Archive for July, 2007

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Saturday, July 28th, 2007

View pollGANDHINAGAR: The BJP leadership is finding it difficult to ignore the rebels as they have started openly defying the party - even holding huge rallies in Saurashtra. Initially, the rebels were just ignored, but now they are seen as a force to reckon with. A senior ...

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Saturday, July 28th, 2007

View pollAHMEDABAD/VADODARA: Kutch special operation group made five more arrests from Mumbai, Vadodara and Mandvi in the ISI counterfeit note conspiracy involving members of the banned Al-Badr terrorist group on Monday. Police officials now say that the main kingpin in the racket is a Pakistani national ...

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Saturday, July 28th, 2007

View pollGANDHINAGAR: After waiting for nearly a year, the Gujarat government has decided to come up with a new bill introducing far-reaching police reforms. Called Bombay Police (Gujarat amendment) Bill, 2007, the bill, to be introduced in the two-day state assembly session, to start on July ...

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Saturday, July 28th, 2007

View pollRAJKOT: Lalpari-Randarada lakes, one of the most exotic natural spot on the outskirts of the city and popular amongst bird watchers, will be developed as a picnic point by Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) at an estimated cost of Rs 27 crore. Civic authorities have submitted a ...

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Saturday, July 28th, 2007

View pollAHMEDABAD: The rath yatra was peaceful and all's well with Gujarat — that's the message the 130th annual juggernaut conveyed on Monday when it passed the traditional communal hotspots of the city where Muslims participated in large numbers. There were no loudspeakers blaring out devotional ...

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Saturday, July 28th, 2007

View pollAHMEDABAD: The rath yatra was peaceful and all's well with Gujarat — that's the message the 130th annual juggernaut conveyed on Monday when it passed the traditional communal hotspots of the city where Muslims participated in large numbers. There were no loudspeakers blaring out devotional ...

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Saturday, July 28th, 2007

View pollAHMEDABAD: The voluminous chargesheet filed in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case on Monday could give several reasons for Vanzara & Co to rejoice. The chargesheet may contain juicy bits of the Kauser Bi disappearance story, like how DG Vanzara lit her pyre, but it does not ...

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Saturday, July 28th, 2007

View pollAHMEDABAD: Lost, found and lost in the bureaucracy tangle. This is the status of passports of the Agarwals, a prominent builder family in Ahmedabad, who lost their documents in London. The London police found the passports; the Indian High Commission (IHC) sent them through DHL courier ...

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Saturday, July 28th, 2007

View pollAHMEDABAD: The ghost of Sameer Khan Pathan, a chain snatcher who was branded a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist and bumped off in a fake encounter is back to haunt the crime branch. On Tuesday, Sameer's cousin Sahista Pathan lodged a complaint with the metropolitan magistrate court-9 against ...

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Saturday, July 28th, 2007

View pollAHMEDABAD: The Gujarat High Court will, on Thursday, hear the petition challenging Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman Punja Vansh’s decision not to table its report in the Sujalam-Sufalam scam in the Assembly. The petition has been filed by Congress MLAs Jagdish Thakore and Punabhai Gamit. ...