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Gandhinagar, March 16 (IANS) Ramesh Prajapati’s specialization bordered on the unconventional. And quite like the protagonist in Bollywood movie ‘Oye Lucky, Lucky Oye’ he stole vehicles with ease, the only difference being his preference for tractors over swanky sets of wheels.
This 34-year-old made a fortune out of stealing tractors in Gujarat and selling them off [...]

Srinagar, Mar 15 (ANI): Family members of Bashir Ahmad Baba, who was arrested by Gujarat Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) staged a protest in Srinagar on Monday.
The family claimed that Baba does not have links with militant outfit Hizbul Mujahideen.
Acting on intelligence inputs, the ATS conducted a raid and arrested Baba, 32, in Ahmedabad.
The family said Baba [...]

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Ludhiana, Sep 19(ANI): Ludhiana recently played host to a national seminar on Sufism. This time, the theme was the influence of Sufism on modern times.

The Sahitaya Academy of New Delhi and the Punjab Sahitaya Academy organized the seminar.

The seminar [...]

Ahmedabad, Sep.19 (ANI): In a major reprieve for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the Justice Girish Thakorlal Nanavati Commission on Saturday confirmed that it would not be issuing any notice to him in connection with the communal riots in Veraval.

However, the commission has asked the State Government to give it transcripts of the conversations that [...]

Ahmedabad, Sep 18(ANI): In contrast to leaders of some political parties, who are criticising the austerity measures mooted by the government as mere ‘tokenism’, Gandhians associated with the Sabarmati Ashram at Ahmedabad have lauded the initiative.

The Gandhains, who themselves live a life of extreme simplicity, following [...]

New Delhi, Sep 12 (ANI): The stalemate between the striking pilots of the Jet Airways and its management continues for the fifth day on Saturday, as talks held between the two factions remained inconclusive on Friday.

Jet Airways cancelled 180 flights, including 25 international today.

After a marathon session, the National Aviators Guild refused to give in [...]

Ahmedabad, Sep. 11 (ANI): Fishermen in Gujarat’s Veraval region have now equipped their trawlers with Global Positioning Systems (GPS).

Now, it would be easy to locate these trawlers on high seas and also warn the fishermen in case they wander into the territorial waters of other countries.

After being installed on all the 12,000 fishing boats in [...]

Ahmedabad, Aug 31 (ANI): The police detained at least seven women for selling illicit liquor known as hooch in local parlance that recently claimed three lives in Gujarat.

Two breathed their last on Friday while one more person died on Saturday after consuming drinks laced with [...]

Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Aug 29(ANI): Ahmedabad Police on Saturday clarified that two people who died on Friday, died due to consumption of drinks having chemical content.

Police has dismissed assumption that they were victims of country-made liquor known as ‘hooch’, and said that the Forensic Science Laboratory report confirmed that they took a substance having chemicals. [...]

Ahmedabad, Aug 29 (ANI): Ahmedabad police recovered the bodies of two persons who died after allegedly consuming illicit liquor on Friday.

Three other persons are undergoing treatment at the hospital.

Relatives of victims accused the government of not taking steps to prevent the vending of illicit liquor.

“My father was complaining of a headache so I asked [...]

Ahmedabad, Aug 28 (ANI): After Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi banned Jaswant Singh’s book on Jinnah, the sale of ‘The Tragic Story of Partition’ written by RSS ideologue H V Seshadri, that has uncomplimentary references to Nehru and Patel, has come under the line of fire.

Sahitya [...]

Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Aug 23(ANI): The Border Security Force (BSF) said on Sunday that an investigation was being carried out into this week’s incident of nine Pakistani fishermen illegally entering Indian territorial waters off Gujarat.

Three of the nine Pakistanis, who were arrested on August 17 by the BSF from a boat in the Sir Creek [...]

Jalandhar (Punjab), Aug 22(ANI): Ustad Kale Ram, a great exponent of tabla from the Punjab Gharana, a style and technique of tabla playing that originated in Punjab, has brought laurels to the country through his performances across the world, though has lived a [...]

Ahmedabad, Aug 21 (ANI): In an attempt to enter the Guinness Book of World Records, Rajendra Prasad, protagonist of upcoming south Indian flick “Quick Gun Murugan”, made a 32.5 feet long dosa, a delicacy popular in southern parts of the country.

The attempt is also aimed at promoting the movie.

Sixteen chefs helped Prasad made the dosa [...]

Ahmedabad, Aug.19 (ANI): Expressing concerned over the consistent rise in swine flu cases in different parts of the State, the Gujarat government on Wednesday opted to invoke the pidemic Act

Gujarat recorded nine fresh H1N1 infections on Wednesday. [...]

Bangalore/Pune, Aug 13 (ANI): Bangalore on Thursday reported its first swine flu death. A 26-year-old woman succumbed to the deadly swine flu virus taking the country’s swine flu death toll to 20.

According to sources, Rupa was admitted to the St. Philomina Hospital. [...]

Pune, Aug 13 (ANI): A nine-month-old baby succumbed to the deadly swine flu virus in Pune on Thursday taking the country’s swine flu death toll to 18.

According to sources, the infant, who was suffering from acute respiratory distress syndrome, died at the Sahyadri Munot Hospital.

On Wednesday, a 48-year-old had succumbed to swine flu [...]

Mumbai, Aug. 9 (ANI): Condition of a 28-year-old swine flu patient admitted to Dr. L H Hiranandani Hospital in Mumbai was reported to be critical on Sunday.

“Sandeep Gaikwad, a resident of Chandivili is still critical and put on ventilator, but is stable. He [...]

New Delhi, Aug 9 (ANI): Taking a serious view of the swine flu outbreak in the country, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today spoke with Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and reviewed the situation.

During the conversation, Dr. Singh asked Azad to inform him about any aggravation [...]