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Due to Swine Flu spread in Gujarat, section 144 has been imposed in Ahmedabad and Rajkot. Today in Gujarat, 242 fresh cases of Swine Flu were registered. In Ahmedabad 97, Surat 27, Vadodara 20, Patan 20, Sabarkantha 9, Gandhinagar 8, (Rajkot-Jamnagar) 7 each, Amreli 6, Surendranagar 5 and in other districts 25 cases were registered. […]
Towards an effort by Government to privatise Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Airport at Ahmedabad Civil Aviation Ministry gets 5 responses from Adani Group, Tata, GVK and GMR groups. Three member team of 5 companies would visit Ahmedabad Airport tomorrow in connection with its proposal for privatisation by the government.
PDP’s Mufti Mohammed Sayeed will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the on February 27 first time after which a swearing-in ceremony is likely to be held on March 1, two months of the results for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls were announced.
Fulfiling two major poll promises, the AAP government today announced a 50 per cent subsidy on monthly power consumption of upto 400 units and 20,000 litres of free water per month to all households that would cost the exchequer around Rs 1,670 crore annually. The free water scheme and power subsidy will come into effect […]
On Tuesday Gujarat was just three short of recording the highest swine flu deaths in the country. Total cases, 3,527 since January 1. But the truth is that Gujarat adn death toll has reached 231. Ahmedabad had 98 new cases; followed by Surat with 18; Sabarkantha with 10, and Gandhinagar and Banaskantha with nine each. […]
In an Early Trade today Sensex at Bombay Stock Exchange rose over 228 points amid a firming global trend and hopes of a growth-oriented Union Budget.
Today in Verdict on Salman Khan’s Black Buck hunting case. Jodhpur Court put off till March 3 its verdict on whether Bollywood star Salman Khan is guilty of possession and use of illegal arms to poach chinkaras and blackbucks, endangered species. Salman had moved an application seeking exemption from court appearance. Court deferred saying four […]
Today in Rajyasabha, a bill to include certain synonymous names of communities under Scheduled Castes category in Haryana, Karnataka, Odisha and Dadra and Nagar Haveli was passed.
Today, West Indies’s batsman Chris Gayle bludgeoned his way into the history books by becoming the first player to score a double century in the cricket World Cup as the West Indies rode on his record-equalling 16 sixes to notch up a massive 73-run win via D/L method against Zimbabwe.
Today, Defence Ministry staff, arrested for his alleged role in the corporate espionage case, was remanded to one-day police custody by a Delhi court. Other five were sent to judicial custody.
