240 chemical units flouting norms
Ahmedabad: The state government has admitted that 240 complaints of irregularities have been reported about chemical units in Ahmedabad city and district. The state government was replying to the question
Ahmedabad: The state government has admitted that 240 complaints of irregularities have been reported about chemical units in Ahmedabad city and district. The state government was replying to the question
<p>AHMEDABAD: The much-awaited leopard census will be held for three days from May 16. Along with this leopard census, the state forest department officials will also conduct a census of the sloth bear in the state during the same period. The 2006 census had revealed a leopard population of 1,070 in Gujarat; the number of sloth bears then was only 247.
<p> AHMEDABAD: Chief minister Narendra Modi told visiting Israel consul general Orna Sagiv on Wednesday that farmers in Gujarat were eager to adapt new technology in farming.</p>
AHMEDABAD: Adansonia digitata or Baobab, is a tree mostly found in the hot, dry savannah of the African continent, and was brought to Gujarat by the British, say foresters. In Gujarat, the tree is commonly known as Rukhdo. Dr H S Singh, additional chief conservator of forest said this is an exotic tree which can survive for several hundred years.
<p>AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court on Monday sought explanation from the state government, Centre and gas companies in regard with a PIL seeking additional quota of natural gas from the Centre for Gujarat for domestic and vehicular usage at the administrative price mechanism (APM) rate.
GANDHINAGAR: The decision of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) to come up with a nuclear plant along Saurashtra sea coast is likely to suffer a setback.
AHMEDABAD: The population of vultures in the city may not have shown a decline in the 2010 census, but the scavenging bird is quickly losing its habitat.
AHMEDABAD: The pricing of cotton seeds is no more under the control of the state government, as the Gujarat high court has declared the Gujarat Cotton Seeds Act invalid as it comes into conflict with the legislation made by the Centre. A division bench headed by chief justice SJ Mukhopadhaya set aside the Gujarat Cotton Seeds (Regulation of Supply, Distribution, Sale and Fixation of Sale Price)
AHMEDABAD: The ride on the rope-way to Ambaji Temple may have you stopping briefly, mid-air. No need to panic, especially if you are a nature lover. Not many would mind giving the way to the endangered vultures who nest in Girnar forest. The vultures' movement will be specially monitored by high resolution cameras.
GANDHINAGAR: Following several non-UPA ruled states opposing the proposed Seeds Bill, to be placed in the next session of Parliament, Gujarat government on Monday sought preliminary consultation to form an opinion on the matter. State agriculture minister Dilip Sanghani told TOI, "While we decided to oppose any effort of the foreign countries to impose their seeds technology through this Bill,
AHMEDABAD: When villagers of Fulsar saw an electric lamp lit in front of them in March this year, it was no less than a film scene straight out of the movie Swades when villagers get a taste of new lifestyle thanks to electricity, not less than 22 years after the first electric poles were installed. Fulsar near Dediapada is Narmada district is a sleepy village with a population of 700 on the Gu