New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called for radical initiatives and strong political stand to usher high economic growth and faster development. While addressing the first Think India Dialogue of Network18, Modi said, "It is unfortunate that priority for most of us is in this country to get power." The Gujarat Chief Minister said that external pressure influence the decision making process and political parties are under...
06:20 PM, Apr 08, 2013
Ahmedabad: Water scarcity in major regions of Gujarat is heating up the political arena in the state, with Opposition parties and NGOs up in arms against the Narendra Modi government's "inaction" and "mismanagement" of the crisis. Passing the buck, Gujarat has targeted the Centre for denying permission to raise the height of Sardar Sarovar Dam, and stalling construction of gates over it. The government claims that permits on the dam...
02:48 PM, Apr 08, 2013
Ahmedabad: Water scarcity in major regions of Gujarat is heating up the political arena in the state, with Opposition parties and NGOs up in arms against the Narendra Modi government's "inaction" and "mismanagement" of the crisis. Passing the buck, Gujarat has targeted the Centre for denying permission to raise the height of Sardar Sarovar Dam, and stalling construction of gates over it. The government claims that permits on the dam...
02:23 PM, Apr 08, 2013
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday took a dig at the Congress while stating that his state needed to see much more economic development. Since assuming office in Gujarat in 2001, he said he had been busy filling up the numerous "pits" left behind by decades of Congress rule in the coastal state. "So far I have only done the work of filling up the pits," he...
01:58 PM, Apr 08, 2013
New Delhi: Twitter was split in the middle in its reaction to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's speech on Monday at the annual general meeting of FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) on the status of women in India. Soon after Modi began his speech addressing the women present at the venue as his 'beheno' (sisters), the two hash tags, diametrically divided in their praise and mockery of the leader, started trending...
01:30 PM, Apr 08, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said that the trial in Prajapati murder case will be conducted together with Soharabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, granting some relief to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's aide Amit Shah. The apex court said that the Central Bureau of Investigation's chargesheet in Tulsiram Prajapati case should be treated as a supplementary chargesheet in the Sohrabuddin case. "Killings of Prajapati and Soharabuddin were part...
11:03 AM, Apr 08, 2013
Ahmedabad: Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams on Saturday said staying away from voting in a democratic set up is tantamount to losing one's moral right to complain about deficiencies in the system. Williams, who had cast her vote through the absentee ballot in the US presidential elections, said youths should participate in electoral democracy. "Exercising my franchise is something that I take seriously. If you don't vote and then complain about...
09:00 AM, Apr 08, 2013
New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will address the annual general body meeting of the ladies' wing of industry lobby Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) on Monday. Modi will speak on the topic "Unleash the entrepreneur within; exploring new avenues", a FICCI official said. The Gujarat Chief Minister's appointment with FICCI comes close on the heels of Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi's address to another...
07:42 AM, Apr 08, 2013
Jammu: Union Minister and National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah on Sunday said the advent of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on the national scene will not pose a challenge to the Congress. "Yes, Congress will gain in big way," the Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy told reporters when asked whether Congress will gain by Modi's foray into the national politics. "You don't know Congress, they want Modi to...
11:43 PM, Apr 07, 2013
New Delhi: The newly appointed office bearers of the BJP will hold their first meeting in Delhi on Sunday. All the state presidents have been called to the capital for the meeting that will be chaired by party president Rajnath Singh. The BJP is likely to discuss its preparations for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and also elections to the state assemblies slated for this year. The BJP is planning...
07:57 AM, Apr 07, 2013
Ahmedabad: The special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Ahmedabad on Saturday remanded suspended Gujarat police officer Narendra Amin in six-day (till April 12) CBI custody in college student Ishrat Jahan fake encounter killing case. CBI had sought 14 days' custody of Amin who is a suspended Deputy Superintendent of Police and was arrested by the agency on Thursday from a hospital in Ahmedabad. The order on CBI's remand...
10:38 PM, Apr 06, 2013
Ahmedabad: As hype over Narendra Modi's role in the next Lok Sabha elections grows, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh on Saturday hailed the Gujarat Chief Minister as the "most popular leader of the country" and said the BJP leader has followed the path of Mahatma Gandhi while developing Gujarat. Addressing a massive crowd during the celebrations of the party's 33rd Foundation Day in Ahmedabad, Rajnath also took...
07:55 PM, Apr 06, 2013
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has organised grand celebrations of party's 33rd Foundation day, which will be attended by newly-elected President Rajnath Singh in Ahmedabad on Saturday. The Foundation Day celebration will be held at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad, where large number of party workers will come from all over the state, Gujarat BJP spokesperson Jagdish Bhavsar said. "As the party president is coming for the first...
08:30 AM, Apr 06, 2013
New Delhi: Launching another sharp attack on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who recently made a pitch for the Prime Minister's post, the Congress has virtually called him 'Yamraj' (Lord of Death in Hindu mythology). "Had he intended to indicate Narendra Modi, he would not have referred to somebody riding a horse but somebody riding a buffalo (Yamraj's vehicle as depicted in Hindu mythology). Rahulji has talked about somebody coming...
08:17 AM, Apr 06, 2013
Ahmedabad: Suspended Gujarat police officer N K Amin, arrested by CBI in the alleged fake encounter of Mumbai girl Ishrat Jahan and three others near Ahmedabad in 2004, on Friday told a court that he was tortured by the investigation agency. Amin, a suspended Deputy Superintendent of Police, was arrested on Thursday. "I was severely beaten up and also verbally abused by the CBI officers in custody," Amin accused when...
01:13 AM, Apr 06, 2013
Author Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on his book 'Narendra Modi: The Man, The Times'. Q. How did Mr Modi manage to to emerge a larger than life figure in Gujarat inspite of the fact that the BJP had senior leaders like Keshubhai Patel, Waghela? Asked by: Manish Sharma A. Mr Modi was able to acquire the pre-eminent position because the other leaders preceding him made errors...
05:58 PM, Apr 05, 2013
Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams visited her ancestral town in Gujarat's Jhulsana district. During her visit, she hoped that the villagers would also get to go to space someday. "I feel like I'm at home. And I hope one day one of these smiles will go to space one day," said Williams. ...
10:28 AM, Apr 05, 2013
Ahmedabad: The CBI on Thursday arrested another officer of Gujarat police in connection with the 2004 alleged fake encounter of 19-year-old college girl Ishrat Jahan and three others, officials of the agency said. NK Amin, suspended Deputy Superintendent of Police, who got bail from Bombay High Court in March in Sohrabuddin encounter case on medical grounds, was on Thursday arrested by CBI from the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad. Amin was...
01:15 AM, Apr 05, 2013
Washington: The US has reiterated that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is welcome to apply for a visa to America and that his application would be judged on its own merits. "There is no change (in US policy)...he (Modi) is welcome to apply. All visa decisions are made on a case by case basis, and I'm not going to prejudge it here," State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland said. Her statement...
12:36 AM, Apr 05, 2013
Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams visited her ancestral town in Gujarat's Jhulsana district on Thursday and said that she hoped to see another smile from the area go to space one day. She added that, "I feel like I am at home." ...
08:03 PM, Apr 04, 2013
