujarat even before peak summer sets in

Water shortage plagues Gujarat even before peak summer sets in Ahmedabad: Through this summer, CNN-IBN will focus on the acute water shortage that is gripping large parts of the country. In areas like North Gujarat, where those who were promised water from the Narmada canals are still waiting for relief. Even as Chief Minister Narendra Modi talks of his Gujarat model of governance across the nation, back in the state, even before the summer has set in, water shortage is...
09:05 AM, Apr 13, 2013

In drought-hit Gujarat, university V-C builds 72,000-litre pvt pool

In drought-hit Gujarat, university V-C builds 72,000-litre pvt pool Ahmedabad: A swimming pool in Ahmedabad is creating waves of controversy. The Gujarat University Vice Chancellor, Adesh Pal, is building a private pool with a capacity for 72,000 litres of water. Political activists have hit out at him saying this is blatantly insensitive given that thousands of villages in the state are drought hit. Many are questioning the estimated cost of Rs 20 lakh for the pool, while the university...
07:53 AM, Apr 12, 2013

In Gujarat, Jasuben's pizza is indeed a favourite

In Gujarat, Jasuben's pizza is indeed a favourite Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, while speaking of empowering women on Monday at the FICCI Ladies Organisation meet, gave an example of Jasuben and her thriving pizza business in the state. "More people in Gujarat prefer eating pizza at Jasuben's outlet rather than Pizza Hut or some other big company," Modi said. Ahmedabadis would not agree more with what Modi said in New Delhi, while giving an example of...
08:11 AM, Apr 09, 2013
Revised Lokayukta Bill an attempt by Gujarat govt to hide corruption: Cong

Revised Lokayukta Bill an attempt by Gujarat govt to hide corruption: Cong

The Narendra Modi government on Tuesday passed the much awaited Lokayukta Aayog Bill. But the revised bill reduces the role of the governor and the High Court Chief Justice in the appointment. ...
11:43 PM, Apr 02, 2013

Swine flu kills 158 people in Gujarat in 2013

Swine flu kills 158 people in Gujarat in 2013 With Gujarat registering 158 deaths in the last three months, it along with Rajasthan are the worst hit states by swine flu this season. ...
08:47 AM, Mar 31, 2013

US delegates who met Modi paid for the trip: reports

US delegates who met Modi paid for the trip: reports There is more controversy over the meeting of US delegates with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday as media reports suggested that organisers of that delegation canvassed for participants in the trip at prices ranging from $ 3,000 to $ 16,000. ...
10:10 AM, Mar 30, 2013

US Congressmen call Modi 'dynamic', invite him to US

US Congressmen call Modi 'dynamic', invite him to US Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday got an invitation to visit the US as a delegation comprising of some American Congressmen met him in Ahmedabad. The invitation is a shot in the arm for the BJP leader who has in the past been denied a visa by the US administration over his alleged involvement in 2002 Gujarat riots. ...
04:49 PM, Mar 28, 2013

Gujarat: Saurashtra faces acute water shortage

Gujarat: Saurashtra faces acute water shortage Lack of water in Gujarat's Saurashtra region has forced people to pay more for water than what they earn in a day. It has been over a week since residents of Bhatarwadi locality in Amreli have had water. ...
09:32 AM, Mar 19, 2013