August 17, 2012 06:17 IST
A mens garment store named after the dictator due to open Sunday
Fri, Aug 17, 2012August 05, 2012 05:10 IST
Tata power plant: International Finance Corporation to examine if it followed its social,environment policy
Sun, Aug 05, 2012
August 02, 2012 17:47 IST
34,399 ton,288 m long vessel has changed names at least 7 times and hoisted at least 4 flags.
Thu, Aug 02, 2012
July 29, 2012 04:51 IST
A former ISRO scientist and three researchers have found the ruins of a pentagon-shaped fort near the Indo-Pak border that probably sank in a powerful 19th century earthquake.
Sun, Jul 29, 2012
July 29, 2012 03:11 IST
Discovery is likely to shed new light on how the quake of 1819 formed the western borders.
Sun, Jul 29, 2012July 29, 2012 02:58 IST
One of the theories explaining the formation of Saturns rings says they are the icy remains of a giant moon swallowed by the planet millions of years ago
Sun, Jul 29, 2012July 25, 2012 02:56 IST
Has just registered 65,031 workers since its formation seven years ago
Wed, Jul 25, 2012July 23, 2012 06:35 IST
Gujarats Great Indian Bustards (GIB) and Lesser Floricans (or Likh) large,rare birds found in grasslands are facing very high to high levels of threats.
Mon, Jul 23, 2012July 22, 2012 03:02 IST
Apart from the three names that have been doing the rounds as probable next directors of IIM-Ahmedabad,it has emerged that the B-schools faculty had suggested several names to the five-member search committee when it consulted them
Sun, Jul 22, 2012July 20, 2012 05:14 IST
Banni,formerly Asias largest grassland,is likely to remain unaltered in the near future because it is caught between judicial orders,uncertainty over which department owns it,strong protests by resident maldharis (pastoralists) and the political implications any activity may have in an election year.
Fri, Jul 20, 2012July 14, 2012 02:49 IST
A Saudi Arabia-based medical journal has alleged in its editorial an ongoing saga of plagiarism and fraud by academics who currently teach at Gujarats second largest medical institute,M P Shah Medical College,in Jamnagar.
Sat, Jul 14, 2012July 12, 2012 05:12 IST
A large,competing population of livestock and wild ungulates in and around Gir is overcrowding the area and leading forest officials into discussions about what can be done,much like in the early 1970s when maldhari,or pastoralist,families had to be relocated.
Thu, Jul 12, 2012July 08, 2012 05:53 IST
The Supreme Courts judgment on Friday on hazardous wastes and its likely impacts on ship-breaking seem to have unnerved the highest echelons of the Gujarat government.
Sun, Jul 08, 2012July 07, 2012 04:51 IST
As July strides well into its first week,hundreds of both the greater and lesser flamingos remain a common sight at the Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary.
Sat, Jul 07, 2012July 03, 2012 04:57 IST
A sociologists detailed questioning of those near and dear to 27 women who died from childbirth in Jhagadia of Bharuch district suggests that attempts to check maternal mortality need to look beyond medical facilities and obstetrics to include the economic, social and familial conditions of women.
Tue, Jul 03, 2012July 03, 2012 04:42 IST
Following legal advice in view of the pending Supreme Court case,the Gujarat Maritime Board has said it will not allow the MV Oriental N,formerly Exxon Valdez,to beach for dismantling before the next hearing on July 9.
Tue, Jul 03, 2012July 03, 2012 02:44 IST
Following legal advice in view of the pending Supreme Court case,the Gujarat Maritime Board has said it will not allow the MV Oriental N,formerly Exxon Valdez,to beach for dismantling before the next hearing on July 9
Tue, Jul 03, 2012July 01, 2012 04:31 IST
The infamous oil tanker that spilled crude oil off the Alaskan coast 23 years ago, anchored a little past 7 am on Saturday,about six nautical miles off the Bhavnagar coast.
Sun, Jul 01, 2012June 29, 2012 07:10 IST
The Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) is allowing the MV Oriental N,formerly Exxon Valdez,to anchor off the Alang Ship Recycling Yard for inspection after the Customs on Thursday issued a no objection to its anchoring and subsequent inspection by a team of government officials.
Fri, Jun 29, 2012June 28, 2012 03:13 IST
The Gujarat Pollution Control Board,one of the three government agencies with jurisdiction over the Alang Ship-breaking Yard,has said that it has no objections in allowing the controversial US ship MV Oriental N,formerly known as Exxon Valdez,to anchor off Bhavnagar for an inspection.
Thu, Jun 28, 2012
June 22, 2012 06:03 IST
In what could give the endangered Kutchi camel a fresh lease of life,the state Animal Husbandry Department is considering a Rs 1.25-crore proposal to help link up the camel breeders of Kutch with Sarhad dairy,the districts main dairy.
Fri, Jun 22, 2012June 22, 2012 05:40 IST
The Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) is excavating barrels of toxic and potentially carcinogenic chemical residue which was buried in the premises of Meghmani Organics,an agrochemical unit in Chharodi village near Sanand.
Fri, Jun 22, 2012
June 14, 2012 05:33 IST
Controversial US ship Oriental Nicety,formerly known as Exxon Valdez,has no hazardous waste onboard in loose form,according to the desk review documents submitted by a shipping agency to various state bodies,including Gujarat Maritime Board.
Thu, Jun 14, 2012June 05, 2012 03:56 IST
IF works by the Gujarat Energy Development Agency (GEDA) are discounted,most projects under Asias first Climate Change Department (CCD),including a website,are yet to see the light of day.
Tue, Jun 05, 2012June 02, 2012 03:50 IST
Invoking the case of Binayak Sen,four senior scientists have formed a pressure group of elder scientists that will take up issues related to rights of scientists and other intellectual workers
Sat, Jun 02, 2012



