Guards foil attempt to loot ATM in Gujarat townAHMEDABAD - Two private security guards Tuesday foiled an attempt by three men to snatch away two bags of currency notes from bank officials outside an ATM in Gandhidham town of Kutch district, police said. Five IIM-A graduates yet to find jobsAHMEDABAD - Five of the 70 students of the 2008-09 batch of the Post Graduate Programme in Management for Executives (PGPX) at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) here are yet to find jobs, an official of the institute said Tuesday. Conman held with Rs.1.9 crore in cashAHMEDABAD - A conman who duped people in Rajasthan by claiming he had spiritual powers to triple their money was arrested here Sunday with Rs.1.9 crore (Rs.19 million) in cash, police said Sunday. Transformers and Rectifiers opens new plant in GujaratAHMEDABAD - Power transmission and distribution major Transformers and Rectifiers India Friday inaugurated its new facility for manufacturing and testing high capacity transformers at Moraiya near here. Gujarat plans to upgrade old industrial estatesAHMEDABAD - 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. Former President Kalam stresses need for self-reliance in energyAHMEDABAD - Former President APJ Abdul Kalam called for possible solutions to provide energy independence since there has been continuous depletion of fossil-material derived oil, gas and coal reserves. Aegon Religare to hire 3,500 advisors for GujaratAHMEDABAD - Brushing aside recession blues, Aegon Religare Life Insurance Thursday announced plans to hire 3,500 financial advisors in Gujarat over the next four months. ‘VHP leader was in touch with chief minister’s office during riots’AHMEDABAD - Senior Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Jaideep Patel was in constant touch with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi’s office during the Godhra riots in the state, an affidavit filed by lawyer Mukul Sinha Wednesday before G.T. Nanavati Commission probing the 2002 riots said. Gujarat-specific weather website coming upAHMEDABAD - The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) is set to launch a Gujarat-specific weather information website June 1, an official said Tuesday. Maya Kodnani granted bail in 2002 riots caseAHMEDABAD - A local court on Tuesday granted bail to former Gujarat Minister Maya Kodnani. Kodnani is one of the prime accused in the Naroda Gam riots in which 11 persons were killed during the communal clashes in 2002. Riot tainted Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani gets bailAHMEDABAD - A local court Tuesday granted bail to former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani, who is facing charges of abetting riots in the Naroda Gam and Naroda Patia localities of Ahmedabad during the 2002 sectarian violence. Riot tainted Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani granted bailAHMEDABAD - A local court Tuesday granted bail to former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani, who has been charged with abetting mobs in the Naroda Gam and Naroda Patia localities of Ahmedabad in the 2002 riots in the state. Media projected me as PM candidate: ModiAHMEDABAD - Reacting to Janata Dal-United leader Sharad Yadav’s comment that the projection of Narendra Modi as a prime ministerial candidate was a mistake, the Gujarat Chief Minister on Monday said it was a media projection only and he had never projected himself as a candidate for the top post. Modi contends Congress gained in polls at cost of its alliesAHMEDABAD - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi opined on Monday that the Congress Party capitalised on the follies of its allies in the recently concluded elections. I never projected myself as PM candidate: ModiAHMEDABAD - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Monday said he had never projected himself as the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) future prime ministerial candidate. Shankarsinh Vaghela loses in PanchmahalsAHMEDABAD - Congress stalwart and central government minister Shankarsinh Vaghela Saturday lost from Gujarat’s Panchmahals constituency. He was beaten by 2,090 votes by his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rival Prabhatsinh Chauhan. Ahmedabad Commodity Exchange gets upgrade nodAHMEDABAD - The Forward Markets Commission has accorded in-principle approval to the 53-year-old Ahmedabad Commodity Exchange (ACE) to upgrade and convert itself into a nationwide multi-commodity exchange on the basis of an application made in 2008. Modi to meet Jayalalithaa, Advani meets ChautalaAHMEDABAD/NEW DELHI - The Bharataiya Janata Party (BJP) confirmed on Friday that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will be meeting All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Chief J Jayalalithaa in Chennai this afternoon. An exhibition of cartoons on country’s current political scenarioAHMEDABAD - Shoeb Ahmed, an artist in Ahmedabad has put up a two-day exhibition of cartoons caricatured by him, depicting the country’s current political scenario. Gujarat riot victims to receive compensation soonAHMEDABAD - The Gujarat High Court Thursday ordered the state government to expedite distribution of compensation amounting to Rs.262.44 crore to the victims of communal violence of 2002. Gujarat riot victims to receive compensation soonAHMEDABAD - The Gujarat High Court Thursday ordered the state government to expedite distribution of compensation amounting to Rs.262.44 crore to the victims of communal violence of 2002. Ahmedabad’s first co-operative bank in liquidity crisisAHMEDABAD - The city’s first co-operative bank - Ahmedabad People’s Cooperative Bank - is caught in a cash crunch and will have to seek the central bank’s help to avoid closing down operations, officials said Wednesday. Illegal immigration from Bangladesh biggest threat: JaiswalAHMEDABAD - Rising illegal immigration from neighbouring Bangladesh is posing the biggest threat to India’s national security, Minister of State for Home Sriparakash Jaiswal said Tuesday. GAIL plans wind energy projects in GujaratAHMEDABAD - Gas marketing major Gail India is planning to establish a series of wind power projects in Gujarat during the current fiscal, a senior official said Tuesday. ‘Britain to use national identity cards to check illegal workers’AHMEDABAD - Britain is set to eliminate the problem of illegal workers during the current decade through implementation of its ongoing project on issuing national identity cards to protect jobs for all the legal citizens, a British official said here Monday. IIT student sent to 14-day police remand in GujaratAHMEDABAD - 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. BSF troopers in Kutch border posts get satellite phonesAHMEDABAD - The Border Security Force (BSF) troopers deployed at three outposts in the inhospitable Kutch region of Gujarat have been given satellite phones to keep in regular touch with their families, a Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) official said Saturday. Air India to launch daily Ahmedabad-Frankfurt flightAHMEDABAD - Air India is set to launch a daily direct flight from here to Frankfurt from June 1, the airline said Saturday. Ahmedabad holds summer camps for childrenAHMEDABAD - With rising mercury, the number of people enrolling their kids in summer camps is increasing in Ahmedabad. SIT files charge sheets against Kodnani, PatelAHMEDABAD - The Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) Friday filed a 300-page charge sheet against 24 people, including former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Jaideep Patel, for their role in the 2002 communal violence, officials said here. |