Indian Express Ahmedabad

• Renowned Urdu critic Waris Alvi passes away after prolonged illness
  Alvi was known for his style of criticism, laced with humour and witty presentation of dry literary subjects.
  - 9 Jan 14, 11:16am -
• 2,000 demonstrate demanding action in children missing case
  The school falls under the Assembly constituency of Maninagar which is represented by Modi.
  - 9 Jan 14, 6:10am -
• HC bench recuses from hearing GCMMF chief's plea
  The petition is now likely to come up for hearing before some other bench of the court.
  - 9 Jan 14, 6:05am -
• 2 murder convicts fight with sepoy
  The sepoy, in return, thrashed the inmate after which the second inmate began a fight with him.
  - 9 Jan 14, 6:03am -
• GVK EMRI predicts 34% rise in trauma cases during Uttarayan
  The type of cases include assault, non-vehicular trauma and vehicular trauma cases.
  - 9 Jan 14, 6:00am -
• Despite publicity blitz, Rann Utsav's occupancy levels dip 20 pc
  A 100-day-long affair now, it is being managed by a private player.
  - 9 Jan 14, 5:58am -
• Consumer society wants 10 pc cut in electricity bill
  CERS requested the government to reduce the electricity duty to 10%.
  - 9 Jan 14, 5:55am -
• Encounter specialist Barot seeks 45-day bail for daughter's wedding
  CBI claimed that it was Barot who brought AK-56 rifle and planted at the site of encounter.
  - 9 Jan 14, 5:53am -
• Chinese goods banned in Vadodara for Uttarayan
  The idea behind banning these threads and lantern balloons is to ensure safety, according to the police.
  - 8 Jan 14, 5:29am -
• NHRC wants govt report in a month
  VUDA authorities decided to award the bid for the redevelopment of Madhavnagar and Keshavnagar to NA Constructions.
  - 8 Jan 14, 5:27am -

• Ex-BJP MLA kin admits to killing wife over domestic tiff: Police
  After committing the crime, Kalpesh gave his van to an auto consultant to sell it off.
  - 8 Jan 14, 5:25am -
• Modhwadia embarks on yatra, slams Bokhiria for illegal mining
  Yatra covered Keshod, Manavadar and Vanthali talukas of Junagadh.
  - 8 Jan 14, 5:24am -
• SSB, BJP spar over Modi''s rally venue in Gorakhpur
  It may be recalled that terror group Indian Mujahideen last year tried to target Modi and planted nearly a dozen bombs at his Patna rally.
  - 8 Jan 14, 5:21am -
• Eid-e-Milad: HC notice to Tapi SP over denial of nod for procession
  A single-judge bench of HC comprising Justice A J Desai has passed an order in this regard and kept it for further hearing on January 10.
  - 8 Jan 14, 5:19am -
• 2002 riots: Sreekumar writes to Modi, urges him to take 'concrete measures''
  Ex-Gujarat DGP appeals CM to expedite rehabilitation of victims.
  - 8 Jan 14, 5:17am -
• Daughter helps broker 'truce'', reconsider decision
  Though Patel has not heard from Anandi so far, sources said the truce is the result of Anar, their daughter. Sources said Anandi had relied on Anar to handle the situation.
  - 7 Jan 14, 5:01am -
• Modi minister''s husband won''t join AAP under 'family pressure''
  Mafatbhai Patel, the estranged husband of Gujarat revenue minister Anandiben Patel, who had on January 3 publicly announced to join Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), creating ripples in the state BJP, has postponed his decision under family pressure.
  - 7 Jan 14, 4:59am -
• AAP worker arrested for arguing with traffic cops, released on bail
  An Aam Aadmi Party worker, Dinesh Wankar, was arrested by the Manjalpur police in Vadodara after a police sub-inspector of the traffic department lodged a formal complaint.
  - 7 Jan 14, 4:55am -
• FIR against Teesta, Javed a sinister campaign, alleges CJP
  Activist Teesta Setalvad has alleged that the complaint filed against her, for allegedly usurping Rs 1.51 crore collected for turning Gulbarg Society into a museum, is a part of sinister campaign to derail the Zakia Jafri protest petition against Narendra Modi and others.
  - 7 Jan 14, 4:53am -
• One killed, 25 injured as bus falls into river
  A police constable was killed and 25 others were injured as a Veraval-bound bus of Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSTRC) fell off a bridge in Vanthali taluka of Junagadh district on Monday.
  - 7 Jan 14, 4:52am -
• AAP to enrol 6 lakh members by the end of January in state
  AAP National Executive Committee Member Anand Kumar, a professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University, visited AAP state officer here on Monday and held discussions with more than 100 volunteers present there.
  - 7 Jan 14, 4:51am -
• HC allows GCMMF to go ahead with no-trust against chairman
  The Gujarat High Court (HC) on Monday allowed Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) to implement a no-confidence motion passed by its board members against its chairman Vipul Chaudhary.
  - 7 Jan 14, 4:49am -
• Snooping: Pradeep Sharma lodges complaint, but cops refuse to register FIR against Modi
  Pradeep Sharma's complaint, however, has been accepted by the police.
  - 7 Jan 14, 4:48am -
• In junior category, Keshod teen wins Girnar ascending-descending competition
  Thirteen-year-old Majithia left 112 girls in her category behind as she ascended and descended Mali Parab point.
  - 6 Jan 14, 4:13am -
• Union minister to lay foundation for two projects in Diu today
  Shinde will lay the foundation stone of Rs 35 crore project of supplying drinking water.
  - 6 Jan 14, 4:11am -
• 19,000 participate in Sabarmati marathon
  Nearly 1,500 on the spot registrations were recorded apart from the 17,766 already registered.
  - 6 Jan 14, 4:08am -
• FIR lodged against Teesta, others for 'breach of trust and cheating''
  Last month, Modi was given clean chit over his alleged involvement in the 2002 riots.
  - 6 Jan 14, 4:04am -
• Mafatbhai: An Aam Aadmi and a common man
  He has minced no words earlier in going public about how Modi has ruined his personal life.
  - 6 Jan 14, 4:01am -
• AMC workers lodge atrocity case against civic chief over low wages
  More than 4,000 workers employed by AMC are on an indefinite strike over permanent employments and regular payscale.
  - 5 Jan 14, 3:05am -
• Surat DCP commits gaffe at tennis tournament: 'Only eunuchs clap''
  A top official of the Gujarat police dissuaded university students in Surat from clapping as he felt that "only eunuchs clap". The comment came from N D Solanki, Deputy Commissioner of police (DCP) Surat Zone 2, when he went to inaugurate a four-day Inter University Tennis Tournament, organised by Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VNSGU) on Saturday.
  - 5 Jan 14, 3:03am -
• Centre to set up 50 new govt medical colleges, says Azad
  One cancer institute to be opened in Gujarat
  - 5 Jan 14, 3:01am -
• 'In nine days, India to be officially polio-free''
  The last case of polio was reported from West Bengal in January 2011.
  - 5 Jan 14, 2:58am -
• Former Vadodara Mayor Vitthalbhai Patel dies at 81
  Former Vadodara Mayor and Padma Shri-awarded surgeon Vitthalbhai Patel died late Friday night at a private hospital, where he was admitted following a severe heart attack. Patel, 81, is survived by his wife and four daughters.
  - 5 Jan 14, 2:55am -
• BJP MP Dinu Solanki named key conspirator in CBI chargesheet
  CBI has established in the investigation that Jethava was murdered at the behest of Solanki as the Saffron leader''s illegal mining activities, including illegal lifting of soft muram in prohibited area, were being exposed.
  - 5 Jan 14, 2:52am -
• Outsiders in Kutch's mini-Punjab: Sikh farmers battling for their land
  784 Sikh farmers have been told that they are not entitled to their land.
  - 5 Jan 14, 12:09am -
• Health is a political hot potato, says Modi
  Harsh Vardhan gets award for excellence
  - 4 Jan 14, 5:23am -
• Sabarmati marathon introduces 'Gujarat category''
  The fourth Sabarmati marathon, scheduled to be held on January 5, will have a new category this time.
  - 4 Jan 14, 5:22am -
• Bid to get whale shark satellite-tagged fails
  Gujarat forest department and researchers of an NGO made an attempt to satellite-tag a whale shark off Sutrapada coast in Gir Somnath district on Friday, but the operation remained unsuccessful after the tag got entangled in fishing net.
  - 4 Jan 14, 5:20am -
• 'Fake beneficiaries'' rent out flats allocated under JNNURM plan, VMC starts crackdown
  Nearly three years after they were allocated flats under the Centre''s JNNURM scheme, thousands of beneficiaries have come under the scanner of the civic body.
  - 4 Jan 14, 5:10am -
• Farmers unhappy with public hearing on Dholera SIR
  Ahmedabad Collector and the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) on Friday conducted public hearing for the proposed Dholera Special Investment Region (DSIR) at Dholera that was attended by the DSIR Authority officials, revenue officials and around 2,000 villagers affected by the project.
  - 4 Jan 14, 5:09am -
• It''s business as usual for wife
  On Friday, State Minister for Revenue and Urban Development Anandiben Patel was busy holding meetings with top secretaries from various departments at her office in Swarnim Sankul-I in the secretariat in Gandhinagar. Spokespersons Saurabh Patel and Nitin Patel were seen around her office.
  - 4 Jan 14, 5:00am -
• Anandiben''s husband set to join AAP
  'I want youth to come forward and contest elections''
  - 4 Jan 14, 4:58am -
• Over 150 inventors to gather in Gujarat for 'Maker Fest''
  Sam Pitroda to inaugurate innovation fest on Jan 4.
  - 3 Jan 14, 5:25am -
• In 10 yrs, state scores high in investments, low in jobs
  No. of projects and jobs created during 2003-12 in Gujarat has fallen by over 45 per cent.
  - 3 Jan 14, 5:22am -
• Main accused in hooch tragedy gets 15-day bail
  More than 100 persons had fallen ill after consuming spurious liquor in Ahmedabad in July 2009.
  - 3 Jan 14, 5:18am -
• NID students design 'menstrual kit''
  Kit comprises of pocket-friendly Rs 10 sanitary cloth pads and a sanitary waste collection system.
  - 3 Jan 14, 5:16am -
• Court accepts Pradeep Sharma''s defamation suit against activist
  Sharma has alleged that Kishwar posted derogatory messages on her Twitter account.
  - 3 Jan 14, 5:10am -
• 100 Vadodara lawyers join AAP
  AAP has become the choice of many citizens who are disillusioned by the current political parties.
  - 3 Jan 14, 5:04am -
• AAP kicks off Matdar Jagriti Abhiyan, up for 'clean politics'
  The Vadodara AAP workers, armed with their brooms sat outside the district collectorate office to "awaken" people to clean politics.
  - 2 Jan 14, 5:57am -
• Kanu Kalsariya joins AAP
  At a function on the roadside near Subhash Bridge Circle, Kalsariya completed formalities to be a member of the AAP.
  - 2 Jan 14, 5:53am -
• Surat autorickshaw unions go on strike over 'unfair' CNG prices
  The school autorickshaw unions also extended hands for the strike.
  - 2 Jan 14, 5:39am -
• Modi gifts' auction yields Rs 19 cr for girls' education
  About 3,000 gifts worth Rs 25 lakh received by Modi during the year 2012-13 were deposited in the state treasury.
  - 2 Jan 14, 5:34am -
• Minor raped, forced to drink cleaning liquid, two held
  Police are on the lookout for two others who helped the duo abduct the girl.
  - 2 Jan 14, 5:09am -
• Govt to undertake census of Great Indian Bustard
  Pandey said that it is expected to give a realistic picture of the dwindling population of the species.
  - 1 Jan 14, 12:41am -
• Fire at Mangal Bazar prompts
  On Monday, a fire started in one of the plastic shops in the market which spread through seven shops
  - 1 Jan 14, 12:39am -
• STF probes into 2004 Vadodara encounter case
  The officers, who reconstructed the encounter site near the Narmada canal in Harni on Tuesday, will submit their report to the Gujarat HC.
  - 1 Jan 14, 12:36am -
• BJP prepares for Modi's Bareilly rally, Amit Shah outlines schedule
  The BJP state unit has crossed out Ramabai Ambedkar Maidan where Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav held his rally on November 21.
  - 1 Jan 14, 12:32am -
• Former BJP MLA Kanu Kalsariya may join AAP
  Following its victory in the capital, AAP has seen a flurry of registration of members in the state.
  - 1 Jan 14, 12:29am -
• Festival zooms in on pain of displacement
  The curtain fell on the three-day annual Vikram Sarabhai International Arts Festival, hosted by city-based Darpana Academy of Performing Arts, in Ahmedabad on Monday.
  - 31 Dec 13, 3:13am -
• Court denies bail to Shah again
  A district court on Monday rejected the temporary bail application of Vismay Shah, the accused in the BMW hit-and-run case.
  - 31 Dec 13, 3:12am -