CNN-IBN's Meghdoot Sharon spoke to a family from Gujarat whose one member is missing in Uttarakhand floods. They are desperate for any update. "I am worried about my son, I want him to return safely," Hiran Dave's mother. ...
07:56 PM, Jun 19, 2013
The Gujarat High Court has asked the CBI to conclude its probe and file charges by July 4. On Tuesday, top Intelligence Bureau officials Rajinder Kumar was also interrogated in the case. ...
08:22 AM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and the Planning Commission were on Tuesday at loggerheads at the annual plan meeting with Modi accusing the Centre of adopting 'big brother' attitude disregarding the federal structure. The two-hour long meeting saw the Commission seeking to puncture Modi's claims that it was all milk and honey in Gujarat and telling the Chief Minister that the state was lagging behind in several development...
02:23 AM, Jun 19, 2013
New Delhi: Intelligence Bureau Special Director Rajinder Kumar, who was interrogated in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case, on Tuesday told the CBI that the inputs generated by the intelligence agency were genuine and based on intercepts of terror group Lashkar-e-Toiba. The interrogation details accessed by CNN-IBN reveal that Rajinder Kumar has denied any involvement in the alleged fake encounter and said that he didn't advice the Gujarat Police to...
07:04 PM, Jun 18, 2013
New Delhi: A Planning Commission report on Gujarat has revealed that the state's growth may not be as "inclusive" as its Chief Minister Narendra Modi claims. The reports states that while Gujarat had a good record in infrastructure development, its health and education sectors did not fare well. The report further reveals that poorer states, like Odisha, did better than Gujarat in lifting people from below the poverty line. Odisha...
06:18 PM, Jun 18, 2013
New Delhi: The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday asked the CBI to complete investigation in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case and file the chargesheet in the court by July 4, 2013. The HC further directed the CBI to disassociate IPS officer Satish Verma from the case. The HC said that the CBI should focus investigation on illegal confinement and fake encounter. The court also said that the CBI should not...
05:05 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Gandhinagar: The CBI on Tuesday questioned Intelligence Bureau Special Director Rajinder Kumar in Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case. Questioning took place at the BSF campus in Gandhinagar. The Central Bureau of Investigation has claimed that it has evidence which shows a senior IB officer colluded in the 2004 fake encounter by the Gujarat Police. Sources say that the CBI has call detail records to prove Kumar's role in the alleged...
03:40 PM, Jun 18, 2013
The oft-talked about Gujarat development model is something that has caught the fancy of the entire nation. What I found particularly impressive was the concept ...
01:16 PM, Jun 18, 2013
Ahmedabad: Just a few weeks ago several districts of Gujarat were reeling under the affect of drought and facing severe water crisis. But with heavy monsoon rains they are now facing the threat of floods. Nine people have died due to cloud burst in Saurashtra and many villages have been completely cut off from other parts of the state. Dams are now full of water while many bridges have broken...
12:41 PM, Jun 18, 2013
New Delhi: BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani Prime Ministerial ambitions have received a severe jolt with the elevation of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the 2014 election campaign in-charge. It is believed that it was Narendra Modi who prepared and implemented the plan to push Advani to the background. Known as the iron man of BJP, Advani had never missed the party's National Executive but during the Goa conclave...
12:08 PM, Jun 17, 2013
New Delhi: A day after JD(U)'s bitter exit from the NDA, the BJP has now released a 2003 video which shows Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the then railways minister in the NDA government, praising Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. He is seen congratulating Modi for his electoral win and calling the Gujarat riots a sad incident which people must move on from. The video has now led to a...
11:40 AM, Jun 17, 2013
Mumbai: Television actress Rucha Gujarathi, who recently got divorced, says she came out of the rough phase with dignity. 'Kkusum' and 'Bhabhi' fame actress married businessman Mitul Sanghavi on Oct 24, 2010, and according to reports, in June last year she filed a complaint against her husband and in-laws for abusing her physically and mentally. Soon after that the couple filed for divorce, which came through in April this year....
05:32 PM, Jun 16, 2013
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Congress on Saturday demanded resignation of state Cabinet Minister Babu Bokhiria after a court in Porbandar sentenced him to three years imprisonment in the Rs 54 crore illegal limestone mining case of 2006. "We demand immediate resignation of the Gujarat Water Resources Minister who has been convicted by a court in Porbandar for three years in an illegal limestone mining case," Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Shankarsinh...
12:31 AM, Jun 16, 2013
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Water Resources Minister Babubhai B Bokhiriya was sentenced to three years of imprisonment in 2006 illegal mining case by Porbandar Sessions Court on Saturday. Bokhiriya was found guilty in the Rs 54 crore illegal mining case. The minister has been taken into custody and has seven days to appeal against the conviction in the High Court. The other three who have been sentenced to jail in the case...
01:23 PM, Jun 15, 2013
Rajkot: Amidst mounting speculation over the fate of JD(U)-BJP alliance, a Bihar Minister and BJP leader on Friday said Narendra Modi was the most popular politician in the eastern state and fit to be Prime Minister. "Narendra Modi is more popular than any other local leader in Bihar and he is fit to become Prime Minister of the country," Giriraj Singh, who holds the Animal Husbandry and Fisheries portfolio in...
02:36 AM, Jun 15, 2013
Anand: Expressing concern over malnutrition in Gujarat, Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asked the people to give attention to the health of their children to tackle the menace. Modi was speaking at a Shala Praveshotsav (school enrollment) function at Megalpur village in Sojitra taluka in the district in Anand. "This is the same district from where rivers of milk flows," Modi said apparently referring to Amul. "But I find...
12:06 AM, Jun 15, 2013
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government bore the wrath of the High Court on Friday as it slammed the administration for "obstructing" the CBI probe into the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case. CBI sources had said that the Gujarat government was opposed to one of its officers, Satish Verma, carrying out the investigations. The HC bench tore into the government asking whether its duty was to cooperate with the agency or create...
05:30 PM, Jun 14, 2013
New Delhi: The Gujarat High court, hearing Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case, has on Friday told the Central Bureau of Investigation that the focus should be on ensuring proper investigation. "For the CBI, the focus should be on ensuring proper investigation. Your investigation should not focus on whether the Intelligence Bureau data was genuine or false," said Justice Jayant Patel. The CBI wanted IPS officer Satish Verma to continue assisting...
02:45 PM, Jun 14, 2013
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday blamed the past Congress governments for ignoring primary education in the state. "Past governments (Congress) in the state have sinned by keeping society in the dark and ignoring the primary education in the state," Modi said at the time of inaugurating the eleventh edition of 'Shala Praveshotsav' (school admission festival). Addressing parents and students in Lihoda village of Dehgam near in Ahmedabad,...
01:54 AM, Jun 14, 2013
If elections were to be held in the social media, Narendra Modi would almost certainly be 'crowned' Prime Minister. Modi has more than 17 lakh ...
12:01 AM, Jun 14, 2013
