Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has awarded a compensation of Rs 3 lakh for the witnesses in the 2002 Best Bakery case. The court also ruled that the state should provide protection to witnesses in sensitive cases like these. The court had on Monday acquitted five accused in the case for want of evidence but upheld the conviction of four others sentenced to life term by the trial court. A...
03:36 PM, Jul 10, 2012
Vadodara: City unit of the Congress party on Thursday criticised printing the photo of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi along with the photograph of Swami Vivekananda on the cover page of notebooks. The notebooks were distributed to the children of primary schools during school enrollment drive launched in Vadodara on Thursday. Speaking to reporters, city Congress president Narendra Ravat said the distribution of these notebooks should be stopped immediately. "How...
11:13 PM, Jun 28, 2012
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
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
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
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
Raag Malhar is believed to bring good rains. ...
03:49 PM, Jun 28, 2009
MS University VC Ramesh Goyal had granted the permission before. ...
12:50 PM, Feb 13, 2009
For some it's an opportunity to discuss politics with the country's youth leader. ...
09:23 AM, Feb 13, 2009
Two calls came to a local newspaper office -- one letter and one e-mail. ...
03:21 PM, Jul 31, 2008
Police say WagonRs full of explosives may be the key to investigations. ...
08:54 PM, Jul 29, 2008
Lahore: Pakistan's former captain Shoaib Malik will be part of the one-day squad for the series against England as the national selectors believed that he is the best choice to take over after Misbah-ul-Haq steps down. In an unusual situation which reflects the vagaries of Pakistan cricket, a national selector confirmed Malik was in the run to make the one-day squad. The feeling is that we should be preparing someone...
11:48 PM, Apr 17, 2008
Dubai: Out-of-form batsman Ian Bell on Tuesday vowed England will look for improvement in the third and final Test after their abject surrender in the first two matches, saying defeats provide great time to learn. The 29-year-old Bell was among the top-order batsmen who failed miserably in England's ten wicket defeat in the first Test in Dubai and then in the 72-run loss in the second in Abu Dhabi --...
09:11 PM, Apr 17, 2008
CNN-IBN's panel of experts talks about the upcoming World Cup clash between South Africa and West Indies. ...
02:35 AM, Dec 21, 2007
Irfan and Yusuf Pathan, sons of a local muezzin, are the toast of Vadodara. ...
12:54 PM, Sep 28, 2007
The wives managed to escape from his clutches. ...
10:35 PM, Jul 29, 2007
15 people were hurt when members of a community clashed with police over posters of Osama near a place of worship. ...
04:25 PM, May 27, 2007
