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Four dead in Arabian Sea boat capsize near Jamnagar

October 14th, 2008 - 5:40 pm ICT by ANI -
Jamnagar (Gujarat), Oct 14 (ANI): A boat ferrying 22 persons from Navabandar near Jamnagar in Gujarat has capsized in the Arabian Sea on Tuesday afternoon. According to reports, at least four bodies ...

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Reliance eyes tax changes for local diesel sales

September 29th, 2008 - 9:20 pm ICT by ANI -
New Delhi, Sept 29 (ANI): Petroleum Secretary R.S. Pandey on Monday said that the Reliance Industries wants tax changes to make diesel sales from its export-oriented refinery commercially viable in the ...

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Hoax letter claims bomb in Gujarat temple

September 18th, 2008 - 9:51 pm ICT by IANS -
Jamnagar (Gujarat), Sep 18 (IANS) A letter claiming that a bomb had been planted in a Gujarat temple turned out to be a hoax Thursday, the police said.The hand-written letter was received ...

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Saving the ancient Bandhani fabric of Gujarat

August 10th, 2008 - 12:18 pm ICT by IANS -
By V.N. Balakrishna Ahmedabad, Aug 10 (IANS) Mention Bandhani and immediately what comes to mind is bright fabric of immaculate quality and rich history. Now, the spoiler - the brand is in urgent ...

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Srinivasan retires as petroleum secretary

July 31st, 2008 - 6:11 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) After six consecutive years in the petroleum ministry, M.S. Srinivasan retires Thursday as its Secretary. Srinivasan's tenure in the last month has been at the crosshair of ...

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Police bust highway robbers’ gang led by bank peon

July 12th, 2008 - 12:43 am ICT by IANS -
Jamnagar (Gujarat), July 11(IANS) The police Friday claimed to have solved a case of daylight highway robbery with the arrest of four people here and recovery of Rs. 2.4 million from them. ...

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Cairn India to invest $2 bn in energy sector

June 25th, 2008 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS -
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) Cairn India, the Indian arm of British hydrocarbons exploration major Cairn, will invest about $2 billion in India over 18 months for developing oil fields and building ...

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Work begins on Cairn’s 600-km pipeline

June 24th, 2008 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS -
Jaipur, June 24 (IANS) The Indian arm of British hydrocarbons exploration major Cairn Tuesday began work on a 600-km a pipeline to transport crude oil and gas from Barmer district in Rajasthan ...

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Work begins on Cairn’s 600-km pipeline

June 24th, 2008 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS -
Jaipur, June 24 (IANS) The Indian arm of British hydrocarbons exploration major Cairn Tuesday began work on a 600-km a pipeline to transport crude oil and gas from Barmer district in Rajasthan ...

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Beggar couple murder, Gujarat police foxed

June 17th, 2008 - 3:45 pm ICT by IANS -
Jamnagar (Gujarat), June 17 (IANS) A double murder of a mendicant and his wife late Monday night in a Gujarat village has left police clueless about the motive behind the crime. Amargar ...

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NRI duped of land in Gujarat

June 13th, 2008 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS -
Jamnagar (Gujarat), June 13(IANS) A non-resident Indian who returned to Jamnagar in Gujarat after nearly 20 years of living in London was shocked to find apartment blocks standing on his two plots ...

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Porbandar Coast Guard air station becomes operational

June 12th, 2008 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS -
Ahmedabad, June 12(IANS) Minister of State for Defence M.M. Pallam Raju Thursday commissioned a Coast Guard Air Enclave (CGAE) at Porbandar on the Gujarat coast to increase surveillance in India's exclusive economic ...

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Hindus celebrate birth anniversary of lord Shani

June 3rd, 2008 - 11:48 pm ICT by ANI -
Jamnagar (Gujarat)/ New Delhi , June 3 (ANI): Devotees throng Hindu temples on Tuesday to celebrate the birth anniversary of Hindu deity 'Shani', considered a son of Hindu sun god. Hordes of ...

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Liquor recovered from police quarters in Gujarat

June 2nd, 2008 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS -
Jamnagar (Gujarat), June 2 (IANS) As many as 98 bottles of liquor were seized in a raid on police staff quarters in this town in Gujarat Monday, embarsassing the department. Jamnagar City ...

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Agra gets its first film academy

June 2nd, 2008 - 6:04 pm ICT by IANS -
Agra, June 2 (IANS) The city of the Taj Mahal has got its first film institute in Benefit Film Academy (BFA), where three Bollywood veterans will teach wannabes the nuances of acting, ...

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From boredom to fascination - via reverse writing!

May 18th, 2008 - 11:05 am ICT by admin -
By V.N. Balakrishna Jamnagar (Gujarat), May 18 (IANS) Boredom, said the 19th century philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer, is just the reverse side of fascination. It was indeed sheer boredom that made Dineshbhai Laljibhai Anadkat ...

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Six booked for stamp duty fraud in Gujarat

May 14th, 2008 - 12:39 am ICT by admin -
Jamnagar (Gujarat), May 13 (IANS) A case for fraud was registered Tuesday against the former Jamnagar sub-registrar and five others for causing a loss of Rs.6.5 million to the state exchequer. Former ...

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Crocodile attack leaves boy dead in Gujarat

May 13th, 2008 - 12:57 am ICT by admin -
Junagadh (Gujarat), May 12 (IANS) A teenaged boy was found dead Monday, a day after he was attacked by a crocodile near this Gujarat town. A crocodile seized a 16-year-old boy Sunday ...

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He put the Eiffel Tower in a bottle!

May 7th, 2008 - 11:02 am ICT by admin -
By V.N. Balakrishna Jamnagar (Gujarat), May 7 (IANS) He runs a small stationary shop, but in his spare time Alpesh Kansara is a "bottle art magician" as his co-villagers call him. He creates ...

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Four undertrials escape from Gujarat jail

May 4th, 2008 - 3:51 pm ICT by admin -
Jamnagar (Gujarat), May 4 (IANS) Four undertrials escaped from the Jamnagar district jail Sunday, police here said. Dileepbhai Maganbhai Gohil, jailor of the Jamnagar district jail, told police in a complaint that ...

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Iranian boat seized off Gujarat coast

April 20th, 2008 - 4:12 pm ICT by admin -
Jamnagar, April 20 (IANS) For the first time, the Indian Coast Guard have seized an Iranian fishing boat off the Gujarat coast, it was announced Sunday. The Iranian boat, with 19 onboard, ...

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RPL to complete refinery project ahead of schedule

April 16th, 2008 - 9:58 pm ICT by admin -
Mumbai, April 16 (IANS) Reliance Petroleum Ltd (RPL) promoted by Mukesh Ambani expects to complete the work of its complex refinery in a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at Jamnagar in Gujarat ahead ...

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Reliance to invest $7.5 bn for two microchip units

April 3rd, 2008 - 6:15 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, April 3 (IANS) The Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries, a giant in areas ranging from oil exploration to petrochemicals, proposes to invest $7.5 billion over the next 10 years to set ...

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Maung Aye meets President, PM

Maung Aye meets President, PM

April 2nd, 2008 - 10:05 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, Apr 2 (ANI): Vice Chairman of Myanmar's ruling military junta Maung Aye today met President Pratibha Patil, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Minster of External Affairs Pranab Mukherjee. The ...

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Crooks run away with bauxite ores in Gujarat village

March 28th, 2008 - 12:56 am ICT by admin -
Jamnagar (Gujarat), March 27 (IANS) Two crooks and their men dug up bauxite ore worth nearly Rs.60 million from a Gujarat village and made good their escape. Royalty inspector P.M. Sharma of ...

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Gujarat government shuffles 41 IAS officers

March 26th, 2008 - 12:22 am ICT by admin -
Gandhinagar (Gujarat), March 25 (IANS) The Gujarat government Tuesday transferred 41 IAS officers, including 11 district collectors and two municipal commissioners, besides promoting five to IAS cadre and appointing them as district ...

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Gujarat farmers’ kin to hold march to demand aid

Gujarat farmers’ kin to hold march to demand aid

March 9th, 2008 - 6:11 pm ICT by admin -
Ahmedabad, March 9 (IANS) A group of relatives of farmers, who have committed suicide in the state because they could repay theirs debts, will march to the Gujarat assembly Monday to demand ...

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Chiripal group launches apparel brand

March 6th, 2008 - 5:26 pm ICT by admin -
(Lead, changing figure in para 1) Ahmedabad, March 6 (IANS) The Rs.12-million Chiripal group based here launched its own apparel brand ConneXions Thursday. ConneXions, designed as a men's lifestyle and women's casual brand, ...

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Chiripal group launches own apparel brand

March 6th, 2008 - 3:01 pm ICT by admin -
Ahmedabad, March 6 (IANS) The Rs.8-million Ahmedabad-based Chiripal group on Thursday launched its own apparel brand ConneXions. ConneXions, designed as a men's lifestyle and women's casual brand, will be sold at the ...

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No LPG shortage in India: minister

February 26th, 2008 - 10:49 pm ICT by admin -
New Delhi, Feb 26 (IANS) There is no shortage of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in the country, though state-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) have reported a supply backlog, Minister of State for ...

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