Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad has been put on high alert after Intelligence Bureau (IB) report on terror strikes in the city. The Ahmedabad police commissioner has also confirmed that security has been tightened. The Police Commissioner said that security has been tightened following the IB report that says that the Prime Minister's residence received an anonymous letter stating that blasts will be carried out in 17 places in Ahmedabad this year. ...
01:22 PM, May 22, 2011
New Delhi: The IIMs continue their undisputed rule as the B school kings of India but this year, Delhi's Faculty of Management Studies managed to beat them as far as placements go. IIM Ahmedabad has topped CNBC-TV 18's annual B - School list. Following it 3 more IIMs - Bangalore, Calcutta and Lucknow. Gurgaon based MDI comes in fifth followed by XLRI Jamshedpur, National institute of Industrial Engineering Mumbai, FMS...
08:35 AM, Apr 14, 2011
Anna Hazare's campaign against corruption is resonating nationwide. Thousands of people including young professionals and students have come out in support of the 72-year-old social activist and Gandhian in Ahmedabad, Jammu, Patna and Chandigarh demanding strict action against those involved in corruption. ...
03:39 PM, Apr 08, 2011
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday protested with the Prime Minister over the notice from Income Tax Department to the state government over MoUs signed during the Vibrant Gujarat Summit. ...
07:51 PM, Mar 26, 2011
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday protested with the Prime Minister over the notice from Income Tax Department to the state government over MoUs signed during the Vibrant Gujarat Summit. The notice had sought details of all such MoUs signed during the Summit in January, where companies had pledged investments of over Rs 1,000 crore. The Gujarat government in it's statement termed the notice as totally unfair...
07:26 PM, Mar 26, 2011
New Delhi: A Delhi court has asked the officer in-charge of the Sabarmati Central Jail in Ahmedabad to appear before it to explain non-production of the 11 accused in 2008 serial blast cases here for framing of charges against them. Additional Sessions Judge Santosh Snehi Mann issued the summons after the jail superintendent failed to produce the accused despite issuance of production warrants against them. "The court is constrained to...
05:53 PM, Mar 25, 2011
Ahmedabad: A special court trying the Godhra train burning case is likely to pronounce on Tuesday the quantum of punishment for the 31 convicts. Designated judge PR Patel hearing the case inside the Sabarmati Central Jail here would pronounce the quantum of punishment to those who were found guilty of criminal conspiracy and murder. The prosecution has sought death sentence for all the 31 convicts saying that it was a...
10:53 PM, Feb 28, 2011
Few days for Bugdet 2011, students of the country's top B-schools want the Finance Minister's attention. ...
04:47 PM, Feb 25, 2011
New Delhi: The verdict on quantum of punishment in the 2002 Sabarmati Express train burning case will be pronounced on March 1 by the special court in Ahmedabad. The prosecution had demand death penalty for all the 31 convicts in the case. All 31 convicts were found guilty of criminal conspiracy and murder among other charges in the gruesome train burning case in which 59 karsewaks were killed. The sentence...
01:59 PM, Feb 25, 2011
Ahmedabad: The special court here is likely to pronounce the quantum of punishment for the 31 convicts in the 2002 Godhra train burning case on Friday. As many as 59 people were killed in the incident and it sparked off large-scale communal violence in Gujarat. Judge PR Patel, who conducted the trial inside the Sabarmati Central Jail premises, would pronounce the quantum of punishment after hearing the 31 accused who...
10:07 PM, Feb 24, 2011
Top B-school students want the Finance Minister's attention regarding Budget 2011. ...
03:11 PM, Feb 23, 2011
New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday welcomed the Gujarat special court verdict convicting 31 accused in the 2002 Godhra train burning case and said it had "exposed the nefarious designs" of the UPA government which "tried to cover up" the entire episode. "Certainly, there has been a degree of assurance that law and justice has prevailed. There were elements who were trying to belittle it. There have been politicians who...
02:25 PM, Feb 22, 2011
Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad police on Saturday restricted the media from telecasting and printing the 2002 riots-related footages and photographs on February 22, the day when the court will pronounce its verdict in the Godhra train carnage that triggered large-scale communal violence nine years ago. "The notification restricts electronic media from broadcasting 2002 riot-related file footages and also restricts print media from publishing any riot-related photographs on February 22 and 23,"...
08:56 PM, Feb 19, 2011
Ahmedabad: The deadly Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever or Congo fever claimed another life in Gujarat, taking the death toll to four. A 25-year-old doctor identified as Shabbir Ali died in Ahemadabad due to Congo fever. Shabbir Ali was working in a civil hospital and was being treated in Sterling hospital in Ahemadabad. Both his kidneys were damaged and internal haemorrage occured in his organs. The rare deadly virus had earlier...
09:04 AM, Feb 01, 2011
Ahmedabad: Anil Ambani on Wednesday produced much mirth at an investment meet in Ahmedabad when he greeted his elder brother, Mukesh Ambani. "Respected my elder brother Shri Mukesh Ambani," he said looking at his sibling seated in the front row of the audience at the 5th Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors' Summit here. A round of thunderous applause followed. The sons of renowned late industrialist Dhirubhai Ambani were engaged in a...
04:33 PM, Jan 12, 2011
Ahmedabad: Former Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) graduates will offer voluntary services, and help innovate and enhance various schemes of Narendra Modi's Government. IIM-A students are normally in news for the hefty pay packages that they get when they pass out from India's best B-School. But now, alumni of this prestigious management school will devote some of their time in providing voluntary services. The idea is to help government departments...
08:00 AM, Dec 30, 2010
New Delhi: The ministry of Home Affairs sounded a security alert across the country four days before the New Year festivities begin. The alert is specific for all locations that Lashkar agent David Coleman Headley recced. Information Bureau has picked up human intelligence which suggests that Taj Hotel could be attacked, following which security at all Taj Hotels, specially Mumbai's Taj Mahal hotel has been tightened. The Home Ministry advisory...
07:10 AM, Dec 28, 2010
Irfan Alam, a 28-year-old IIM-Ahmedabad graduate from Bihar, has kicked off a rickshaw revolution across eight states. ...
04:02 PM, Oct 25, 2010
