My-Gujarat News

Pilgrims throng for Lord Jagannath yatra

2009-06-24T13:04:00.001+05:30

The procession of 132nd 'rathyatra' of Lord Jagannath has begun on Wednesday morning in Jamalpur area of Gujarat.The colorful chariots of Lord Jagannath, brother Balram and sister Shubhadra are taken through a 14-kilometre long route followed by decorated elephants and other decorated vehicles. Due to security concerns, increased security forces have been deployed at various locations in The city

Heaps of bio-Medical waste seized

2009-03-08T15:34:00.001+05:30

Tonnes of bio medical waste has been recovered from hospitals in Ahmedabad and Surat which are then transferred to warehouses and traded back to hospitals with the help of dealers. With Gujarat still gripping from the outbreak of the deadly Hepatitis B, the incident has thrown light to the illegal trade of medical equipments including syringes and needles in the medical industry. Police claims

Patan rape case: Life for 6 teachers

2009-03-07T12:43:00.001+05:30

Six teachers were awarded life term for gang raping a 19 year old student in a government run Primary Teachers Training College in Patan. The girl who comes from a poor family was a resident student of the college and was subjected to repeated sexual assault by the teachers in Feb 2008. The incident triggered wide protests from various quarters across the State. Now after one year of the case,

Mallya gets back Gandhi items for $1.8m

2009-03-06T12:13:00.001+05:30

The much controversial auction sale of the Mahatma Gandhi's items by the US based auction house was finally saved by an Indian businessman. The owner of the collections though made a final minute attempt to stall the auction, the auction house proceeded with it on Thursday. And it took a final twist with the Bangalore based liquor baron Vijay Mallya offering to acquire the items at a whopping

Gandhi's belongings to be auctioned

2009-03-03T12:53:00.001+05:30

Mahatma Gandhi's personal items including his metal rimmed round glasses will go for auction in New york soon. The move by the US based auction house has however triggered a controversial debate in India, with the Indian government also trying their best to get back Mahatma's rare collections. Gandhi's other belongings going on for auction are a pair of leather sandals, a Zenith pocket watch,

Rahul's Guj tour draws youth

2009-02-26T12:46:00.001+05:30

Congress leader and AICC gen secretary Rahul Gandhi has made his final lap of Gujarat tour visiting Banaskantha and Ahmedabad.He visited Ambaji Temple in Banaskantha on Monday and later proceeded to Mehsana, Patan, Himmatnagar areas where he addressed plenty of youth members from different walks of life. This included students, farmers and intellectuals whose got the opportunity to interact with

Leaders beckon young voters

2009-02-21T23:10:00.001+05:30

With elections round the corner, the leading parties including Congress and the BJP are relying heavily upon the young masses to bring them back into power. If Congress is basking on its youth icon Rahul Gandhi, for BJP, its leaders like Narendra Singh Modi and Advani who are batting for the youth to bring them back into power. Both parties are getting into war of words with each of them

Guj fights against HepatitisB

2009-02-21T23:09:00.001+05:30

With more fresh death cases of Hepatitis-B being reported in Sabarkantha district of Gujarat, the State administration is taking all measures to contain the spread of the deadly outbreak. At least 19 people had died due to the outbreak and many are suffering from symptoms of the disease. The governemt has also filed FIR against many of the doctors for reusing syringes which has been alleged as

Rahul to campaign in Gujarat

2009-02-11T12:54:00.001+05:30

Congress leader and AICC general secretary Rahl Gandhi will be visiting Gujarat which is seen as a part of the poll campaign ahead of the upcoming Lok sabha polls. The young scion from the Gandhi family has been a crowd puller especially among the youth and the party is basking on his charisma and popularity too attract more new voters in the State. His tour in the Gujarat is scheduled from

Aamir Khan lectures at IIM-A

2009-02-08T20:15:00.001+05:30

Bollywood actor Aamir Khan's teaching skills was well apppreciated with his role in popular film 'Tare zameen Par' where he plays an instructor helping with a dyslexic child. Lately the students at IIM Ahmedabad also had a tryst with the superstar when they got an opportunity to listen to Aamir Khan's lecture. Well, this was a real life situation when Aamir delivered a lecture on 'Introduction

Bail for absconders

2009-02-05T22:07:00.001+05:30

A few days after the apex court's Special Investigating Team(SIT) had declared the duo involved as absconders in connection with the post Godhra riot cases, the minister and the VHP leader were given anticipatory bail by a local court. The bail was on condition that the two should not leave the country and cooperate with further probe. The two were declared absconders after failing to respond

Minister under scanner

2009-02-04T12:18:00.001+05:30

More officials are under scanner as the Supreme Court appointed Special Investigation Team(SIT) has come up with the name of State Minister for Women's Welfare with the alleged involvement in the 2002 communal riots. The team is also probing various officials including top cops regarding the handling of the case. The court even have listed the minister and State VHP leader as absonding after

Modi's advise to BJP

2009-01-30T12:33:00.001+05:30

With the Lok Sabha elections nearing, BJP is gearing up with poll strategies to take over the opposition during the big battle.BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate L K Advani too seems to be taking few lessons from the successful Gujarat CM Narendra Modi on how to face the elections. Speaking at the BJP CM's meet along with its top leaders, Modi suggested that the party focus on its own merits and

Universal Success Enterprise to Become One of the Largest Investors in Gujarat

2009-01-27T11:57:00.001+05:30

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, Monday, January 12, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Singapore based multi billion Dollar Universal Success Enterprises Ltd. (USEL) today signed three MoUs with Government of Gujarat at the "Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors' Summit 2009", committing to invest close to Rs. 87,000 crores in the various infrastructure projects in the state over the next 10 years.This

HCC to Invest Rs. 40,000 Crore in Creating Lavasa like City in Gujarat

2009-01-27T11:56:00.001+05:30

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, Monday, January 12, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Hindustan Construction Company (HCC), India's leading construction and infrastructure development company, has signed two MoUs with Government of Gujarat with a total investment of Rs. 41,500 crores. The first MoU has been signed with the Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board to develop a Water Front City with

Microsoft and Gujarat Ink Education MOU to Empower Students and Teachers with Latest Technologies

2009-01-27T11:53:00.001+05:30

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, Thursday, January 15, 2009 -- (Business Wire India) -- Microsoft India Pvt Ltd signed an MoU with the Gujarat government with an intention to enhance the adoption and use of IT in the state education sector. The agreement was signed in the presence of the Honorable Chief Minister of Gujarat, Mr Narendra Modi at the "Vibrant Gujarat" Global Investors Summit. As part of

More PG seats for Gujarat medicos

2009-01-23T10:38:00.001+05:30

Students hailing from Gujarat can now avail more seats under the Gujarat quota for the post graduate medical seats in the state's medical colleges.This will be granted only for those students who have passed 12th standard from Gujarat schools and admission will be based on merit for the PG seats. Also the parents of such local students must have resided in Gujarat for atleast for the past ten

HCC to invest Rs.40,000 crore in creating Lavasa like city in Gujarat

2009-01-20T13:13:00.000+05:30

Hindustan Construction Company (HCC), India's leading construction and infrastructure development company, has signed two MoUs with Government of Gujarat with a total investment of Rs.41,500 crores. The first MoU has been signed with the Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board to develop a Water Front City with a total investment of Rs.40,000 crores. The new city will be based on Lavasa,

Gujarat NRE Coke revenue dips down

2009-01-20T12:51:00.001+05:30

The impact of the quarterly result announcement of Gujarat NRE Coke has put the stock markets down. The company announced that its net sales were up by 78.8% at Rs 434.33 crore versus Rs 242.8 crore however the net profits were down by 73%. The drop in demand from user industries like steel is said to have attributed to the slow down however the company hopes that it would have increased demands

Advani will be next PM

2009-01-18T00:09:00.001+05:30

Denying differences on BJP's Prime ministerial candidate, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has maintained that Advani would lead the country as the next Prime Minister of the country. "After the development works we have undertaken in Gujarat, Delhi now recognises that a BJP government can come to power at the Centre after the upcoming elections. " said Modi on the sidelines of a function in

L&T plans for mass investment

2009-01-03T22:35:00.001+05:30

Amid economic slowdown, atleast some companies are showing a strong face to come up with more investments. Construction company L& T has announced its expansion plans which include setting up of manufacturing plants at Hazira in Surat aand Vadodara. "We will require around 5,000 engineers to work in Gujarat,"informed L&T Chairmanwho was in Vadodara to inaugurate the L&T Knowledge City campus. In

Vibrant Gujarat Summit on Jan 11,12

2009-01-03T22:34:00.001+05:30

Gujarat is hosting an international conference Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit 2009 where members from over 30 countries are expected to participate in the event. The 4th version of the event is scheduled for January 11th & 12th which will be held at Science City at Ahmedabad. Besides delegates from US, UK, France, China, Germany, Taiwan, Australia, and Malaysia many African countries

RPL's world's biggest refinery on stream

2008-12-29T09:56:00.001+05:30

Reliance Petroleum (RPL) on Thursday announced commissioning of its only-for-exports oil refinery in a Special Economic Zone at Jamnagar in Gujarat.The commissioning of the 580,000 barrels a day (29 million tonnes a year) capacity refinery by RPL, a unit of Mukesh Ambani-run Reliance Industries, will make Jamnagar the biggest oil refining hub in the world."RPL commenced its crude processing today

HP to expand base in Gujarat

2008-12-10T10:08:00.001+05:30

US-based PC giant Hewlett Packard has said that the company would expand its operation base in Gujarat to other towns in the State."HP will expand its footprint to new locations and spread to 25 towns across Gujarat," said HP India Imaging and Printing Group Director addressing media. He also said that the company would strengthen its existing support network across the 10 towns in the State.--

Guj coastline on alert

2008-12-06T12:05:00.001+05:30

Following the recent Mumbai attacks via sea route, terror threats are still at large across the Gujarat coastline. Its known that the terrorists has found their way to Mumbai via the state coastline.The incident also throws light on how vulnerable the sea coast was as the terrorrists managed to hijack the fishing trawler Kuber from the Gujarat coast on which they sailed to Mumbai. On the wake of