Vadodara: A massive fire broke out at Race Course Tower in Vadodara, Gujarat on Tuesday afternoon. The fire broke out at the fourth floor of the building but all the occupants of the building were rescued, and there are no reports of casualties. Race Course Tower is an important commercial building with several shops and is five-storey tall. Fourteen fire tenders were sent to the site and officials said the...
04:18 PM, May 22, 2012
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05:15 PM, May 05, 2012
Doda: The family of Sabbah Haji, which left a comfortable life abroad to come home to Kashmir and make a difference, have set up a school in a remote village of Doda in Jammu and Kashmir. Situated in the remote village of Breswana in Doda district, the school is the dream and hard work of Sabbah Haji. "This is my home, this is my family and we had a family...
09:52 AM, Apr 23, 2012
Vadodara: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday launched a broadside against the Congress-led UPA government, saying it is using all means to "ruin and defame" the BJP-ruled state, but has failed to stop its development over the last 10 years. "The Gujarat Government has carried out tremendous development works across the state without increasing tax on the public. My sole agenda is development," he said. He was speaking at...
11:39 PM, Jan 17, 2012
Vadodara: India's first woman photo-journalist Homai Vyarawalla died at a private hospital in Vadodara on Sunday morning at the age of 98. She fell from her cot three days ago and was hospitalised at a private hospital, officials said. Her husband Maneckshaw Vyarawalla predeceased her in 1970. Born on December 9, 1913 to a Parsi family, Vyarawalla grew up in Mumbai and moved to Delhi in 1942 where she photographed...
05:42 PM, Jan 15, 2012
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir recorded "zero infiltration" for the first time in 2011 despite several attempts along the Indo-Pak border, police said on Tuesday. "2011 is first year that has witnessed zero infiltration (along Indo-Pak border). There has been no infiltration anywhere along the border in Jammu region," IGP (Jammu Zone) Dilbagh Singh said in Jammu. "There have been ceasefire violations. There have been dozens of infiltration attempts but they...
07:29 PM, Jan 03, 2012
New Delhi: Sylvester Daniel, a key aide of slain gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh, had escaped from the custody of the Gujarat police on Saturday. Sylvester was nabbed in Udaipur late on Saturday evening. Sylvester was lodged in the Vadodara central jail and was taken to Udaipur for a court hearing. Sylvester is a key witness for the CBI which is investigating the Sohrabuddin case. CBI has asked the Vadodara Police Commissioner...
06:25 PM, Oct 08, 2011
Jammu: The Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist killed in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district has been identified as Subash alias Wasif, a Hindu member of the militant group, an army spokesperson said on Wednesday. Police had said on Tuesday that the Hizbul commander killed after a gunfight in the forests of Kishtwar, about 210 km from in Jammu, was district commander Sajjad Ahmad alias Mohammad Rizwan. However, the real identity was discovered...
02:19 PM, Jul 27, 2011
Jammu: Search and rescue operations in cloudburst affected Assar-Bagger area of Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir continued on Thursday amid protest for immediate grant of compensation to the affected. People of the area launched a protest on Thursday morning disrupting the relief and rescue work, official sources said. "There were some persons who were protesting for the immediate grant of compensation and were creating hurdles in the restoration work....
04:34 PM, Jun 09, 2011
Srinagar: Four persons were killed and 28 critically injured in a tragic road accident as a passenger bus fell into a river in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. The accident took place along the bridge of Chenab River as the bus skidded off the road and rolled down into the river. "The bus was going from Doda to Kishtwar. The accident took place in the afternoon. As...
10:43 AM, Nov 04, 2010
The BJP, on its way to a thumping win in Ahmedabad, has swept the remaining five municipal corporations. ...
01:04 PM, Oct 12, 2010
Vadodara: A painting depicting Lord Ganesha on a grain of rice here is vying to get into record books for being the tiniest image of the deity, widely revered as the Remover of Obstacles. Installed at a pandal in Chhani road by an NGO 'Jaago Vadodara Jago', this Ganesha weighs just 0.20 mg and is 5mm long and will go a long way in spreading the message of eco-friendly festivals,...
11:38 AM, Sep 17, 2010
In a bizarre incident, a Vadodara school suspended six students for allegedly using abusive language on Facebook. ...
10:38 AM, Jul 10, 2010
The second key link road in Jammu which had been closed due to rising militancy for over two decades. ...
09:20 AM, Jun 20, 2010
A self-styled section commander of Hizbul Mujahideen was shot dead. ...
12:29 PM, Aug 05, 2009
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