Everything you need to know about Gandhinagar: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Gandhinagar: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Parliament Monday passed a bill which will make the six new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) capable of granting degrees to the engineers that pass out.
Giving a major relief to a suspended Gujarat police officer Sanjiv Bhatt, Sanjiv Bhatt, facing charges of pressurising his official driver to make a false statement in connection with the alleged inaction of the Narendra Modi government during the 2002 riots in the state, the Supreme Court of India Friday stayed the trial against him.......
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday stayed the trial of Gujarat police officer Sanjiv Bhatt, facing charges of pressurising his official driver to make a false statement in connection with the alleged inaction of the Narendra Modi government during the 2002 riots in the state.
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Gandhinagar, Mar 27 (ANI): Comparing the Central Government to a terminally-ill patient due to a series of corruption cases, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lal Krishna Advani has sought expeditious investigation into allegations of a bribe being offered to army chief General Vijay Kumar Singh.
New Delhi/Gandhinagar, Mar 21 (ANI): Congress Party on Wednesday took a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the porngate scandal that has now rocked the Gujarat assembly, where two MLAs have come under the scanner for allegedly watching obscene pictures on a tablet during proceedings.
Gandhinagar, Mar 21 (ANI): After the porngate scandal in Karnataka that rocked the entire nation, two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs were allegedly caught watching obscene pictures in the state legislature on Wednesday.
New Delhi/Gandhinagar, Mar 21 (ANI): Congress Party on Wednesday took a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the porngate scandal that has now rocked the Gujarat assembly, where two MLAs have come under the scanner for allegedly watching obscene pictures on a tablet during proceedings.
Gandhinagar, Mar 21 (ANI): After the porngate scandal in Karnataka that rocked the entire nation, two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs were allegedly caught watching obscene pictures in the state legislature on Wednesday.
Gandhinagar, Feb 23 (ANI): Police here on Thursday baton charged and fired tear gas shells to disperse protesting farmers, who took out a rally against the Modi-led Gujarat government over its failure to provide basic facilities.
Gandhinagar, Feb 23 (ANI): Police here on Thursday baton charged and fired tear gas shells to disperse protesting farmers, who took out a rally against the Modi-led Gujarat government over its failure to provide basic facilities.
Gandhinagar, Sep 30(ANI): Suspended IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt, who was recently locked in a public confrontation with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi over the 2002 Godhra riots, was today arrested by the Gandhinagar police.
Gandhinagar, Aug.13 (ANI): The Gujarat government has taken serious exception to the statement made by Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram in which he is reported to have instigated police officers posted in the state to revolt against the provincial authorities.
Gandhinagar, Mar 30 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced total ban on the controversial book "Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India" by Pulitzer-winning author Joseph Lelyveld in the state.
Gandhinagar, Mar.15 (ANI): Gujarat's Minister of State for Industries, Saurabh Patel, on Tuesday, blamed the Congress party for an income tax inquiry on several investors who had signed memoranda of understanding (MOUs) with the state government at this year's Vibrant Gujarat Summit (VGS).
Chennai, Nov 14 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has urged leading industrialists to invest in his state and participate in the upcoming Vibrant Gujarat Summit, to be held in Gandhinagar on January 12-13.
Gandhinagar, Oct.23 (ANI): Counting of votes for Gujarat local body polls began on Saturday. Over 17,000 candidates are in fray.
Gandhinagar (Gujarat), Oct.17 (ANI): On the occasion of Vijayadashmi, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi performed 'Shastra Puja' at his official residence in Gandhinagar city on Sunday.
Gandhinagar, Aug 21 (ANI): Eyeing civic polls scheduled in October 2010, Gujarat Chief Minister Narender Modi on Saturday administered oath of office to four new ministers.
Gandhinagar, July 29 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday summoned Geetha Johri, the first woman IPS officer of Gujarat, in connection with the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.
Gandhinagar, July 26 (ANI): Former Gujarat Deputy Superintendent of Police, M.K. Amin, has turned approver against former state Home Minister Amit Shah in connection with the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.
Gandhinagar, July 22 (ANI): Gujarat Home Minister Amit Shah, who had been summoned by a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court for questioning in connection with the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, failed to turn up on Thursday.
Gandhinagar, July 22 (ANI): The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday issued summons to Gujarat Home Minister Amit Shah for questioning in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.
Gandhinagar, July 3(ANI):Personnel of Indian Coast Guard detained a suspicious boat carrying seven persons, believed to be Somali nationals, off Veraval port in Gujarat.
Gandhinagar (Gujarat), June 18 (ANI): Minister of State for Food Processing and Industries Subodh Kant Sahai on Friday said India displays enormous potential in food processing industry, adding that India has to reposition itself in terms of productivity, commercialization and value addition in quite a few promising sectors.
Gandhinagar, Apr 18 (ANI): After failing to get the Compulsory Voting Bill stamped by Gujarat Governor Dr. Kamla Beniwal, the Narendra Modi-led State Government has decided to reintroduce the bill in the Assembly.
Jagadalpur (Chhattisgarh), Apr 7 (ANI): Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday said that while at the present there was no mandate for the government to use the military or the air force in anti-Maoists operations, the option of using the air force could merit a revist.
Gandhinagar, Apr 1(ANI): The Nanavati Commission, which is probing the 2002 Godhra incident, on Thursday informed the Gujarat High Court that its decision to not summon Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was not the final decision.
Gandhinagar, Mar 29 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has described his marathon questioning by the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating the 2002 Gujarat riots case as a difficult moment of his life.
Gandhinagar, Mar.28 (ANI): Special Investigating Team (SIT) head R K Raghavan has said the questioning of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in connection with the 2002 communal riots and particularly with regard to the Gulbarg Society massacre, is a big step forward in seeking to deliver justice to the victims.
Gandhinagar, Mar 22 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said he was not summoned to appear before a Special Investigating Team (SIT) probing 2002 Gujarat riots cases on March 21.
Gandhinagar, Mar 22 (ANI): The Gujarat High Court on Monday asked Justice Nanavati Commission which is probing the 2002 post-Godhra riot cases, whether it would summon State Chief Minister Narendra Modi.
Gandhinagar, March 12 (ANI): The Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee will stage a symbolic march on Friday from Sabarmati Ashram to the Kochrab Ashram to mark the 80th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's historic Dandi March.
Gandhinagar, Feb 3 (ANI): A team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrived here on Wednesday to probe into the alleged fake encounter of Sohrabuddin Sheikh and disappearance of his wife Kausarbi.
Gandhinagar, Jan.27 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday described the rise in prices of essential commodities at its worst since independence.
Gandhinagar, Jan 23 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi interacted with youth activists here on Friday.
Gandhinagar, Dec. 19 (ANI):Gujarat Government on Saturday moved the controversial "The Gujarat Local Authorities Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2009" the State Assembly which will make voting compulsory in all local body elections of the state.
Gandhinagar, Nov 26 (ANI): At least a dozen people were reportedly injured when followers of Asaram Bapu, the religious guru of the country, staged a protest and clashed with the police here on Thursday.
Gandhinagar, Nov. 1 (ANI): The Seismological Research Institute (SRI), Gandhinagar, has acquired a German-based software that will enable geologists to detect and track trends below the surface of the earth.
Gandhinagar, Oct 19 (ANI): The hull of the Platinum-II ship, allegedly carrying toxic waste, was on Monday damaged, following which, it was grounded off the Alang Port in Gujarat.
Gandhinagar, Oct 15 (ANI): The Gujarat Government on Friday gave a clean chit to the US ship Platinum-II, saying there were no toxic materials on board.
Gandhinagar (Gujarat), Sep.15 (ANI): Ending the Congress party's domination of the Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA) by taking over the presidency of the outfit, state Chief Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that it would be his endeavour to professionalise the activities of the GCA.
Gandhinagar, Sep 14 (ANI): Coming out of its poor show in the recent Lok Sabha and local body elections in Gujarat the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won five assembly seats out of seven constituencies.
Gandhinagar, Sep 4 (ANI): The Gujarat High Court on Friday revoked the ban on expelled BJP leader Jaswant Singh's controversial book "Jinnah: India -Partition, Independence."
Gandhinagar, July 26 (ANI): The Government of Gujarat on Sunday invoked Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) against the striking resident doctors seeking hike in their stipend.
Hyderabad, July 19(ANI): A team of Organisation for Counter Terrorist Operations (OCTOPUS) of Gujarat Police arrested a terror suspect allegedly involved in the attack on Gandhinagar's Akshardham Temple in 2002,here today.
Gandhinagar (Gujarat), July 16 (ANI): Renowned danseuse and social activist Mallika Sarabhai took out a march on Thursday along with several locals to voice their ire and protest against the hooch tragedy that claimed around 130 lives in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
Nandol (Gujarat), June 5 (ANI): The death of 23 sheep believed to be due to the deadly disease of anthrax at Nandol village in Dahgam Taluk sub-division of Gandhinagar district has created panic among the livestock owners.
Gandhinagar, June 1 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Monday said students from the state studying in Australia are free to contact him if they faced any danger.
Gandhinagar, May 28 (IANS) Former Indian president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam has urged the government to review its ethanol policy to encourage more sugar producers to start producing biofuel on a commercial scale.
Gandhinagar, May 26 (IANS) A 52 MW wind power plant that Suzlon Energy is executing for Gujarat State Petroleum Corp (GSPC) in Gujarat will be commissioned in September, a state government official said.
Gandhinagar, May 25 (IANS) Two senior retired IPS officers are assisting former CBI director R.K. Raghavan, the chief of the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT), in selecting public prosecutors who are to be appointed for the fast track courts which would hear cases of rioting and arson during the 2002 Gujarat riots.
Gandhinagar, May 25 (IANS) Senior police officers posted in various district headquarters in Gujarat would soon have access to all the crime data online without moving out of their offices or needing physical delivery of files from the police stations under their jurisdiction, officials said Monday.
Gandhinagar, May 16 (IANS) BJP's prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani won the Gandhinagar seat by over 100,000 votes, almost half his 2004 victory margin of 217,138 votes.
Gandhinagar, May 16 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani was poised to win the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat by more than 100,000 votes.
Gandhinagar, May 16 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani has established a big lead in Gujarat's Gandhinagar seat, a poll official said.
Ahmedabad, May 9 (IANS) A court sent Ashish Ravindranathan, an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) student, to a 14-day police remand here Saturday after he was nabbed for allegedly duping 50 credit card holders.
Gandhinagar, Nov 19 (IANS) Authorities in this Gujarat capital have launched a drive to demolish unauthorised temples even as critics have lambasted Chief Minister Narendra Modi for the move.
Gandhinagar, Nov 12 (IANS) The Ahmedabad-based Civil Hospital, the biggest state-run hospital in Gujarat, will be modernised at a cost of Rs.9.11 billion (Rs.911.68 crore), Chief Minister Narendra Modi announced here Wednesday.
Gandhinagar, Nov 10 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Monday deposited 1,126 gifts, including gold and silver idols, wrist watches and shawls, received by him while in office for being auctioned to fund charitable causes like girl child education.
Bangalore, Nov 9 (IANS) Over 1,000 residents of Bangalore took to the streets Sunday, demanding better roads and protection to the green cover in the city.
Ahmedabad, Nov 5 (IANS) The war of words between Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and the state unit of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad is escalating with the arrest of a senior VHP leader on the charge of sedition.
Gandhinagar, Nov 4 (IANS) Indian space scientists are hopeful that Chandrayaan-1 will Saturday start orbiting the moon.
Ahmedabad, Oct 20 (IANS) Majid Patel, a key accused in the terror attack on the Akshardham temple in Gandhinagar in 2002, has been caught, police said Monday.
Bangalore, Oct 7 (IANS) The Karnataka government seemed so confident it had bagged the Nano small car project that it announced constituting a committee Tuesday evening to decide on tax concessions to Tata Motors, even as Ratan Tata was holding a press conference in Gandhinagar announcing the project relocation to Gujarat.
Ahmedabad, Oct 7 (IANS) Nano, the small car of Tata Motors, will now roll out from Gujarat. Group chairman Ratan Tata made the announcement in Gandhinagar Tuesday with Chief Minister Narendra Modi on the day he completed seven years in office.
Ahmedabad, Oct 7 (IANS) Nano, the small car of Tata Motors, will now roll out of Gujarat. Group chairman Ratan Tata made the announcement in state capital Gandhinagar Tuesday along with Chief Minister Narendra Modi, on the day he completed seven years in office.
Anand (Gujarat), Sept 12 (ANI/Business Wire India): The Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (Amul), the apex body of 13 milk unions of Gujarat having a membership of 27 lakh farmer members has extended a helping hand to the flood victims of Bihar.
Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), the premier Indian engineering institute has decided to increase the relaxation of scores in aggregate
A day after the Gujarat Government ordered a judicial probe into the death of two adolescent boys at Asaram Ashram at Motera in Gandhinagar, a peaceful
Finally Keshubhai Patel, one of the oldest and the most high profile rival of hindutva warrior Narendra Modi, has brought under tight grip by the Bhartiya Janta Party. The disciplinary action taken by BJP high commands against senior BJP leaders
Taking tough stand the Gujarat state Election Commission in its process of the removal and appointment of some top cops directed the state government to appoint senior IAS officer Mamta Varma as the new collector of the ...
Members of the opposition party congress of the Gujarat state assembly and party workers today demonstrated in Gandhinagar over the Rs. 500 crore Sujalam-Sufalam scandal. Reportedly police used
After a series of baffling events Gujarat police finally was met with the luck as they arrested three senior IPS officers for their allegedly involvement in a fake encounter in ..
