Gujarat police to monitor poll campaign in cyberspaceGANDHINAGAR - The Gujarat Police has established a special cell under its Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for monitoring the poll campaigning conducted by various political parties in cyberspace. Advani to file his Lok Sabha poll nomination WednesdayGANDHINAGAR - Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) senior leader L.K. Advani will file his nomination Wednesday from the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency in Gujarat, a party official said Monday. Mallika Sarabhai files nomination from GandhinagarGANDHINAGAR - Noted danseuse Mallika Sarabhai Thursday filed her nomination for the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat as an independent candidate against the Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial nominee L.K. Advani. Gujarat poll preparedness to be reviewed TuesdayGANDHINAGAR - With exactly a month to go before Gujarat holds elections April 30, poll officials will meet here Tuesday to review arrangements for polling. Advani continues to target Manmohan SinghBUXAR - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) prime ministerial candidate Lal Krishna Advani on Friday reiterated that Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has to seek permission from Congress President Sonia Gandhi before taking a decision. Gujarat minister Kodnani surrendersGANDHINAGAR - Gujarat Minister for Higher Education Maya Kodnani Friday surrendered before the Special Investigation Team (SIT), which has named her as one of those who led mobs in the Naroda Gaam and Naroda Patiya localities in which 106 people were killed during the 2002 Gujarat riots. Gujarat VHP leader missing after court rejects bailGANDHINAGAR - Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Jaideep Patel, whose anticipatory bail plea was rejected along with that of Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani by the Gujarat High Court Friday, is missing. Kodnani and Patel are accused of leading mobs in the Naroda Patiya and Naroda Gaam localities here in 2002 in which 106 people were killed. Massive security in Ahmedabad ahead of Advani’s rallyGANDHINAGAR - Massive security arrangements are in place in Ahmedabad ahead of a rally to be addressed by Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Friday after an intelligence warning of a possible terror attack, a home department official said here Thursday. Tata Motors gets environmental guidelines for Nano plantGANDHINAGAR - Tata Motors, which is building its Rs.20-billion Nano small car plant in Gujarat’s Sanand, has been slapped with a list of environmental conditionalities by the state government, a few days before the launch of Nano. Poll panel wants vulnerability of Gujarat minorities analysedGANDHINAGAR - The Central Election Commission (CEC) has asked district electoral officers across Gujarat to conduct a vulnerability analysis of religious minorities, tribals, backward classes and economically weak sections to prevent them from being threatened by political parties during the Lok Sabha polls, an official said here Thursday. BJP poll focus on Nano site in GujaratGANDHINAGAR - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has turned its poll campaign spotlight on a cluster of 67 villages in Sanand in Gujarat - the project site of the world’s cheapest car Nano being manufactured by the Tata Group - and now part of BJP prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani’s Lok Sabha constituency. Modi announces package for diamond workersGANDHINAGAR - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Saturday announced a skill enhancement training and aid package for the slowdown-hit diamond workers in the state. Gujarat gets Muslim police chiefGANDHINAGAR - Shabbir Hussain Shekhadam Khandwawala was Saturday named Gujarat’s new police chief, seven years after the state was enveloped by communal violence. UPA dividing people on basis of minority, majority: AdvaniGANDHINAGAR - Criticising the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government for ‘dividing people on the basis of minority and majority communities’, Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) senior leader L.K. Advani said here Friday that the UPA was using caste and religion for nursing its vote banks. Gujarat asks Reserve Bank for state-specific credit policyGANDHINAGAR - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Thursday called for state-specific funding programmes and special packages for the state’s ailing industries, including the diamond processing sector. Government determined to modernise IAF: Homi MajorGANDHINAGAR - The government is committed to modernising the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the process has been fast tracked, Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major said Monday. Gujarat to increase number of CNG stations to 300GANDHINAGAR - The Gujarat government will increase the number of compressed natural gas (CNG) stations in the state to 300 from the present 120 as part of its initiatives to promote clean fuel, Minister of State for Energy and Petrochemicals Saurabh Patel said here Saturday. Modi has no plans to apply for US visa: OfficialGANDHINAGAR - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has no plans to seek a US visa after the change of guard at the White House, an official said here Thursday. Backward classes panel meets ModiGANDHINAGAR - A delegation of the backward classes panel Tuesday met Chief Minister Narendra Modi to seek his views on the current reservation policy and to know about the state government’s stand on including new classes in the backward class category, a statement issued here said. Modi seeks central help to revive diamond industryGANDHINAGAR - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to announce a ‘relief package’ for the diamond industry, which was hit hard by the slowdown. Modi to spend New Year day with armymen at borderGANDHINAGAR - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will spend the first day of the New Year with security personnel in the desert region of Kutch at India’s border with Pakistan. Commentary on Yajur Ved now in GujaratiGANDHINAGAR - A commentary on Yajur Ved, one of the four Vedas that are among the most ancient world literature, is now available in Gujarati. Modi advocates tough stance on terrorismGANDHINAGAR - Terming the Mumbai terrorist attacks as an ‘undeclared war on India’, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday urged the Manmohan Singh government to harden its stance towards pakistan. |