Bhavnagar

Gujarat: 3 women forced to put their hands in boiling oil

Even as massive country-wide protests are taking place against the gangrape and murder of a 23-year-old paramedical student in Delhi, crimes against women are still being reported at an alarming rate. ...  

BJP will get a majority but a reduced majority: Meghdoot Sharon

Why did Rahul Gandhi keep off campaigning in Gujarat till the last moment? Is it because the Congress has accepted defeat even before the actual polls? CNN-IBN's Ahmedabad bureau chief Meghdoot Sharon joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue. ...  

Gujarat: Will water woes drown Modi in Saurashtra?

The persistent water woes of Saurashtra, a scarcity-prone area of Gujarat, has become one of the main poll issues in the 2012 assembly elections in Rajkot as people are angry that virtually nothing has been done in the last ten years to resolve the problem permanently. ...  

Gujarat yatra: Health, pollution woes in Alang ignored

It's Day 3 of CNN-IBN's Gujarat yatra and CNN-IBN heads to Bhavnagar, where life revolves around a ship breaking yard. Alang, that employs almost 50,000 people, is a big money spinner both for the state and the central government, but is also a big polluter. ...  

Nirma Bhavnagar plant has to relocate: Govt to SC

New Delhi: The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that the controversial cement plant of Nirma Industries in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat is situated in an environmentally sensitive wetland area and has to be relocated. The MoEF told the apex court through an affidavit that the plant was constructed in Azone, which is the source of a sweet water body. The MoEF further submitted...  

Women are coolies at this station

There are 35 women porters who work at the Bhavnagar Railway station in Gujarat. ...