
Gandhinagar: The common house sparrow is not so common anymore and seems to have vanished from the cities. The tiny bird is now battling for survival having witnessed a sharp decline in most Indian cities. An elderly woman in Gandhinagar has a plan to bring them back. In a new green initiative, Jayaben accompanied by her grandchildren has brought home an earthen sparrow nest. She plans to place it in...

08:38 AM, Apr 16, 2012

Ahmedabad: There were no differences within the party with regard to the election campaign in Uttar Pradesh, senior BJP leader LK Advani said in state capital Gandhinagar on Tuesday. Advani was in Ahmedabad to attend a meeting of the vigilance and monitoring committee of Gandhinagar parliamentary constituency, headed by him as the local MP. "There are no differences within the party with regard to the election campaign in Uttar Pradesh....

08:46 PM, Jan 31, 2012

New Delhi: An Ahmedabad court will hear the bail plea of suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt on Monday. He was arrested on September 30 in Gandhinagar on charges of fabricating evidence and wrongful confinement. The arrest came after one of his juniors, KD Pant, alleged that Bhatt had forced him to file a false affidavit against Chief Minister Narendra Modi. The junior officer also claimed that Bhatt forced him to...

07:55 AM, Oct 03, 2011

Gandhinagar: Suspended Gujarat Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Sanjeev Bhatt, who had alleged that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi had asked officials to be indifferent towards rioters during the 2002 riots, was arrested by the Gandhinagar police on Friday. Bhatt was arrested on a complaint filed by KD Pant, who worked as a subordinate with Bhatt in the state Intelligence Bureau. According to Pant's complaint Bhatt had forced him to...

04:29 PM, Sep 30, 2011

Gandhinagar: In a setback to BJP in general and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in particular, Congress on Thursday won 18 out of 33 seats that went to polls on April 19 for the newly-constituted Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation (GMC). The maiden contest for 33 GMC seats was a keenly-contested battle between ruling BJP and opposition Congress as Gandhinagar parliamentary seat has been represented by senior BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani....

03:59 PM, Apr 21, 2011

New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has a knack to embarass the Congress. This time he took a jibe at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the occasion of Ambedkar Jyanti for being absent from Assam on polling day. "Ambedkar gave us our Constitution and on his birth anniversary, I have to say this with great regret that Prime Minister Manmohan singh, who is a registered vorter from Assam, has...

01:06 PM, Apr 14, 2011

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat High Court has rejected a plea filed by a converted Christian seeking access to benefits extended to him earlier as a Scheduled Caste Hindu. While a state government panel held that he had converted, the petitioner denied doing so and challenged the cancellation of a Scheduled Castes certificate issued to him. The bench of Chief Justice SJ Mukhopadhaya and Justice JB Pardiwala refused relief to petitioner Nimesh...

05:10 PM, Mar 07, 2011

This is his fifth consecutive victory from this constituency. ...

03:02 PM, May 16, 2009

His remarks reflect the fear of a fractured BJP mandate. ...

09:46 PM, Apr 30, 2009

Advani is fighting the elections from Gandhinagar in Gujarat. ...

02:58 PM, Apr 30, 2009

Advani and his wife's name did not figure in the list after delimitation. ...

03:14 PM, Apr 29, 2009

Advani has bested the likes of T N Seshan and P K Dutta in the past. ...

10:58 AM, Apr 03, 2009

The driver was allegedly drunk and speeding towards the Gandhinagar checkpost. ...

11:28 PM, Dec 30, 2008

Ashok Singhal reportedly miffed with Gujarat Chief Minister. ...

04:22 PM, Nov 21, 2008