Police file case over Goa land allotment
August 18th, 2012 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 18 (IANS) After nearly six years of delay, Goa Police Saturday filed a first information report (FIR) against "unknown" people in connection with an alleged multi-crore ... Read more...
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Probe demanded into Goa land scam with Margaret Alva links
October 15th, 2011 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Oct 15 (IANS) The Goa Small Industries Association (GSIA) has demanded a high level probe into a massive industrial plot allotment scandal by a state government-run industrial corporation, in ... Read more...
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Peugeot to set up Rs.4000 crore facility in Gujarat
September 2nd, 2011 - 1:04 am ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Sep 1 (IANS) Global automobile major Peugeot Citroen Automobiles (PCA) Thursday signed an agreement with the Gujarat government to set up an automobile manufacturing plant near Sanand at ... Read more...
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Rights group accuses Kamat, Congress MLA of land scam
February 9th, 2011 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 9 (IANS) A civil rights group Wednesday accused Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat and a Congress legislator of facilitating a land scam that it says amounts to letting special economic ... Read more...
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Gujarat Govt. plans to impart training skills to unemployed, semi-skilled youth
February 4th, 2011 - 9:01 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb 4 (ANI): The Gujarat Government has taken an initiative to set up skill development centres and impart training skills to unemployed and semi-skilled youth.New Horizons India Limited, which is ... Read more...
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Goa SEZ scam: Kamat still to read court order
December 8th, 2010 - 8:42 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 8 (IANS) Over a fortnight after the Panaji bench of the Bombay High Court pointed to large-scale irregularities in the allotment of 32 lakh sq mts of land to ... Read more...
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Goa’s SEZ policies creating ‘monsters’:Industry body
December 6th, 2010 - 8:56 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 6 (IANS) Goa government's controversial allocation of land to seven promoters had created "monsters" out of the special economic zone (SEZ) concept, an industry body said Monday.The Goa Small ... Read more...
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Congress chief ministers part of Goa land scam: Parrikar
December 1st, 2010 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Dec 1 (IANS) Two former Goa chief ministers are involved in the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) land allotment scam worth Rs.100 crore, senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Manohar Parrikar ... Read more...
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South Korea seeks more industrial involvement in Gujarat
April 17th, 2010 - 1:08 am ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, April 16 (IANS) South Korea is seeking major involvement in the small and medium industry sector in Gujarat and has plans to set up a world class innovation centre in the ... Read more...
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Gujarat government going soft on big business: Congress
March 24th, 2010 - 12:50 am ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, March 23 (IANS) Shaktisinh Gohil, leader of the opposition in the Gujarat assembly, Tuesday charged the developers of the Mundra Special Economic Zone in Kutch with minting money by selling the ... Read more...
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Goa Civil Service officers protest ‘improper’ appointments
June 9th, 2009 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 9 (IANS) Goa Civil Service (GCS) officials Tuesday met Chief Minister Digambar Kamat and asked him to remove non-GCS officials from positions traditionally occupied by state service officers.
The All ... Read more...
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Gujarat plans to upgrade old industrial estates
May 29th, 2009 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, May 29 (IANS) Gujarat has prepared a Rs.3,000-crore plan to upgrade the infrastructure of its old industrial estates within the next three years, a minister said Friday.
"The government would ... Read more...
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Special status for Goa: BJP promises
April 14th, 2009 - 5:22 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 14 (IANS) The Goa unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday promised that if the party comes to power at the centre it will amend Article 371 of ... Read more...
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Tata Motors gets environmental guidelines for Nano plant
March 19th, 2009 - 5:11 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, March 19 (IANS) Tata Motors, which is building its Rs.20-billion Nano small car plant in Gujarat's Sanand, has been slapped with a list of environmental conditionalities by the state government, a ... Read more...
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BSNL launches wireless broadband in Gujarat
February 26th, 2009 - 8:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) State-run telecom major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), in association with US-based WiMax solutions provider SOMA networks, Thursday launched wireless broadband services in Gujarat.
A BSNL statement said ... Read more...
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Gujarat targets 15 percent industrial growth
January 5th, 2009 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Jan 5 (IANS) Gujarat is aiming to achieve an annual industrial growth of 14.5 to 15 percent for the next five years, Minister of State for Industry and Energy Saurabh Patel ... Read more...
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Court to hear developers’ plea in Goa SEZ muddle
September 7th, 2008 - 8:13 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 7 (IANS) The controversy over special economic zones in Goa is headed for a showdown with the Panaji bench of the Bombay High Court scheduled to hear Monday a bunch ... Read more...
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Three killed in Gujarat pharma unit blast
May 5th, 2008 - 9:16 pm ICT by admin
Ahmedabad, May 5 (IANS) At least three workers were killed in a blast in pharma major Wockhardt Limited's unit at Ankleshwar in central Gujarat Monday. Police told IANS the metal lid of ... Read more...
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Gujarat to adopt focused area approach to spur growth
February 15th, 2008 - 7:05 pm ICT by admin
Ahmedabad, Feb 15 (IANS) Gujarat, with more than 50 special economic zones (SEZs) in its kitty, is now working out a special focused area approach to spur growth in sectors ranging from ... Read more...
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