Times of India (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
The government will confer the Kabir Puraskar for the year 2008 on Abdul Gani Abdullabhai Qureishi of Vadodara and Ghulam Ahmed Bhat of Budgam for their role in saving the lives of Hindu families during communal violence.
NHatky (Free subscription) | yesterday
Serial blasts in Ahmedabad, recoveries of crude bombs from Surat and terror threats have failed to prevent people from celebrating the ongoing nine-day Navratri festival. Navratri is the longest dance festival in Gujarat. Even the arrest of four terrorists fron Vadodara has not affected tempo of the festival celebration in ...
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Garba venues meant only for kids are gaining popularity in the city. In fact, the number has nearly doubled this year.
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
... premises, revellers wearing transparent (pardarshak) clothes.” With inputs from Maulik Buch from Vadodara and Rishi Bannerji from Surat
Times of India (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Union petroleum minister Murli Deora on Sunday said his ministry is actively considering introduction of a dual pricing policy for diesel in the country.
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
A seven-member delegation from Gujarat will visit Pakistan later this month to take up the issue of release of 434 Indian fishermen and 379 boats with the authorities concerned.
Indian Express (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
... In a staged process, these trains will be made in the company’s upcoming manufacturing facility in Vadodara in a span of three to four years. The first phase of this plan is the metro car project. Bombardier is also setting up an additional manufacturing facility in Savli, South Gujarat so as to supply Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd an additional 84 metro cars before Commonwealth Games...
Times of India (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Eight persons were killed on Thursday and 15 others injured in a road mishap near Kalol-Vadodara highway here, police said.
IntelliBriefs (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
B.RAMAN The Gujarat Police announced on August 16, 2008, the identification and arrests of 10 activists of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) in connection with the serial blasts in Ahmedabad on July 26, 2008. Nine of the arrests were made in Ahmedabad and Vadodara in Gujarat and the tenth arrest of their leader Mufti Abu Bashir was made with the co-operation of the Uttar Pradesh...
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
... other important automobile resident of the state is General Motors with its plant in Halol near Vadodara.The interesting part of the Nano business plan is a mother plant which will produce the cars and supply kits to satellite units in strategic parts of the country for easy distribution. Gujarat, as the mother plant, would meet the needs of the western region while Uttarakhand and Dharwad...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Kabir Puraskar winners announced NEW DELHI: The government has decided to confer the Kabir Puraskar for 2008 on Abdul Gani Abdullabhai Qureishi of Gujarat and Ghulam Ahmed Bhat of Jammu and Kashmir for their courageous acts during communal violence. Qureishi, a resident of Vadodara, has been conferred the award for his role in saving the lives of two Hindu families and a youth from mobs in 2006...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Ajit Solanki AP In this Feb. 13, 2008 file photo, pavement dwellers smoke bidi -- small, cheaply made cigarettes -- in Vadodara, India.NEW DELHI — India banned smoking in public places today, leaving public health officials with a much tougher task: get the nation's estimated 120 million smokers to stub out their cigarettes.As more countries have clamped down on smoking in recent years, Indians...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Last updated October 2, 2008 6:58 a.m. PTIndia latest to ban smoking in public placesBy ASHOK SHARMAIn this Feb. 13, 2008 file photo, pavement dwellers smoke bidi, small, cheaply made cigarettes, in Vadodara, India. The Indian government on Thursday, Oct. 2, 2008, banned smoking in public places at a second attempt in four years across the country. A recent study conducted by a team of doctors...
Times of India (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Pakistan Marine Security Agencies have arrested 29 Indian fishermen from Arabian sea's Sir Creek area in Kutch district.
Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
... Ambaji town.The temple has received several hand-written letters in Gujarati by post, some from Vadodara, Jadeja said Wednesday."Two hoax letters were written in the same style and these have now become a regular feature. Most of them come from Vadodara. The person or persons sending them have not even spared a spiritual place like Ambaji," he said.The temple in Ambaji town, 180 km...
