Gujarat to recruit intelligence officers: Police chiefGANDHINAGAR - The Gujarat government will recruit about 50 intelligence officers for counter-terrorism operations, state Director General of Police S.S. Khandwawala said Wednesday. Timer device found on railway track in GujaratGANDHINAGAR - A timer device has been recovered from a rail track near Ismail Nagar section, a few miles from the Anand railway station in Gujarat Monday, police said. Modi vows to help students from Gujarat in AustraliaGANDHINAGAR - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Monday said students from the state studying in Australia are free to contact him if they faced any danger. Government should review ethanol policy: KalamGANDHINAGAR - 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. Suzlon’s Gujarat wind power plant to be ready in SeptemberGANDHINAGAR - 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. All Gujarat police stations to be networked by year-endGANDHINAGAR - 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. Gujarat to seek Sri Lanka’s help in setting up resortsGANDHINAGAR - Gujarat will shortly contact Sri Lanka following its offer of assistance to set up resorts along the state’s 1,600-km coastline. ‘Modi magic’ fails to sweep Gujarat, againGANDHINAGAR/NEW DELHI - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, named by some as the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) next prime ministerial candidate, failed to make a clean sweep in his state with the party adding only one seat to its 2004 tally. BJP improves Gujarat tally, key Congress candidates lose (Third Lead)GANDHINAGAR - Gujarat’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) managed to improve its Lok Sabha tally from the state Saturday as key Congress candidates including two central ministers were defeated. BJP adds to Gujarat tally, key Congress candidates loseGANDHINAGAR - Gujarat’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) managed to improve its Lok Sabha tally from the state Saturday as the Congress suffered a setback in key constituencies. Advani wins Gandhinagar by over 100,000 votesGANDHINAGAR - 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. BJP ahead in Gujarat with 15 seatsGANDHINAGAR - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had won 15 of Gujarat’s 26 Lok Sabha seats while the Congress had got eight as the final round of counting began Saturday afternoon. BJP wins four seats in Gujarat, Congress oneGANDHINAGAR - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had won four Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat and the Congress one after the third round of counting around noon Saturday. Witness protection plan in two days, assures RaghavanGANDHINAGAR - The Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team probing the 2002 communal violence in Gujarat will have its ‘witness protection plan’ in place within two days, SIT chief R.K. Raghavan said here Tuesday. Modi wants to ‘gift’ Advani rain water harvesting projectGANDHINAGAR - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is waiting for Lok Sabha elections to end to implement an elaborate plan to ensure 24 hours water supply in the state capital as a ‘gift’ to Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani, an official said Tuesday. More Tribal than urban women voted in GujaratGANDHINAGAR - Tribal women in Gujarat displayed a substantially higher inclination to vote this Lok Sabha poll than their counterparts in the urban areas of the state, despite intense heat wave conditions April 30, a poll official said. Advani casts his vote in GandhinagarGANDHINAGAR - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Lal Krishna Advani cast his vote in Gandhinagar on Thursday. Advani faces little resistance in GandhinagarGANDHINAGAR - The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) prime ministerial hopeful L.K. Advani is likely to face no hurdles in getting re-elected to the Lok Sabha from here in Gujarat in polling Thursday. Advani questions CBI clean chit to QuattrocchiGANDHINAGAR - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani on Tuesday strongly questioned the Central Bureau of Investigation’s decision to remove the name of the lone surviving suspect in the Bofors payoff case Ottavio Quattrocchi from the Interpol’s list of most wanted persons. Advani slams Congress over QuattrocchiGANDHINAGAR - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani said here Tuesday that the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) decision to remove Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi, the lone surviving suspect in the Bofors gun payoff case, from its list of wanted persons reveals that the Congress was not confident of coming back to power. Advani’s Congress opponent found violating poll normsGANDHINAGAR - Suresh Patel of the Congress, who is contesting the Lok Sabha election from Gandhinagar in Gujarat against Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) veteran L.K. Advani, faces police action for violating the model code of conduct. Sarabhai complains to poll panel over BJP’s lotus ‘mangal sutras’GANDHINAGAR - Danseuse and independent candidate from Gandhinagar in Gujarat Mallika Sarabhai has filed a complaint with the Election Commission against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for making lotus ‘mangal sutras’ (pendant worn by married women) for the poll campaign. 558 candidates line up for 26 Gujarat seatsGANDHINAGAR - As many as 558 people have filed nominations for the 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat. Gujarat wants more forces for poll dutyGANDHINAGAR - Gujarat has sought more paramilitary forces for poll duty, pointing out that the state has been on the terror map, an official said here Thursday. Advani declares assets worth Rs.3.55 crore, has no vehicleGANDHINAGAR - The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani has assets worth Rs.3.55 crore (Rs.35.5 million) but does not own a vehicle, according to his affidavit submitted with his nomination papers for the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat Wednesday. My local roots an asset, says Advani’s Congress rivalGANDHINAGAR - Suresh Patel, the Congress candidate for Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat said Wednesday that his close interaction with people of the constituency for many years would prove to be an asset while contesting against senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani. UPA parties don’t trust one another: ModiGANDHINAGAR - Parties in the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government do not have faith in one another’s leadership to keep their coalition together, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi said here Wednesday. Advani files nomination, raises black money issueGANDHINAGAR - The Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial aspirant L.K. Advani Wednesday filed his nomination for the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat and promised that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), if voted to power, would strive to bring back black money stashed in tax havens abroad. Advani files nomination from GandhinagarAHMEDABAD - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani filed his nomination for the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat Wednesday. Advani to file nomination from Gandhinagar todayGANDHINAGAR - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L K Advani will file his nomination papers from Gandhinagar constituency today. |