CBI quizzes music producers in missing nurse case
October 25th, 2011 - 11:02 pm ICT by IANS
Jodhpur, Oct 25 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday quizzed some producers of Rajasthani folk music albums here in connection with the disappearance of nurse Bhanwari Devi, sources ... Read more...
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20 sleeping pilgrims killed by truck in Gujarat (Lead)
June 9th, 2011 - 3:14 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, June 9 (IANS) Twenty pilgrims were killed early Thursday near a Gujarat town when a truck ploughed into them while they were sleeping by the wayside, police said.The pilgrims ... Read more...
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Modi ignores cop’s affidavit, government mum on issue
April 23rd, 2011 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, April 23 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Saturday ignored a senior police officer's affidavit directly implicating him in the 2002 riots, while the officer said he stood ... Read more...
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Swamy names Karunanidhi in 2G telecom scam
February 22nd, 2011 - 7:33 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb.22 (ANI):Janata Party President and telecom scam petitioner Subramanian Swamy, on Tuesday named Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi and his family as co-accused in the scandal that caused an ... Read more...
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CBI submits status report in 2G scam
February 22nd, 2011 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Tuesday submitted toa local court its status report in the 2G spectrum case and suggested that all other cases relating to ... Read more...
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Movie Review: Toh Baat Pakki (2010)
February 19th, 2010 - 5:02 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
February 19, 2010 (Sampurn Wire):Toh Baat Pakki: A clean family entertainerRating: 3.5 out of 5*Starring: Tabu, Sharman Joshi, Vatsal Seth, Ayub Khan and Uvika ChaudharyDirector: Kedarh ShindeRajeshwari (Tabu) stays with her ... Read more...
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Antwerp’s diamond industry reels from recession
March 29th, 2009 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
By Karishma Bhansali Mehta
Antwerp, March 29 (IANS) With a whopping $43 billion of rough and cut diamonds passing through Antwerp, home to some 300 Indian families mainly hailing from Palanpur in Gujarat ... Read more...
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Step-daughter poisoned for refusing to be a prostitute
March 19th, 2009 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 19 (IANS) A stepfather and mother have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh for attempting to kill their daughter after she refused to enter the flesh trade, the police said Thursday. ... Read more...
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Leading firms eye railways’ $4 bn logistics parks
March 12th, 2009 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
By Anuradha Shukla
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Indian Railways' ambitious $4 billion (Rs.20,000 crore) programme inviting the private sector to build and develop multi-modal logistics parks along the proposed eastern and western ... Read more...
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Displaced diamond workers reap rich farming harvest
February 17th, 2009 - 12:11 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Feb 17 (IANS) Hit by recession, thousands of displaced diamond workers in Gujarat are returning home to rediscover their farming roots. And the cash crops they are growing in a matter ... Read more...
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Gujarat’s distressed diamond workers now mull selling organs
February 16th, 2009 - 7:44 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Feb 16 (IANS) Hit hard by the economic meltdown, over 200,000 diamond workers in Gujrat's Banaskantha district are living hand to mouth, having sold all their valuables and some are considering ... Read more...
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Bikaner princess documents history of her royal home
December 21st, 2008 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) An inner courtyard with a stunning, multi-layered red sandstone facade, verandahs lined with beautiful marble tables and imposing bronze sculptures on each one of them - the ... Read more...
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‘Release arrears of Gujarat’s anganwadis workers’
October 26th, 2008 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
Palanpur (Gujarat), Oct 26 (IANS) A Congress parliamentarian from Gujarat has asked the Narendra Modi government to release arrears of nearly 70,000 anganwadi employees before the festival of Diwali."I have written to ... Read more...
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Dengue scare in north Gujarat
October 25th, 2008 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
Palanpur (Gujarat), Oct 25 (IANS) With one death each in Banaskantha, Mehsana and Sabarkantha districts during the last fortnight from suspected dengue fever, the vector-borne disease is assuming alarming dimensions in north ... Read more...
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Mystery shrouds recovery of fetuses in Gujarat village
October 18th, 2008 - 12:14 am ICT by IANS
Palanpur(Gujarat), Oct 17 (IANS) Mystery shrouds the recovery of four fetuses wrapped in plastic bags from a village canal in Gujarat's Banaskantha district.The police, who recovered the bags from a canal in ... Read more...
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Reports of dengue-like cases in north Gujarat
October 13th, 2008 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Palanpur (Gujarat), Oct 13 (IANS) Health officials in north Gujarat are taking preventive measures after two people died in recent weeks following dengue-like symptoms even as more and more similar cases were ... Read more...
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BSF oorganises shooting contest in Gujarat
October 5th, 2008 - 10:55 pm ICT by IANS
Palanpur (Gujarat), Oct 5 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) organised an inter-battalion shooting competition at a firing range in Banaskantha district of north Gujarat near the international border with Pakistan. The ... Read more...
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Bomb-like object creates panic in Gujarat town
October 4th, 2008 - 1:39 am ICT by IANS
Palanpur (Gujarat), Oct 3 (IANS) Panic gripped a town in Gujarat's Sabarkantha district Friday evening when people found an object covered with yellow plastic and thought it to be a bomb. However, ... Read more...
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Debt-ridden man kills 2 daughters, wife, self in Gujarat
October 4th, 2008 - 12:12 am ICT by IANS
Palanpur, Oct 3 (IANS) A man, who was in debt after gambling and betting on cricket matches, poisoned his wife and two minor daughters and then committed suicide by hanging himself in ... Read more...
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Youth Baton Relay reaches Gujarat
August 28th, 2008 - 10:48 pm ICT by IANS
Palanpur (Gujarat), Aug 28 (IANS) The Youth Baton Relay (YBR) that began Aug 1 from Delhi Unioversity campus and which will cover nine states, 199 cities, towns and villages over a distance ... Read more...
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Terrorists will be punished by god: Modi
August 14th, 2008 - 9:53 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, Aug 14 (IANS) Law will not spare terrorists and they will be punished by the god, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi said in his address to the people of the state ... Read more...
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Police arrest 44 VHP activists in north Gujarat
July 4th, 2008 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
Palanpur (Gujarat), July 3(IANS) The police arrested 44 activists of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) in north Gujarat Thursday during a nationwide shutdown announced by the Hindu group protesting revocation of land ... Read more...
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Five killed in Gujarat accident
June 26th, 2008 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
Palanpur (Gujarat), June 26 (IANS) Five people, including two women, were killed and 12 other people injured Thursday when the bus they were travelling in collided with a truck in Banaskantha district, ... Read more...
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Gujarat banks on mega projects to lure global investors
June 24th, 2008 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
By P.S. Anantharaman
Ahmedabad, June 24 (IANS): At the Vibrant Gujarat global investors summit in January next year, the Gujarat government's accent will be on marketing the $90-billion Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) and ... Read more...
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Potatoes perish in Gujarat cold storage, farmers cry foul
May 27th, 2008 - 12:33 pm ICT by admin
By V.N. Balakrishna
Palanpur (Gujarat), May 27 (IANS) Farmers in Deesa town of north Gujarat, accounting for the highest potato output in the state, are worried after much of their produce stocked at ... Read more...
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Former Gujarat minister in family trouble
May 24th, 2008 - 12:57 am ICT by admin
Palanpur, May 23 (IANS) Dilipsinh Thakore, former Gujarat minister of state for agriculture and animal husbandry, is in the eye of storm. His daughter-in-law Madhavi, 24, has filed a criminal case against ... Read more...
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14 injured in clashes in north Gujarat
May 11th, 2008 - 11:08 pm ICT by admin
Palanpur (Gujarat), May 11 (IANS) As many as 14 people were injured Sunday in clashes between two communities at Changwada village in north Gujarat, the police said. Two people with serious injuries ... Read more...
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Ancient idols found, devotees throng Gujarat temple
April 15th, 2008 - 11:25 pm ICT by admin
Palanpur (Gujarat), April 15 (IANS) The Palaviya Jain temple in the walled city here is seeing an unusual rush of devotees - and art lovers - to catch a glimpse of 35 ... Read more...
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Five injured in Holi clash at Gujarat village
March 23rd, 2008 - 11:55 am ICT by admin
Palanpur (Gujarat), March 23(IANS) Holi revellers attacked members of a minority community in a village in Gujarat's Banaskantha district, sparking a clash that left five injured, police said Sunday. A group of ... Read more...
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Bumper potato crop leaves Gujarat farmers poor
March 22nd, 2008 - 12:04 pm ICT by admin
By V.N. Balakrishna
Palanpur (Gujarat), March 22 (IANS) Potato farmers in the Deesa region are at their wits' end trying to tackle a problem of plenty. A bumper harvest has left them worried ... Read more...
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Sitting for board exams, with two fractures and head wounds
March 11th, 2008 - 1:21 pm ICT by admin
By V.N. Balakrishna
Palanpur (Gujarat), March 11 (IANS) Dolly Girishkumar Acharya, 15, has two fractures in her left leg and deep wounds on her head due to a road accident two weeks ago. ... Read more...
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Gujarat to boost diamond and jewellery business
February 19th, 2008 - 6:59 pm ICT by admin
Ahmedabad, Feb 19 (IANS) Facing stiff challenges from Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu in the diamond and jewellery business, Gujarat is now evolving new strategies to retain its supremacy in the sector. The ... Read more...
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